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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.
AAPI voter registration in urban Nevada focusing on youth registration in high schools and college campuses. Also multi-language tabling and registering newly naturalized citizens.
One APIA Nevada’s mission is to advance the interests of all Asian Pacific Islander Americans in Nevada through advocacy on issues such as access to healthcare, education, and pathways to citizenship.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Priority Issues: Our canvassers are trained to highlight the ease of mail-in voting, as well as some legislative wins for language justice, criminal justice reform, and clean energy investments.
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
Megaphone is constructing a progressive digital media and messaging amplification network while fostering a robust online community of content creators and sharers. The primary goal is to saturate the digital landscape with compelling content, ensuring that Nevadans are exposed to our messaging more prominently than that of our opposition.
Battle Born Progress uses strategic communication efforts to empower, engage and mobilize Nevada voters to build a state where everyone has a fair opportunity to succeed.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Priority Issues: Battle Born Progress engages voters on a range of progressive issues that are central to advancing social justice, equity, and opportunity for all Nevadans. , , Healthcare Access: We advocate for policies that ensure affordable and accessible healthcare for all, including expanding Medicaid, protecting the ACA, and advancing reproductive healthcare rights., , Climate Action: We prioritize addressing climate change through initiatives such as transitioning to renewable energy sources, investing in green infrastructure, and promoting sustainable practices to protect Nevada's environment and public health., , Racial and Social Justice: We advocate for policies that combat systemic racism, promote diversity and inclusion, reform the criminal justice system, and address disparities in education, housing, and employment., , LGBTQ+ Rights: We support equal rights and protections for the LGBTQ+ community, including advocating for anti-discrimination laws, transgender healthcare access, and LGBTQ+ inclusive education., , Immigration Reform: We work towards comprehensive immigration reform that provides a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, protects Dreamers, and upholds humanitarian values., , Education Equity: We advocate for equitable funding for public education, reducing student debt, expanding access to early childhood education, and addressing disparities in educational outcomes., , Voting Rights: We fight to protect and expand voting rights, including advocating for automatic voter registration, early voting access, and combating voter suppression tactics.
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.
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
Citizen Action of New York is a statewide multi-issue organization organized in seven regions. We connect grassroots power to electoral power holding representatives accountable by engaging BIPOC communities through direct voter outreach like door to door, phone, and deep canvassing with the express purpose of addressing economic and racial inequalities.
To achieve our vision, we fight for social, racial, economic and environmental justice. We are battling against the forces of capitalism and racism that show themselves through inequality and bigotry, and work together to oppress most people. Greed, racism, patriarchy and other systems of oppression permeate the fabric of our lives – through economics, education, housing, technological advancements, health care, the environment, and our criminal legal system.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Priority Issues: Our focus with voters will be on building a just economy. We will focus on childcare, healthcare, climate jobs, and housing issues. We will also focus on fair taxation with an emphasis on getting rich people to pay what they owe.
We are working in Oregon's 5th and 6th to motivate rural young voters. 50% of our people under 26 have never voted, and 25% have voted once. These voters need to know they can make a difference rather than letting their parents and grandparents make decisions for them.
The purposes of the Organization are to:
i. Educate rural voters on issues that matter most to them,
ii. Engage with voters to encourage voting participation,
iii. Hold legislators accountable for their actions,
iv. Embrace rational, civic-minded rural values by modeling inclusion, respect, and fairness in all of our actions
v. Empower forward-thinking candidates to run for and hold elected office in rural Oregon.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Megaphone is building a progressive digital media and messaging amplification network and online community of content creators and sharers. Since people already get their news and information on social media from friends and influencers, Megaphone ensures those trusted messengers have access to content that represents progressive values and engages voters.
Our mission is to provide a strong credible voice that holds public officials and government accountable, assists in the promotion of progressive ideas and uses state-of-the-art web based new media to creatively build grassroots support for progressive ideas. Progress Michigan works as a communications team and media hub for the entire progressive community. We’re a marketing department for progressive ideas – a campaign that never stops.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
By organizing events in Clayton County, Fitzgerald, Atlanta, and Macon, Georgia ACT focused on increasing voter registration, educating low-income housing residents and college students about the impact of voting on housing policies. As a result, we registered 107 new voters, provided identification assistance to 11 people, and assisted hundreds others in verifying their voter status, empowering them with knowledge about their rights and the electoral process.
Georgia ACT is currently conducting coordinated voter engagement efforts in Georgia (including voter registration, education, and mobilization). We are doing tabling, social media campaigns, targeted canvassing, email campaigns and rallies. Our target areas are Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Bibb and Ben Hill Counties that include traditionally underserved lower propensity areas (i.e. low-income apartment complexes, rural communities, and HBCU campuses).
