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Our partnership with Feedback Labs and Guidestar by Candid , and other partners including Fund for Shared Insight, GlobalGiving, and Keystone Accountability, enables us to launch the first version of this beacon with Constituent Feedback information collected on Candid's site. Feedback practices have been shown to support better Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion outcomes, an essential area of assessment that we intend to further expand and develop in the future.

Feedback Labs has documented several studies which indicate that beyond achieving organizational goals, nonprofits that are attentive and responsive to concerns and ideas raised by beneficiaries establish stronger relationships with the people they serve, promote greater equity, and empower constituents in ways that can help to ensure better long-term outcomes.

You can find resources to help nonprofits improve their feedback practices here. The Giving Basket had an issue with your donation. Please try again. If the problem persists contact us and include your Cart ID: Unknown. People For the American Way Foundation. You are viewing this organization's new Charity Navigator profile page.

To view the legacy version, click here. Needs Improvement. Star Rated Report. Financial Performance Metrics. Fundraising Expenses. Fundraising Efficiency. Working Capital Ratio. Program Expense Growth. Liabilities to Assets. PFAW has been particularly active in U. Supreme Court judicial nomination battles. Hesburgh, and Time Inc. At its inception the organization was largely focused on oppose the policies and organizations of Christian conservatives and popular televangelists, such as Jerry Falwell, Jimmy Swaggart, and Pat Robertson.

Located in Washington, D. PFAW also funds and deploys popularized media campaigns to advocate for its liberal issue priorities and preferred candidates. Initially, the organization focused on countering conservatives through three primary areas: secularizing government and society, expanding the public education system, and securing liberal control of the judiciary.

PFAW added liberal issue priorities such as voter registration, abortion, and immigration issues to its advocacy. PFAW has long been active in battles over judicial nominations. Supreme Court. The letter concludes by saying the confirmation of Rao as a D.

PFAW has run numerous advocacy advertisements attacking Republican political candidates based on their left-wing political agenda. In , PFAW ran numerous political campaign advertisements featuring anxious children discussing how they were scared of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump.

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