Editing Tides Foundation (section)

==Advocacy Fund==
Tides is affiliated with the Tides Advocacy Fund (also known as Tides Advocacy), a liberal lobbying group.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Choma |first1=Russ|last2=Vendituoli|first2=Monica|title=Advocacy Fund Spends Millions to Lobby on Immigration |url=http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/07/tides-advocacy-fund/| publisher=[[OpenSecrets]]|date=July 22, 2013}}</ref> In the 2012 election cycle, the Advocacy Fund gave $11.5 million to [[501(c) organization#501.28c.29.284.29|501(c)(4) organizations]], including $2 million to the [[League of Conservation Voters]], $1.8 million to [[America Votes]] and $1.3 million to the [[Center for Community Change]].<ref name="blumenthal">{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/09/koch-brothers-liberal-counterpart_n_5113492.html|title=Nothing Really Compares To The Koch Brothers' Political Empire|date=April 9, 2014|publisher=Huffington Post|last1=Blumenthal|first1=Paul|access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref> The Advocacy Fund has also supported the environmentally-focused groups [[Bold Nebraska]], [[National Wildlife Federation|National Wildlife Federation Action Fund]], [[Natural Resources Defense Council|NRDC Action Fund]], and the [[Sierra Club]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Yachnin|first1=Jennifer|title=Still 'electing the best, defeating the worst' -- but with far greater resources than before|url=http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059991640|access-date=23 February 2015|publisher=E&E Publishing|date=December 11, 2013}}</ref>

In 2008, the Advocacy Fund contributed to campaigns opposing [[Colorado Amendment 46]], [[Colorado Amendment 47]], [[Colorado Amendment 49]] and [[Colorado Amendment 54]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tides Advocacy Fund|url=http://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=10243989|website=Follow The Money|publisher=National Institute on Money in State Politics|access-date=23 February 2015}}</ref> The Advocacy Fund distributed $11.8 million in grants in 2013 to groups promoting mass amnesty for illegal immigrants, increased worker protections, chemical safety legal reform, and increased investment in the solar energy industry.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Blumenthal|first1=Paul|title=Groups With Liberal Ties Tapped To Re-Elect The GOP Establishment|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/29/gop-dark-money_n_6566244.html|access-date=23 February 2015|publisher=Huffington Post|date=January 29, 2015}}</ref>