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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
Battleground New York will engage a diverse coalition often overlooked as low-propensity voters, including young people, voters of color, and new registrants. We will reach them on their doorsteps and in their communities, informing them on policy, educating them on voting by mail, and persuading them to turn out.
Battleground New York (BGNY) is an unprecedented coalition uniting many of New York's leading organizations, unions, and movements for a common cause- taking back the House and making Rep.Hakeem Jeffries Speaker. We are launching the largest field and organizing campaign in the state's modern history to reach New Yorkers at their doorsteps, on their phones, and in their neighborhoods.
Priority Issues: We will focus on the issues that matter to working families in New York including, but not limited to: environmental justice, reproductive rights, workers’ rights, healthcare, and retirement security.
Big Sky 55+ is committed to educating and mobilizing Montana's 55+ voters to re-elect Senator Jon Tester and flip two legislative seats. In 2024, we'll achieve this through targeted canvassing, phone banking, and five mail flights in key counties, focusing on Social Security and Medicare to encourage ticket-splitting among conservatives.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Cambio Texas's 2024 campaign seeks to engage youth and Latino communities in the Rio Grande Valley, promoting leadership that truly represents our needs. Through block walking, digital outreach, and texting, we aim to educate, navigate voting processes, and significantly increase voter turnout for more reflective representation in Texas.
CambioTexas is dedicated to transforming Texas into a beacon of progressive leadership and civic engagement. By empowering the youth, Latino, and other minority communities, we strive to elevate voter turnout and advocate for leadership that mirrors our state's diverse ethos. We challenge the status quo of civic disengagement and push for substantial investments in infrastructure, healthcare, fair immigration, environmental stewardship, economic justice, and public education. Our mission is to mobilize change through organizing, voting, and encouraging a new generation to pursue public office, ensuring a fair and inclusive system for all.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
COPAL has developed a network of over 40,000 supporters and 350 Member-leaders who will engage this election in voter activation. COPAL Members will participate in an endorsement process, generate over 125,000 dials, and knock over 10,000 doors. COPAL's media team will create bilingual voter content for social and cultural platforms.
We lead social impact initiatives to improve the quality of life for Latine families. We do this by building collective power, transforming systems, and creating opportunities for a dignified life.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
COPAL has developed a network of over 40,000 supporters and 350 Member-leaders who will engage this election in voter activation. COPAL Members will participate in an endorsement process, generate over 125,000 dials, and knock over 10,000 doors. COPAL's media team will create bilingual voter content for social and cultural platforms.
We lead social impact initiatives to improve the quality of life for Latine families. We do this by building collective power, transforming systems, and creating opportunities for a dignified life.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
FINY is an interfaith federation of clergy across NY moving congregations to engage with public policy through listening campaigns, outreach and education to inspire change in their communities.
Faith in New York (FINY) is an interfaith federation of 70 congregations representing 80,000 families in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. Since 2013, our mission has been to develop grassroots leaders throughout New York City and equip congregations to move significant public policy change that supports our leaders’ vision of a more just New York with excellent public schools, violence-free neighborhoods, access to good jobs, adequate and affordable health care, decent housing for all, and a place where people of all backgrounds can fully participate in economic and civic life.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Interfaith federation of clergy across NY moving congregations to engage with public policy through listening campaigns, outreach and education to inspire change in their communities.
Faith in New York (FINY) is an interfaith federation of 70 congregations representing 80,000 families in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. Since 2013, our mission has been to develop grassroots leaders throughout New York City and equip congregations to move significant public policy change that supports our leaders’ vision of a more just New York with excellent public schools, violence-free neighborhoods, access to good jobs, adequate and affordable health care, decent housing for all, and a place where people of all backgrounds can fully participate in economic and civic life.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
FLC engages families of all kinds in community-oriented climate events, educational opportunities, advocacy, and leadership. In 2024 we will leverage our existing volunteer network to register our members and their circles to vote and share voter education tools, as well as host postcard-writing campaigns to encourage greater voter turnout.
