Legal Defense for Palestine (LDP) is a defunct pro-Palestinian advocacy group that provided legal services to alleged Palestinian terrorists and political activists standing trial in Israeli courts. 1 It was

The Women’s Environmental Leadership Fund (WE LEAD) is an advocacy campaign supporting the development of environmental nonprofits led by women and nonbinary individuals. WE LEAD is a project of the left-of-center grantmaking organization Tides Foundation.

NextGen California Action is a California policy advocacy organization related to NextGen Climate America (NextGen Policy). It supports policies and initiatives that promote left-of-center issue areas such as climate change, expanded voter registration, support for illegal immigrants, economic equity, and racial and gender justice.

The CLEAN (Community Labor Environmental Action Network) Carwash Workers Center is a Los Angeles-area labor advocacy group founded to organize low-wage carwash employees. According to its website, CLEAN was “founded in 2007” as the nation’s first worker center for hand-car-wash workers. The group grew out of an AFL-CIO and

MENA activism refers to individuals and organizations that seek to influence policy and opinion regarding issues related to the Middle East and North Africa region, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran’s nuclear program, the civil wars in Syria and Libya, human rights and Islamist extremism. Below are some key issues

The Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute (EWDI) claims “excessive wealth” is a sickness caused by individualism with the goal of endless accumulation of wealth, and advocates tax increases to eliminate the “disorder.” EWDI is funded by the Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund, which gives to mostly left-of-center organizations including the

The Crisis Charitable Commitment (CCC) is a project of the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute (EWDI). It seeks signatories who agree to distribute a minimum of $100,000 and from 0.8 to 10 percent of foundation or donor-advised fund (DAF) assets each year to 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) organizations.

The Frontline Justice Fund (FJF) is an environmental grantmaking initiative of the Tides Foundation. 70 FJF claimed to have awarded $4.25 million to 49 grantees in 27 states and Puerto Rico.

The Crisis Response Fund is an initiative of the Tides Center that sends short term funding to areas in the U.S. which have experienced disasters. It was started in 2023 to respond to the wildfires in Hawaii.

Stronger Together Fund is a grant making fund housed within the Tides Foundation. It is directed by staff and an outside advisory board, and it exclusively makes unrestricted general support grants to fiscally sponsored partners of the Tides Foundation.

The Santa Fe Dreamers Project (SFDP) is a left-of-center nonprofit organization that provides free legal services to immigrants, with a focus on illegal immigrant youth and families in New Mexico and West Texas, especially Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) cases. In addition to its pro-bono legal work, the

The Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (JALSA) is a left-of-center group based in Boston 105 that focuses on racial, economic, social, and environmental “justice.”

The Michigan Student Power Alliance (MSPA) is a left-of-center “radical youth” student advocacy nonprofit. The group began as an informal coalition of student organizers known as the “Michigan Student Power Network,” and has since evolved through multiple structural changes. As of June 2025, the group claims to be the only

The Arab American Civic Council (AACC) is a left-of-center anti-Israel group based in Anaheim, California. 136 It was an endorser of the November 2024 National March on Washington to Free Palestine

The Spring Street Climate Fund is a left-of-center advocacy group that supports environmentalist legislation within New York State. The Fund has received funding from the Park Foundation and the Lily Auchincloss Foundation.

The Sargent Shriver Peace Institute focuses on the study of Peace Corps founder and mid-20th century Democratic executive branch official Robert Sargent Shriver Jr.’s method of peacebuilding and leadership, and trains those who wish to follow his example, including policymakers, public servants, activists, and spiritual leaders.

The MK Level Playing Field Institute (SMASH) is a computer science and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education organization that works with high school students who are Black, Latino, or Native American. 177 SMASH supports

JPKB Consulting is a political consulting firm operated by Julia Barnes, a former Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign staffer who also works as the CEO of the Movement Cooperative, a left-of-center data firm that is a project of the Tides Foundation. 

Forward Global is a network of philanthropists and individuals interested in starting a philanthropic program who receive continuous learning and networking opportunities, and support in developing a strategic roadmap for their philanthropy. It was initially funded by the Rockefeller Foundation as The Philanthropy Workshop. Its focus is “activating resources

The Hope Border Institute (HOPE) is a left-of-center immigration advocacy group based in El Paso, Texas, that opposes the detention of illegal immigrants and immigration policies it considers to be “restrictionist.” 219 HOPE’s leadership