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.
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.
1000 Woman Strong recruits, trains, and supports grassroots community efforts year-round. Through Peer2Peer contact, rapid response messaging, field organizing, issue advocacy, digital outreach, electoral mobilization, and relational organizing, we have engaged one million Black women since 2020 on a range of issues that impact them.
Our mission is to empower Black women across the country and mobilize them for action. We are working to create a future – and an America – that is informed by the experiences and expertise of Black women. Through rapid response messaging, issue advocacy, and electoral mobilization, we are working across the U.S. to build community and political power for the long haul.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
1K Women Strong recruits, trains, and supports grassroots community efforts year-round. Through Peer2Peer contact, rapid response messaging, field organizing, issue advocacy, digital outreach, electoral mobilization, and relational organizing, we have engaged one million Black women since 2020 on a range of issues that impact them.
Our mission is to empower Black women across the country and mobilize them for action. We are working to create a future – and an America – that is informed by the experiences and expertise of Black women. Through rapid response messaging, issue advocacy, and electoral mobilization, we are working across the U.S. to build community and political power for the long haul.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Blue Future is a youth-led organization that recruits, trains and deploys youth to progressive campaigns. They offer stipends + microgrants to youth-led initiatives that increase youth participation in elections. Additionally, Blue Future provides leadership coaching and career development support to build the future pipeline of progressive leaders in the US.
To continuously engage, mobilize, and connect young people across race and place to progressive campaigns, equipping them with the resources, tools, skills, and network to be effective volunteers, organizers, and community leaders.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: AL, AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, LA, MI, MS, MO, MT, NV, NH, NC, OH, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA, WI
Blueprint NC is a partnership of over 80 organizations building towards inclusive and anti-racist democracy by working to engage and turnout North Carolina BIPOC voters. Tactics include texting, phonebanking, mailers, door-to-door canvassing, events, and canvassing in high traffic areas, with special focus on high schools to register 16 and 17 year olds.
Blueprint NC is a progressive ecosystem of nearly 60 formal partner organizations and an expanding web of network allies committed to building independent power for an anti-racist, inclusive democracy. We believe that inclusive democracy requires open, reflective, and responsive governing institutions.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Latinx, BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color), Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
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
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
States Engaged: NC, GA, IN
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01, IN-01
Geographic Density Focus: Other
Core Constituencies: Multi-racial (including white), Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Our 2024 program targets voter engagement in key states like Arizona, North Carolina, Michigan and Nebraska. Led by Mona Das, we’re deploying paid canvassing, social media campaigns, and community events to mobilize voters on critical issues, including climate initiatives and education. Our work also includes strategic outreach in Washington, Alaska and Oregon.
MOXY’s mission is to be a catalyst for transformation in the world. Attracting people who are ready to use their voice and their choice; who are ready to step into action with passion and purpose.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Latinx-led Casa Azul de Wilson has gained our community’s trust through direct service programs such as college advising and financial relief for farmworkers. We have done Latinx community voter registration for the past four years and are the experts of our community to do this work.
Casa Azul de Wilson provides a homebase for Wilson’s Latinx families to feel valued so that they may own their power and ascend in their educational, leadership and civic pursuits. We build community through culturally affirming events, programs and campaigns that allow us to celebrate our complex and diverse identities.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Urban - Small city (<100k)
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, Latinx, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
CASA in Action will be engaging in:
-State-based advocacy in GA, MD, PA, VA
-Non-partisan voter engagement around state and local elections in VA and PA. This will include GOTV, VBM pushes, and, in all our states, deep canvassing.
-Partisan voter engagement in the same state, especially focused on the Gubernatorial General Election in Virginia.
CASA in Action turns out voters based on democracy-defense organizing, non-partisan voter canvassing, partisan voter canvassing to advocate for our member-endorsed candidates, and community-tailored communications. Our strength lies in community trust, cultural competency, and the leadership provided by our working-class, immigrant membership.
