Group Profiles

Learn how specific non-profits, government agencies, for-profits, labor unions, or other organizations are influencing public policy. Each profile below is carefully curated by an InfluenceWatch contributor and includes funding data where appropriate.

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View Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an invitation-only think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs.
View Ford Foundation

Ford Foundation

Non-profit
The Ford Foundation is a left-of-center private grantmaking organization. It was formed in 1936 by Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, and his…
View Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
The Atlantic Council is a think tank based in Washington, D.C. that focuses on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Atlantic alliance, and international…
View Open Society Foundations (Open Society Institute)

Open Society Foundations (Open Society Institute)

Non-profit
The Open Society Foundations (OSF; formally Open Society Institute) is a private grantmaking foundation created and funded by billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros. OSF…
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Private Equity Stakeholder Project

Non-profit, Economic Policy, Labor Policy
Private Equity Stakeholder Project (also known as the Financial Services Stakeholder Project) is an activist group that is critical of the social impact of private…
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1199SEIU Florida

Labor Union, Abortion Policy, Healthcare Policy, Labor Policy
1199SEIU Florida is the Florida division of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the nation's largest health-care union and a division of the Service Employees International…
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States United Democracy Center

Non-profit, Elections Policy
The States United Democracy Center is a left-leaning election law organization that was founded in 2020 as the Voter Protection Program (not to be confused…
View Dunn Foundation

Dunn Foundation

Non-profit
The Dunn Foundation (formerly Dunn’s Foundation for the Advancement of Right Thinking) is a family foundation based in Delaware that makes grants to right-of-center organizations…
View Progressive Turnout Project

Progressive Turnout Project

527 (Political Action Committee), Multi-Issue Advocacy
Progressive Turnout Project (PTP) is a left-of-center political action committee based in Chicago, Illinois that supports Democratic Party candidates for public office. The main goal…
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Facebook

For-profit
Meta, formerly doing business as Facebook, is a social media and networking service based in Menlo Park, California.
View Code Pink (CODEPINK)

Code Pink (CODEPINK)

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
Code Pink (or CODEPINK) is a left-wing advocacy group founded in 2002 by Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin. It was created to oppose the 2003…
View Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a far-left political activist group in the United States. It claims to be the largest socialist organization in…
View National Students for Justice in Palestine

National Students for Justice in Palestine

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
National Students for Justice in Palestine is a pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel advocacy group which creates student activism on college campuses. Its efforts include protesting Jewish…
View Turning Point USA

Turning Point USA

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is an ostensibly student-based right-of-center organizing and advocacy group which claims to have a presence on over 3,500 college and high…
View American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)

American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) is an anti-Israel organization with strong ties to pro-Hamas individuals and organizations. While AMP refers to itself as an educational organization…
View Jewish Voice for Peace

Jewish Voice for Peace

Non-profit
Jewish Voice for Peace is a left-wing, nominally Jewish group that opposes U.S. assistance to the state of Israel and supports allowing Palestinians to live…
View Tides Foundation

Tides Foundation

Non-profit
Also see Tides Nexus
View Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Non-profit
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund was created in 1940 as the charity for the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.: John D., III; future U.S….
View Trump Administration

Trump Administration

Government Agency, Other
This profile refers to the first Trump administration, in office from 2017 through 2021. For information on the second Trump administration that was inaugurated in…
View National Lawyers Guild

National Lawyers Guild

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The National Lawyers Guild is a radical-left association of attorneys, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers. Founded from late 1936 to early 1937, the…

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Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a libertarian advocacy nonprofit associated with billionaire businessman and philanthropist Charles Koch and his late brother David. The organization was…

Philanthropy Roundtable

The Philanthropy Roundtable is a non-profit organization that supports and advises philanthropists to strengthen a free American society. The Roundtable aims to protect philanthropic freedom…

Open Society Foundations (Open Society Institute)

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) is a survey and advisory organization that analyzes nonprofit groups on behalf of major donors to analyze donation effectiveness…