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.
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
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
Our top priorities for 2025 are focused on local elections that disproportionately impact immigrant communities through city and county policies. We are specifically looking at the Aurora City Council, which is the origin of rumors that brought hateful rhetoric and then-candidate Trump himself to Aurora. We would also like to build upon our voter engagement efforts in Thornton, Commerce City, and Westminster (CD 08 overlap) from 2021 and 2023. In 2026, our top priority is CD 08 with a focus on engaging voters on the issue of immigration.
In 2024, CIRC Action Fund is planning to lead a nonpartisan and partisan electoral program in Congressional District 8 and Congressional District 3, primarily in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, El Paso, Jefferson, and Pueblo counties. We will target low-propensity BIPOC voters through door knocking, texts, and mailers.
CIRC Action Fund (501(c)4) was established in 2012 to build a strong and thriving Colorado where all residents are treated with dignity and respect, have equal access to a fair quality of life, and the opportunity to live united with family. Our mission compels us to elect and protect candidates with a history of championing immigrant rights issues and to mobilize an electorate of People of Color and New Americans that reflects the populations where we work.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: CO
Congressional Districts Engaged: CO-03, CO-08
Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city or suburb of large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, Latinx, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
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)
Clean Water Fund protects the environment and community well-being, focusing on issues of Environmental Justice, Pollution Protection, Voting Rights, and Community Empowerment. Tactics include door-to-door canvassing, targeted mail, and community tabling, integrating voter registration into events for community empowerment and environmental justice.
Clean Water Fund's mission is to develop strong grassroots environmental leadership and to bring together diverse constituencies to work cooperatively for changes that improve their lives, focused on health, consumer, environmental and community problems.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: PA
Congressional Districts Engaged: 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)
Cobalt Advocates is a trusted leader in the Colorado reproductive health movement. We will use a variety of tactics to reach our established supporters throughout Colorado. We will also use a variety of tactics to expand our reach.
We envision a world where your health decisions are free from stigma, politics and systemic barriers. We actualize policies, structures and attitudes that secure unassailable reproductive autonomy and abortion access.
Implementation of Amendment 79 which voters approved to put abortion access in that state constitution. This includes overturning the state funding ban of abortion services. We are also working with the legislature to ensure Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is strengthened in Colorado and we worked on the following bills: SB25-129 - Legally Protected Health-Care Activity Protections and SB25-183 - Coverage for Pregnancy-Related Services.
Cobalt Advocates is a trusted leader in the Colorado reproductive health movement. We will use a variety of tactics to reach our established supporters throughout Colorado. We will also use a variety of tactics to expand our reach. We have an organizing team based in target communities throughout Colorado.
We envision a world where your health decisions are free from stigma, politics and systemic barriers. We actualize policies, structures and attitudes that secure unassailable reproductive autonomy and abortion access.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: CO
Congressional Districts Engaged: CO-03, CO-08
Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city or suburb of large city (>100k)
Cobalt is a trusted leader in the Colorado reproductive health movement. We will use a variety of tactics to reach our established supporters throughout Colorado. We will also use a variety of tactics to expand our reach. We have an organizing team based in target communities throughout Colorado.
We envision a world where your health decisions are free from stigma, politics and systemic barriers. We actualize policies, structures and attitudes that secure unassailable reproductive autonomy and abortion access.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: CO
Congressional Districts Engaged: CO-03, CO-08
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: LGBTQ+, Women, BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color)
In 2024, the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) is planning to lead a nonpartisan and partisan electoral program in Congressional District 8 and Congressional District 3, primarily in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, El Paso, Jefferson, and Pueblo counties. We will target low-propensity BIPOC voters through door knocking, texts, and mailers.
Founded in 2002, CIRC (501(c)3) is a statewide membership-based organization that advocates for all immigrants in Colorado and the United States, regardless of legal status. Our 60+ member organizations lead our coalition and seek to uplift the voices of directly impacted immigrants to create change by and for our community. CIRC’s mission is to build community power through organizing and leadership development within immigrant communities, winning fair and humane public policies, providing legal services and educational workshops, and implementing nonpartisan civic engagement programs.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: CO
Congressional Districts Engaged: CO-03, CO-08
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color), Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
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
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
Our Mission
Keystone Progress agitates, empowers, and inspires citizens in their communities to unite around progressive policies and values, and to hold those in power accountable.
Our Goals
Reestablish KP as a bold, respected, trusted education source on key progressive issues and policies.
Educate and empower people to get out the vote for progressive candidates at all levels.
Galvanize constituents to actively support progressive policies and encourage their elected officials to push these
We are working to empower voters to talk to their elected officials to support raising the minimum wage in PA, registering voters in the disability community, being a strong ally in the immigration community, holding electeds accountable on SS and Medicaid
We will be using Art as an entry point to engage voters, we will be working in the disability community in SW PA to increase registration and participation, we are doing work in the Repro Justice front, and we will be talking to voters regarding a living wage in W.PA.
