Neighbor Voices (PAC)
Organization Description
Neighbor Voices PAC, Empower Project's affiliated political action committee, unlocks the power of personal connections to break down barriers, empower communities and enact change. We have built the largest friend-to-friend social influencing program in the country. In 2024, we facilitated 80 million social media impressions and 9 million 1:1 conversations with 3 million potential voters across 10 states. And this year, we’re aiming to take our program to 23 states in the fight to protect democracy. In an impersonal world dominated by algorithms, we can break through the noise using the power of personal conversations and connections.
2026 Programs
In 2026, Neighbor Voices PAC will recruit and manage trusted messengers, coordinate with partner organizations, organize trainings, and direct strategy around relational organizing across 23 states. Our program works because people value what their friends and family think. Our relational outreach strategies are centered on people and their trusted networks of relationships. We can also turn your social media channels into a storytelling machine - helping you create compelling content that will break through information silos and online clutter.
2025 Programs
In 2025, our programs in Virginia, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania generated 2.16 million one-on-one friend-to-friend conversations with 770,000 potential voters. Our Community Mobilizers shared prepared content and social media videos online that garnered 21.9 million impressions. These 'real people' social media videos were so compelling that the Spanberger for Governor campaign used four of our people in their paid media ads. We received an Expy Award from the Analyst Institute for our work testing Selfie-Style Direct-to-Camera (DTC) videos vs Official Campaign ads in Virginia in 2025.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: AK, AZ, CO, FL, GA, IA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI
Geographic Coverage by Congressional District:
AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-06, CO-03, CO-08, FL-15, FL-07, FL-13, FL-23, FL-27, IA-01, IA-02, IA-03, ME-02, MI-04, MI-07, MI-08, MI-10, MN-02, MT-01, NC-01, NC-03, NC-11, NE-02, NJ-07, NJ-09, NM-02, NV-03, NY-01, NY-03, NY-04, NY-17, NY-19, OH-07, OH-09, OH-10, OH-13, OH-15, PA-01, PA-07, PA-08, PA-10, TX-15, TX-28, TX-34, TX-35, VA-01, VA-02, VA-07, WA-03, WI-01, WI-03, WI-07 Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k), Urban – Large city or suburb of large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Black, Women, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Leadership Diversity: BIPOC-led, Queer-led, Trans/non-binary/gender nonconforming-led, Youth-led (aged 15-35), Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Top Priority Issues: Civic engagement, Voter participation, Economic justice
Lead Contact:
James Baumer, Development Director, he/him, james.baumer@neighborvoicespac.org
Last Updated: April 20, 2026