By mobilizing Black and brown voters, CASA in Action, and its 155,000+ members, play a powerful role in electing progressive change leaders who can produce the justice our members seek.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: PA, VA, GA, MD
Congressional Districts Engaged: PA-10, VA-02
Geographic Density Focus: Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k)
Core Constituencies: Black, Immigrant, Latinx
Leadership Diversity: BIPOC-led, Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Top Priority Issues: Healthcare, Climate change, Immigrant rights
Contact: Ankur Razdan, Development Manager for Politics & Civic Engagement, arazdan@wearecasa.org
The Center for Common Ground is non-partisan, Black and women-led voting rights organization founded in 2018. 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.
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.
As a Virginia based organization we are laser focused on Virginia elections. We will be sending postcards, making phone calls, canvassing and texting. Because so many people in our community are hurt first and worst by the current Administration plans we are now providing mutual aid in most of our Democracy Centers.
Additionally, we are building an Integrated Election Management Platform which will revolutionize Field Management
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
States Engaged: AL, AZ, FL, GA, NY, NC, SC, TX, VA
Citizens' Climate Education and Citizens' Climate work together to advance climate action in the U.S. Congress. We train and empower our grassroots network of 360 active chapter and 62 national action teams to build political will through local organizing, media engagement, and direct lobbying. During election years, we mobilize volunteers to engage candidates on climate change and boost voter turnout.
In 2025, Citizens' Climate Education is focused on training our grassroots network to defend hard-won climate victories in the U.S. Congress, such as the clean energy tax credits passed in the Inflation Reduction Act. We are also taking advantage of opportunities to make forward progress in the current political climate. These opportunities include climate-smart forestry, clean energy deployment, and building electrification.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Citizens' Climate Education and Citizens' Climate work together to advance climate action in the U.S. Congress. We train and empower our grassroots network of 360 active chapter and 62 national action teams to build political will through local organizing, media engagement, and direct lobbying. During election years, we mobilize volunteers to engage candidates on climate change and boost voter turnout.
In 2025, Citizens' Climate Lobby is focused on defending hard-won climate victories in the U.S. Congress, such as the clean energy tax credits passed in the Inflation Reduction Act. We are also taking advantage of opportunities to make forward progress in the current political climate. These opportunities include climate-smart forestry, clean energy deployment, and building electrification.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT,DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Democrats have work to do. Many voters still do not know they have been redistricted, especially in the rural areas. While the rural part of the district is only 14% of the voters, this population of mostly low income voters of color needs connection and outreach.
COVA Coalition is a predominantly women's progressive organization in Coastal Virginia. We work together to amplify women's voices, advocate for change and protect our freedoms. Our focus areas are reproductive freedom, sensible gun reform and support for public education. We are affiliated with Network NOVA. Our priority for 2024 is flipping Virginia Congressional District 2!
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged: VA
Congressional Districts Engaged: VA-02
Core Constituencies: Faith-based
Leadership Diversity: Volunteer-led, Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: All volunteer - there are no paid staff involved in the organizations
Our get-out-the-vote messages are personalized and thought out. Our voters get detailed information on when and where they can vote early, the rules for mailing an absentee ballot in their state, and where they can vote on election day. We work with on-the-ground partners to develop messaging tailored for each community.
I have purchased over 350k postcards and stamps to insure that BIPOC voters in voter suppression states get the information they need to be able to cast their vote. Our information is non partisan and gives info re/what to bring, where to vote, when to vote. Our outreach goes deeply into the communities that are ignored by most every other campaign.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Democracy North Carolina focuses on relational organizing, primarily serving BIPOC people, the LGBTQUIA community, low-wealth individuals, and students and young adults. We reach people through community convenings, faith-based organizing, multi-platform education tactics, mobile voter registration sites, and collaborations with grassroots organizations, HBCUs, and community colleges.
To strengthen democratic structures, build power among disenfranchised communities, and inspire confidence in a transformed political process that works for all.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color), Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Down Home North Carolina is working through our network of 10 county-based chapters to bring IRA investment home and in alignment with the goals of our working class communities.
Down Home North Carolina will engage the multiracial working class over an18-county area larger than the state of New Jersey via an integrated voter contact program including more than 500,000 door attempts. Our program is best-in-class and covers the lowest density, highest opportunity rural turf home to 20% of the state’s population.
