The Children’s Defense Fund is a left-of-center organization that works to increase the size of government and expand the welfare state. The organization focuses on increasing government spending on education, health care, and day care programs for American children.

CASA de Maryland (also called CASA) is a left-of-center 501(c)(3) immigration advocacy organization that helps immigrants, most often of Central American extraction, find employment, regardless of their legal status in the United States. CASA’s executive director has told workers he will never turn their names over to federal immigration officials.

The Campaign Legal Center is an advocacy group aligned with left-of-center interests that supports strict enforcement of campaign finance laws. Campaign Legal Center attorneys track and participate in a variety of cases around the country involving campaign finance law at the federal, state, and local levels. The Campaign Legal Center

California Calls is a left-of-center nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, California, which advocates for state-wide tax increases and runs voter outreach campaigns to that end. Notable pieces of legislation facilitated by the group include Proposition 25, a 2010 measure that overturned a supermajority requirement to pass a state

The left-progressive Alliance for Youth Organizing (AFYO) is the successor of the Bus Foundation Civic Fund founded by Mathew Singer to activate youth voting for left-of-center candidates and issues. It is the sister organization of the left-of-center Alliance for Youth Action (AFYA). Backed with funding from left-of-center foundations and

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a movement ostensibly seeking to reform police conduct especially as it involves use of force against African-American suspects and civilians. The movement has been criticized for appearing to tolerate violent demonstrations in its name,

The Baltimore Teachers Union (BTU) is a local affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second largest teacher’s union in the country and a member of the AFL-CIO.

The Atlantic Advocacy Fund is a Delaware-based left-of-center 501(c)(4) pass-through nonprofit associated with Atlantic Philanthropies, a Bermuda-based foundation which makes grants in the United States. Funding Between 2007 and 2015, Atlantic Philanthropy’s 501(c)(4) Atlantic Advocacy Fund provided a series of grants toward several Tides Advocacy projects and

Association for Union Democracy (AUD) is a pro-union advocacy group focused on improving the internal governance of American labor unions. 1 AUD was founded in 1969 by

The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) was a nonprofit which advocated for American support of a peaceful two-state solution to the crisis between Palestine and Israel. 1 It was

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a bipartisan Jewish lobbying group which works to create strong relations between Israel and the United States of America. It specifically focuses its influence on Members of Congress and other advocacy and lobbying groups to promote arms aggreements and other U.S. government support

American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) is a national labor union that represents over 20,000 principals, superintendents, and administrative faculty. School administrators founded AFSA after the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) organized a strike in New York City in 1960, which resulted in wage increases that made New York

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a science advocacy organization based in the United States and the largest general science association in the world. It is publisher of the journal Science. AAAS has been accused of promoting a broadly left-leaning policy agenda and associating with front

The Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) is a labor-union sponsored advocacy group claiming to represent the interests of senior citizens. ARA leadership identifies the corporation as “progressive” and opposes policies that reform programs such as Medicare and Social Security. ARA has state alliances in 38 states that focus on advancing

 Akonadi Foundation is a left-of-center racial-issues grantmaking group based in Oakland, California. The foundation was founded by husband and wife Wayne Jordan and Quinn Delaney, who are major donors to the Democratic Party with strong ties to former President Barack Obama (D). History In 2000, the Akonadi

The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) is a labor union headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, that represents aircraft mechanics at Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and Horizon Air. The union was founded in the 1960s to specifically organize on behalf of aircraft mechanics, in contrast to other national unions that represent a

African American Policy Forum (AAFP) is a far-left think tank dedicated to promoting racial and gender intersectionality in the United States. The organization primarily launches online campaigns to promote specific racial issues, such as highlighting police violence against black women and opposition to bans on teaching critical race theory.

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was a left-of-center voter outreach and low-income advocacy umbrella group that disbanded in 2010 after accusations of voter fraud and the release of a series of videotapes appearing to show ACORN employees condoning illegal behavior. ACORN was founded in 1970 as a

The ACLU of Texas is the Texas state-level affiliate of the national American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a prominent social-liberal advocacy, litigation, and campaign advocacy group. The ACLU of Texas supports left-of-center positions through courtroom activism (operated through the ACLU of Texas Foundation) and direct lobbying.

The A.J. Fletcher Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports various colleges and educational charities in North Carolina. The organization also funds certain left-of-center advocacy organizations. While the A.J. Fletcher Foundation claims to mainly support The Fletcher Academy, a private school in North Carolina, and various charities, the organization gives