The Hellman Foundation is a left-of-center private grantmaking foundation based in and with its primary focus in the San Francisco Bay area. In 2020, the group gave $2,750,000 to the New Venture Fund.

The Anthony Crabb and Barbara Grasseschi Foundation is a husband-and-wife-operated private foundation that generates revenue from investment income and issues grants to other nonprofit organizations. Grant recipients include left-of-center advocacy organizations, including Voices for Progress, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Voto Latino. Background The president of

The Lynton Foundation is a private nonprofit organization that was founded in 1994 25 and is run by brother and sister

The Madrona Foundation is a private foundation based out of Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 2004. 47 It funds left-of-center advocacy groups including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),

Perkins Hunter Foundation is a private foundation that primarily makes grants to left-of-center, youth-focused, and education-oriented organizations. 65 Thomas Perkins, Alec Perkins, and Jamel Perkins are the Perkins Hunter Foundation’s directors.

Princeton Area Community Foundation is a New Jersey-based grantmaking organization that also helps families, individuals, businesses, and organizations create permanent charitable trusts. The foundation also administers those funds, awards grants and scholarships, and promotes philanthropy.

Sonoma County Community Foundation (also known as Community Foundation Sonoma County) is a grantmaking foundation based in Sonoma County, California. Through its patrons’ contributions, it funds a wide array of community causes, such as the arts and humanitarian initiatives, but it is also a frequent supporter left-of-center environmental and election

The Goodman-Lipman Family Foundation is the grantmaking foundation of businessman and venture capitalist Robert Goodman and his wife, Jayne Lipman. The Foundation primarily gives to Jewish and pro-Israel nonprofits, but also donates to left-of-center advocacy groups. Leadership Robert Goodman Goodman-Lipman Family Foundation co-founder and director Robert Goodman is the director

The Diane and Dorothy Brooks Foundation (DDBF) is a grantmaking foundation run by film and television writer James L. Brooks. The DDBF primarily donates to non-partisan philanthropic foundations, but also donates to nonprofits that support a wide range of left-of-center goals, including liberal expansionist immigration policy and Democratic Party-backed electoral

The Edmund S. Muskie Foundation, registered in Portland, Maine, 127 is a public foundation endowed by a $3 million appropriation from the United States Congress to continue the legacy of Senator and

The Foundation for Middle East Peace is a left-of-center grantmaking foundation that focuses on issues surrounding Israel and the Palestinian territories. It takes anti-Israel positions and has provided grants to various anti-Israel organizations and organizations that promote the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to delegitimize the State of Israel.

The Catena Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation founded by Sam R. Walton, a member of the Walton family and the grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton. The foundation was formed in 2016 and maintained a low profile in the first eight years of its existence by not maintaining

The Tikkun Olam Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation founded by philanthropist Denise Sobel located in New York City registered in the care of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. The foundation disburses grants to organizations associated with left-of-center social causes, such as abortion, race, gender, sexuality, and immigration issues. Background Philanthropist

The Kolibri Foundation is a private pass-through funder based in Washington, D.C. It supports organizations focused on redistribution of wealth, defunding police, and pro-abortion activism. 184 Background The Kolibri Foundation was founded in 2019.

The Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Foundation is a private foundation based in Wilmington, Delaware which gives grants to many left-of-center organizations, including the J Street Education Fund, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the New Era Colorado Foundation, the New Israel Fund, and the

Network of European Foundations (NEF) is a collective of left-of-center European grantmaking foundations. Its primary function is to grant funds pooled by foundations in its network, and partners with other non-governmental organizations and associations across Europe. 205

The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation is a technology-focused private foundation founded by Patrick J. McGovern, a technology entrepreneur who founded the International Data Group (IDG), a market intelligence company that publishes several publications and data sources in the technology industry. Ownership of IDG was transferred to the McGovern Foundation after

Hillman Family Foundations is a collection of 18 left-of-center grantmaking organizations that fund other organizations and causes predominantly in Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania. 227 Some of the foundations also operate in California, New York, and

Klarman Family Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaking organization that is the private foundation of investor Seth Karman, the brother of left-of-center academic Michael Klarman. 243

The Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo (CRGB) is a left-of-center organization originally named the Buffalo Foundation. CRGB’s original intent was to invest in making the city of Buffalo, New York a more livable place. Education, the arts, and public health dominated early grant efforts, but in recent years the foundation