Families for a Livable Climate creates community for climate action in Montana. We welcome families of all kinds into the climate space and provide tools, skills, and support for Montanans to engage in meaningful efforts. Our goal is to mobilize families toward bold climate action and a thriving future for all. Action is our hope.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Forward Montana builds power with and for young Montanans to create lasting change. To win statewide, candidates must overperform with young voters. We will engage in a robust turnout and persuasion program to ensure young Montanans understand what’s at stake, what candidates share their values, and how to cast their vote.
Forward Montana builds political power with and for young Montanans. That means empowering everyday folks to get involved and make their voices heard — from registering to vote to running for office, and everything in between.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Priority Issues: The issues that regularly rise to the top in conversations between young Montanans and our organizing team are abortion access, climate justice, and housing affordability. In addition to these issues, we regularly prioritize LGBTQ+ equality and voting rights. , , In addition to our field outreach to young Montanans, we’re partnering with Change Research on a series of polls to more deeply understand the attitudes and perceptions of young Montanans on key issues, messages, and candidates running for office. ,
We will engage in a robust turnout & persuasion program to ensure young Montanans understand what’s at stake, what candidates share their values, and how to cast their vote. Registering young people, especially those from LGBTQ and BIPOC communties, at community events and through door-to-door canvassing in neighborhoods with high density of frequent movers.
Forward Montana Foundation educates, engages, and organizes young Montanans to shape their democracy to improve their lives and the lives of their fellow Montanans.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Priority Issues: The issues that regularly rise to the top in conversations between young Montanans and our organizing team are abortion access, climate justice, and housing affordability. In addition to these issues, we regularly prioritize LGBTQ+ equality and voting rights. , , In addition to our field outreach to young Montanans, we’re partnering with Change Research on a series of polls to more deeply understand the attitudes and perceptions of young Montanans on key issues, messages, and candidates running for office. ,
Ground Game Texas expands voter engagement through ballot initiatives, grassroots organizing, and policy advocacy, focusing on underrepresented communities. We mobilize young, BIPOC, and working-class Texans through year-round voter education, signature collection, and community-driven campaigns. Our hybrid model combines direct democracy efforts with deep organizing to drive progressive change at the local and state levels. By empowering new and infrequent voters, we are building long-term civic participation and advancing policies that reflect the will of Texans.
Ground Game Fund promotes democracy and social justice by engaging in community organizing and public education programs across Texas.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Aligned with our core value of climate and racial justice, HDC steps up to advocate within affordable housing buildings for ballot initiatives which further these aims. In 2024, HDC rallied the sector to oppose the harmful rollbacks of state climate policies (No on I-2117 & I-2066). HDC will continue to be outspoken, public-facing advocates for climate justice policies through town halls, press conferences, voter education, and flyering affordable housing residents.
The Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County (HDC) is the nonprofit membership association for the affordable housing operating, development, and service sector in King County. As a membership association, HDC is uniquely positioned to bring together nonprofit, government, business, and community around a shared vision, and our member-driven programs focus on the intersection of housing, environmental sustainability, equity, health, and education. The urgency of the affordable housing crisis is entangled with a growing climate crisis and the disturbing reality of persisting institutional and structural racism. The work of HDC and our members is squarely in the nexus of these three crises. Approaches that treat each issue in isolation are no longer enough, as these facets are fundamentally interdependent.
King County is experiencing explosive growth and unprecedented inequity in access to housing. We face an affordable housing shortfall of 156,000 homes today and a projected deficit of 244,000 homes by 2040. Closing that gap requires an additional 44,000 affordable homes every five years, and capital dollars currently available to King County’s affordable housing developers are nowhere near what is needed. Enveloping all of this is the climate crisis. In recognition of the issue’s urgency and the effects of the built environment, which generates nearly 50% of annual global CO2 emissions, Washington State’s Energy Code includes bold mandates for reducing net energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 2031. We also know that we must eliminate all CO2 emissions from the built environment by 2040 to meet 1.5°C climate targets.
