The CaPA Connector is an interactive platform that profiles hundreds of community-rooted organizations that are engaging voters and advocating for climate, social, racial and/or economic justice. For donors who seek to deploy funds strategically in targeted geographies, with high-impact yet low-profile community organizations, the CaPA Connector dynamic database offers a powerful tool of discovery. This database is constantly updated and can be filtered by geography, constituencies, engagement actions, and other criteria.
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While this database contains more than 500 entities, it is not a complete list of the thousands of organizations doing impactful work. Organizations are invited to fill out this Card Creation Form to be added to the CaPA Connector.
Most of the CaPA Connector data is self-reported by the organizations and CaPA has not completed a 3rd party assessment of accuracy.
CaPA evaluates where programs are fielded within a State by using congressional district boundaries. An org delivering engagement actions within the boundaries of a congressional district does not necessarily mean that group is engaging in a congressional district race.
1000 Woman Strong recruits, trains, and supports grassroots community efforts year-round. Through Peer2Peer contact, rapid response messaging, field organizing, issue advocacy, digital outreach, electoral mobilization, and relational organizing, we have engaged one million Black women since 2020 on a range of issues that impact them.
Our mission is to empower Black women across the country and mobilize them for action. We are working to create a future – and an America – that is informed by the experiences and expertise of Black women. Through rapid response messaging, issue advocacy, and electoral mobilization, we are working across the U.S. to build community and political power for the long haul.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
1K Women Strong recruits, trains, and supports grassroots community efforts year-round. Through Peer2Peer contact, rapid response messaging, field organizing, issue advocacy, digital outreach, electoral mobilization, and relational organizing, we have engaged one million Black women since 2020 on a range of issues that impact them.
Our mission is to empower Black women across the country and mobilize them for action. We are working to create a future – and an America – that is informed by the experiences and expertise of Black women. Through rapid response messaging, issue advocacy, and electoral mobilization, we are working across the U.S. to build community and political power for the long haul.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
The Alaska Voter Guide is a unique tool in the landscape and is complementary to the work campaigns and other independent expenditure groups are doing. This guide voices 907 Action's support for specific candidates.
To engage and inform Alaska voters about election dates and candidates on the ballot.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged: AK
Congressional Districts Engaged: AK-AL
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Action Together NEPA will focus on advocacy and accountability in 2025, while growing our base to match the needs of the current climate. Our goal is to double our base to meet the moment, increasing our work protecting those most harmed, and fighting for public education, LGBTQ+ rights, and economic prosperity, including increasing PA’s minimum wage. We will expand trainings and educational programs, endorse in key races, and run critical PA Supreme Court retention campaigns.
Action Together NEPA engages voters in an accountability campaign, focusing on outreach and early voter education. This campaign focuses on office holders for President, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives. ATNEPA works to educate voters and raise awareness around issues and how the Pennsylvania legislature impacts their priorities.
Action Together NEPA is a grassroots progressive organization dedicated to community action and political advocacy. We support bold progressive policies that will preserve our democracy and promote social and economic justice. We envision a thriving permanent progressive infrastructure of engaged and empowered voters across northeastern Pennsylvania, working together to create a brighter future.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Activate America uses our network of 30,000 volunteers to reach low-propensity voters in 7 states by postcarding, texting, phone banking, and canvassing. We provide positive and negative accountability messaging, we help voters sign up to vote by mail, and we provide key voting logistics information and reminders.
Activate America seeks to empower volunteers to get out the vote for Democratic candidates in close US House and Senate races.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Activate America mobilizes volunteers to help Democrats win majorities in Congress. We’ve built a vast network of passionate volunteers and grassroots groups who participate in voter outreach. Through this network, both individuals and community-based groups can act locally while accessing top-notch scripts, tools, and targeted data. We value our volunteers as essential partners, not mere participants, earning us praise for providing the best volunteer experience.
We recently launched The Multiplier Project, which aims to train thousands of organizers in the 18 most vulnerable GOP-held districts in the country. These organizers are going to throw up "speedbumps" to the Trump MAGA agenda trying to dismantle our democracy, destroy our economy, and strip the most vulnerable of essential services. Our goal is to make these vulnerable Republicans more scared of their constituents holding them accountable than of Trumo and his MAGA allies.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: AZ, CA, CO, IA, MI, NE, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WI
AFN plans to use the same strategy centered on recruiting/training Outreach Specialists in Native villages throughout Alaska; activating those workers to engage directly with community members in the places and by the methods that are truly effective; providing informative, engaging media (visual, digital,radio) to explain the importance of voting, both in English and Alaska Native linguistic dialects.
Enhancing and promoting the cultural, economic and political voice of the Alaska Native community. The largest statewide Native organization in Alaska, AFN represents more than 140,000 Native peoples – about one out of every five Alaskans.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged: AK
Congressional Districts Engaged: AK-AL
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Multi-racial (including white), BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color), Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Contact: Nicole Borromeo, Alaska Federation of Natives Executive Vice President & General Counsel, nborromeo@nativefederation.org
Alaska Public Interest Research Group (AKPIRG) is a nonprofit founded in 1974 that is committed to connecting Alaskans to reliable information about public interest issues. Unlike most PIRGs, AKPIRG has no ties to university or student PIRG organizations, or to the national PIRG system. Designed to represent the interests of consumers, AKPIRG provides a vehicle for promoting the concerns of under-represented Alaskans into the mainstream of public policy making. We have five intersecting and often-related issue areas that we work on: energy, broadband, economic justice, language access, and good government.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: AK
Congressional Districts Engaged: AK-AL
Geographic Density Focus: Rural and Small cities (<100k), Urban - Large city, or suburb of large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Native American/Indigenous, Federal Legislators, State Legislators
Atlanta GLOW's EmpowHer the Vote initiative empowers young, female voters of color through nonpartisan education, outreach, and engagement. We provide training, resources, workshops, and youth-led events to increase voter turnout, while our Voter Engagement Fellowship trains young leaders to mobilize their peers. Looking ahead to key elections like Georgia's 2026 gubernatorial race, we will continue equipping young voters with the knowledge and confidence to engage in the democratic process and shape their communities.
Atlanta GLOW’s EmpowHer the Vote initiative educates, empowers and mobilizes young, female voters of color across metro Atlanta communities to participate in the democratic process by casting their votes. The initiative seeks to increase voter turnout and encourage informed decision-making among this vital demographic.