Down Home North Carolina (DHNC) is a project to build a multiracial statewide organization of rural and small town communities that advocate for economic, gender, and racial justice. We will move North Carolina toward the values of dignity, safety, and inclusion through leadership development, strategic campaigning, multiracial movement building, and civic engagement to advance real reforms for rural communities.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k)
Emancipate NC and Emancipate Votes request a Voter Engagement & GOTV grant to support our 2024 Voter Engagement initiatives, which will activate our Justice League–a Fellowship for people directly impacted by incarceration–to lead and support voter education and organizing campaigns in NC-01.
The mission of Emancipate NC (ENC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is to dismantle structural racism and mass incarceration through community education, leadership development, strategic litigation, and mobilization.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Urban - Small city (<100k)
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
2024 Voter Engagement initiatives will activate our Justice League–a Fellowship for people directly impacted by incarceration–to lead and support voter education and organizing campaigns in NC-01.
The mission of Emancipate Votes, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit social welfare organization, is to support educational and electoral strategies to end mass incarceration and structural racism in North Carolina.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Urban - Small city (<100k)
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Hispanic Federation will engage 115,000 Latino voters across North Carolina in urban, suburban, and rural areas. We will use culturally competent, Latino “kitchen table” issue area organizing, and tactics that include door knocking, phone banking, texting, and relational outreach. We will also run digital, radio and TV ads.
Hispanic Federation (HF) is the nation’s premier Latino nonprofit membership organization. Founded in 1990, HF seeks to empower and advance the Hispanic community, support Hispanic families, and strengthen Latino institutions through work in the areas of civic engagement, education, health, immigration, economic empowerment, & the environment.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, Latinx, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
All Hands Brigade, a volunteer cohort of seasoned labor retirees, is working in partnership with the NC AFL-CIO and key member unions to augment the skills and capacity of local union leadership, staff and volunteers, and identify, engage and support NC unions and their retirees to advance the concerns of working families on key issues–and to vote those priorities in November.
C4C is a multi-racial student centered coalition focusing on increasing access to higher education. This year, C4C is planning to engage 5,000 potential voters through non-partisan voter engagement, canvassing, text messaging, and phone banking. Our goal is to educate voters on the importance of keeping the Climate Commitment Act.
Just Strategy builds powerful issue campaigns that win. We educate organizers and movement leaders. We help develop effective strategies for racial and economic justice movements. We create innovative organizing projects where we see a need. We also partner with established organizations to build people’s power.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: NC, WA
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Urban, Small City and Ex-urban
Core Constituencies: Black, Multi-racial (including white), Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Mi Familia North Carolina’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 #MerecemosMejor.
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.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, Latinx, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
NDWA is dedicated to advancing domestic and care workers' rights nationwide. In 2025, we’ll prioritize Medicaid funding, defend gained worker wages, and counter anti-immigration policies. At state and local levels, we’ll advance the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, data collection for HCBS policy advocacy, and initiatives to deliver the most impactful resources in this shifting political landscape. Additionally, NDWA will bolster worker protections, expand digital organizing, and enhance our rapid response networks.
Our civic engagement program is focused on educating voters about care and turning out women of color voters in Sunbelt states, where care and domestic workers have traditionally been left behind, and which is often home to areas with the worst care crisis in the nation.
The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) works for respect, recognition, and rights for the more than 2.2 million nannies, house cleaners, and home care workers who do the essential work of caring for our loved ones and our homes. Driven by domestic workers’ priorities, NDWA is working to catalyze a paradigm shift in the way domestic work is understood, valued, and compensated to ensure that these much-needed jobs are good jobs with dignity, economic security, and labor protections. NDWA is a non-partisan charitable organization and does not endorse, support, or oppose any candidate for public office.
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
NCLCVF programs, PowerUp, Power the Vote, and Power Boards & Commissions, operate at the intersection of environment, economics, racial and economic justice. We make it a priority to build civic participation programs that emphasize year-round engagement, leadership development, and a goal of shifting the balance of power to historically disenfranchised communities of color, often the first and worst impacted by environmental injustices, to enact equitable policies that protect the environment and our communities.