Keystone Progress agitates, empowers, and inspires citizens in their communities to unite around progressive policies and values, and to hold those in power accountable.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: PA
Congressional Districts Engaged: PA-17
Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k)
Core Constituencies: Women, People with disabilities
Leadership Diversity: Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Top Priority Issues: Reproductive justice, Labor/worker rights, Disability rights
Mission
Keystone Progress Education Fund promotes progressive values and policies through education, online organizing, media outreach, and coalition building with Pennsylvania’s leading progressive organizations.
Our Vision
We envision a world where progressive power in our communities has dismantled root causes of oppression, where equity and inclusion are the norm, and where empowered and engaged citizens fully participate in our democracy.
In 2025 we re working to increase civic engagement in the disability community, educating communities on the need to increase the minimum wage in PA, supporting our immigrant communities, educating communities on reproductive health care access (or lack thereof) in W. PA, hosting our podcast (In)Accessible which is about addressing access barriers that make things inaccessible for different constituents.
Keystone Progress Education Fund is registering voters in the disability community of rural and suburban Southwest Pennsylvania, including outreach to personal care homes and licensed facilities, and using online ads.
Keystone Progress Education Fund promotes progressive values and policies through education, online organizing, media outreach, and networking with Pennsylvania's leading progressive organizations.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: PA
Congressional Districts Engaged: PA-17
Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k)
Core Constituencies: Women, People with disabilities
Leadership Diversity: Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Top Priority Issues: Civic engagement, Voting rights/access, Disability rights
Collaborating with our network of congregations, MOSES/MOSES Action will mobilize thousands of voters across Michigan’s communities of color by organizing congregation-based Voter Hubs, training teams to lead voter engagement activities in their neighborhoods. We will also deploy a paid team of canvassers to strategic areas of the state.
The Mission of MOSES is to organize communities, develop faith-based leaders and build relationships to advocate for social justice through a group of diverse congregations. MOSES accomplishes this through training leaders in churches, synagogues and mosques, teaching participants how to articulate their shared values and work with their constituents to take collective action in the public arena.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: MI
Congressional Districts Engaged: MI-07, MI-08
Geographic Density Focus: Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color), Faith-based
MEJC will continue to engage parents and caregivers of school-aged children around the importance of school board elections and school bonds and millages. Together with our coalition partners, we hope to reach voters in key Black and brown school communities through relational organizing, phone banking, and door to door canvassing.
MEJC aims to organize parents, caregivers, community organizations, and educators in a statewide coalition for education equity and justice.
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
We will be providing trainings and events that showcase the role of a school board member. We will work with school board candidates to provide training on critical issues related to school boards such as budgeting, developing strong district level policy and co-governance. We hope to hold at least 20 school board candidate forums.
MEJC aims to organize parents, caregivers, community organizations, and educators in a statewide coalition for education equity and justice.
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
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
Collaborating with our network of congregations, MOSES Action will mobilize thousands of voters across Michigan’s communities of color by organizing congregation-based Voter Hubs, training teams to lead voter engagement activities in their neighborhoods. We will also deploy a paid team of canvassers to strategic areas of the state.
MOSES Action’s mission is to promote social welfare by developing and advocating for legislation, regulations, and government programs that improve the quality of life for Michigan residents. We also conduct research about and publicize the positions of elected officials concerning social, economic, and racial justice issues.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged: MI
Congressional Districts Engaged: MI-07, MI-08
Geographic Density Focus: Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color), Faith-based
MOVE Texas plans to amplify its impact in 2025 through organizing, member-led issue education, and leadership development, empowering young Texans to engage in the democratic process. With the 89th Texas Legislative session underway, we are rolling out our "Get Sh*t Done" Agenda to guide our work around key issues like climate, reproductive rights, and democracy. Our evergreen civic engagement efforts will focus on voter registration and municipal elections, and we will be working to expand
We will operate 25 campus chapters focused on civic engagement and issue advocacy, register 13,000 new voters, expand polling access (campus polling locations, countywide polling), launch voting rights, climate, and gender justice issue campaigns to engage young issues-first voters, and operate leadership development programs to grow capacity for youth-led organizing and power building. Up until the election, we will follow up with registered voters to ensure that they are informed and prepared to vote.
MOVE Texas is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to building the power of young people in underrepresented communities through civic engagement, leadership development, and issue education. Young Texans possess the appetite and the energy to make their voices heard in the decisions and processes that impact their lives and communities, positioning them to make waves in Texas and beyond. We invest in and engage young people to become agents of change who harness their power to engage their peers in the democratic process to champion progressive values. Through intentional coaching and support, we empower young people to build a responsive, accountable, and equitable democracy.
