20/20 Vision National Project was a left-of-center 501(c)(4) nonprofit that engaged in advocacy work to promote an environmentalist, anti-war, and anti-nuclear agenda. Founded in 1986, the organization appears to be defunct, as of February 2024. Tax records show the nonprofit ran a deficit of over $70,000 in during the 2018

Vote Climate U.S. PAC (Vote Climate) is a left-of-center environmentalist political action committee that wants a climate tax in the U.S. and zero greenhouse emissions. To achieve this goal, Vote Climate scores, identifies, and supports federal and state candidates aligned with this agenda. Vote Climate also offers recruitment tools and

Virginia Organizing, formerly known as the Virginia Organizing Project, is a political advocacy organization in the state of Virginia. While Virginia Organizing calls itself “non-partisan,”  the group receives major funding from left-of-center organizations like Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Johnson Family Foundation, and Surdna Foundation.

Virginia Interfaith Power and Light (VAIPL), , is a left-of-center environmentalist group based in Richmond, Virginia that organizes outreach to church congregations and other religious and religious-aligned groups throughout the state of Virginia. VAIPL is administered in association with two left-leaning organizations: Interfaith Power and Light national chapter and

Virginia Democracy Forward is an organization that was formed in 2016 to support left-of-center policies and candidates in congressional, state, and local elections in Virginia. 1 Background Virginia Democracy Forward, also known as VADF, was founded in Northern

The Sanders Institute was a left-wing think tank that formed in the aftermath of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) 2016 presidential campaign. It was founded by Senator Sanders’s wife Jane O’Meara Sanders in 2017. The goal of the think tank was to propose left-wing policy solutions for

Small Planet Institute is a left-of-center organization that promotes the writings and views of its founder Frances Moore Lappe and her daughter Anna Lappe. The organization serves as a clearing hub for their writings and work. The organization derives its name from Frances Moore Lappe’s book Diet for a Small

Organize Florida was an Orlando-based tax-exempt social welfare organization. It trained community activists and regularly organized protests in the Central Florida and Tampa Bay areas to advance social, economic, and environmentally left-of-center agendas throughout the influential Tampa-Orlando “I-4 corridor.” It had satellite offices in Tampa and Kissimmee, and frequently coordinated

Ohio Revolution is an Ohio-based chapter of advocacy organization Our Revolution, which supported the elections of candidates that leaned far-left within the Democratic Party following the 2016 presidential election. Ohio Revolution was created during the 2020 presidential campaign when staff from Our Revolution left to work on Bernie Sanders’

The Native Organizers Alliance (NOA) is a left-of-center Native American activist group fiscally sponsored by Alliance for a Just Society, a part of left-wing community organizing group People’s Action. 1 NOA is a participating

National Nurses United is a Washington, D.C.-based labor union representing nurses that is known for its far-left-of-center stances on various issues. The organization was founded in 2009 when several nurses’ unions merged. 1 It

The Michigan League of Conservation Voters (Michigan LCV) is a left-of-center environmentalist advocacy group that promotes the use of solar and wind energy

Grandmothers Act to Save the Planet (GASP) (also known as Grand(m)others Act to Save the Planet) is a left-of-center environmentalist and group based out of Ontario, Canada. The group originated from a monthly meeting of elderly women to discuss left-of-center political issues, but evolved into a concerted activist organization which

Environmental Advocates of New York (EANY) is a left-of-center environmentalist organization that advocates, lobbies, and assists implementation of New York state government protections of water, air, food waste, and open spaces using grants from left-of-center foundations and federal and state governmental sources.

Corporate Accountability International is a left-wing advocacy organization founded in 1977 to lead a boycott of Nestlé after it ran a marketing campaign for infant formula that contributed to the deaths of children.

Common Dreams is a left-wing nonprofit news organization which frequently publishes news and opinion pieces with a left-of-center perspective. 1 Though the organization claims to maintain editorial independence by refusing corporate and government funding, Common Dreams explicitly

Climate Hawks Vote Civic Action is an advocacy organization that promotes left-leaning environmentalist policies. Much of the organization’s work revolves around pushing Democratic politicians further to the left on environmentalist issues and advocating against the use of any conventional energy sources, including zero carbon nuclear energy. The organization has a

Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) is an environmentalist advocacy organization that pushes for legislation to curtail carbon emissions, with an emphasis on carbon taxes. It advances legislation to impose a carbon tax with redistribution to the populace. Founded on October 6, 2007, CCL created 560 chapters throughout the world, with chapters

American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is an AFL-CIO affiliated labor union made up of over 220,000 United States Postal Service workers. 1

American Family Voices (AFV) is a left-of-center political organization founded by longtime activist and consultant Mike Lux. Founded during the 2000 presidential election between then-Texas Governor George W. Bush and incumbent Vice President Al Gore, Lux created this lobbying organization to support Gore’s campaign. Lux, having worked in