Atlanta GLOW's mission is to encourage, educate and equip young, low-income women to be thriving, self-sustaining leaders and effective agents of economic growth within their communities.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs, Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Top Priority Issues: Civic engagement, Economic justice, Gender equality
Blue Future is a youth-led organization that recruits, trains and deploys youth to progressive campaigns. They offer stipends + microgrants to youth-led initiatives that increase youth participation in elections. Additionally, Blue Future provides leadership coaching and career development support to build the future pipeline of progressive leaders in the US.
To continuously engage, mobilize, and connect young people across race and place to progressive campaigns, equipping them with the resources, tools, skills, and network to be effective volunteers, organizers, and community leaders.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: AL, AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, LA, MI, MS, MO, MT, NV, NH, NC, OH, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA, WI
Over four million people don't vote where they live. An enlistee in the Navy from North Carolina can vote--from San Diego. An NC A&T student in Brazil this semester can vote too. But they probably won't--unless someone asks them. Building Bridges for America is going to ask.
Building Bridges for America mobilizes and empowers networks of relational grassroots organizers to create an equitable and informed electorate.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
In 2024, the Charlotte Gaymers Network will leverage our Gaymer Gathering events to educate and engage LGBTQ+ young adults in Charlotte, NC, on the importance of voting. Through interactive gaming sessions and workshops, we’ll provide voter registration assistance, policy education, and mobilization strategies, targeting a diverse community often underrepresented at the polls.
With a foundation in fostering unity through our shared enthusiasm for gaming—including board games, tabletop games, video games, and related social gatherings—CGN is dedicated to cultivating an inclusive space where individuals from various backgrounds can connect. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and extending into the surrounding areas, our organization not only prioritizes creating welcoming environments for meeting new friends but also actively engages in promoting civic participation among our members. As part of our mission, we aim to empower our diverse community to be informed, active participants in the democratic process, emphasizing the importance of voter engagement and advocacy on issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community and beyond.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-09
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: LGBTQ+, Latinx, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Leadership Diversity: BIPOC-led, Queer-led, Trans; non-binary; and gender nonconforming-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Volunteer powered - >50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Contact: Jonny Saldana (Legal name is Jonathan Barrio, I am recently married), Executive Director, charlottegaymersnetwork@gmail.com
PA Voter Action Guide (English and Spanish) and "Issues Palm Cards" shared with key PA districts; PA postcard campaigns; local tabling events; social media for all of PA
Chester County Marching Forward (CCMF) is a progressive, non-affiliated community group that works to engage, educate and motivate our neighbors to be active and informed voters and civic participants.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Citizens' Climate Education and Citizens' Climate work together to advance climate action in the U.S. Congress. We train and empower our grassroots network of 360 active chapter and 62 national action teams to build political will through local organizing, media engagement, and direct lobbying. During election years, we mobilize volunteers to engage candidates on climate change and boost voter turnout.
In 2025, Citizens' Climate Education is focused on training our grassroots network to defend hard-won climate victories in the U.S. Congress, such as the clean energy tax credits passed in the Inflation Reduction Act. We are also taking advantage of opportunities to make forward progress in the current political climate. These opportunities include climate-smart forestry, clean energy deployment, and building electrification.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Citizens' Climate Education and Citizens' Climate work together to advance climate action in the U.S. Congress. We train and empower our grassroots network of 360 active chapter and 62 national action teams to build political will through local organizing, media engagement, and direct lobbying. During election years, we mobilize volunteers to engage candidates on climate change and boost voter turnout.
In 2025, Citizens' Climate Lobby is focused on defending hard-won climate victories in the U.S. Congress, such as the clean energy tax credits passed in the Inflation Reduction Act. We are also taking advantage of opportunities to make forward progress in the current political climate. These opportunities include climate-smart forestry, clean energy deployment, and building electrification.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT,DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Clean Water Action will knock on 200,000 doors, in Philadelphia, surrounding suburbs, and Allegheny County where turnout will decide the election. Voter engagement will focus on defending our right to clean water and clean air, especially in BIPOC and lower income neighborhoods burdened with illness from pollution and climate change.
To protect our environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life. Clean Water Action organizes strong grassroots groups and coalitions, and campaigns to elect environmental candidates and to solve environmental and community problems.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: PA
Congressional Districts Engaged: PA-07, PA-17
Geographic Density Focus: Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Multi-racial (including white), BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color), Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Community Change Action and our grassroots partners will use relational organizing to reach 250,000 Black, Latino, Native, AAPI, immigrant, women, and young voters to support navigating voting systems and mobilize for values-aligned candidates. Relational voter programs are key to engaging hard-to-reach and hard-to-find voters outside the traditional political machine.
Our mission is to build the power and capacity of low-income people, especially low-income people of color, to change the policies and institutions that impact their lives.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: AZ, GA, MI, NV, NC, OH , CA, NJ, NM, NY, OR, PA, TX, WI
Focuses on building power for the environmental movement in key geographies across the state. Our 2024 coordinated work will build on that, using our organizing team to drive turnout in key demographics for state races, and ensuring strong connections with incoming legislators.
CVPA is the people-powered statewide political voice for the environment. We elect leaders who champion our environment, we promote racially and economically just environmental policy, we educate Pennsylvanians about key issues, and we hold our elected officials accountable.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: PA
Congressional Districts Engaged: PA-17, PA -12, PA-10, PA-08, PA-07
Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city or suburb of large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Youth and Students (aged 17-35), Seniors (aged 65+), Adults (aged 35-65)
Leadership Diversity: Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Top Priority Issues: State policy advocacy, Voter participation, Environment
Geo-targeting. Chatbots. AI generated videos. Canvassing apps.
We apply innovative tech and storytelling to social justice and voting rights causes. We do this pro bono using mostly free apps and freely share how we solved a challenge so other other groups can do it themselves too.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, GA, IL, IN, IA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI, FL
Geo-targeting. Chatbots. AI generated videos. Canvassing apps.
We apply innovative tech and storytelling to social justice and voting rights causes. We do this pro bono using mostly free apps and freely share how we solved a challenge so other other groups can do it themselves too.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, GA, IL, IN, IA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI, FL
Evergreen advances a bold, actionable vision: tackling the climate crisis while building an inclusive clean energy economy. We defend progress—especially in the states—and connect policy and narrative strategies across sectors like energy, housing, and transportation. Our work delivers solutions that reduce emissions, lower costs, and expand opportunity. In partnership with allies, we equip leaders with the tools to act and help the climate movement stay focused and resilient. Amid federal challenges, we ground our work in what’s possible now—showcasing practical, people-centered policies that move us toward a more affordable, equitable, and sustainable future.