NCLCVF believes that voting is the most important thing you can do for the environment, and has registered 120,000 voters since 2014. Our Power the Vote program prioritizes year-round civic engagement, registering and turning out voters in BIPOC communities/schools, engaging through relational organizing, and promoting our Forever Vote pledge.
NCLCV Foundation connects and engages people to protect our natural environment and promote the well-being of our communities. We turn environmental values into NC priorities by engaging people in the democratic process, organizing in communities to connect environmental policies to people’s daily lives, cultivating environmental leaders, and advocating for policies at the state and local level that protect the health and quality of life for all North Carolinians, with an intentional focus on systematically excluded communities of color.
NCAAT in Action is committed to supporting equity and justice for all by building political power among AAPIs (Asian American Pacific Islanders) and allies in North Carolina through voter education, progressive advocacy and leadership development. NCAATIA was the state's first pan-Asian political advocacy organization and remains the only one of its kind.
NCAAT in Action’s strategic focus in 2025 centers on base-building through deep canvassing and a new membership model. Our
efforts are to connect with our community to better understand their concerns and priorities, to have meaningful conversations about what changes they want to see in government to improve their lives, emphasizing that the changes they want can only happen by electing the right candidates to key seats. By leveraging the state’s diverse demographics, building coalitions across communities, and fostering inclusive political participation, we can build winning tactics for 2026 and create a more equitable political system for all.
NCAAT in Action is scaling and leading the largest field program targeting Asian Americans in North Carolina. 8 years of working as a trusted messenger with culturally-competent multilingual outreach will allow us to educate, engage, and mobilize with deep canvassing and our new Empower U BIPOC Youth project.
NCAAT in Action is committed to supporting equity and justice for all by building political power among Asian Americans and allies in North Carolina through voter education, progressive advocacy and leadership development.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city or suburb of large city (>100k)
The key to winning in 2024 hinges on voter engagement and education. Network NOVA’s superpower is engaging grassroots activists and leaders and candidates in races up and down the ballot to generate meaningful turnout at the ballot box every election.
Network NOVA is a grassroots organizing hub run by unstoppable, badass, and fearless women. Founded in 2017 in Virginia, our mission is to inspire, inform, and empower year-round grassroots political action.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
New Virginia Majority builds governing power on our path for racial and social justice through year-round community organizing and voter mobilization in working class communities of color. These communities drive social justice reforms in Virginia. We prioritize the needs, demands and leadership of working class women of color, because they have a clear interest in realizing change rooted in social, and racial justice and a sustainable economy that works for all. We work to create a powerful multi-issue, multi-racial movement to transform Virginia through large scale civic engagement, issue advocacy, and community organizing.
Centering marginalized communities and communities of color in our organizing and advocacy work, and encouraging and empowering them to be more civically engaged has always been a part of our major strategies. We move our strategies forward through the model of integrated voter engagement: deep local organizing, broad-scale state level advocacy, year-long civic engagement programs integrated with local organizing campaigns, strategic communications and digital organizing, and multiple leadership pipelines through which we are able to move people from the first interaction to members, activists, and leaders. Our model moves people not just into “habitual” voters or activists, but conscious, strategic
We will have a multi-layered voter contact program that includes face-to-face canvassing, phone calls, text messages, and mail pieces tailored to the issues they care about. In addition to these contacts, we will coordinate a robust digital program that will reach people through social media and websites with high traffic among our targeted voters.
New Virginia Majority (NVM) builds power on our path for racial and social justice through year-round community organizing and voter mobilization in communities of color--communities that drive social justice reforms in Virginia. We work to create a powerful multi-issue, multi-racial movement to transform Virginia through large scale civic engagement, issue advocacy, and strategic communications and community organizing.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged: VA
Congressional Districts Engaged: VA-02, VA-07
Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city or suburb of large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Black, AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander), Latinx
Leadership Diversity: BIPOC-led, Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Volunteer powered - >50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Top Priority Issues: State policy advocacy, Civic engagement, Housing
The New Virginia Majority Education Fund works to create a powerful multi-issue, multi-racial movement to transform Virginia through large scale civic engagement, issue advocacy, and community organizing. We advance our vision for Virginia rooted in justice, democracy, and progress that will uplift and empower working class communities of color.
