The Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, formerly known as the Matan B’Seter Foundation, was created in 2001 as part of an elaborate and secretive network of grantmaking organizations funded by three hedge fund billionaires: Andrew Shechtel, David Gelbaum and C. Frederick Taylor.

For more information, see Wellspring Philanthropic Fund (Nonprofit) Wellspring Advisors is a for-profit limited liability corporation (LLC) created to manage Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, a major center-left funding nonprofit.

The Schott Foundation for Public Education is a grantmaking organization that promotes critical race theory-aligned educational policies. The organization has received funding from both local and national left-of-center groups. 57 Background

Central Florida Jobs with Justice (CFJWJ) is a left-of-center advocacy group affiliated with the labor union-aligned Jobs with Justice national network. 63 It works to advance left-of-center public

The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) is a right-of-center judicial advocacy group. The group supports the confirmation of right-leaning judges who support the judicial philosophy of “originalism,” which holds that judicial interpretation should rely on the original meaning of legal texts rather than contemporary social or political circumstances. The Concord Fund

The Moxie Action Fund is a left-of-center funding collective that operates as a registered trade name of the Sixteen Thirty Fund as part of the network of left-of-center funding organizations managed by Arabella Advisors. The Moxie Action Fund is affiliated with the Moxie Fund, a funding collective

The Moxie Fund is a left-of-center funding collective operated by the New Venture Fund, a nonprofit created and managed by Arabella Advisors, a Washington, D.C.-based for-profit consultancy that caters to major left-of-center foundations and donors. The fund was previously known as the Trusted Elections Fund, which was formed in

BRAC USA is the United States affiliate of BRAC, a large Bangladesh-based international development organization focused on improving impoverished communities though financial, educational, agricultural, and other programs. 107 Background BRAC USA (sometimes stylized in lowercase

The Black Feminist Fund is a fiscal sponsorship organization that provides funding to “Black women and gender expansive people.” The organization produces reports, promotes activism, and conducts calls to action to increase philanthropic funding to African-American feminist organizations.

On Think Tanks is a global consulting group headquartered in Lima, Peru that supports think tanks and policy research organizations through strategic consulting, research support, training, and networking opportunities. Initial funding was provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. It has several large, left-of-center, long-term donors including the

The Movement Advancement Project (MAP) is a left-of-center think tank that oversees several projects including an “Equality Map” and “Democracy Map,” which purport to rank U.S states based on their policies regarding LGBT interests and election legislation.

International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) is a London, United Kingdom-based left-of-center network of economists opposed to traditional development economics. The group published reports claiming corporate greed caused higher food prices.

The Freedom Voices Network, also known as Forbidden Stories, is a media advocacy group that publishes articles from journalists that are deceased or must keep their identities anonymous due to fear of violence or death.

Abundant Futures Fund (AFF) is an advocacy organization that promotes left-of-center immigration policies in the United States. The AFF is fiscally sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and primarily funded by the Emerson Collective, the Ford Foundation, and the JPB Foundation. As of October 2024, the three

Jews United for Justice (JUFJ) is a left-of-center advocacy organization focused on the District of Columbia that promotes left-of-center policies including minimum wage increases, paid leave mandates, left-of-center criminal justice policies, looser penalties for delinquent tenants, and firearm-ownership restrictions. It has received funding from the Ford Foundation, George

The Movement Voter Fund, an independent fund of the Tides Foundation, is a left-of-center grantmaking organization, umbrella network, and donor-advised fund provider. Its sister organizations include the Movement Voter Project and Movement Voter PAC. Background The Movement Voter Fund was founded in 2016 by William “Billy” Wimsatt

Ignite Philanthropy is a project of New Venture Fund that fundraises for advocacy addressing violence against children. 224 It uses the identity politics concept of intersectionality to advocate for far-left ideas on gender,

C. Frederick Taylor (Fred Taylor) is a reclusive California billionaire and one of three founders of the TGS Management hedge fund. In July 2023 the Orange County Business Journal described TGS as “an extremely secretive quant hedge fund” and that there had been “next to no mention of the

Darrick Hamilton is the Henry Cohen professor of economics and urban policy at The New School and the founding director of the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy. 238 Hamilton is an

The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice (Hive Fund) is an organization that connects larger funders to local organizations that directly impact communities and regions. 260 The Hive Fund