Our climate work is driven by a bold vision for climate justice: to transform the affordable housing market by decarbonizing buildings. We know that affordable housing residents, as low-income and disproportionately BIPOC renters, bear the first and heaviest impacts. Through cross-sectoral coalitions, policy-making, pilot projects, and funding, we can secure a more just future.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
JAR Neighborhood Settlement focuses on engaging underserved youth and community members in western Queens, NY in the democratic process through education and engagement with local and national issues.
The mission of Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement is to build and strengthen underserved communities in western Queens and to act as a catalyst for change.
Priority Issues: Our voter registration work mainly focuses on engaging community members in the democratic process, focusing on mobilizing youth and disconnected populations. As an organization that primarily works with marginalized groups, we focus on educating the community on the importance of voting and the powerful impact that a single vote can have on national and local issues.
LIFTT's 2024 Voter Empowerment Program targets individuals with disabilities in Southeastern Montana, encouraging them to register and vote. We focus on educating and engaging this community to ensure their voices are heard in local, state, and national elections, emphasizing that voting is both a right and a civic duty.
Priority Issues: LIFTT focuses on disability inclusion as our primary issue when registering and engaging voters. We believe that voter registration is a powerful tool for empowering individuals with disabilities, enabling them to advocate for policies that ensure accessibility, equity, and representation. By voting, people with disabilities can directly influence decisions that affect their lives, from healthcare and education to employment and public services. Our organizing efforts emphasize the importance of political participation in advancing disability rights and fostering a more inclusive society.
Long Beach Latino Civic Association proposes a program which consist of phone call, holding events & drives, and canvassing homes with a target goal of 100 VR cards.They typically target or work with the Latinx, immigrant, and youth constituencies.
To empower and advocate for communities and individuals in crisis and need towards self reliance by providing resources and access to opportunity networks.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
We will educate, engage, and mobilize our base while persuading moderate and independent voters – building power for conservation and rural communities through robust field outreach and direct voter contact as well as expansive communications and media.
Montana Rural Voters is dedicated to the future of rural Montanans and believes rural Montana is worth fighting for. We work to raise the voices of rural Montanans to elected officials and candidates who will fight for vibrant communities where small businesses prosper and stay in family hands, there is a level playing field for farmers, ranchers and producers, and clean air and water is protected.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Lead Contact: Leah BerryPolitical Director, Montana Rural Voterslberry@worc.org
Priority Issues: In our issue organizing, we engage people on the issues that most affect them and their communities, move people to take action, and ultimately politicize them to be an educated voter. These issues range from environmental and climate issues to economic and democracy issues, and currently include campaigns on:, , -electricity rate hikes and accountability of our public utilities, -access to community solar, -electing more clean-energy friendly leaders to rural electric cooperative boards, -cleaning up coal ash ponds in a coal mining town, -achieving reclamation and water replacement for ranchers affected by nearby coal-mining, -stopping a new carbon capture and sequestration project in rural Montana, -getting Inflation Reduction Act funds to Montana schools, communities, and farmers and ranchers,, -holding the Sibanye Stillwater Mining company accountable to surrounding communities, and more. , , Each of these campaigns has a base of leaders who are guiding the work, and ensuring the most affected communities are engaged., , Our electoral organizing tends to center “kitchen table” issues, with a central focus on economic well-being, which can include family agriculture, small business, energy bills, clean energy, rural healthcare, housing, and tax issues – often wrapped around a central frame of “homegrown prosperity.”,
MOVE Texas plans to amplify its impact in 2025 through organizing, member-led advocacy, and leadership development, empowering young Texans to engage in the political process. With the 89th Texas Legislative session underway, we are rolling out key initiatives including our "Get Sh*t Done" Agenda, Youth Capitol Takeover, and Anti-Lege Lege Club to mobilize young people to take bold action against restrictive policies on climate, reproductive rights, and democracy. Our evergreen civic engagement efforts will focus
We will operate 25 campus chapters focused on civic engagement and issue advocacy, register 7,000 new voters, roll out an endorsement process, expand access to voting (campus polling locations, countywide polling), launch voting rights, climate, and gender justice issue campaigns to engage young issues-first voters, and conduct leadership development programs to grow youth-led power building capacity. 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 advocacy. Young Texans possess the appetite and the energy to influence the decisions and processes that impact their lives and communities, positioning them to make waves in the Texas political landscape and beyond. We invest in and engage young people to become agents of change who harness their power to hold elected officials accountable and champion progressive policies. Through intentional coaching and support, we empower young people to build a responsive, accountable, and equitable democracy.