Evergreen’s 2025 goals are: help states lead and defend against climate rollbacks, protect progress at the federal level, and foster a strong internal culture. Our primary opportunity lies in advancing state-level campaigns across energy, housing, and transportation that reduce emissions and improve affordability. We ground our work in clear policy roadmaps and compelling narratives that support environmental justice, economic opportunity, and political durability. By anchoring our strategy in actionable sectoral campaigns and smart digital storytelling, we help build the coalitions and momentum needed to secure lasting climate progress—even in the face of economic and political headwinds.
Our newly updated Evergreen Action Plan 2.0 outlines the policy roadmap needed for the next chapter of climate leadership - and as an inspiration for what is possible under a proactive climate administration. Our election engagement is centered on socializing the EAP 2.0 in a way that builds support for climate candidates and inspires action in November.
Evergreen is leading the fight to put bold climate action at the top of America's agenda. We are building the ambitious, actionable policy roadmap for an all-out mobilization to defeat climate change and to create millions of jobs in a thriving, just, and inclusive clean energy future.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Our house party efforts will educate over 10,000 guests on how to channel their political donations into the most effective grassroots organizing in critical states. Our partners will make millions of voter contacts and register hundreds of thousands of voters. Our community of donors will fund 5 to 10% of each of our organization's budgets.
Our mission is to educate and engage concerned people to collectively maximize the impact of their political investments and activate their networks in the furtherance of a more inclusive, equitable, and just American democracy.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
We are focused on the most cost-effective electoral interventions to register, persuade, and turnout Democratic votes in the most strategically important states and state legislative districts. Our breakthrough voter registration work targets turf that is otherwise untouched by progressive field programs. Our best-in-class persuasion programs are built on years of RCT experiments and include digital, direct mail, social and text.
Forward Majority seeks to build durable Democratic power at the state legislative level in order to serve as a bulwark against threats to American democracy, drive progressive policy change, and to lift up state voices on issues like climate action and reproductive rights.
The GALEO Impact Fund was established in 2019 to help organize the Latino community's growing political power in Georgia.
GALEO has been working to increase civic engagement and leadership in the Latino community in Georgia since 2003. Through this work, the GALEO team saw a need to continue the invaluable non-partisan work of the GALEO along with a separate institution to engage in more political activism.
GALEO Impact Fund works to expand and influence Latino political power in Georgia. We also seek to elect and hold accountable policymakers who align with our progressive values.
2025 GOTV will begin in September after qualifying. We will target Latino candidates who align with our values (excluding the city of Atlanta). Target counties include Gwinnett, Cobb, Hall, Whitfield, and DeKalb. The Secretary of State’s office will be purging almost 500,000 voters from the rolls in 2025. We expect to do education around this activity and potentially reregister voters who were purged.
The GALEO Impact Fund was established in 2019 to help address the need to engage in more political activism and organize the growing political power of the Latino community in Georgia.
GALEO Impact Fund works to expand and influence Latino political power in Georgia. We also seek to elect and hold accountable policymakers who align with our progressive values.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
By organizing events in Clayton County, Fitzgerald, Atlanta, and Macon, Georgia ACT focused on increasing voter registration, educating low-income housing residents and college students about the impact of voting on housing policies. As a result, we registered 107 new voters, provided identification assistance to 11 people, and assisted hundreds others in verifying their voter status, empowering them with knowledge about their rights and the electoral process.
Georgia ACT is currently conducting coordinated voter engagement efforts in Georgia (including voter registration, education, and mobilization). We are doing tabling, social media campaigns, targeted canvassing, email campaigns and rallies. Our target areas are Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Bibb and Ben Hill Counties that include traditionally underserved lower propensity areas (i.e. low-income apartment complexes, rural communities, and HBCU campuses).
We build, support, and inform a statewide network of thriving organizations, professionals, and individuals advancing equitable housing and community development. Our Vision – All Georgia families have safe and decent housing in vibrant neighborhoods.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
We are targeting Catholics in MI, PA, WI with trainings, in-person & digital outreach and relational doors, calls, texts as well as digital ads and billboards. In these three states, Clinton lost the Catholic vote by 65-35. Biden made it closer to 50-50 which was the difference in the election.
To activate multi-issue Catholic voters and provide them—as well as candidates who are committed to the common good of lifting up the quality of life of all Americans—with the tools they need to be informed and to engage Catholic voters who are concerned about issues of social justice, immigration, climate change, and the scourge of White Christian Nationalism.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
In This Together NEPA will increase our community presence and community building in 2025. Through Pride events, Juneteenth Celebrations, Disability Pride, and new voter registration and tabling opportunities throughout the region, we will build on ITTNEPA’s tremendous 2024 growth, forming new partnerships and community relationships. We will increase our election protection work, expanding into all 19 NEPA counties. This work will activate new volunteers and grow our capacity for monitoring at the county level.
In This Together NEPA is a community building organization that engages people around democracy, social justice, environmental justice, and economic prosperity. Their program includes site and event-based voter registration, relational organizing, digital strategies, and deep canvassing to empower and engage voters in building a stronger community.
To bring joy and lift up our community, especially those traditionally overlooked, to build community, and to increase civic engagement throughout the region.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Five days before Veterans Day, and just months after their Independence Day 2024 founding, Independent Veterans of America (IVA) celebrated a historic performance by eleven IVA-endorsed candidates in five states. IVA supported independent veteran candidates at all levels — from local school boards to the US Senate. And we sent shockwaves across the political world by winning an unprecedented 36% of our races.
IVA is the first organization in American history to focus specifically on recruiting, supporting and electing independent and unaffiliated veteran candidates and incumbents. We are a full spectrum education, support, advocacy and election machine with a 501 c4, a 527/PAC and have 501 c3 fiscal sponsorship.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-09
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Other
Leadership Diversity: Volunteer-led, Other
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Top Priority Issues: Civic engagement, Disability rights, Other
In-person programming with events in high traffic locations and doorknocking, working in multiple counties in New York and Pennsylvania with a goal $15,855 Voter registrations cards. Their constituencies are the immigrant, BIPOC, youth, and working class communities.
Make the Road Action (MRA) builds political power rooted in working-class Latinx communities, promotes policy solutions that improve the lives of all working-class and low-income people, and strengthens the movement for justice through electoral and grassroots organizing to advance progressive political and policy change.