Increase the Number of women in elected and appointed positions.
Draft legislation that centers on equality and the needs of women.
Support candidates who support women.
In 2025 we will endorse women in Virginia for Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General. Currently there are 44 women running for VA House and we expect to endorse at least 25 of them. Our planned activities includes postcards, making phone calls, texting, canvassing, billboards and radio ads.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
New Era Colorado Action Fund organizes young people through the political process to win on the youth agenda through elections and policymaking.
At New Era, we are meeting the moment by electing true Youth Agenda Champions at the local level in order to protect against the federal administration’s attacks and deliver on meaningful progress. We know that democracy cannot wait until 2026 for us to have skin in the game on elections. New Era is engaging in five local elections across Colorado in 2025 because small is truly all. Local elections have the power to improve our safety and quality of life while building our sense of community, and right now, that’s everything.
NECAF will be targeting 18-34 year-olds, prioritizing young people of color, to turn out in targeted districts like CO-3 & CO-8 and to vote for a ballot measure that protects abortion rights. NECAF will endorse Youth Agenda champions in state legislative races, including the June state primary.
New Era Colorado harnesses young people’s political power to create a Colorado that serves all people.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: CO
Congressional Districts Engaged: CO-08, CO-03
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)
New Era Colorado Foundation organizes young people to participate in the political process, develop as leaders, and find a political home.
In 2025, New Era Colorado is building up our base of young leaders in four key regions. We are organizing young BIPOC voters to Get Out The Vote in their local elections, including Colorado Springs, Aurora, Boulder, Fort Collins, Greeley and Pueblo. We are also spending the summer deep canvassing to talk with young people about the issues impacting them the most, and bringing them through our ladder of engagement.
NECF and NECAF will be targeting 18-34 year-olds, prioritizing young people of color, to turn out in targeted districts like CO-3 & CO-8 and to vote for a ballot measure that protects abortion rights. NECAF will endorse Youth Agenda champions in state legislative races, including the June state primary.
New Era Colorado harnesses young people’s political power to create a Colorado that serves all people.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: CO
Congressional Districts Engaged: CO-08, CO-03
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)
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
The New Virginia Majority Education Fund works to create a powerful multi-issue, multi-racial movement to transform Virginia through large scale civic engagement, issue advocacy, and community organizing. We advance our vision for Virginia rooted in justice, democracy, and progress that will uplift and empower working class communities of color.
Our multi-year voter engagement program continues, with a goal of expanding the electorate to better reflect Virginia’s rich diversity. An outreach plan with a goal of increased turnout among working class people of color will require robust direct voter contact through canvassing, phone, mail and social media strategies. Based on previous successes, such a program will include a multi-touch door-to-door program layered with phone calls and mail, and a robust social media and digital organizing strategy.
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
OFUPAC builds and harnesses the political power of impacted families across Ohio, providing them with a space to leverage their power and drive policy to enact lasting change. In 2024 we completed an urban canvassing program in low income Black communities, and ran an extensive phone and text program. We are co-chairing a city charter amendment ballot campaign for 2025 and run a statewide police reform policy table and a statewide jail coalition in Ohio.
Our layered approach includes canvassing, phonebanking, text banking, pollstanding on Election Day, digital and mail. We ensure investment into existing infrastructure in these communities, preserve the authenticity of the trusted messenger’s voice, and support longer term organizing and mobilization for the progressive movement in these spaces.
Our mission is to build power through policy, action, and change for people who have experienced police brutality, gun violence, and/or Ohio’s carceral system.
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.
In 2025 and beyond, we will mobilize communities to oppose anti-trans ballot measures and bolster LGBTQ+ rights by launching public education campaigns that highlight the human cost of transphobia and shift public opinion through real stories from transgender Coloradans. We will organize local training sessions, events, and advocacy toolkit distributions for local elections, build sustained support through statewide advocacy power-building, cross-movement solidarity, and targeted media outreach, to resist harmful policies.
One Colorado exists to secure protections and opportunities for LGBTQ+ Coloradans through grassroots, local, and statewide organizing and lobbying efforts.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
One PA for All will engage in cavassing in high traffic areas, peer-to-peer texting, and digital advertising to register majority-Black voters in Pennsylvania cities.
One Pennsylvania (One PA) focuses on racial, economic, and environmental justice in Pennsylvania, building multiracial, working-class power through grassroots organizing, voter engagement, and policy advocacy.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: PA
Congressional Districts Engaged: PA-10, PA-17
Geographic Density Focus: Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Women, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Leadership Diversity: BIPOC-led
Contact: Jeffrey Lichtenstein, Director of Advancement, jeffrey@onepa.org
One PA will help close the voting gap among Black voters to secure wins up and down the ballot, engaging 300,000 high-potential Black voters through door knocking, phone calls, and texts utilizing community messengers and race-forward narratives. They will double One PA’s politically active membership base, cultivating a core of new super voters.
