Z Smith Reynolds Foundation
NetworkThe Mapping the Left project would not be complete without a Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation network. The Foundation is key to every move made by the political Left in North Carolina. So whether the foundation has provided funds in the way of grants or whether an organization claims an alliance with Z. Smith Reynolds they will be included in this network.
Connections:
Group Name | Group Mission |
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ACLU of NC | |
ACLU-NC Legal Foundation Inc | |
Action NC | |
Appalachian Voices | |
Beloved Community Center | |
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) | |
Blueprint NC | |
Campaign for Southern Equality | |
Cape Fear River Watch | |
Carolina Justice Policy Center | |
Carolina Public Press | State Sponsored Media |
Catawba Riverkeeper | |
Center for Death Penalty Litigation | |
Center for Participatory Change | |
Center for Responsible Lending | |
CHANGE (Communities Helping All Neighbors Gain Empowerment) | |
Children First/Communities in Schools of Buncombe County | |
Clean Air Carolina | |
Clean Energy Durham | |
Clean Water for NC | |
Concerned Citizens of Tillery | |
Conservation Trust for NC | |
Corporation for Enterprise Development | |
Democracy NC | |
Disability Rights NC | |
Durham CAN | |
Earthshare NC | |
EducationNC | |
El Pueblo | |
Environment NC | |
Equality NC Foundation | |
Fair Trial Initiative | |
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation | |
Haw River Assembly | |
Institute for Southern Studies | |
Latin American Coalition | |
Legal Aid of North Carolina | Legal Aid is a Leftist non profit that receives millions of dollars from North Carolina's flagship progressive funder, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. The General Assembly cut funding for Legal Aid of NC in 2017. Legal Aid NC and two other similar groups had already seen their state funding cut to $2.7 million, down from $6.3 million, eight years ago . The 2017 budget provided further cuts to $1.1 million. While Legal Aid of NC suggested that they didn’t understand why their funding was cut by the General Assembly, Tim Moore, Speaker of the State House of Representatives suggested t that the groups were hurting “mom and pop” landlords by filing frivolous motions and other legal tactics that would allow non-paying tenants to remain in a dwelling for longer periods of time. Moore also suggested that private lawyers should be performing more of this civil litigation for free. Legal Aid NC is housed at the same address as the premier radical-Leftist group The Justice Center and its media outlet, NC Policy Watch. Peter Gull Gilbert, a lawyer that works for Legal Aid NC was arrested in 2017 in a Durham at a protest-riot that turned destructive. He was one of the protesters that tore down a statue commemorating confederate soldiers who had died in the Civil War. Legal Aid of NC receives other funding from federal grants, state and local Bar associations, state court fees and charitable organizations. Nearly half of their funding comes from the Federal Legal Services Corporation which is funded by a Congressional Appropriation. |
MDC | |
Mountain True | |
NARAL Pro-Choice NC Foundation | |
NC Advocates for Justice Foundation | |
NC Association of Community Development Corporations | |
NC Budget and Tax Center | |
NC Center for Voter Education | NC Center for Voter Education is now a part of NC Common Cause |
NC Child | |
NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence | |
NC Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NCCASA) | |
NC Coalition to End Homelessness | |
NC Common Cause | |
NC Community Development Initiative | |
NC Conservation Network | |
NC Council of Churches | |
NC Environmental Defense Fund (NCEDF) | |
NC Fair Share Community Development Corporation | |
NC Housing Coalition | |
NC Justice Center | |
NC Latino Coalition | |
NC League of Conservation Voters (NCLCV) | |
NC NAACP | |
NC Policy Watch | NC Policy Watch is the media project of the NC Justice Center. The Justice Center considers itself the "state’s preeminent voice for economic, social and political justice." Without a doubt it is one the largest if not the most liberal and radical activist groups in North Carolina. The NC Justice Center has served as an incubator for new liberal groups and projects, including the network of groups, Together NC and Blueprint NC, the umbrella group created to decide where Z. Smith Reynolds grant dollars would be spent. The Justice Center was picked to be the "administrative home" for Blueprint NC in the mid 2000's by Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation because, according to a report titled the "State Strategies Fund," Blueprint had been created as a "strategic initiative" and its focus would be on "collaborative change." The report went on to explain that the "Justice Center, because of its scale and the close alignment of its interests and values with those of Blueprint” it would serve as its administrative organization. In the beginning, the Justice Center employed the Blueprint staff and received the grants made for Blueprint's work. In addition the Justice Center exercised oversight over Blueprint's budgets. As a result of the Justice Center's assistance, Blueprint NC went on to gain notoriety with their strategy memo that directed their members to "eviscerate, mitigate, litigate, cogitate and agitate" the state's leadership in 2013. |
NC Sustainable Energy Association | |
NC WARN | |
NC Wildlife Federation | |
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions – Duke University | |
North Carolinians Against Gun Violence | |
North Carolinians Against Gun Violence Education Fund | |
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty | |
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central NC | |
Planned Parenthood Health | |
Planned Parenthood of Central NC | |
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic | |
Public Schools First NC | |
Reinvestment Partners | |
Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) | "RAFI cultivates markets, policies, and communities that support thriving, socially just, and environmentally sound family farms." RAFI looks to the government for loans |
Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network | |
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy | |
Southern Coalition for Social Justice | |
Southern Environmental Law Center – SELC | |
Student Action with Farmworkers | |
The Institute (formerly – NC Institute of Minority Economic Development) | |
The Support Center | |
Triangle Community Foundation | |
UNC-CH Law School Center for Civil Rights | |
UnifourOne | |
Waccamaw Riverkeeper | |
WakeUP Wake County Inc | |
Western North Carolina Workers Center | |
White Oak – New Riverkeeper Alliance | |
Yadkin Riverkeeper |