MRAPA builds community power to fight for justice in Latinx and immigrant communities and working-class communities of color. In 2024, we’ll work in 5 counties, focusing in communities that are ignored and rarely targeted by typical Democratic campaigns, yet they are an important voter base that needs to be persuaded.
Make the Road Action (MRA) builds political power rooted in working-class Latinx, Black and communities of color, promotes policy solutions that improve the lives of all working-class and low-income people, and strengthens the movement for justice through electoral and grassroots organizing to advance progressive political and policy change.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: PA
Congressional Districts Engaged: PA-07, PA-08
Geographic Density Focus: Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color), Latinx
Make the Road States proposes a program consisting of in-person programming with events in high traffic locations and potentially doorknocking. They will be working in multiple counties in New York and Pennsylvania with a goal $15,855 Voter registrations cards. Their constituencies are the immigrant, BIPOC, youth, and working class communities.
Make the Road States (MRstates), a 501(c)(3) organization is the national home for the second-generation Make the Road family of organizations that serves to uplift the voices of working-class, immigrants, women, LGBTQIA people, and people of color.
MLCV will develop a democracy outreach plan for 2025 municipal and 2026 midterm elections that includes earned and paid media, in-person voter education, relationship-building, clerk engagement, civics education, and rapid response measures. It will also research, test, and elevate messaging that more effectively inspires voters in low-turnout districts to vote while engaging youth at college campuses. Plans will be coordinated with coalition partners to drive a dynamic, pro-environment voter effort in 2025 and 2026.
MLCV is scaling current canvassing efforts to train youth organizers through their intensive “Our Water Activist” program and by coordinating with Student Organizations on targeted campuses, empowering youth leaders with the skills, resources and training they need to organize and mobilize their peers to vote for pro-climate/democracy champions.
Michigan LCV works to protect the air, land, and water in communities all across Michigan by activating voters to elect and hold accountable public officials who fight for an environment that sustains the health and well-being of us all.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Building on its 2024 successes, MoveIndio is now implementing both its National and New York campaigns. MoveIndigo’s National Campaign helps Democratic voters who are already moving (an estimated six million annually!) to discover desirable toss-up districts across the country where their votes will be game changers. MoveIndigo’s New York Campaign encourages NYC and other blue-district Democrats who have second homes in toss-up districts in New York State to register to vote in those districts.
Encouraging New York City Democrats who have second homes in toss up districts in New York State to register to vote in those districts. Progam will identify likely voters and target with messaging via online and print advertising.
We help Democrats who are moving discover desirable and vibrant communities where they can be game changers at the ballot box.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: AZ, CA, CO, GA, IA, ME, MI, NV, NY, OH, PA, VA, WI
In 2025 and beyond, NPPEF will continue our programmatic work around voter engagement, to include voter registration efforts and the advancement of a PA State Voting Rights Act; civic education to include state courts education ahead of judicial elections in 2025 and; voter participation to ensure those we engage and provide civic education to overcome voter apathy and fatigue and are mobilized to vote in both the primary and general elections in 2025 and beyond.
The NPPEF is a non-partisan group centered on underrepresented communities, emphasizing civic education and engagement. Their focus areas include voting rights, gun violence, abortion access, and environmental justice. Voter registration tactics involve community outreach, online platforms, partnerships, mobile units, educational campaigns, multilingual materials, youth engagement, collaboration with civic groups, and volunteer networks.
The New PA Project Education Fund (NPPEF) is a non-partisan organization led by community leaders across the Commonwealth dedicated to centering underrepresented and underserved communities to embrace their power. NPPEF ensures full participation in the democratic process through civic education and year-round engagement by centering Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, immigrant communities and the youth - with intention - as they are the least represented and most impacted by decisions our government is making.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
In 2025 and beyond, NPP will continue our programmatic work around voter engagement, to include voter registration efforts and the advancement of a PA state voting rights act; civic education to include federal and state courts advocacy ahead of state judicial elections in 2025 and; independent expenditure voter participation programs to mobilize the electorate to the polls in both the primary and general elections, in 2025 and beyond.
NPP, a voting rights organization will engage in community conversations, candidate forums, voting rights protection, expansion and advocacy by meeting our centered communities (Black, Indigenous and other people of color, immigrant communities and the youth) where they are and providing all the necessary civic education needed to expand the electorate.
The New Pennsylvania Project (NPP) is a voting rights organization with a year-round primary focus on voter registration, civic education and mobilization. NPP centers historically disenfranchised and often neglected Black, Indigenous and other people of color, immigrant communities and the youth in our work. Through civic engagement, we ensure all eligible voters feel compelled to exercise their freedom to vote in the Commonwealth.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
In 2025, our organization will be shifting strategies to put more focus on our community through grassroots base-building. We aim to narrow in on who our diverse community members are, and what moves them, primarily through the following activities: deep canvassing, focus groups and ethnographic interviews, and potentially moving to a membership model. In regards to organizing, NCAAT/NCAATIA will be expanding our issue work (primarily democracy reform, immigration, language access, and racial justice) to also focus on diversity and inclusivity in K-12 education, which is an area of growing contention in the AAPI community.
North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT) is scaling and leading the largest field program targeting Asian Americans in North Carolina. On-site canvassing in high schools and college campuses will register AAPI and BIPOC voters, and registrations are paired with pledges to vote.
North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to supporting equity and justice for all by fostering community among Asian Americans and allies in North Carolina through civic engagement, leadership development, grassroots mobilization and political participation.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Led by women, staff will register voters at faith gatherings. They’ll also provide resources on pro-democracy issues and candidate vetting to empower informed voting.
We enable denominations, congregations, and people of faith to impact our state on issues such as economic justice and development, human well-being, equality, and compassion and peace, following the example and mission of Jesus Christ.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Ohio Citizen Action informs, organizes, and mobilizes people to advocate for public interests across issues and campaigns. In person, by phone, and online we engage people in actions that protect public health, improve environmental quality, and benefit consumers. Our campaigns connect Ohioans and build a movement to protect democracy and create a sustainable and equitable future.
In 2023 we helped win two ballot initiative campaigns (keeping a simple majority to pass citizen led ballot initiatives and enshrining reproductive rights in our constitution), and helped elect a progressive mayor in Akron. In 2024 we knocked 366,894 doors for Sherrod Brown.
* Opposing SB 63 (ban on ranked choice voting) and SB 153 (Ohio's SAVE act, which attacks voter rights and adds to the burden to get citizen-led initiatives on the ballot).
