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PARTNERS OF THE DEMOCRACY ALLIANCE

The Democracy Alliance's Partner-Donors
By Discover The Networks
January 2011

The Democracy Alliance (DA) is known to consist of at least 100 members, known as "partners," but historically has been quite secretive regarding their identities. Nevertheless, the Capital Research Center has managed to compile the names of some of the more significant current and former DA partners (in addition to George Soros and DA founder Rob Stein).1 A large percentage of these partners have significant ties to Soros that extend well beyond their shared membership in the Democracy Alliance. Among these partners are the following:

AFL-CIO: This institutional DA partner is the largest labor federation in America and was a member of Soros's Shadow Party in 2004.
Bauman Foundation co-director Patricia Bauman serves as a board member of the Soros-funded Natural Resources Defense Council.
Property-development CEO Albert Dwoskin is the chairman of Catalist, a Soros-funded political consultancy.1
Manhattan-based child psychologist Gail Furman belongs to the Council on Foreign Relations and is a board member of Human Rights First and the Brennan Center for Justice―all organizations that receive funding from George Soros and OSI.2
Software entrepreneur Tim Gill is a major funder of gay-rights groups such as the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, which is also supported by Soros.3
Technology entrepreneur Davidi Gilo has given at least $17,600 to J Street, an organization that is consistently critical of Israel and has close ties to Soros.4
Media-software mogul Rob Glaser was an early backer of the Soros-funded America Coming Together.5
“Racial justice organizer” Connie Cagampang Heller works closely with the Soros-funded Tides Foundation.6
Hyatt Hotel luminary Rachel Pritzker Hunter has served as treasurer of the Soros-funded Media Matters For America.7
Michael Kieschnick founded Working Assets, a long-distance telephone/credit card company that donates a percentage of its profits to leftist groups and causes.9 He is also a board member of the Soros-funded evangelical group Sojourners.10
Longtime technology executive John Luongo is a former board member of Planned Parenthood and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington―both Soros-funded enterprises.11
Atlantic Philanthropies president and CEO Gara LaMarche was formerly vice president of Soros's Open Society Institute. He also served a stint as associate director of Human Rights Watch and held a variety of positions with the ACLU―both organizations that are heavily funded by Soros.12
Television producer Norman Lear created the Soros-backed group, People for the American Way.
Progressive Insurance Company chairman Peter Lewis has many close ties to Soros and was a major funder of the Shadow Party during the 2004 election cycle.13
Taco Bell heir Robert McKay has been a founding board member of America Coming Together, a board member of the Ms. Foundation for Women, and a director of the Fund for America14―all of which are beneficiaries of Soros money.
Tides Foundation founder and longtime CEO Drummond Pike has close ties to Soros, who is a major funder of Tides.
Democrat activist Simon Rosenberg founded the New Policy Institute, a project of the Tides Foundation. He also sits on the board of the Soros-funded publication Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. And in 1996 he created the New Democrat Network, a Soros-financed organization committed to pushing the Democratic Party further leftward.15
Golden West Financial Corporation founders Herb and Marion Sandler are philanthropic allies of George Soros and were heavy funders of Shadow Party organizations in 2004―giving some $13 million to anti-Bush “527 committees.”16
Trial lawyer Guy Saperstein formerly served as president of the Soros-funded Sierra Club.17
Service Employees International Union: The longtime former president of this union, Andrew Stern, sat on the executive committee of the Soros-funded America Coming Together.18
George Soros's son Jonathan is president and co-deputy chairman of Soros Fund Management.
DA board member Michael Vachon is the director of communications at Soros Fund Management and the overseer of Soros’s political contributions.19