The Cape Town Open Education Declaration was written in 2007 at a meeting organized by left-of-center activist organizations, most notably the Open Society Foundations. The declaration aimed to produce a framework for global cooperation to advance open-access education. There was a follow-up meeting in 2017 to build upon the

Immigrant Movement Visioning Process (IMVP) is a left-of-center coalition that advocates for illegal immigrants by convening with leading migrant groups and discussing key issues. 9 In June 2024, members of IMVP met in Phoenix,

International Open Access Week is an annual online convention organized by the left-of-center SPARC organization and the Open Access Week Advisory Committee. 15 The purpose of the convention is to promote the publication of  publicly accessible scholarly

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) is a left-of-center, education-focused nonprofit that operates in New York City, elsewhere in the U.S., and around the world. It runs educational opportunity programs for disadvantaged children beginning in high school, with additional programs in secondary and post-secondary education. It also runs programs for young

The Center for Structural Equity is a Wilmington, Delaware-based nonprofit with a primary focus on crime and gun violence. 28 In January 2023, the

The Budapest Open Access Initiative is an initiative started and supported by the Open Society Foundations. In February 2002, it released a declaration of its support for open-access publishing, which included policy recommendations. It has since convened meetings on that declaration’s anniversary, made additional recommendations, and maintains an online

The Wyoming Education Association (WEA) is a left-of-center association of public schoolteachers in Wyoming. The group is effectively the state’s teachers’ union, although it does not collectively bargain on behalf of teachers in the state. The union does, however, have affiliated local unions that negotiate with school districts. The union

La Esperanza, Inc. is an organization serving Latinos and immigrants that operates in the Delaware area. La Esperanza provides legal counsel for immigration cases, citizenship classes, and helps immigrant families enroll their children in schools.

Ignite Philanthropy is a project of New Venture Fund that fundraises for advocacy addressing violence against children. 71 It uses the identity politics concept of intersectionality to advocate for far-left ideas on gender,

Crowds on Demand is a marketing firm that provides hired crowds for events, including political rallies and protests. Crowds on Demand considers itself “the ultimate guerilla lobbying and government relations firm.” 78

Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) is a gender justice and equality organization based in South Africa which claims to stand for the rights of women, men, and non-gender conforming individuals and is committed to feminist principles.

The Alliance for Prosperity and a Secure Retirement (APSR) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards in pension fund investments. It is led by Tim Hill, a former labor union official. It explicitly criticizes boycotts of ESG investments led by Republican governors and

Source LGBT Center Inc. (SLCI) is a nonprofit in Visalia, California which offers an onsite campus for LGBT youth. 108 It hosts the “Source” programs that includes support groups for LGBT individuals with HIV,

Latino Policy Institute (LPI) advocates on state legislation and conducts research and education to advance left-of-center and Latino-focused interests within the state of Rhode Island. 119 The organization claims credit for expanding health coverage

Longwood Foundation (LF) is a grantmaking organization operating in Delaware and Chester County Pennsylvania. LF has provided more than $2 billion in grants since its founding in 1937 to organizations within its area of operation. 62

The Association of American Educators Foundation (AAE Foundation) is an organization that supports the activities of the Association of American Educators, a national non-union teacher association. The AAE Foundation intends to provide public educators and the general public with education, opportunities, and funding to improve American education through policy

Down in the County is a local media organization founded by Andrea Bruce in Pamlico County, North Carolina in 2021. Bruce, a veteran photojournalist, sought to fill a perceived gap in local media in her home region.

The Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) is a Harvard Business School-based organization that produces research publications focused on nonprofit management, MBA courses, and open-enrollment executive education programs that teach various business and management principles.

C. Frederick Taylor (Fred Taylor) is a reclusive California billionaire and one of three founders of the TGS Management hedge fund. In July 2023 the Orange County Business Journal described TGS as “an extremely secretive quant hedge fund” and that there had been “next to no mention of the

The Indian American Impact Project is a left-of-center nonprofit that acts as the educational arm of Indian American Impact, a lobbying group that promotes the election of left-of-center Indian American and South Asian politicians in the United States. The Impact Project raises over $1 million annually and