* Using our deep canvassing/persuasion training to reach voters who pledged to vote in 2024 after we talked to them at the door, but then didn't. We want to listen and learn in these "front porch focus groups" why people didn't vote, then rework the data they give us to persuade others like them to vote in 2025 and 2026.
*Promote repeal of consumer coal plant bailout.
Advocate for local and statewide democracy, energy and consumer issues. We project knocking 709,700 doors statewide and making 259,000 phone calls, plus digital tactics, including voter videos.
Ohio Citizen Action /OCAEF organizes and mobilizes people to advocate for public interests. In person, by phone and online we engage people in actions that protect public health, improve environmental quality and benefit consumers. Our campaigns connect Ohioans and build a movement to protect democracy and create a sustainable future.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city or suburb of large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: We do not target any specific demographics and/or it is difficult to say who we may reach, Multi-racial (including white), Adults (aged 35-65)
Leadership Diversity: BIPOC-led, Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Top Priority Issues: State policy advocacy, Civic engagement, Climate change
Contact: Melissa English, Deputy Director (OCA) and Executive Director (OCAEF), menglish@ohiocitizen.org
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund (OCAEF) informs, organizes and mobilizes people to advocate for public interests, across issues and campaigns. In person, by phone and online, we engage people in actions that protect public health, improve environmental quality, and benefit consumers. Our campaigns connect Ohioans and build a movement to protect democracy and create a sustainable and equitable future.
OCAEF is the 501 c 3 research and education affiliate of Ohio Citizen Action, with which we sometimes run joint campaigns. Since 1975 we've earned a reputation as a trusted source of information and a vigilant government and industry watchdog.
* Advocacy work includes opposing two bills, one banning ranked choice voting in Ohio, and the other Ohio's version of the SAVE act which suppresses voter rights and adds to the burden of putting citizen led initiatives on the ballot.
* Rural solar organizing uses deep canvassing/persuasion to win hearts and minds for siting utility-scale solar projects.
* Voter courtship uses deep canvassing/persuasion to contact people canvassed during the 2024 election who pledged to vote, but didn't. We'll uncover the obstacles, rationales, and stories of unactivated voters and develop messaging to persuade people like them to vote.
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund will register voters by conducting hotspot canvassing and going door-to-door, primarily on community college campuses/areas in Cincinnati, Athens, Columbus and Cleveland.
Ohio Citizen Action /OCAEF organizes and mobilizes people to advocate for public interests. In person, by phone and online we engage people in actions that protect public health, improve environmental quality and benefit consumers. Our campaigns connect Ohioans and build a movement to protect democracy and create a sustainable future.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
The OEC advocates for a healthier environment for all who call Ohio home. From resounding victories in the hallways of power to a growing environmental movement to important policy wins, we are working for systems-level change. Our mission is to protect the environment and health of all Ohio communities through legal and policy advocacy, decision-maker accountability, and civic engagement; we do this work to secure the vision of a clean, healthy Ohio where our democracy empowers all communities to thrive in harmony with the environment. We strive to ensure all of our work is science-based; equitable; strategic; collaborative; and non-partisan.
Our programs are grounded in environmental justice and include: Water, Public Lands, Energy, Democracy, and Field Advocacy in Northeast Ohio, Southwest Ohio, Southeast Ohio, the Cleveland Metro area, and Central Ohio. Our staff brings expertise in policy, nonprofit management, government, politics, public affairs, marketing and communications, law, advocacy, campaigns, coalition building, community organizing, and grassroots engagement. Each program area collaborates closely with our Communications team and Law Center to hold polluters accountable in court while working with communities and companies to inspire investment in and commitment to a just and healthy environment for all who call Ohio home.
The Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund (OEC AF) builds the political power of the environmental movement in Ohio through strategic issue and electoral campaigns as well as elected official accountability. Since its launch in 2016, the OEC AF has grown to be a well-recognized political force equipped with solutions to address the state’s most pressing environmental and climate issues facing Ohio communities. We continue to increase the political power of Ohio’s environmental movement in order to accelerate climate action and the adoption of just environmental policies.
As the impacts of climate change grow, communities that have been systematically left out will suffer the most. To address the climate crisis, the OEC AF has embedded equitable and bold climate action across all programming. We will accelerate progress toward a clean, beautiful Ohio where diverse people and all of our natural treasures thrive by:
-Advocating for and implementing affordable, clean energy solutions for all.
-Bolstering the climate resilience of Ohio communities and ecosystems through policy and legal advocacy.
-Ensuring members, partners, decision-makers, and all Ohioans have the information and tools they need to engage in climate action for
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
In 2025, the Ohio Organizing Collaborative will focus on advocating for fully funded early education through the Care Economy Organizing (CEO) Project; supporting public education by organizing parents and communities to promote fair school funding and prevent closures via the All In For Ohio Kids initiative; pursuing criminal justice reform by working to end collateral sanctions that hinder formerly incarcerated individuals from accessing employment/education opportunities through Building Freedom Ohio (BFO); empowering student leaders.
Statewide org that unites student associations, faith organizations, labor unions and policy institutions will register voters through community hotspotting, campus organizing, relational organizing, doors, phones, text and mail.
Formed in 2007, the Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC) is a grassroots organization uniting community groups, student associations, and faith organizations with policy institutes and labor unions across Ohio. It is our mission to organize membership bases of everyday Ohioans for racial, social, and economic justice in our state.
Empower Project is a communications, organizing, and technology non-profit that is a leader in relational organizing - leveraging the power of trusted messengers by having community members build lists of friends and family to communicate and influence behavior, promote informed decision-making, and increase meaningful civic engagement. We recruit and manage the trusted messengers, build the technology, coordinate with partner organizations, organize trainings, and direct the strategy that allows this sophisticated approach to communications to happen.
Relational organizing and trusted messengers are the keys to meeting the moment and building a larger, better-informed, and more engaged universe of voters. In 2025, we will use our unique ability to communicate with challenging communities of voters and our existing network of 3 million people, launching a year-round relational organizing program to maintain engagement, build trust, and drive action leading up to the next election.
Organizing Empower Project has launched a multi-state paid relational program to build the largest incentivized relational organizing program in history in 10 high-profile states to reach voters not typically reachable by other means and leverage the power of relational organizing to maximize impact.
Empower Project is a communications, organizing, and technology non-profit that is a leader in relational organizing - leveraging the power of trusted messengers by having community members build lists of friends and family to communicate and influence behavior, promote informed decision-making, and increase meaningful civic engagement.
