The CaPAConnector 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 CaPAConnector dynamic database offers a powerful tool of discovery. This database is constantly updated and can be filtered by geography, constituencies, engagement actions, and other criteria.
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While this database contains more than 500 entities, it is not a complete list of the thousands of organizations doing impactful work. Organizations are invited to fill out this Card Creation Form to be added to the CaPA Connector.
Most of the CaPA Connector data is self-reported by the organizations and CaPA has not completed a 3rd party assessment of accuracy.
CaPA evaluates where programs are fielded within a State by using congressional district boundaries. An org delivering engagement actions within the boundaries of a congressional district does not necessarily mean that group is engaging in a congressional district race.
Atlanta GLOW's EmpowHer the Vote initiative empowers young, female voters of color through nonpartisan education, outreach, and engagement. We provide training, resources, workshops, and youth-led events to increase voter turnout, while our Voter Engagement Fellowship trains young leaders to mobilize their peers. Looking ahead to key elections like Georgia's 2026 gubernatorial race, we will continue equipping young voters with the knowledge and confidence to engage in the democratic process and shape their communities.
Atlanta GLOW’s EmpowHer the Vote initiative educates, empowers and mobilizes young, female voters of color across metro Atlanta communities to participate in the democratic process by casting their votes. The initiative seeks to increase voter turnout and encourage informed decision-making among this vital demographic.
Atlanta GLOW's mission is to encourage, educate and equip young, low-income women to be thriving, self-sustaining leaders and effective agents of economic growth within their communities.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs, Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Over four million people don't vote where they live. An enlistee in the Navy from North Carolina can vote--from San Diego. An NC A&T student in Brazil this semester can vote too. But they probably won't--unless someone asks them. Building Bridges for America is going to ask.
Building Bridges for America mobilizes and empowers networks of relational grassroots organizers to create an equitable and informed electorate.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
CaPA States Covered: AK, GA, IN, NC, NY, TX, VA, WA
Over four million people don't vote where they live.
An enlistee in the Navy from North Carolina can vote--from San Diego.
An NC A&T student in Brazil this semester can vote too.
But they probably won't--unless someone asks them.
Building Bridges for America is going to ask.
Building Bridges for America mobilizes and empowers networks of relational grassroots organizers to create an equitable and informed electorate.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Our 2025 focus is on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race and Virginia statewide and House of Delegate races. In Wisconsin we have sent 94,000 postcards. We will update the Early Voting List and do outreach for 10 swing districts. CFCG will reach out to Black voters while NWPC-VA will reach out to women voters all races. We offer monthly training on How to be an Effective Advocate on Federal and state legislation.
Our campaign aims to engage super voters, registered voters, and especially irregular or low propensity voters
Center for Common Ground works to educate and empower voters of color in voter suppression states. We work in voter suppression states where more than 20% of voters are voters of color – Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. Our work includes community surveys to help communities find their voice, community canvassing, candidate forums, making phone calls and teaching advocacy. Collaborating with local partners, we strive to mobilize ALL voters of color, both those who consistently participate in elections and those who have yet to exercise their right to vote.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
CaPA States Covered: AL, AZ, FL, GA, NY, NC, SC, TX, VA, WI
Geo-targeting. Chatbots. AI generated videos. Canvassing apps.
We apply innovative tech and storytelling to social justice and voting rights causes. We do this pro bono using mostly free apps and freely share how we solved a challenge so other other groups can do it themselves too.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
CaPA States Covered: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, GA, IL, IN, IA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI, FL
Geo-targeting. Chatbots. AI generated videos. Canvassing apps.
We apply innovative tech and storytelling to social justice and voting rights causes. We do this pro bono using mostly free apps and freely share how we solved a challenge so other other groups can do it themselves too.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
CaPA States Covered: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, GA, IL, IN, IA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI, FL
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.
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
Increase the Number of women in elected and appointed positions.
Draft legislation that centers on equality and the needs of women.
Support candidates who support women.
In 2025 we will endorse women in Virginia for Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General. Currently there are 44 women running for VA House and we expect to endorse at least 25 of them. Our planned activities includes postcards, making phone calls, texting, canvassing, billboards and radio ads.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
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
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
Hip Hop voter registration bus will travel to urban and suburban areas to reach diverse youth populations, often in collaboration with organizations, local businesses and schools. Their team will create marketing materials and collaborate with the media to increase the campaign's visibility and get more registrations.
Ohio Alliance for Community Education is a service-based organization that prides itself on building strong community connections amongst Black and Brown residents in the Greater Cleveland area. By engaging, educating and empowering people in their civic lives. We aim to create equal opportunity to thrive and prosper in their surrounding neighborhoods by connecting the issues that have an effect on their everyday lives.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Advocate for local and statewide democracy, energy and consumer issues. We project knocking 709,700 doors statewide and making 259,000 phone calls, plus digital tactics, including voter videos.