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.
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
We will educate, engage, and mobilize our base while persuading moderate and independent voters – building power for conservation and rural communities through robust field outreach and direct voter contact as well as expansive communications and media.
Northern Plains is a grassroots conservation and family agriculture group that organizes Montanans to protect our water, land, air, and working landscapes. We support a healthy, localized, and sustainable economy in farm and ranch country and in our towns. We build strong grassroots leaders, always considering the next generation.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Priority Issues: In our issue organizing, we engage people on the issues that most affect them and their communities, move people to take action, and ultimately politicize them to be an educated voter. These issues range from environmental and climate issues to economic and democracy issues, and currently include campaigns on:, , -electricity rate hikes and accountability of our public utilities, -access to community solar, -electing more clean-energy friendly leaders to rural electric cooperative boards, -cleaning up coal ash ponds in a coal mining town, -achieving reclamation and water replacement for ranchers affected by nearby coal-mining, -stopping a new carbon capture and sequestration project in rural Montana, -getting Inflation Reduction Act funds to Montana schools, communities, and farmers and ranchers,, -holding the Sibanye Stillwater Mining company accountable to surrounding communities, and more. , , Each of these campaigns has a base of leaders who are guiding the work, and ensuring the most affected communities are engaged., , Our electoral organizing tends to center “kitchen table” issues, with a central focus on economic well-being, which can include family agriculture, small business, energy bills, clean energy, rural healthcare, housing, and tax issues – often wrapped around a central frame of “homegrown prosperity.”,
Statewide member-led coalition of immigrant and refugee organizations will provide community-based groups with funding, training and technical support to register immigrant and historically disenfranchised women and families.
The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), a state-wide, member-led coalition of immigrant and refugee organizations, works to transform the lives of all New Yorkers by strengthening and building our members' power, organizing and educating our communities and the public, and using our collective voice to advocate for opportunity and justice.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Geographic Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, Refugee
Organization Leadership: BIPOC-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Lead Contact: Emily KniesSenior Director of Developmenteknies@nyic.org
Priority Issues: In our voter registration efforts, our primary focus revolves around the needs and concerns of the immigrant community. We address the specific challenges and circumstances faced by immigrants, working to engage them in the voting process. As studies continue to show, there remains an ongoing underrepresentation of women, Black, Indigenous, people of color, and New American/naturalized immigrants in both electoral processes and decision-making institutions. To address this civic engagement and representation gap, the NYIC launched its voter engagement program to reimagine civic engagement through lenses of long term capacity building. The program provides community-based organizations with funding, training, technical support, and strategic partnership to effectively engage, educate, and activate immigrant and historically disenfranchised women and families in civic matters. By leveraging established voter and civic engagement tactics, we adopt a holistic approach to reshape the electorate and political influence. While maintaining an essential role in community engagement, we recognize the importance of addressing specific issues and obstacles inherent in working with our communities. Language Barriers For non-english speaking voters, it is essential to ensure ballot and voter registration materials are translated accurately and reflect the true intended meaning of the text. The NYIC and its partners are committed to delivering in-language livestreams, digital toolkits, and virtual workshops to assist with absentee ballot applications, communicating these crucial changes in at least seven different languages. Aligning with our City and State priorities, we actively support legislation aimed at expanding language access, particularly at the polls. The NYIC sits on the New York City Civic Engagement Commission’s Language Access and Participatory Budgeting Advisory Board and our Executive Director is a Commissioner of the Civic Engagement Commission. Unfamiliarity or Distrust in the Process The voting process can often appear complex and corrupt to immigrant voters due to unfamiliarity or distrust in the systems that have often not supported their interests or needs. It is essential that our efforts focus on empowering communities through education and fostering trust with our partner organizations who are working on the ground with our communities. The NYIC leverages its extensive statewide network to build a foundation of trusted messengers to bring immigrants and communities of color into the electoral process. Our partnerships enable a coordinated effort, amplification of messaging, and opportunities for capacity building within the vital network of immigrant-serving organizations across the state. By partnering closely with our base of members, which include grassroots and nonprofit community organizations, religious and academic institutions, labor unions, and legal and socioeconomic justice organizations, the NYIC integrates extensive people power and diverse grassroots connections into our National Voter Registration Day programs.