We recruit and manage the trusted messengers, build the technology, coordinate with partner organizations, organize trainings, and direct the strategy that allows this sophisticated approach to communications to happen.
Empower Project is a communications, organizing, and technology non-profit that is a leader in relational organizing - leveraging the power of trusted messengers by having community members build lists of friends and family to communicate and influence behavior, promote informed decision-making, and increase meaningful civic engagement. We recruit and manage the trusted messengers, build the technology, coordinate with partner organizations, organize trainings, and direct the strategy that allows this sophisticated approach to communications to happen.
Relational organizing and trusted messengers are the keys to meeting the moment and building a larger, better-informed, and more engaged universe of voters. In 2025, we will use our unique ability to communicate with challenging communities of voters and our existing network of 3 million people, launching a year-round relational organizing program to maintain engagement, build trust, and drive action leading up to the next election.
Organizing Empowerment Fund is offering training and technology support for organizations that are using relational organizing, especially in underrepresented communities like communities of color, youth, immigrants, and rural areas.
Empower Project is a communications, organizing, and technology non-profit that is a leader in relational organizing - leveraging the power of trusted messengers by having community members build lists of friends and family to communicate and influence behavior, promote informed decision-making, and increase meaningful civic engagement.
We recruit and manage the trusted messengers, build the technology, coordinate with partner organizations, organize trainings, and direct the strategy that allows this sophisticated approach to communications to happen.
We’ll reach millions of parents in key states via direct messaging and social media to communicate what’s at stake in this election, register them to vote, get them to make a plan, remind them to turn out, and, most importantly, help them send voting reminders to their personal networks.
As a cutting-edge impact media organization, ParentsTogether is shifting the narrative for families. We meet overwhelmed parents where they are with relatable, informative, and useful content that helps shape their worldviews and raise expectations about what families deserve. Founded in 2012, today ParentsTogether has over 3 million members and reaches millions more parents each year through innovative content creation, social media campaigns, online issue organizing, and civic engagement.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
We’ll reach millions of parents in key states via direct messaging and social media to communicate what’s at stake in this election, register them to vote, get them to make a plan, remind them to turn out, and, most importantly, help them send voting reminders to their personal networks.
As a cutting-edge impact media organization, ParentsTogether is shifting the narrative for families. We meet overwhelmed parents where they are with relatable, informative, and useful content that helps shape their worldviews and raise expectations about what families deserve. Founded in 2012, today ParentsTogether has over 3 million members and reaches millions more parents each year through innovative content creation, social media campaigns, online issue organizing, and civic engagement.
Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light is building a network of people of faith and conscience committed to addressing climate change as a moral issue. We are registering people to vote, providing education on engaging in the civic process, and helping get out the vote through coordinated events, workshops, and volunteering.
Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light inspires and mobilizes people of faith and conscience to take bold and just action on climate change.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
We will build power for working people by deep canvassing, using relational organizing and digital media, and developing our members into powerful leaders. Through our key issues chosen by our members – Getting Big Money Out of Politics and Leveraging Federal Funds for Environmental Justice – we will educate and empower our people to vote for progressive candidates. Together, we will build a Pennsylvania that works for all of us.
We will build power for working people by deep canvassing, using relational organizing and digital media, and developing our members into powerful leaders. Through key issues - Getting Big Money Out of Politics and Leveraging Federal Funds for Environmental Justice - we‘ll educate and empower our people to vote for progressive candidates.
Pennsylvania Stands Up believes we all deserve to live with safety and dignity. We know that we need to develop transformative leaders in our own neighborhoods and across the state to create a multi-racial democracy, build the power for working people to co-govern, and win what we need for our communities to thrive. Our mission is simple: At Pennsylvania Stands Up, we organize for power. Across race, place, and generation, we are building a Pennsylvania that works for all of us.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
We will build power for working people by deep canvassing, using relational organizing and digital media, and developing our members into powerful leaders. Through our key issues chosen by our members – Getting Big Money Out of Politics and Leveraging Federal Funds for Environmental Justice – we will educate and empower our people to vote for progressive candidates. Together, we will build a Pennsylvania that works for all of us.
We will build power for working people by deep canvassing, using relational organizing and digital media, and developing our members into powerful leaders. Through key issues - Getting Big Money Out of Politics and Leveraging Federal Funds for Environmental Justice - we‘ll educate and empower our people to vote for progressive candidates.
Pennsylvania Stands Up believes we all deserve to live with safety and dignity. We know that we need to develop transformative leaders in our own neighborhoods and across the state to create a multi-racial democracy, build the power for working people to co-govern, and win what we need for our communities to thrive. Our mission is simple: At Pennsylvania Stands Up, we organize for power. Across race, place, and generation, we are building a Pennsylvania that works for all of us.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
We will build power for working people by deep canvassing, using relational organizing and digital media, and developing our members into powerful leaders. Through our key issues chosen by our members – Getting Big Money Out of Politics and Leveraging Federal Funds for Environmental Justice – we will educate and empower our people to vote for progressive candidates. Together, we will build a Pennsylvania that works for all of us.
We will build power for working people by deep canvassing, using relational organizing and digital media, and developing our members into powerful leaders. Through key issues - Getting Big Money Out of Politics and Leveraging Federal Funds for Environmental Justice - we‘ll educate and empower our people to vote for progressive candidates.
Pennsylvania Stands Up believes we all deserve to live with safety and dignity. We know that we need to develop transformative leaders in our own neighborhoods and across the state to create a multi-racial democracy, build the power for working people to co-govern, and win what we need for our communities to thrive. Our mission is simple: At Pennsylvania Stands Up, we organize for power. Across race, place, and generation, we are building a Pennsylvania that works for all of us.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
The heart of our program is building robust student teams across the state of Pennsylvania. Recruited and trained by full-time Campus Organizers, our Student Fellows and volunteers engage in a variety of traditional and creative tactics to collect pledge to vote cards, persuade students to vote for progressive issues, and lead robust GOTV efforts.
To promote and expand democracy in Pennsylvania by elevating youth leadership in order to get organized, vote in key elections, and exercise our power to take control of our lives through civic engagement.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Our program engages the public, specifically the BIPOC community, on the importance of voting—a key pillar to our democracy. We provide basic voting information on a nonpartisan basis. Among various tactics, we send text messages to voters to get to their polling location or to enroll in vote by mail.