Ohio Citizen Action /OCAEF organizes and mobilizes people to advocate for public interests. In person, by phone and online we engage people in actions that protect public health, improve environmental quality and benefit consumers. Our campaigns connect Ohioans and build a movement to protect democracy and create a sustainable future.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Geographic Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: We do not target any specific demographics and/or it is difficult to say who we may reach, Multi-racial (including white), Adults (aged 35-65)
Organization Leadership: BIPOC-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Lead Contact: Melissa EnglishDeputy Director (OCA) and Executive Director (OCAEF)menglish@ohiocitizen.org
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund will register voters by conducting hotspot canvassing and going door-to-door, primarily on community college campuses/areas in Cincinnati, Athens, Columbus and Cleveland.
Ohio Citizen Action /OCAEF organizes and mobilizes people to advocate for public interests. In person, by phone and online we engage people in actions that protect public health, improve environmental quality and benefit consumers. Our campaigns connect Ohioans and build a movement to protect democracy and create a sustainable future.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
In 2025, the Ohio Organizing Collaborative will focus on advocating for fully funded early education through the Care Economy Organizing (CEO) Project; supporting public education by organizing parents and communities to promote fair school funding and prevent closures via the All In For Ohio Kids initiative; pursuing criminal justice reform by working to end collateral sanctions that hinder formerly incarcerated individuals from accessing employment/education opportunities through Building Freedom Ohio (BFO); empowering student leaders.
Statewide org that unites student associations, faith organizations, labor unions and policy institutions will register voters through community hotspotting, campus organizing, relational organizing, doors, phones, text and mail.
Formed in 2007, the Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC) is a grassroots organization uniting community groups, student associations, and faith organizations with policy institutes and labor unions across Ohio. It is our mission to organize membership bases of everyday Ohioans for racial, social, and economic justice in our state.
We will conduct voter registration and peer-to-peer voter programs with at least 300,000 young, low-wage unlikely voters of color in MI, OH and AZ using the issue that young voters and voters of color have named as their top priority: living wages.
One Fair Wage is a national organization led by women of color that is engaging workers, employers and consumers to raise wages and working conditions in the service sector and end all subminimum wages in the United States.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
CaPA States Covered: AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, ID, IL, MD, MA, MI, MS, NY, OH, PA, WA
After the 2024 election, Democrats have committed to working on wage increases and ending subminimum wages. In 2025, we’re seeing momentum for policy changes in Illinois, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Arizona, and California. One Fair Wage Action will support legislative campaigns in IL, MD, and NY, while in OH, AZ, and CA, we’ll push for ballot measures, mobilizing workers to gather signatures and engage voters.
Led by women of color, One Fair Wage Action and collecting voter registrations while gathering signatures for a minimum wage ballot measure. They mobilize workers, employers, and consumers nationwide to enhance wages and working conditions in the service sector, aiming to abolish all subminimum wages in the United States.
One Fair Wage Action is a national organization seeking to raise wages, improve working conditions, and build power for workers in the service sector, and end all subminimum wages in the United States. In particular, we organize service workers to lead legislation and ballot measure campaigns to raise wages in their industry, and also engage them in large-scale peer-to-peer voter engagement programs to support these wage increases and candidates who support them, driving change from the ground up.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
CaPA States Covered: AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, ID, IL, MD, MA, MI, MS, NY, OH, PA, WA
At Pittsburgh United, we run Deep Canvassing campaigns that gather information from and build connections with community members who are directly impacted by the issues we organize around. As an organization, our focus is engaging people around environmental and housing justice as we develop co-governing structures to effectively center the voices of those most impacted in the creation and implementation of any solutions.
PA United will engage young voters, voters of color, and working class voters - the voters who are most likely to disengage from the election - in a comprehensive field campaign on their doors, phones, and in their communities to move them to vote on their values.
Pittsburgh United's purpose is to build a sustainable, multi-racial, multi-generational poor and working peoples movement across Pennsylvania that unites all of us against those who profit from our struggles. PAU builds collective power by running issue and member campaigns to create an equitable government and society that includes and benefits all of us, not just the wealthy few.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Poder Latinx is strategically positioned to empower the Latinx community, fostering a resilient progressive voting bloc through our Integrated Voter Engagement (IVE) framework. This model is grounded in six pillars: recruiting community members, fostering professional and leadership growth, executing comprehensive voter engagement throughout the electoral cycle, refining Latinx voter databases, achieving issue-based victories, and pioneering narrative and cultural shifts.
Poder Latinx targets 57,000 new and low-propensity Latinx voters through a canvassing program including door knocks, calls, and texts. Our leadership development program focuses on cultivating 25 new Latina leaders and our community organizing aims to expand our base by 5,200 members.
Poder Latinx is a civic and social justice organization. Our vision is to build political power for the Latinx community to become decision-makers in our country’s democracy and win on economic, immigrant, and environmental issues. Our mission is to build a sustained voting bloc of Latinxs in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Washington. We do this by leading an integrated voter engagement program where all aspects of voter engagement, issue-based campaigns, leadership development, voting reform and protection, and narrative change form a continuous cycle of political consciousness. Through our work, we empower and equip the Latinx community to become agents of change now.
Our program engages the public, specifically the BIPOC community, on the importance of voting—a key pillar to our democracy. We provide basic voting information on a nonpartisan basis. Among various tactics, we send text messages to voters to get to their polling location or to enroll in vote by mail.
