The Center for Secure and Modern Elections (CSME) is a left-of-center advocacy organization created as a project of the New Venture Fund, a leading “dark money” pass-through funder and fiscal sponsor, to promote sweeping changes to the elections process, including state laws that automatically register voters at state agencies.

TNTP, previously known as The New Teacher Project, is an organization that works to ensure that children in low-income schools have access to effective teachers. The organization attracts and trains skilled professionals in teaching while simultaneously supporting education reform policies and practices that places higher accountability on teachers.

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a radical-left student organization often credited as the main force that created the New Left. It existed from 1960 until its demise in 1969, when it split apart after a Maoist SDS group affiliated with the Progressive Labor Party was expelled by a

The Volcker Alliance was established in 2013 by former Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul Volcker to expand and empower government by attracting a larger and more skilled civil service workforce. 114 The Volcker Alliance advocates for

Heather Podesta is a Democratic-aligned lobbyist and lawyer who runs Invariant Group, the largest female-owned lobbying firm in Washington, D.C. Podesta and her firm have worked for a range of organizations across the political spectrum. Though Podesta and her staff have worked in nearly every industry, her firm focuses primarily

MacKenzie Scott is the ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Formerly known as MacKenzie Bezos, she is recognized as the third-wealthiest woman in the world after a divorce settlement left her with an estimated $37 billion.

The Oil and Gas Accountability Project (OGAP) is a project of Earthworks which focuses on federal, state, and local reform to increase government regulation of the energy sector. OGAP focuses most of its advocacy in the American West, especially in New Mexico and Colorado, and promotes left-of-center energy policy,

Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV) supports left-of-center Muslim community organizing around the world. 202 MPV aims to change the public perception of Islam, portraying Islam as a religion of social justice and

Jennifer Ann Allan Soros is the wife of Jonathan Soros, the third child of liberal finance billionaire George Soros and his first wife, Annaliese Witschak. Jennifer and her husband have given millions of dollars to left-of-center causes, Democratic Party candidates, and the abortion provider Planned Parenthood Federation

Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation is a right-leaning environmentalist lobbying and advocacy group based in Austin, Texas and founded in January 2019. It is the lobbying arm of Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation Foundation, a 501(c)(3) educational advocacy nonprofit. Background On January 18, 2019, Matt Welch, a Texas-based public affairs

Proyecto Azteca provides housing to low-income residents in Hildalgo County, Texas, including illegal immigrants. 240

Grassroots Solutions is a left-of-center political consulting firm. 254 Grassroots Solutions has received tens of millions of dollars255 to support the

The University of Arizona (UA) is a public research university in Tucson, Arizona. It has a student body of 44,831 as of 2017282 and conducts approximately $600 million in research activity per

The Oak Hill Fund is a left-of-center grantmaking organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia. 301 The Oak Hill Fund was established in 2001 as a 501(c)(3) organization from the division

Civil Rights Corps is a left-wing criminal justice reform group that primarily uses lawsuits to challenge policies it considers unjust. Civil Rights Corps asserts that the American legal system is biased against low-income individuals and racial minorities.

Karen Hughes is a former counselor to President George W. Bush and senior advisor of Americans for Carbon Dividends, a nominally right-leaning advocacy group created in 2018 to lobby Congressional Republicans for a carbon tax-and-dividend program.

The Venceremos Brigade is a radical-left activist group that organizes trips to communist-ruled Cuba as a way for sympathetic Americans to demonstrate their solidarity with the country’s government and their opposition to related United States government policies. As of 2024, it is a fiscally-sponsored project of The People’s Forum,

Zack Exley is a former senior adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and co-founder of the left-wing political committees Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress.

Alliance for Youth Action (AFYA) is a left-of-center advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., that registers young people to vote. Originally named the Bus Federation, the group is a network of roughly 19 organizations across the United States that promote left-of-center policies and candidates. It has a charitable sister organization,

Southwest Key Programs is an Austin, Texas-based grantee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‘ Unaccompanied Children Program. The organization also operates a network of charter schools in Texas called Promesa Public Schools.