"According to New York Times reporter Matt Bai, the Sandlers, along with Democratic donors George Soros and Peter Lewis established America Votes "to coordinate various get-out-the-vote drives during the 2004 election". The Sandlers also sent their son-in-law Steven Phillips as their representative to the October 2005 meeting of the Democracy Alliance at the Chateau Elan near Atlanta Georgia."
The Sandler's have also made donations to (drum roll, please)...ACORN.
Here are their other pet organisations to which they have donated cashola:
Moveon.org ProPublica America Votes Center for American Progress Human Rights Watch Oceana
There is also some interesting info from the
30 June 2008 edition of Businessweek. The Sandlers are credited with the invention of the "Pick-A-Pay" mortgage that allowed borrowers to pay less than the interest due on their loan each month -- which increased the total amount owed by the borrower. Analysts place the blame on the near failure of Wachovia in the fall of 2008 on the "Pick-A-Pay" mortgage portfolio Wachovia acquired from the Sandler's Golden West Financial (Golden West operated bank branches under the name World Savings Bank).
Let me fix this. Here is the list of the Sanders’ pet groups:
Moveon.org
ProPublica
America Votes
Center for American Progress
Human Rights Watch
Oceana