Rapid Resist supports progressive organizations fighting back against attacks on our communities and our democracy.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI
Now is the time to seize upon suburban women’s visceral opposition to Republican attacks on their freedom, their children, and democracy. RWB is doing just that through our year-round relational organizing program. We build community and tap the networks of women in our community to reach voters we need to win.
Red Wine & Blue has built hyper-local organizing infrastructure and culturally-relevant communications that engages diverse suburban women where they are, supports them to represent their views, and doesn't go away. We seize moments of opportunity to achieve policy wins, but most importantly, we are building a community that ensures suburban women become a permanent fixture in the movement for a multiracial democracy. RWB has grown into a community of nearly half a million women by providing a welcoming pathway to political engagement for women of all political backgrounds – including many who have never been political before.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
We are an all-volunteer organization that exists to take meaningful action to tip tight elections blue nationwide. This includes letter-writing, phonebanking, canvassing and deep canvassing, fundraising, social media, and more - all in support of candidates in the tightest elections and in support of voting rights and access. We work at to elect candidates for state legislatures and other state offices such as secretaries of state, governors, Congress, and President (in swing states). We are guilt-free, data-based, and believe that changing who is in power is the best way to affect our future.
In keeping with our overall goal of tipping tight elections blue, our goals for 2025 are to:
1) Win the Wisconsin Supreme Court election thereby maintaining the liberal majority
2) Flip the Virginia governorship and maintain the Democratic majority in the Virginia House of Delegates
3) Develop new approaches to reach and persuade voters more effectively, including a) developing training to increase volunteer effectiveness and b) nurturing innovative communication tactics and communicators, and
4) Prepare for the 2026 midterms by identifying and acting on opportunities in likely swing states and districts
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: AK, AZ, CA, CO, GA, IA, ME, MI, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, VA, WI
Sister District Advocacy Network (SDAN) furthers the common good and general welfare of the community through programs designed to achieve the following goals: educating Americans about the role of state legislatures and the potential for state legislative policy to impact the lives of individuals and communities, increasing public trust in state legislatures, promoting greater representativeness of state legislators, and building opportunities for community-centered civic engagement. By increasing trust, representativeness, and civic engagement, SDAN will improve the quality of public policy passed by state legislatures and the trust in state government, to the benefit of all Americans.
Our narrative change and storytelling program creates, measures, and disseminates compelling content and messages about the power and promise of state policy. Our research program investigates, measures and reports on crucial trends at the state legislative level, including the composition and reflectiveness of state legislatures, voter participation in state elections, and state legislative electoral outcomes over time. Our State Bridges program will raise funds for 501(C)(3) organizations running year round nonpartisan organizing programs in their local communities.
Supports Democrats running for competitive state legislative seats, where precision investments can close narrow margins and win entire chambers. We “sister” our local volunteers with endorsed candidates, bringing capacity for phonebanking, fundraising, and more. We complement this with campaign services, rooted in research and tailored to the district.
Sister District builds enduring progressive power in state legislatures. We do this by supporting candidates, mobilizing volunteers, empowering lawmakers, and educating voters.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: AZ, MI, MN, NV, NH, NC, PA, VA, WI
Sister District builds enduring progressive power in state legislatures. We do this by supporting candidates, mobilizing volunteers, empowering lawmakers, and educating voters.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: AZ, GA, MI, MN, NV, NC, PA, WI, NH
We target Democratic voters by means of door-to-door canvassing, letter and postcard mailings, emails in selected precincts, placing yard signs, working as poll greeters and poll watchers, and through participation as a club in community parades and other community events. We inform voters of important dates and how to return mail-in ballots correctly.
The mission of the Southern Lehigh Democrats Committee is to enact the Democratic Party's ideals in Lower Milford, Upper Saucon and The Borough of Coopersburg and to support and elect its candidates, and expand voter outreach, education and participation.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged: PA
Congressional Districts Engaged: PA-07
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban
Core Constituencies: Youth and Students (aged 17-35), Seniors (aged 65+), Adults (aged 35-65)
Leadership Diversity: Volunteer-led, Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: All volunteer - there are no paid staff involved in the organizations
Top Priority Issues: Civic engagement, Voter participation, Voting rights/access
Contact: Roberta Barnes, Treasurer, Southern Lehigh Democratic Committee, robin.barnes70@gmail.com
State Wide Indivisible Michigan is a grassroots coalition of Indivisible groups who work in collaboration to amplify our voice and increase our power through collective actions and shared resources. SWIM stands in solidarity with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
Our mission is to actively protect, defend, and promote the principles and institutions of democracy for all people. The statewide organization will act as a resource to local groups to support this mission.
1. Support local groups in building member engagement for local, state and national actions.
-Provide structured events for local groups to tap easily into through Democracy Action Working Group and other working groups.
-Provide a network of resources and connections with other Local Indivisible Groups and outside partner organizations.
2. Support progressive candidates in statewide and local races of importance; help identify good candidates to support.
3. Assist in voter education efforts & amplify support or opposition to citizens’ initiatives & legislation.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
The Asian American and Pacific Islander population is the fastest growing demographic in Ohio. But we are under-represented. We have been mailing questionnaires to AAPI voters throughout Ohio, asking about their experiences as AAPI citizens in our state, top of mind issues, and if they plan to vote in 2024.
The AAPI Research Group and Engagement Team - Ohio (TARGETOHIO) believes in the collective power of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. AAPI Ohioans must be included as an integral part of our democracy—civically engaged, politically active, and voting in record numbers. TARGETOHIO will serve as the vehicle for delivering the AAPI political voice.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
The Alaska Voter Hub is a diverse coalition of nonprofit organizations. The coalition collaborates and runs collective programming to ensure that every woman, youth and voter of color in the state of Alaska has equitable access to the polls and receives voting education.
The Alaska Voter Hub is a coalition working to strengthen democracy by unifying people and building collective political power to ensure a just and thriving community through: Voter education, engagement, and mobilization; Protecting and expanding voter rights; and Fostering a culture of Civic Engagement and advocacy.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: AK
Congressional Districts Engaged: AK-AL
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Women, BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color), Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
We focus on executing statewide strategies to inform Pennsylvanians about safe, secure, and convenient ways to vote. We will run a layered vote-by-mail recruitment and education program that includes mail, phones, texts, digital, and possibly radio and streaming or TV ads. Our universe consists of low-propensity and historically disenfranchised Pennsylvanians.