We build, support, and inform a statewide network of thriving organizations, professionals, and individuals advancing equitable housing and community development. Our Vision – All Georgia families have safe and decent housing in vibrant neighborhoods.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
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
Megaphone is constructing a progressive digital media and messaging amplification network while fostering a robust online community of content creators and sharers. The primary goal is to saturate the digital landscape with compelling content, ensuring that Nevadans are exposed to our messaging more prominently than that of our opposition.
Battle Born Progress uses strategic communication efforts to empower, engage and mobilize Nevada voters to build a state where everyone has a fair opportunity to succeed.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Priority Issues: Battle Born Progress engages voters on a range of progressive issues that are central to advancing social justice, equity, and opportunity for all Nevadans. Healthcare Access: We advocate for policies that ensure affordable and accessible healthcare for all, including expanding Medicaid, protecting the ACA, and advancing reproductive healthcare rights. Climate Action: We prioritize addressing climate change through initiatives such as transitioning to renewable energy sources, investing in green infrastructure, and promoting sustainable practices to protect Nevada's environment and public health., , Racial and Social Justice: We advocate for policies that combat systemic racism, promote diversity and inclusion, reform the criminal justice system, and address disparities in education, housing, and employment., , LGBTQ+ Rights: We support equal rights and protections for the LGBTQ+ community, including advocating for anti-discrimination laws, transgender healthcare access, and LGBTQ+ inclusive education., , Immigration Reform: We work towards comprehensive immigration reform that provides a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, protects Dreamers, and upholds humanitarian values., , Education Equity: We advocate for equitable funding for public education, reducing student debt, expanding access to early childhood education, and addressing disparities in educational outcomes., , Voting Rights: We fight to protect and expand voting rights, including advocating for automatic voter registration, early voting access, and combating voter suppression tactics.
We will educate and engage non-affiliated voters in Deschutes County, ages 18-35, who did not vote in the 2020 general election, including Latinx youth voters. We are establishing partnerships with local colleges and the Latino Community Association to develop and execute targeted messages and strategies for these populations.
Our vision is that every person has the Desire, the Right, the Knowledge, and the Confidence to participate in our democracy. Our mission is to help make that happen through: 1) Voters Education/Citizen Education: We present unbiased nonpartisan information about elections, the voting process, and issues. 2) Action/Advocacy: After conducting a comprehensive study, we use our positions to advocate for or against particular policies in the public interest.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Make the Road Action in Nevada (MRA-NV) will continue to build grassroots political power by engaging working-class and immigrant communities in voter education, mobilization, and issue advocacy. Through year-round organizing, member leadership development, and robust electoral programs, we will ensure our communities influence elections and policy decisions. We will expand our reach in rural areas, strengthen relational organizing, and drive legislative advocacy to protect immigrant rights, economic justice, and democracy in Nevada.
Join Make the Road Action Nevada at the ballot box! In 2024, Nevada holds key electoral sway. We aim to safeguard pivotal state legislature seats, enhance member mobilization, expand rural outreach, and prioritize down-ballot races. Be part of a movement driving transformative change!
Through tailored conversations on local governance, MRA-NV is revolutionizing voter engagement in Nevada, partnering with experienced leaders in key regions such as Clark and Washoe Counties. We set new benchmarks for success and drive transformative change through this strategic approach and a history of exceeding state turnout and engagement averages.
Join Make the Road Action Nevada at the ballot box! In 2024, Nevada holds key electoral sway. We aim to safeguard pivotal state legislature seats, enhance member mobilization, expand rural outreach, and prioritize down-ballot races. Be part of a movement driving transformative change!
Make the Road Action Nevada (MRA-NV) is member-led and member-focused. We center our work around the needs identified by our base and build the power of Latine and working class communities of color to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, and transformative education. Our vision for Nevada is centered around improving the quality of life for working-class immigrant communities across the state. We do this by informing, empowering, and mobilizing our community to take action on important issues that directly affect their families and loved ones.
Priority Issues: MRANV has prioritized civic engagement work from our inception. A large portion of this work is dedicated to year-round issue identification and engagement. As our team conducts outreach, they work together to engage the community on specific issues including immigrant justice, health equity, tenant’s rights, youth empowerment, reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, environmental equity, and economic justice, while introducing them to the broader issue areas on which MRANV works. Along with our regular issues committee meetings, our general membership weekly ensures knowledge is shared across committees and identifies ways they can support one another. We also strive to develop leaders who can become experts on a particular issue, take on key roles in actions/events, and act as liaisons between committees. This allows our committees to avoid siloing and ensures our membership grows in numbers, strength, and membership. Because we are continually engaging our base, we are able to identify and prioritize needs as they arise and respond quickly to the needs of our base.
