The Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) is a labor-union sponsored advocacy group claiming to represent the interests of 4.3 million senior citizens. 1 In practice, it promotes left-of-center public policy positions that favor government workers, retirees,

 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.

AARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is a lobbying group that engages at the state, local, and federal levels on a range of issues ostensibly affecting older adults, with a particular focus on health care. AARP also has extensive business interests, including in health insurance and brand licensing.

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

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. 251 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

Talbot Rising is a volunteer organization that organizes left-of-center protests, advocating for social, racial, and so-called economic justice in Talbot County, Maryland.  290  

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. 340 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. 373 It