One Pennsylvania (One PA) focuses on racial, economic, and environmental justice in Pennsylvania, building multiracial, working-class power through grassroots organizing, voter engagement, and policy advocacy.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: PA
Congressional Districts Engaged: PA-10, PA-17
Geographic Density Focus: Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Women, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Leadership Diversity: BIPOC-led
Contact: Jeffrey Lichtenstein, Director of Advancement, jeffrey@onepa.org
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
PA United will engage young voters, voters of color, and working class voters - the voters who are most likely to disengage from the election - in a comprehensive field campaign on their doors, phones, and in their communities to move them to vote on their values.
Pennsylvania United is a coalition of community, labor, and environmental organizations and individual members that works to build power for working class communities around issues and politics in Western PA. PA United believes it is critical to rebuild progressive infrastructure in communities that have experienced disinvestment from both economic opportunities and organizing resources.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: PA
Congressional Districts Engaged: PA-17
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)
At Pittsburgh United, we run Deep Canvassing campaigns that gather information from and build connections with community members who are directly impacted by the issues we organize around. As an organization, our focus is engaging people around environmental and housing justice as we develop co-governing structures to effectively center the voices of those most impacted in the creation and implementation of any solutions.
PA United will engage young voters, voters of color, and working class voters - the voters who are most likely to disengage from the election - in a comprehensive field campaign on their doors, phones, and in their communities to move them to vote on their values.
Pittsburgh United's purpose is to build a sustainable, multi-racial, multi-generational poor and working peoples movement across Pennsylvania that unites all of us against those who profit from our struggles. PAU builds collective power by running issue and member campaigns to create an equitable government and society that includes and benefits all of us, not just the wealthy few.
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
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 Coalition brings together grassroots groups working in Virginia to collectively strategize and support progressive candidates and policies. During the VA Legislative Session, our Working Groups research and endorse bills. Over 50 groups participate.
Working on Virginia's 2025 elections. Compiling and distributing news and actions, pushing back the Trump regime/project2025. During the VA legislative session, advocated and tracked priority bills.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
We will reach a universe of 50,000 left-leaning Latino and other voters with high progressive VAN scores in 15 rural counties in the Mountains/Western Slope of Colorado through doors, phones, ads, and mailers. Reclaiming SD5 would mean securing a supermajority in the Colorado Senate.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: CO
Congressional Districts Engaged: CO-03
Geographic Density Focus: Rural
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, Latinx, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
We will reach at least 40,000 voters through doors, phones, ads, and mailers in 15 rural counties in the Mountains/Western Slope of Colorado. In 2024, we will also run a persuasion campaign to enshrine reproductive justice in the Colorado Constitution. Our GOTV covers these key political districts: CD3, CD2, CD7, SD5, HD57, HD26 and HD13.
Here at Voces Unidas, we envision a mountain region where Latinas and Latinos are thriving, engaged and leading in all of our communities. We do this by creating opportunities where Latinas and Latinos advocate for themselves, actively participate in all civic institutions and take leadership roles in all decision-making tables.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: CO
Congressional Districts Engaged: CO-03
Geographic Density Focus: Rural
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, Latinx, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
With an anticipated long ballot in 2024, CO-WFP will once again distribute a ballot guide aimed at young voters and BIPOC voters. This "cheat sheet" will reduce ballot fatigue & confusion by providing clear information about ballot measures (per AI findings and anecdotal feedback that guides are effective GOTV tools).
Working Families Power engages in program incubation, coalition building, organizing, leadership development, advocacy, and public education on policies that advance economic fairness, racial justice, gender equity, climate sustainability, and a democracy which is responsive to the needs of the many—not the wealthy and powerful few. Our vision is a society rooted in equality, dignity, solidarity, and compassion.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: CO
Congressional Districts Engaged: CO-03, CO-08
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Multi-racial (including white), Latinx, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Leadership Diversity: BIPOC-led, Women-led, Queer-led, Trans; non-binary; and gender nonconforming-led
The Working Families Party seeks to empower the multi-racial working class by utilizing relationships to engage voters. We will engage voters throughout the state, and run a deeper relational organizing, phone and postcard program in the city of Detroit to ensure that voters show up and complete their entire ballot.
The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all. We’re a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful. We want an America which realizes the promise – unrealized in our history – of freedom and equality for all.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
The Working Families Party seeks to empower the multi-racial working class by utilizing relationships to engage voters. We will engage voters throughout the state, and run a deeper relational organizing, phone and postcard program in the city of Detroit to ensure that voters show up and complete their entire ballot.
The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all. We’re a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful. We want an America which realizes the promise – unrealized in our history – of freedom and equality for all.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000