Our multi-year voter engagement program continues, with a goal of expanding the electorate to better reflect Virginia’s rich diversity. An outreach plan with a goal of increased turnout among working class people of color will require robust direct voter contact through canvassing, phone, mail and social media strategies. Based on previous successes, such a program will include a multi-touch door-to-door program layered with phone calls and mail, and a robust social media and digital organizing strategy.
Our primary focus is Reproductive Rights, we will reach out in a non partisan way to engage voters at public forums like farmers markets, breweries, community event and through postcards and door knocking. Our goal is to increase voter participation so election results reflect voters think.
To engage people about the importance of voting and having their voices heard regarding our democracy especially issues that impact women like reproductive rights.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged: VA, NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: VA-02, NC-01
Core Constituencies: Women, Youth and Students (aged 17-35), Seniors (aged 65+)
Leadership Diversity: Volunteer-led, Women-led, Other
Staff and Volunteer Balance: All volunteer - there are no paid staff involved in the organizations
Empower Project is a communications, organizing, and technology non-profit that is a leader in relational organizing - leveraging the power of trusted messengers by having community members build lists of friends and family to communicate and influence behavior, promote informed decision-making, and increase meaningful civic engagement. We recruit and manage the trusted messengers, build the technology, coordinate with partner organizations, organize trainings, and direct the strategy that allows this sophisticated approach to communications to happen.
Relational organizing and trusted messengers are the keys to meeting the moment and building a larger, better-informed, and more engaged universe of voters. In 2025, we will use our unique ability to communicate with challenging communities of voters and our existing network of 3 million people, launching a year-round relational organizing program to maintain engagement, build trust, and drive action leading up to the next election.
Organizing Empower Project has launched a multi-state paid relational program to build the largest incentivized relational organizing program in history in 10 high-profile states to reach voters not typically reachable by other means and leverage the power of relational organizing to maximize impact.
Empower Project is a communications, organizing, and technology non-profit that is a leader in relational organizing - leveraging the power of trusted messengers by having community members build lists of friends and family to communicate and influence behavior, promote informed decision-making, and increase meaningful civic engagement.
We recruit and manage the trusted messengers, build the technology, coordinate with partner organizations, organize trainings, and direct the strategy that allows this sophisticated approach to communications to happen.
Empower Project is a communications, organizing, and technology non-profit that is a leader in relational organizing - leveraging the power of trusted messengers by having community members build lists of friends and family to communicate and influence behavior, promote informed decision-making, and increase meaningful civic engagement. We recruit and manage the trusted messengers, build the technology, coordinate with partner organizations, organize trainings, and direct the strategy that allows this sophisticated approach to communications to happen.
Relational organizing and trusted messengers are the keys to meeting the moment and building a larger, better-informed, and more engaged universe of voters. In 2025, we will use our unique ability to communicate with challenging communities of voters and our existing network of 3 million people, launching a year-round relational organizing program to maintain engagement, build trust, and drive action leading up to the next election.
Organizing Empowerment Fund is offering training and technology support for organizations that are using relational organizing, especially in underrepresented communities like communities of color, youth, immigrants, and rural areas.
Empower Project is a communications, organizing, and technology non-profit that is a leader in relational organizing - leveraging the power of trusted messengers by having community members build lists of friends and family to communicate and influence behavior, promote informed decision-making, and increase meaningful civic engagement.
We recruit and manage the trusted messengers, build the technology, coordinate with partner organizations, organize trainings, and direct the strategy that allows this sophisticated approach to communications to happen.
We’ll reach millions of parents in key states via direct messaging and social media to communicate what’s at stake in this election, register them to vote, get them to make a plan, remind them to turn out, and, most importantly, help them send voting reminders to their personal networks.