Rapid Resist supports progressive organizations fighting back against attacks on our communities and our democracy.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
CaPA States Covered: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI
Nevada progressive c3 civic engagement table coordinates and supports partner organizations' voter registration programs targeting BIPOC, youth, and historically marginalized communities. Canvassers placed at high traffic locations, citizenship naturalization ceremonies, high schools, the parole office, and community events.
Silver State Voices (SSV, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy, Inc.) was founded in 2012 as a civic engagement coordination hub amongst progressive 501c3 organizations in Nevada. It is our mission to create a more robust democracy by centering our work with historically underrepresented and marginalized communities because we know that when we uplift the silenced and marginalized, we uplift the entire community. SSV develops infrastructure, fosters collaboration among diverse entities, and employs new tools and technology.
Founded in 2001, the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) is a public interest nonprofit dedicated to achieving a healthy, equitable, and low carbon future by advancing clean energy, energy efficiency, electrification, and clean transportation solutions in the southwestern United States. In collaboration with state and local governments, utilities, environmental and community groups, businesses, agencies, and others, SWEEP advocates for programs, policies, and funding to mitigate climate change and its impacts, support underserved and disadvantaged communities, and save people money on energy and transportation costs. SWEEP has helped pass more than 150 state laws across the Southwest.
SWEEP will work to advance a clean and equitable energy future in 2025 through three programs: 1) Utilities: Working to get utilities to invest in renewable energy resources, energy efficiency programs, and demand response efforts to reduce energy waste, utility bills, and emissions; 2) Buildings: Ensuring that homes and commercial buildings are constructed or retrofitted to be energy efficient and heated and cooled with clean electricity; and 3) Transportation: electrifying the transportation sector; promoting multimodal alternatives like transit, biking, and walking; and advocating for smart land use and affordable infill housing to reduce travel costs, demand, and emissions.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
The Asian American and Pacific Islander population is the fastest growing demographic in Ohio. But we are under-represented. We have been mailing questionnaires to AAPI voters throughout Ohio, asking about their experiences as AAPI citizens in our state, top of mind issues, and if they plan to vote in 2024.
The AAPI Research Group and Engagement Team - Ohio (TARGETOHIO) believes in the collective power of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. AAPI Ohioans must be included as an integral part of our democracy—civically engaged, politically active, and voting in record numbers. TARGETOHIO will serve as the vehicle for delivering the AAPI political voice.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
TurnUp's youth-led voter registration and turnout program targets competitive states and congressional districts. We conduct paid student-led on-campus voter registration and turnout drives at high schools and low-turnout community college campuses; relational voter registration and turnout programs targeting unregistered and low-propensity young voters; an educational internship program empowering youth to conduct text-banking, phone-banking, and canvassing; and innovative digital activities reminding young people to register and vote. Since 2019, we have registered over 400,000 young voters, texted 35 million young voters, talked to 900,000 young voters via phone, and graduated 13,000 youth from our internship program.
In 2025, TurnUp is focused on registering 170,000 young people to vote in key states and congressional districts for the 2026 elections and beyond. We are also registering and turning out young voters in the VA and PA elections. TurnUp is organizing the following programs to accomplish these goals paid student-led on-campus voter registration and turnout drives at high schools and low-turnout community college campuses; relational voter registration and turnout programs targeting unregistered and low-propensity young voters; an educational internship program empowering youth to conduct text-banking, phone-banking, and canvassing; and digital activities reminding young people to register and vote.
TurnUp's Youth-led GOTV program targets low-turnout community college campuses and low-propensity young voters. The program engages over 18,000 young interns, on-campus organizers, and relational organizers to utilize the following strategies: on-campus GOTV events, relational GOTV campaigns, canvassing, phone-banking, and text-banking.
We’re on a mission to strengthen democracy by increasing high impact youth civic action and closing the gap between young people who want to take civic action and those who actually take action. TurnUp includes five integrated programs that work together to increase youth voter registration and turnout: the internship training program; online program; on campus and relational voter registration and turnout program; mobile app; and ideas incubator. Our goal is to increase youth voter registration and turnout, and build the most active, educated, organized, and powerful network of young progressive activists across the Nation
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
CaPA States Covered: AK, AZ, FL, GA, MI, MT, NE, NV, NC, OH, PA, SC, TX, WA, WV, WI
UNITE HERE Action Fund will promote and increase the electoral participation of low propensity voters – primarily working class and people of color – in Virginia and New Jersey by having UNITE HERE union members canvass them to identify issues and key challenges facing them, draw out what messages are most motivating, and educate them on how to vote.
The hospitality workers union, UNITE HERE Action Fund, is launching an ambitious field program in 2024 in Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. UNITE HERE operates the nation’s largest labor-led canvassing program, with canvassers who are union members—workers talking to working-class voters about their fight to protect their livelihoods and their country.
The purpose of the UNITE HERE Action Fund is to assist hospitality workers, other working people and their families to achieve economic, social, and racial justice through education and advocacy, leadership development, and full participation in civic life. UNITE HERE Action Fund and Workers Vote are closely aligned with UNITE HERE, a hospitality workers union.