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
Mi Familia Nevada’s 2024 programs include year-round voter engagement: Turnout voters by knocking on doors; Engage and educate eligible voters through our civic engagement workshops and environmental program; Turnout college students by attending events; Engage Latinos through our social media accountability campaign.
Mi Familia en Acción’s mission is to build Latino power, through activation of the community and year-round investment in local infrastructure, to advance our priorities.
Mi Familia Vota Nevada’s 2024 programs include year-round voter engagement: Turnout voters by knocking on doors; Engage and educate eligible voters through our civic engagement workshops and environmental program; Turnout college students by attending events; Engage Latinos through our social media accountability campaign.
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund (MFVEF) is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that unites Latino, immigrant, and allied communities to promote social and economic justice through increased civic participation by promoting leadership development, citizenship, issue organizing, voter registration, and voter participation.
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
Priority Issues: MEJC engages voters on the importance of school board elections and contextualizing statewide elections on school funding and our Healthy and Healing Schools platform. ,
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
Priority Issues: MEJC engages voters on the importance of school board elections and contextualizing statewide elections on school funding and our Healthy and Healing Schools platform. ,
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
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.
NCL PAC works to elect climate champions to protect our land, air, water, and health. Our plan includes $600k IE plan with an expansion to over $1 million centered on paid mail, digital, and an organized canvassing program. We will run a persuasion program and an under-40 GOTV program.
NCL works to protect our climate, air, water, land, and health by translating conservation values into political and policy priorities that we actively promote so all Nevada’s communities can thrive.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Priority Issues: Protecting Nevada’s air, water, land, and health. We engage in utility accountability, IRA/IIJA implementation, public land protection and engage with decision-makers to accomplish our goals and pass policy aligned with our priority issues.
NCL works to protect our climate, air, water, land, and health by translating conservation values into political and policy priorities that we actively promote so all Nevada’s communities can thrive.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Priority Issues: Protecting Nevada’s air, water, land, and health. We engage in utility accountability, IRA/IIJA implementation, public land protection and engage with decision-makers to accomplish our goals and pass policy aligned with our priority issues.
Next Up engages youth voters through voter registration, nonpartisan GOTV, and civic education events. Next Up Action Fund endorses state and local candidates and contributes field work in key races. Our GOTV efforts mobilize 18-29 year-olds statewide, emphasizing Multnomah and Clackamas counties and centering Black, Indigenous, and youth of color.
Next Up amplifies the voices and leadership of diverse young people to achieve a more just and equitable Oregon.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Priority Issues: Our top issue areas are voting rights and policies for an inclusive and accessible democracy. We also do work related to education justice, decarceral justice, housing, LGBTQ+ rights, and more, often through our coalition work. In the past, our issue advocacy has included implementing and expanding Automatic Voter Registration, making mail-in voting free with paid postage, working to restore the voting rights of incarcerated Oregonians, and more. This year, during Oregon’s short legislative session, Next Up’s legislative priorities included preventing eviction, promoting treatment not jail, and fighting book bans. More about our legislative agenda here: https://nextuporegon.org/become-an-activist This year we will also launch a participatory process with our youth base to develop a Youth Power Agenda, which will fully articulate our policy platform and guide our future legislative priorities.
Next Up Action Fund endorses state and local candidates and contributes field work in key races. Our GOTV efforts mobilize 18-29 year-olds statewide, emphasizing Multnomah and Clackamas counties and centering Black, Indigenous, and youth of color.
Next Up Action Fund engages the next generation of young leaders to build political power to fight for a more just and equitable Oregon.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Priority Issues: Our top issue areas are voting rights and policies for an inclusive and accessible democracy. We also do work related to education justice, decarceral justice, housing, LGBTQ+ rights, and more, often through our coalition work. In the past, our issue advocacy has included implementing and expanding Automatic Voter Registration, making mail-in voting free with paid postage, working to restore the voting rights of incarcerated Oregonians, and more. This year, during Oregon’s short legislative session, Next Up’s legislative priorities included preventing eviction, promoting treatment not jail, and fighting book bans. More about our legislative agenda here: https://nextuporegon.org/become-an-activist This year we will also launch a participatory process with our youth base to develop a Youth Power Agenda, which will fully articulate our policy platform and guide our future legislative priorities.