As a cutting-edge impact media organization, ParentsTogether is shifting the narrative for families. We meet overwhelmed parents where they are with relatable, informative, and useful content that helps shape their worldviews and raise expectations about what families deserve. Founded in 2012, today ParentsTogether has over 3 million members and reaches millions more parents each year through innovative content creation, social media campaigns, online issue organizing, and civic engagement.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
We’ll reach millions of parents in key states via direct messaging and social media to communicate what’s at stake in this election, register them to vote, get them to make a plan, remind them to turn out, and, most importantly, help them send voting reminders to their personal networks.
As a cutting-edge impact media organization, ParentsTogether is shifting the narrative for families. We meet overwhelmed parents where they are with relatable, informative, and useful content that helps shape their worldviews and raise expectations about what families deserve. Founded in 2012, today ParentsTogether has over 3 million members and reaches millions more parents each year through innovative content creation, social media campaigns, online issue organizing, and civic engagement.
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
States Engaged: 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
Now is the time to seize upon suburban women’s visceral opposition to Republican attacks on their freedom, their children, and democracy. RWB is doing just that through our year-round relational organizing program. We build community and tap the networks of women in our community to reach voters we need to win.
Red Wine & Blue has built hyper-local organizing infrastructure and culturally-relevant communications that engages diverse suburban women where they are, supports them to represent their views, and doesn't go away. We seize moments of opportunity to achieve policy wins, but most importantly, we are building a community that ensures suburban women become a permanent fixture in the movement for a multiracial democracy. RWB has grown into a community of nearly half a million women by providing a welcoming pathway to political engagement for women of all political backgrounds – including many who have never been political before.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Focused on advancing Black communities and prioritizing community-based programming dedicated to advancing Black liberation. We know that the keys to ensuring voter engagement includes building trust, understanding concerns and pain-points, ensuring that college students have the resources and tools needs to be successful, and stressing power through collective action.
To improve the social disposition of underrepresented populations through community service, education, and other social services in our respective communities.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: GA, NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01, NJ-07
Geographic Density Focus: Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Black, Women, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
In three communities, we will resource and train canvass leads to run targeted canvasses in our communities focusing on queer and trans Black and brown people. Through this door-to-door and relational contact, canvass leads will invite folk to town halls to discuss critical issues impacting their lives, including the solutions they envision.
SONG is a home for LGBTQ liberation across all lines of race, class, abilities, age, culture, gender, and sexuality in the South. We build, sustain, and connect a southern regional base of LGBTQ people in order to transform the region through strategic projects and campaigns developed in response to the current conditions in our communities. SONG builds this movement through leadership development, intersectional analysis, and organizing.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: NC, GA
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: LGBTQ+, BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color), Latinx
Leadership Diversity: BIPOC-led, Women-led, Queer-led, Trans; non-binary; and gender nonconforming-led
Swing Blue Alliance is the largest all-volunteer, Democratic grassroots organization headquartered in Massachusetts. In partnership with organizations in swing states, we develop evidence-based programs to protect our democracy, work on competitive local and national elections, and strengthen the Democratic Party at the grassroots level
We’re presently working on five strategic initiatives for 2025 and beyond.
The five working groups are:
2025/2026 Elections: Mobilize resources to win races in WI, VA and key 2026 districts.
Countering Right Wing Media: Combat disinformation and amplify progressive voices.
Oppose the Trump Agenda: Push back against extremist policies. Defend democracy.
Reform the Democratic Party
Strengthen Grassroots Networks
In addition to running our own voter registration trips, we help Democratic committees and other grassroots group identify the most promising precincts for hotspot and door-to-door voter registration. We acquire lists of unregistered people and check them against other databases, including the registered voter file. We use this information to create walk lists.
Swing Blue Alliance is the largest organization of its kind headquartered in Massachusetts. We are the only organization that has a research department that runs randomized control trials.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: PA
Congressional Districts Engaged: PA-10, VA-02
Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city or suburb of large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: We do not target any specific demographics and/or it is difficult to say who we may reach, Seniors (aged 65+), Adults (aged 35-65)
Leadership Diversity: Volunteer-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: All volunteer - there are no paid staff involved in the organizations
Top Priority Issues: Federal policy advocacy, State policy advocacy, Voting rights/access
At the TFBU Foundation, we emphasize the importance of every citizen's voice being heard through exercising their constitutional right to cast a ballot. The TFBU Foundation will host daily events at the polls during early voting and election day, offering music, activities, light refreshments, and encouragement to exercise your right to vote.
