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.
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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.
2024 nonpartisan GOTV programs target low propensity voters, college students, BIPOC voters, currently/previously incarcerated voters, and voters who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, Karen, or Arabic. We engage voters at their doors, with calls, texts, and at community events. We provide resources in several languages and tailor activities to our audiences.
Civic Nebraska creates a more modern and robust democracy for all Nebraskans. Our programs span Voting Rights work, Civic Health initiatives, and Youth Civic Leadership programming.
Priority Issues: Our primary focus is to engage with voters in face-to face conversations to discuss any questions they have about their voting process and to motivate them to cast their ballot in the upcoming election., , Polling has indicated that voters are more motivated by ballot initiatives and issues rather than candidates (BISC 2022 Post-Election Research & Analysis: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AmtCR8ilEnXXgc0pJds2K349IJYalA?e=wi2h3F). We remind voters to review their down ballot races/issues and the impact of local elections and citizen-led ballot issues., , Grassroots power building and activating voters to participate in our democracy in a variety of entry points.
Elevate Omaha will partner with young people in Omaha to encourage and educate young voter engagement and participation, given that youth voter turnout has been declining and 2024 represents an important election year. Elevate’s principle strategy will be relational organizing to encourage participation in voter education events and elections.
Elevate Omaha’s (EO) mission is to create a platform to elevate youth voice and equip young people to become leaders who advocate for themselves and their peers, provide insight about youth-driven solutions, and fund possibility to pave the way to a better future. We envision a world in which young people and others impacted by systemic societal issues lead the work to change those systems.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
In addition to 50+ voter registration events, LWVGO will host town halls and rallies to engage and empower voters, answer questions, and discuss Nebraska’s new VOTER ID law and ballot issues. The League will produce a primary and general (bilingual) voters’ guide to distribute to low-propensity voters and make available online.
“Empowering Voters - Defending Democracy” Is the mission of the League of Women Voters Greater Omaha (LWVGO). LWVGO envisions a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge, the accessibility and the confidence to participate.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Lead Contact: Cynde GlismannBoard of Directors - Past Presidentcynde@lwvgo.org
Priority Issues: LWVGO organizers work to ensure voters are empowered: they can navigate Nebraska’s newly implemented voter ID rules, are able to make informed candidate choices, and have easy access to their voting method of choice (by mail or at polls). , Community organizing aims to ensure all people, no matter their race, gender identity, economic condition, age, education, physical appearance or condition, or any other characteristic, are empowered to make decisions that affect their own lives.,
In 2025 we are working to keep momentum from the 2024 General, engaging voters in the Lincoln and Omaha municipal elections, funding and supporting off-cycle relationship building in other communities. We are also anticipating fights against Winner-Take-All electoral voting and rights for transgender youth participating in sports and other activities. We will leverage the data we obtained about our universe through the 2024 ballot initiatives to re-engage voters who still care deeply about these issues.
We work collaboratively with members to conduct year-round civic engagement efforts. In 2024 we are supporting a collaborative VR/GOTV initiative of five Member orgs knocking doors to mobilize voters in low turnout neighborhoods in North and South Omaha (CD2), increasing voter participation through increased voter registration and education.
The Nebraska Civic Engagement Table builds transformative community power across Nebraska in partnership with its member organizations.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
NHYM is pledging to vote 10,000 and mobilizing 20,000 young people to vote in New hampshire, focused on college campuses. We will also distribute voter guides, help young people register to vote, and coordinate rides to the polls, and build and grow lasting chapters of young organizers.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
NHYM is pledging to vote 10,000 and mobilizing 20,000 young people to vote in New hampshire, focused on college campuses. We will also distribute voter guides, help young people register to vote, and coordinate rides to the polls, and build and grow lasting chapters of young organizers.
Our mission is to build a movement of young people to transform our political system so it serves and is led by the people it has left behind.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
The program focused on empowering young people to be involved in politics, candidate identification in low-income communities and communities of color, and built a network for future voter engagement programming. This funding supported a small board of community organizers to begin making steps towards an established and recognized organization. NORC will continue to advocate for just and equitable policies, be involved in voter engagement, and be a beacon for bringing the community to the table.
Our mission is to dismantle and raise awareness of the effects of redlining through education, policy making, community engagement and restorative justice.
VISION – We envision a community with access to safe housing, resources and a thriving economic infrastructure that restores generational wealth.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Get-Out-The-Vote efforts in Dakota County, Nebraska will engage thousands of underrepresented voters including low-income, new citizens, unmarried women, Latinx, immigrants, and people of color through door knocks, phone banking, marketing, hotspot canvassing, and candidate forums.
Unity in Action’s (UIA) mission is to empower Latinos by promoting workers' rights, civic engagement and justice through education, training, and advocacy.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Priority Issues: UIA employs a relational organizing method to empower Latinos in the Siouxland region by promoting workers' rights, civic engagement and justice through education, training, and advocacy. UIA's work centers on helping legal residents first navigate the complexities of the citizenship process and then serves to activate them as knowledgeable participants in American civic life. UIA believes engaged voters build a stronger, healthier, and more welcoming community. Through education and support, UIA helps new citizens register to vote, participate in candidate forums, access bilingual services, build healthy lives, and provide leadership development opportunities which ultimately ensures they are integrated, welcomed, and celebrated as part of the community. , , , , As a trust-based community partner, UIA leverages its reputation, active volunteer base, and connection with the community to organize voters. In partnership with the Nebraska Civic Engagement Table, UIA’s community organizer works to identify, support, and engage underrepresented voters including low-income, new citizens, unmarried women, Latinx, immigrants, and people of color. These efforts aim to activate civic engagement around policies that affect their lives. Most recently, UIA has worked to engage voters around the ballot issue of paid sick leave. With a large meatpacking and agricultural worker base, this ballot issue is critical to many lives across Unity in Action’s outreach area. , , , , In non-election years, efforts include community canvassing on issues vital to the community. By listening to concerns, raising awareness, and facilitating dialogue, UIA drives meaningful change and advocacy. As a trusted community support resource for the Hispanic community, Unity in Action focuses on local elections, education on voting history and ballot initiatives, citizenship rights, and outreach to develop a continuous culture of active participation and inclusivity.
In 2024, our organization is focused on improving our Precinct Captain Program. We aim to develop an effective, self-sustaining program in which our all-volunteer precinct captains share the organizing work of activating local voters and volunteers, strengthening our organizing networks, and fostering a stronger sense of community amongst Democrats.
The Yellowstone County Democratic Party seeks opportunity, equality, and accountability. Our cause as Montana Democrats is as simple and as ambitious as the purpose stated in the Constitution of the United States: We strive to create “a more perfect union.” Like the founders of this nation, we believe that such a union must be a government of the people and by the people dedicated to securing for every single citizen the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Priority Issues: The Yellowstone County Democratic Party focuses our organizing work around electing local Democrats to office, increasing voter registration, building community and engagement amongst local Democrats, and getting out the vote on progressive issues that align to our party’s platform.
