Non-profits (Page 427)


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    Youth Policy Institute

    Youth Policy Institute was a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that was founded in Los Angeles in 1983 and provided a variety of education and anti-poverty programs to children and young adults in Los Angeles. In 2019, the organization’s interim chief executive director Dan Grunfeld announced that the board of directors had decided
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    Youth Represent

    Youth Represent is a left-of-center 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal services and policy advocacy organization located in New York City.
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    Youth Rise Texas

    Youth Rise Texas is an Austin, Texas-based minority youth-focused advocacy organization founded in 2015. 22
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    Youth Speaks

    Youth Speaks is a left-of-center art activist group in the San Francisco area focused on teacher poetry and providing venues for artistic expression to youth. Comments from the organization’s leader and the tone of various products, such as the organization’s short film series, demonstrate that the organization is left-of-center and
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    Youth vs Apocalypse

    Youth vs Apocalypse is a left-wing climate change activist group. It is a fiscally sponsored project of the Alliance for Global Justice, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
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    YouthActionNet

    YouthActionNet is a program of the International Youth Foundation that aims to advance left-wing policies through programs and funding for young entrepreneurs.
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    YouthBuild USA

    YouthBuild USA conducts studies and reporting systems to track hate crimes and what they term “hate incidents.” Youth Build is related to AmeriCorps and awards staff with AmeriCorps education awards.
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    Z Smith Reynolds Foundation

    The North Carolina-based Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (ZSR)74 utilizes legacy monies from the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco fortune to fund North Carolina-based liberal agendas and organizations. It is one of numerous foundations created in
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    Zachor Legal Institute

    Zachor Legal Institute is a legal think tank and advocacy organization that aims to combat boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel; antisemitic activities; and anti-Israel movements in the United States in the commercial, university, and government sectors.
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    Zaitlin-Nienberg Family Fund

    The Zaitlin-Nienberg Family Fund is the philanthropic giving vehicle for left-of-center activists Jody “Jaz” Zaitlin and Mark Nienberg of Kensington, California. It does not file financial reports with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and may be a donor-advised fund within a larger charitable organization.
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    Zakat Foundation of America

    The Zakat Foundation of America, also known simply as the Zakat Foundation, is a global Islamic charitable organization based in Bridgeview, Illinois, that offers aid to impoverished communities around the world. 125
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    Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund

    The Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund is a grantmaking organization based in Baltimore. Maryland and is a supporting foundation of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. It provides grants towards left-of-center issues including low-income housing, behavioral health, and environmentalism.
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    Zaytuna College

    Zaytuna College is an educational institution that claims to be the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the United States. 175 It is based in Berkeley, California
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    Zegar Family Foundation

    The Zegar Family Foundation is a large left-of-center invitation-only grantmaking foundation located in New York City founded by Charles and Merryl Zegar. 217 The foundation provides grants
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    Zell Family Foundation

    The Zell Family Foundation is a private family foundation based in Chicago, Illinois founded by the late real estate investor and billionaire philanthropist Sam Zell. It is a major funder in the Chicago area, particularly in education. In 2023, the foundation awarded over $133 million in grants.
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    Zellerbach Family Foundation

    The Zellerbach Family Foundation is a left-of-center non-profit grantmaking foundation that focuses on providing grants to left-of-center organizations that focus on the arts, left-wing approaches to immigration, and “promoting culture.” 249 It is
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    Zephyr Institute

    The Zephyr Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit academic center that supports Stanford University students, scholars, and young professionals. Zephyr focuses its studies on understanding the human person, the common good, and the nature of the good life, especially as they are affected by changing social, cultural, and technological trends.
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    Zero for Zeros

    Zero for Zeros is an LGBT-issues-focused activist campaign that has the goal of pressuring companies that have LGBT-friendly corporate policies to stop contributing to the campaigns of candidates that do not align with the ideological positions of the Human Rights Campaign, the prominent LGBT-interest organization that scores members of
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    ZERO TO THREE

    Zero to Three (stylized ZERO TO THREE) is a  501(c)(3) that advocates for policy change in early childhood development.
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    ZeroDivide Foundation

    ZeroDivide, founded in the late 1990s, began as a grant-making organization focused on bringing technology to low-income populations and later transitioned into a nonprofit consulting firm advising other nonprofits. The organization went from receiving millions of dollars in grants at its height, to closing its doors in 2016 amid allegations