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
PNN spent 2024 performing community work – resource fairs, food giveaways, summer BBQs, street clean-ups, and educational events – to reach black and brown citizens in low-engagement neighborhoods. We intend to expand upon our work in 2025 to continue to build the trust necessary to move these folks to take part in their government. We intend to mix our in-person work with a series of creative social media. See spreadsheet for 2025 program details: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gVcFA6g4cqOQbZMaTvMq84ZvhEQNDw7A/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=109292935543926287769&rtpof=true&sd=true
Our goal is to build trust in long-ignored neighborhoods. Our immersive work will combine community-centered tactics with voter registration and assistance with mail-in ballots.
Our mission is to engage, educate, and empower our neighbors to support candidates and policies that put people and the planet before profit. We envision a society healed of trauma and oppression, that affirms universal human rights to healthcare, education, food, housing, a living income, and a sustainable environment.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Reclaim Education Fund will increase voter participation and build community power in neighborhoods across Philadelphia. Reclaim will do this through face-to-face, issue-based organizing with neighbors, driving city-wide campaigns around housing rights, training, and empowering community leaders. We will empower community members to dive beneath the surface of “get out the vote” and launch into civic conversations about the actual reasons why our community is disengaged from voting and how inaction links to systemic issues.
Reclaim Education Fund will support neighborhood leaders in providing civic engagement, facilitating story circles to help people share their experiences related to the election and learn about neighbors’ diverse experiences, and provide deep canvass support for 5 neighborhood teams to related to the issues at stake in the general election.
Reclaim Education Fund organizes people, provides education, and advocates for policy to win a more just and equitable city.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,001
RRHI's 2024 program focuses on voter education and engagement among individuals in recovery from addiction. Through storytelling campaigns, community workshops, and collaboration with treatment centers, we aim to empower and mobilize this underserved population to participate in the democratic process and advocate for policies supporting recovery.
To empower individuals in recovery from addiction, fostering holistic healing and reintegration into society. Through compassionate support, comprehensive services, and community partnerships, we strive to instill hope, promote resilience, and create pathways to lasting transformation and restoration.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Priority Issues: Recovery and Restoration House, Inc. focuses on these issues when engaging voters:, 1. Voting Rights: Advocate for policies that protect and expand access to voting, such as automatic voter registration, early voting options, and restoration of voting rights for formerly incarcerated individuals., 2. Economic Justice: Address income inequality, living wage initiatives, affordable housing, healthcare access, and support for small businesses to ensure economic stability and opportunity for all., 3. Racial Equity: Fight against systemic racism and discrimination in areas such as criminal justice reform, education, employment, and housing, and advocate for policies that promote racial equity and justice., 4. Healthcare Access: Work to ensure affordable and accessible healthcare for all, including advocating for universal healthcare coverage, expanding Medicaid, and addressing healthcare disparities in underserved communities., 5. Education Reform: Support initiatives to improve public education, increase funding for schools, address disparities in education quality, and provide access to affordable higher education and vocational training programs., By organizing around these critical issues, Recovery and Restoration House, Inc. our voter engagement efforts can mobilize communities, educate voters about the importance of their participation, and empower them to advocate for change through the democratic process.