The Voter Project and The Voter Project Fund’s goal is to ensure that every Pennsylvania voter, especially those who have been historically disenfranchised, is able to cast a ballot in a safe, secure, and convenient way. We lead Pennsylvania’s voting rights community in implementing changes to election law, fighting back against attempts to make voting more difficult, and informing Pennsylvanians about the ways they can cast a ballot and make their voices heard.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
We focus on executing statewide strategies to inform Pennsylvanians about safe, secure, and convenient ways to vote. We will run a layered vote-by-mail recruitment and education program that includes mail, phones, texts, digital, and possibly radio and streaming or TV ads. Our universe consists of low-propensity and historically disenfranchised Pennsylvanians.
The Voter Project and The Voter Project Fund’s goal is to ensure that every Pennsylvania voter, especially those who have been historically disenfranchised, is able to cast a ballot in a safe, secure, and convenient way. We lead Pennsylvania’s voting rights community in implementing changes to election law, fighting back against attempts to make voting more difficult, and informing Pennsylvanians about the ways they can cast a ballot and make their voices heard.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
TurnUp's youth-led voter registration and turnout program targets competitive states and congressional districts. We conduct paid student-led on-campus voter registration and turnout drives at high schools and low-turnout community college campuses; relational voter registration and turnout programs targeting unregistered and low-propensity young voters; an educational internship program empowering youth to conduct text-banking, phone-banking, and canvassing; and innovative digital activities reminding young people to register and vote. Since 2019, we have registered over 400,000 young voters, texted 35 million young voters, talked to 900,000 young voters via phone, and graduated 13,000 youth from our internship program.
In 2025, TurnUp is focused on registering 170,000 young people to vote in key states and congressional districts for the 2026 elections and beyond. We are also registering and turning out young voters in the VA and PA elections. TurnUp is organizing the following programs to accomplish these goals paid student-led on-campus voter registration and turnout drives at high schools and low-turnout community college campuses; relational voter registration and turnout programs targeting unregistered and low-propensity young voters; an educational internship program empowering youth to conduct text-banking, phone-banking, and canvassing; and digital activities reminding young people to register and vote.
TurnUp's Youth-led GOTV program targets low-turnout community college campuses and low-propensity young voters. The program engages over 18,000 young interns, on-campus organizers, and relational organizers to utilize the following strategies: on-campus GOTV events, relational GOTV campaigns, canvassing, phone-banking, and text-banking.
We’re on a mission to strengthen democracy by increasing high impact youth civic action and closing the gap between young people who want to take civic action and those who actually take action. TurnUp includes five integrated programs that work together to increase youth voter registration and turnout: the internship training program; online program; on campus and relational voter registration and turnout program; mobile app; and ideas incubator. Our goal is to increase youth voter registration and turnout, and build the most active, educated, organized, and powerful network of young progressive activists across the Nation
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: AK, AZ, FL, GA, MI, MT, NE, NV, NC, OH, PA, SC, TX, WA, WV, WI
We are a congenial neighborhood activist group dedicated to strengthening democracy, promoting a just society, moral budget funded by fair taxation and fighting the MAGA agenda. We canvass, phone, write, text and demonstrate to deliver votes and legislation reflecting our values.
Our group was founded out of a MoveOn House party following the election of Trump in 2017. We worked with NY Working Families Party to organize The Tax March, No One is Above the Law on The March for Truth, joined Indivisible and then SwingLeft and worked in cooperation and coalition with many groups over the years.
Canvassing in NY17 about the Reconciliation Budget- inform the content of bill, urge voters to phone Rep. Lawler to oppose it and inform them of Town Halls or other actions organized by local groups. [We create the leaflets and work as part of a coalition of groups in NY17.
Mobilizing for the mass rallies in NYC since the President's Day/Not My President rallies.
Write postcards with Reclaim Our Vote/Center for Common Group and recruit volunteers for phone banks organized by other national groups.
Meet in person monthly w/speakers on: Social Security, Budget Reconciliation, NYS Budget, Rank Choice Voting and more
We're currently canvassing registered Democrats in PA07 who vote irregularly. We started with deep canvassing and switching to regular canvassing this Fall. We also write letters to PA voters of similar profile with Vote Forward. Soon we'll be phoning to recruit local volunteers from people who previously volunteered in PA07.
We're a congenial group of activists in NYC devoted to strengthening democracy, promoting a just society, moral budget and fair taxation to fund it. We canvass, write and phone voters in strategically targeted purple districts/states to flip them blue. Our group is affiliated with both SwingLeft and Indivisible. We are very focused on making our actions effective, but arrange them to also be enjoyable.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
We are targeting Catholics in MI, PA, WI with trainings, in-person & digital outreach and relational doors, calls, texts as well as digital ads and billboards. In these three states, Clinton lost the Catholic vote by 65-35. Biden made it closer to 50-50 which was the difference in the election.
To activate multi-issue Catholic voters and provide them—as well as candidates who are committed to the common good of lifting up the quality of life of all Americans—with the tools they need to be informed and to engage Catholic voters who are concerned about issues of social justice, immigration, climate change, and the scourge of White Christian Nationalism.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Vote Pro-Choice builds governing power for abortion access and reproductive freedom by engaging voters in state/local elections. Through one-to-one texts, mailers, digital ads, video, and phone banking, we work to demystify the impact of middle and downballot offices, support pro-choice candidates, and mobilize voters to turnout for these races.
Vote Pro-Choice is the political home for the nation's pro-choice majority, building political power for reproductive freedom and abortion rights in America.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Builds governing power for abortion access and reproductive freedom by engaging voters in state/local elections. Through one-to-one texts, mailers, digital ads, video, and phone banking, we work to demystify the impact of middle and downballot offices, support pro-choice candidates, and mobilize voters to turnout for these races.
Vote Pro-Choice is the political home for the nation's pro-choice majority, building political power for reproductive freedom and abortion rights in America.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
YCV staff and volunteers reach voters in the communities where they live and work across the state of NC through high traffic canvassing, clipboarding, tabling at events, group and classroom presentations in high schools and on college campuses, relational organizing, GOTV calls and text messaging, and 1-1 conversations with voters.
You Can Vote (YCV) was founded following Shelby County v. Holder, 133 S. Ct. 2612, the Supreme Court decision rolling back key protections of the Voting Rights Act. Our mission is to train and mobilize volunteers to educate, register, and empower all North Carolina citizens to successfully cast their ballot. Our programs combat discriminatory election laws by building a broader and more engaged electorate across the state of NC. YCV serves populations whose votes have been historically suppressed including people of color, low-income people, people who are currently and formerly incarcerated, people with disabilities, and young people.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
