Next Steps Florida is a left-of-center organization dedicated to electing non-centrist Democratic Party candidates within the state of Florida. 1 Next Steps Florida seeks to incubate activists that align with climate change activism, race-centric politics, and increased government

Known as the Bureau of Investigation until 1935, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was created within the Department of Justice in 1908, in defiance of a prior refusal by Congress to fund it. One lawmaker had predicted that the Bureau would become a “central police or spy system

The People’s Forum is a socialist organization that acts as project incubator. From its location in New York City, the Forum hosts events, readings, operates a cafe and a library, and publishes various cultural works and media.

Association of American Educators (AAE) is a non-union membership organization for educators. It supports school choice policies, including increasing the availability of charter and magnet schools along with programs such as school vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, and education savings accounts (ESAs). Activities Association of American Educators was formed in 1994 as

American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) conducts behavioral and social science research for clients including the federal government. Founded in 1946, it produces white papers and provides technical assistance on social science subjects including health, education, human services, and workforce development.

The Wege Foundation is a family foundation started by the family that owns Steelcase Inc., a publicly traded office-furniture company. 1 The foundation focuses on funding areas that include diversity, equity, and inclusion; the environment; education;

Generation Ratify is a pro-abortion and Equal Rights Amendment-advocacy and organizing student group fiscally sponsored by the Action Network. In 2022, it supported student protests after a leaked draft opinion suggested the Supreme Court might overturn Roe v. Wade, which found an expansive constitutional right to abortion nationwide.

The Culturally Responsive School Leadership Institute is a critical race theory-aligned consulting organization that specializes in providing consulting services and training programs to educational professionals. The firm’s “sister company” is Adjusted Equity Solutions, which specializes in conducting “equity audits” of schools. Background The Culturally Responsive School Leadership Institute is a

Integrated Comprehensive Systems for Equity (ICS) is a left-of-center consulting firm focused on providing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and critical race theory-inspired services to public school districts. The firm was founded by Colleen Capper and Elise Frattura, both former professors of education within the University of Wisconsin system. Much

Republicans for Voting Rights (RVR) advocates for loosened voting requirements and opposes election integrity legislation. While the organization is nominally right-of-center, claiming to represent Republican Party voters, it explicitly targets Republican lawmakers and policy advocates who support measures aimed at preventing voter fraud and election manipulation. RVR also calls on

The Carter Center, founded by former U.S. President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, promotes democratic institutions, global development, and serves as an election observer around the world. It has worked as a watchdog for 113 elections in 39 countries through its “Democracy Program,” and announced in August 2020 that it

The Equity Lab (formerly the Fellowship for Race and Equity in Education) is a left-wing advisory firm that advises individuals and institutions to address the concepts of race, equity, diversity, and inclusion (REDI) to create a critical race theory-inspired society filled with an “equitable, anti-racist citizenry.” Founded in 2014 to

The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) is a Texas-based association of teachers and scholars from colleges and universities, public policy institutes, and industry that promotes business and free enterprise. The organization has advocated conservative and libertarian-leaning ideas on economics and questions government bureaucracies.

The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) is a membership organization of women from various labor unions. The organization was founded in the 1970s to promote the feminist movement within organized labor and continues to promote “workplace affirmative action” policies along with other left-leaning gender policies in the United States.

Laura Williamson, a left-of-center activist, is the associate director for policy and research in the area of democracy reform for Demos, a think tank with close ties to the self-described “progressive” wing of the Democratic Party. Background Prior to joining Demos, Williamson participated in voting rights-related advocacy, organizing,

Governing for Impact (GFI) is a secretive left-of-center regulatory policy think tank created in 2019 to “prepare a new administration for transformative governance” by writing left-leaning regulatory recommendations for federal bureaucratic agencies.

Interrupting Criminalization: Research in Action is a left-of-center criminal justice initiative associated with the Defund the Police movement that was launched in the fall of 2018 by the “Social Justice Institute” of the Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW), a feminist and social justice academic project of Barnard College.

Freedom Labs is the name of a national partnership between left-of-center police-abolitionist organizations PolicyLink, BYP100, the Center for Popular Democracy, and Law for Black Lives. 1

Truss Leadership is a for-profit critical race theory-aligned education consultancy run by Joe Truss, a California educator. It offers workshops for public schools and public school districts on “dismantling white supremacy” in schools. Truss Leadership claims to have consulted for nearly 70 schools and 5,000 educators, mostly located in California.

Hispanic Access Foundation is a left-of-center Hispanic activism organization that is focused on building community between Hispanic churches and religious groups, largely for the purpose of environmentalist activism. 1