Our mission is to inspire the community through charitable endeavors, culture empowerment and unity among our communities. TFBU Foundation's priority is to enhance educational opportunities, and to promote the growth of our communities through resources, counseling, and volunteering.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k)
Core Constituencies: LGBTQ+, BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color), Latinx
UFR will expand our organizing power to push back against harmful policies impacting workers. Our Georgia worker organizing and civic participation program has had wins to improve workplace conditions, including securing clean water, working restrooms, and wage increases. This will serve as a model we’ll scale nationally and across targeted geographies (Michigan, California) to build a multiracial base of working class voters who are shifting the narrative around their grueling working conditions, and impacting elections.
UFR's civic engagement program integrates online/offline organizing to boost voter turnout from a low-wage, majority women and BIPOC voting bloc of 2 million people across urban, rural, and suburban geographies. We move our base through deep relationship building into action, and leverage persuasion messaging to turn out low-propensity voters.
United for Respect envisions a world where all workers have the power, the time, and the money to lead full, free, empowered lives, and where they power a multiracial economic and political democracy that benefits all. It’s our mission to build an economy where corporations respect working people and support a democracy that allows americans to live and work in dignity.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
UFR's civic engagement program integrates online/offline organizing to boost voter turnout from a low-wage, majority women and BIPOC voting bloc of 2 million people across urban, rural, and suburban geographies. We move our base through deep relationship building into action, and leverage persuasion messaging to turn out low-propensity voters.
United for Respect envisions a world where all workers have the power, the time, and the money to lead full, free, empowered lives, and where they power a multiracial economic and political democracy that benefits all. It’s our mission to build an economy where corporations respect working people and support a democracy that allows americans to live and work in dignity.
Virginia Organizing’s base-building and issue campaigns are integrated with c3 civic engagement and GOTV work. All 18 chapters will do restoration of rights work, making hundreds of calls to returning citizens and identifying people willing to share their stories at press events, in letters to the editor, etc.
Virginia Organizing is a non-partisan statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives. Virginia Organizing especially encourages the participation of those who have traditionally had little or no voice in our society. By building relationships with individuals and groups throughout the state, Virginia Organizing strives to get them to work together, democratically and non-violently, for change.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
We are continuing to capitalize on turning out the youth vote, especially on College Campuses throughout our battleground districts. VA-2, VA-5, and VA-7 are home to the majority of VA's campuses and we want to make sure that we are registering those students to vote and to vote at their address at their colleges. We will be focusing on canvassing, phone banking, relational organizing, and targeting all of these battelground areas with digitals with the specific goal of reaching voters ages 18-35.
To further the ideals and principles of the Democratic Party, improve our society through peaceful reform and effective government, grow the voice of young people in our political processes, and serve those in need in our community.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged: VA
Congressional Districts Engaged: VA-02, VA-07
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k), College Campuses
Core Constituencies: Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Vote Pro-Choice builds governing power for abortion access and reproductive freedom by engaging voters in state/local elections. Through one-to-one texts, mailers, digital ads, video, and phone banking, we work to demystify the impact of middle and downballot offices, support pro-choice candidates, and mobilize voters to turnout for these races.
Vote Pro-Choice is the political home for the nation's pro-choice majority, building political power for reproductive freedom and abortion rights in America.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Builds governing power for abortion access and reproductive freedom by engaging voters in state/local elections. Through one-to-one texts, mailers, digital ads, video, and phone banking, we work to demystify the impact of middle and downballot offices, support pro-choice candidates, and mobilize voters to turnout for these races.
