The JPB Foundation is a private foundation created by Barbara Picower in 2011. It is one of the largest grant-making foundations in the United States. 1 Focused on medical, environmental, and poverty issues, the

ISAIAH is an activist organization based in Minnesota that recruits left-of-center activists from church congregations in order to advance a number of left-of-center policy priorities. ISAIAH opposes the use of law enforcement to deter crime, advocates for the decreased incarceration of criminals, and works against the enforcement of immigration laws.

International Union of Journeymen and Allied Trades (IUJAT) is a federation of 38 national and local labor unions that claims 73,437 members across the automotive, construction, transportation, service, energy, public, and other sectors.

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union representing electrical workers across the United States and Canada. The IBEW a member union of the AFL-CIO labor federation. The IBEW routinely gives large donations to candidates and political action committees affiliated with the Democratic Party, in addition

The Interfaith Alliance of Iowa is the Iowa affiliate of the Interfaith Alliance. It promotes left-of-center policies in Iowa and opposes the political activities of conservative Christians. Background Incorporated in 1996, two years after its national sister organization, the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa advocates for abortion access, gun control,

The Institute for Southern Studies is a media and research center based in Durham, North Carolina, that advocates for liberal political and social causes in the Southern United States. The Institute conducts research, especially investigative journalism, with a left-of-center viewpoint on issues such as economics, labor unionism, environmentalism, racial identity,

Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) is a left-of-center community and interfaith organizing organization founded in 1940 by a group of business and faith leaders including far-left activist Saul Alinsky, who authored the book Rules for Radicals. The organization took on its current form in the early 1970s following Alinsky’s death

HeadCount is an organization that works with musicians to promote democratic participation in the United States. The organization was founded in 2004 and has since registered over half a million voters through concerts and events.  1

The Hawaii State AFL-CIO is the state-level affiliate of the left-leaning AFL-CIO national labor federation. The organization is comprised of more than 70 local labor unions in Hawaii and lobbies for left-leaning labor policies in at the state, local, and federal levels. The organization is led by Randy Perreira,

The Groundswell Fund is a “pass through” grantmaking organization that funds advocacy and direct-services groups working on reproductive issues—especially those that advocate for increased access to abortion for minority groups—and transgender interests. History and Background The Groundswell Fund focuses on increasing access to low-cost or government-funded abortions, contraception, midwifery, and

The Greater Wisconsin Committee is a liberal and Democratic Party-aligned advocacy organization that focuses on supporting left-progressive candidates in Wisconsin elections, in which it is consistently one of the largest spenders. The group is funded by various left-leaning organizations, most prominently labor unions, and is best known for funding attack

The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonprofit think-tank founded in 1972 by Willy Brandt, at the time West German Chancellor and leader of the left-progressive Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Free Speech For People is a left-of-center advocacy group that supports expanding campaign finance regulations, including constitutional amendments to limit campaign spending by private individuals and organizations. 1 Free Speech For People was founded

Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) is a foreign policy institute based in Washington, D.C., that focuses its research and advocacy on national security and foreign policy issues. FDD supports an activist foreign policy for the United States and advocates on issues that it considers priorities for American foreign policy.

Equality California (EQCA) is a left-of-center social-issues advocacy group. It claims to be the largest statewide “LGBTQ+ civil rights organization” in the United States and the only such organization working at the local, state, and national levels focused on California. Equality California is a 501(c)(4) advocacy group. Its charitable arm

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) provides legal representation to death row prisoners in Alabama where no public funding existed for their defense. It was founded by Bryan Stevenson, author of the book and film Just Mercy.

Environment California is a left-of-center 501(c)(4) nonprofit that lobbies for environmentalist legislation in California. 1 Its national counterpart is Environment America, and it is also affiliated with the Fund for the Public Interest, a

Emerge America (EA) is a left-of-center candidate training organization that vets and prepares female Democrats who aspire to run for local, state, and federal offices. The organization conducts training to prepare and assist female candidates who choose to run within two to three years of the training.  The group was

Corporate Ethics International, known as CorpEthics, is an environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) advocate primarily focused on left-of-center environmentalist causes. CorpEthics is hired by other nonprofits to design social campaigns to pressure for-profit corporations into supporting left-progressive initiatives. CorpEthics is best known for the Tar Sands Campaign it launched

The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) advocates for the interests of Black and other ethnic minority union members within the larger labor movement, and works to bring attention to national and international issues relating to labor and race.