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 focus on voter education from the top to bottom of the ticket, working to mobilize our target persuasion and mobilization universe. We will also test our in-language outreach program to newly registered APIA voters in Nevada and unscored voters. We hope to use issue messaging in-language to move persuadable APIA voters.
One APIA Nevada’s mission is to advance the interests of all Asian Pacific Islander Americans in Nevada through advocacy on issues such as access to healthcare, education, and pathways to citizenship.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Megaphone is building a progressive digital media and messaging amplification network and online community of content creators and sharers. Since people already get their news and information on social media from friends and influencers, Megaphone ensures those trusted messengers have access to content that represents progressive values and engages voters.
Our mission is to provide a strong credible voice that holds public officials and government accountable, assists in the promotion of progressive ideas and uses state-of-the-art web based new media to creatively build grassroots support for progressive ideas. Progress Michigan works as a communications team and media hub for the entire progressive community. We’re a marketing department for progressive ideas – a campaign that never stops. We work year round to challenge conservative propaganda in the media and make sure that progressive perspectives are heard.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Citizen Action of New York is a statewide multi-issue organization organized in seven regions. We connect grassroots power to electoral power holding representatives accountable by engaging BIPOC communities through direct voter outreach like door to door, phone, and deep canvassing with the express purpose of addressing economic and racial inequalities.
To achieve our vision, we fight for social, racial, economic and environmental justice. We are battling against the forces of capitalism and racism that show themselves through inequality and bigotry, and work together to oppress most people. Greed, racism, patriarchy and other systems of oppression permeate the fabric of our lives - through economics, education, housing, technological advancements, health care, the environment, and our criminal legal system.
Priority Issues: Our focus with voters will be on building a just economy. We will focus on childcare, healthcare, climate jobs, and housing issues. We will also focus on fair taxation with an emphasis on getting rich people to pay what they owe.
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.
VOCAL Action Fund will increase voter turnout for the November 2024 elections by directly engaging low-propensity, low-income BIPOC voters in Syracuse and the Greater Syracuse Area on issues that are deeply impacting their lives and communities. We’ll connect primarily via door-knocking, as well as a phone call program.
VOCAL-NY Action Fund (VOCAL Action Fund) provides a grassroots, independent and political voice for the most marginalized communities. Through educational and electoral activity, legislative advocacy, voter education, and community organizing, VOCAL Action Fund serves to enhance and politicize the mission and vision of VOCAL-NY, which builds power among directly impacted people to end the AIDS epidemic, the war on drugs, mass incarceration, and homelessness.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Priority Issues: Our priority issues around which we organize are homelessness, the overdose crisis, and mass incarceration. We also organize around economy and democracy issues to create healthy and just communities, such as transportation equity as it relates to access to services, income inequality, and climate justice.
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
Priority Issues: Criminal Justice Reform with a lens on abolitionist solutions, Access to healthcare including and especially reproductive justice , Strengthening the power of unions and working class people, Improving and fully funding public education
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
Priority Issues: Criminal Justice Reform with a lens on abolitionist solutions, Access to healthcare including and especially reproductive justice , Strengthening the power of unions and working class people, Improving and fully funding public education
The WFP, with its own ballot line in the state of New York, offers an alternative that lets progressives vote their values even when feeling unaligned and unenthusiastic about the candidates, and the ability to do significant coordinated campaigning, collaborating on strategy, sharing data, and working efficiently to GOTV.
With 17 chapters across six regions, representing over 20 organizations and labor unions, the New York Working Families Party is a political home to over 200,000 tenants, teachers, students, and working people who help recruit, train, and elect transformational leaders throughout the state to advance the people’s agenda.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Registering young Nevadans to vote by holding voter registration drives on high school and college campuses, hosting forums and events in areas with historically low turnout, doors, phones and training volunteers.
The Young Democrats of Nevada consist of a coalition of young people (aged 14-35) within the State of Nevada, who are focused on ensuring the Democratic ideals that this country was founded on: Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness are held to their highest integrity. As the future of Nevada, we shall pursue these ideals through support and growth of the Democratic Party, its candidates and the promotion of active engagement of the youth of the State of Nevada.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Priority Issues: As a charter of the Young Democrats of America, our primary focus in voter registration is to gather registrations from individuals aged 17 to 35, particularly on high school and college campuses. We emphasize not including any issues when encouraging individuals to register. Some school campuses, specifically high schools, may be more reserved in permitting partisan organizations to conduct voter registration drives. Therefore, we strive to ensure we are allowed on all campuses.