Vote Pro-Choice is the political home for the nation's pro-choice majority, building political power for reproductive freedom and abortion rights in America.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
We are knocking on doors talking to voters, organizing a Young Democrats of Warren County, will be calling voters, sending postcards and doing ALL we can to elect Democrats from the top of the ballot to the bottom. We are having a countywide social to meet voters and inviting statewide candidates to meet our voters!
We are a county Democratic Party in a small, poor, rural county of NC.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Core Constituencies: BIPOC (Black; Indigenous and/or People Of Color), Youth and Students (aged 17-35), Adults (aged 35-65)
Leadership Diversity: Volunteer-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: All volunteer - there are no paid staff involved in the organizations
Down Home is all about building power for working-class communities in North Carolina. We focus on deep organizing, real conversations, and grassroots action to create lasting change. By centering rural and small-town voices, we fight for economic justice, racial equity, and policies that actually support everyday people. Whether it's elections, policy advocacy, or movement-building, our goal is to make sure all North Carolinians - no matter their background - have a real say in shaping their future.
In 2025, we're focused on deepening our base, expanding our reach, and strengthening our foundation. Through the Year of the Member Project, we're investing in our people - developing leaders, building ownership, and making sure members drive our work. The Beyond the Choir Project will bring in new voices, connecting with those who share our values but haven't engaged yet. And to sustain it all, we're strengthening our internal systems - ensuring financial stability, better development tracking, and real accountability. With clear goals, strong support, and the right systems in place, we're building lasting power for working-class communities across North Carolina.
Down Home will engage the multiracial working class over an18-county area larger than the state of New Jersey via an integrated voter contact program including more than 500,000 door attempts. Our program is best-in-class and covers the lowest density, highest opportunity rural turf home to 20% of the state’s population.
Down Home North Carolina (DHNC) is a project to build a multiracial statewide organization of rural and small town communities that advocate for economic, gender, and racial justice. We will move North Carolina toward the values of dignity, safety, and inclusion through leadership development, strategic campaigning, multiracial movement building, and civic engagement to advance real reforms for rural communities.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: NC
Congressional Districts Engaged: NC-01
Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k)
Core Constituencies: LGBTQ+, Multi-racial (including white), Trans; non-binary; and gender-nonconforming
Leadership Diversity: BIPOC-led, Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Volunteer powered - >50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Top Priority Issues: Democracy reform, Education, Economic justice
Virginia Working Families Party is building and sustaining the movement, leadership, and infrastructure to achieve governing power by, for, and of the multiracial working class majority. With every investment, we seek not only to advance our candidates and policies in the near term, but to take another step forward as we build governing power for the long term. Our work is more than a series of elections and policy battles; it’s cumulative, aimed at winning structural reforms that can only be won with durable power.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: VA
Congressional Districts Engaged: VA-02, VA-07
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Latinx, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Our primary focus for our 2024 program will center around the three key Congressional races poised for contention this November. Our primary target audience will be Black and Brown voters, alongside other BIPOC communities and younger voters.
Virginia Working Families Party is building and sustaining the movement, leadership, and infrastructure to achieve governing power by, for, and of the multiracial working class majority. With every investment, we seek not only to advance our candidates and policies in the near term, but to take another step forward as we build governing power for the long term. Our work is more than a series of elections and policy battles; it’s cumulative, aimed at winning structural reforms that can only be won with durable power.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: VA
Congressional Districts Engaged: VA-02, VA-07
Geographic Density Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Latinx, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
YCV staff and volunteers reach voters in the communities where they live and work across the state of NC through high traffic canvassing, clipboarding, tabling at events, group and classroom presentations in high schools and on college campuses, relational organizing, GOTV calls and text messaging, and 1-1 conversations with voters.
You Can Vote (YCV) was founded following Shelby County v. Holder, 133 S. Ct. 2612, the Supreme Court decision rolling back key protections of the Voting Rights Act. Our mission is to train and mobilize volunteers to educate, register, and empower all North Carolina citizens to successfully cast their ballot. Our programs combat discriminatory election laws by building a broader and more engaged electorate across the state of NC. YCV serves populations whose votes have been historically suppressed including people of color, low-income people, people who are currently and formerly incarcerated, people with disabilities, and young people.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