SOWEGA Rising will be focused on training the next generation of youth leaders in rural communities. We are working to build leadership pipelines for youth and hiring youth in roles in our organization. Currently, 75% of our staff are youth 18-30. We will continue to take large groups of youth with us on advocacy day trips to the state capitol annually, engage youth in organizing trainings and develop youth leadership programs.
Prioritizing communities of color that have a low voter registration/turnout count but high opportunity to shift political power in local elections. Will host engaging actions and bring voter registration to community events. In addition, team will be rolling out a digital VR Campaign to increase online voter registration engagement and Civics for Lunch Campaign focused on graduating seniors.
SOWEGA Rising mobilizes people and resources to improve the quality of life, well being and political power of marginalized Southwest Georgians.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Statewide member-led coalition of immigrant and refugee organizations will provide community-based groups with funding, training and technical support to register immigrant and historically disenfranchised women and families.
The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), a state-wide, member-led coalition of immigrant and refugee organizations, works to transform the lives of all New Yorkers by strengthening and building our members' power, organizing and educating our communities and the public, and using our collective voice to advocate for opportunity and justice.
Geographic Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, Refugee
Organization Leadership: BIPOC-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Lead Contact: Emily KniesSenior Director of Developmenteknies@nyic.org
Priority Issues: In our voter registration efforts, our primary focus revolves around the needs and concerns of the immigrant community. We address the specific challenges and circumstances faced by immigrants, working to engage them in the voting process. As studies continue to show, there remains an ongoing underrepresentation of women, Black, Indigenous, people of color, and New American/naturalized immigrants in both electoral processes and decision-making institutions. To address this civic engagement and representation gap, the NYIC launched its voter engagement program to reimagine civic engagement through lenses of long term capacity building. The program provides community-based organizations with funding, training, technical support, and strategic partnership to effectively engage, educate, and activate immigrant and historically disenfranchised women and families in civic matters. By leveraging established voter and civic engagement tactics, we adopt a holistic approach to reshape the electorate and political influence. While maintaining an essential role in community engagement, we recognize the importance of addressing specific issues and obstacles inherent in working with our communities. Language Barriers For non-english speaking voters, it is essential to ensure ballot and voter registration materials are translated accurately and reflect the true intended meaning of the text. The NYIC and its partners are committed to delivering in-language livestreams, digital toolkits, and virtual workshops to assist with absentee ballot applications, communicating these crucial changes in at least seven different languages. Aligning with our City and State priorities, we actively support legislation aimed at expanding language access, particularly at the polls. The NYIC sits on the New York City Civic Engagement Commission’s Language Access and Participatory Budgeting Advisory Board and our Executive Director is a Commissioner of the Civic Engagement Commission. Unfamiliarity or Distrust in the Process The voting process can often appear complex and corrupt to immigrant voters due to unfamiliarity or distrust in the systems that have often not supported their interests or needs. It is essential that our efforts focus on empowering communities through education and fostering trust with our partner organizations who are working on the ground with our communities. The NYIC leverages its extensive statewide network to build a foundation of trusted messengers to bring immigrants and communities of color into the electoral process. Our partnerships enable a coordinated effort, amplification of messaging, and opportunities for capacity building within the vital network of immigrant-serving organizations across the state. By partnering closely with our base of members, which include grassroots and nonprofit community organizations, religious and academic institutions, labor unions, and legal and socioeconomic justice organizations, the NYIC integrates extensive people power and diverse grassroots connections into our National Voter Registration Day programs.
Through Wild Montana Action Fund, our 501(c)(4), we will ensure that public land voters turn out in large numbers to elect public land champions up and down the ticket, from state legislators to Supreme Court to the Senate.
We will engage public land supporters from across the political spectrum by talking to them on the doors, at events, through pledge postcards and mailers, and via text and email to ensure that they vote and that they know which candidates share their public land values.
Wild Montana Action Fund builds the political power necessary for protecting and conserving public lands and wild places across the state by elevating the voices of Montanans who cherish our outdoor way of life.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
