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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.
350 Wisconsin is planning a nonpartisan get-out-the-vote (GOTV) effort to promote voter turnout and highlight the importance of the upcoming election. We will also be conducting GOTV efforts via our c4 sister organization, 350 Wisconsin Action. Our efforts will include sharing nonpartisan candidate information, providing background on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, supplying voter registration information, and offering inclusive opportunities for civic engagement with elected officials and other leaders throughout the year.
350 Wisconsin is registering new voters, primarily focusing on college campuses and surrounding cities. They host events, table, send postcards, and use relational organizing to register students.
We mobilize grassroots power to change hearts and minds, laws and policies, and humanity’s massive systems to make transformational progress toward environmental justice and solving the climate crisis by 2030.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
In 2025, 350 Wisconsin Action will focus on rural deep canvassing, youth/campus organizing, and relational voter engagement to mobilize voters for the Wisconsin State Supreme Court election. We’ll prioritize UW-Stevens Point, UW-Platteville, and UW-Madison, hiring a campus organizing fellow and conducting high-traffic canvassing. We'll continue to grow our deep canvassing program, engaging rural voters in transformative conversations. We will also support the development of youth leadership for year-round civic engagement with elected officials and leaders.
350 Wisconsin Action mobilizes grassroots power to impact crucial local, state, and national elections. We rally rural and BIPOC populations, climate activists, and youth in strategic districts using deep canvassing, relational organizing, and campus engagement. We develop leaders and empower individuals to forge a just, democratic, and sustainable future.
We mobilize concerned voters to push for bold climate action from government and elected officials by endorsing, uplifting, and electing climate champions who support the rapid change we need. We push for progressive policies that address the climate crisis in ways that center racial, social, and economic justice.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Megaphone program is a first-of-its-kind organic social media amplification network that boosts progressive messages and counters disinformation. This will be accomplished by building out an active and engaged volunteer base that is empowered to share content while also creating and sharing their own content.
A Better Wisconsin Together (ABWT) is a progressive state communications and research hub in Wisconsin. We’re an advocacy organization focused on advancing progressive public policy and serving as a center for progressive message development, testing, and communications in Wisconsin. Along with rapid response and earned media, ABWT engages Wisconsinites on issues using paid digital, television, and radio communications.
Megaphone program is a first-of-its-kind organic social media amplification network that boosts progressive messages and counters disinformation. This will be accomplished by building out an active and engaged volunteer base that is empowered to share content while also creating and sharing their own content.
A Better Wisconsin Together (ABWT) is a progressive state communications and research hub in Wisconsin. We’re an advocacy organization focused on advancing progressive public policy and serving as a center for progressive message development, testing, and communications in Wisconsin. Along with rapid response and earned media, ABWT engages Wisconsinites on issues using paid digital, television, and radio communications.
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.
Border Workers United fosters leadership and knowledge on labor laws for a safe and fair working environment in the Texas Border Lands. Prioritizing issues such as immigration, environmental and workers justice, they employ tactics like requesting access to citizenship ceremonies, colleges, and universities to advocate for the rights of border workers.
Border Workers United is a 501c3 seeking to elevate the power of community members by promoting and developing leadership and knowledge on labor laws among workers to construct a safe and fair working environment in Texas Border Lands.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Cambio Texas's 2024 campaign seeks to engage youth and Latino communities in the Rio Grande Valley, promoting leadership that truly represents our needs. Through block walking, digital outreach, and texting, we aim to educate, navigate voting processes, and significantly increase voter turnout for more reflective representation in Texas.
CambioTexas is dedicated to transforming Texas into a beacon of progressive leadership and civic engagement. By empowering the youth, Latino, and other minority communities, we strive to elevate voter turnout and advocate for leadership that mirrors our state's diverse ethos. We challenge the status quo of civic disengagement and push for substantial investments in infrastructure, healthcare, fair immigration, environmental stewardship, economic justice, and public education. Our mission is to mobilize change through organizing, voting, and encouraging a new generation to pursue public office, ensuring a fair and inclusive system for all.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Our deep canvass centers on listening and sharing personal experiences to persuade voters based on their values. Our focus will be on New American Majority voters so they know they are more than a vote and the issues that matter most to them matter year-round, not just during elections.
Citizen Action of Wisconsin is dedicated to economic, racial, and environmental justice, and achieving a Wisconsin and an America where every human being has an equal opportunity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. We believe that organizing is the only pathway to unlocking the true potential of democracy to fundamentally transform our society in the human interest and overcome structural racism, sexism, xenophobia, corporate domination, and other forms of oppression.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Priority Issues: By tying in democracy, healthcare, and climate justice, we have an opportunity to help voters see their stake in the 2024 elections in a new way. Wisconsinites have lived through “the most important election of their lives” for several cycles now, but have not received an explanation outside of “the oppositional threat is too much.”, , While we aim to increase voter turnout, we also aim to increase the way voters are engaged. This is a big challenge not only in the state of Wisconsin, but across the country, as voters are tired of the disinformation, the lies, and of voting for politicians that do not excite them (and are wary of false / empty promises). , , We will work to develop strategies with as many partners as possible on how to help voters not only see why their vote matters, but also why they are so much more than a vote.
Our deep canvass centers on listening and sharing personal experiences to persuade voters based on their values. Our focus will be on New American Majority voters so they know they are more than a vote and the issues that matter most to them matter year-round, not just during elections.
Citizen Action of Wisconsin is dedicated to economic, racial, and environmental justice, and achieving a Wisconsin and an America where every human being has an equal opportunity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. We believe that organizing is the only pathway to unlocking the true potential of democracy to fundamentally transform our society in the human interest and overcome structural racism, sexism, xenophobia, corporate domination, and other forms of oppression.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Priority Issues: By tying in democracy, healthcare, and climate justice, we have an opportunity to help voters see their stake in the 2024 elections in a new way. Wisconsinites have lived through “the most important election of their lives” for several cycles now, but have not received an explanation outside of “the oppositional threat is too much.”, , While we aim to increase voter turnout, we also aim to increase the way voters are engaged. This is a big challenge not only in the state of Wisconsin, but across the country, as voters are tired of the disinformation, the lies, and of voting for politicians that do not excite them (and are wary of false / empty promises). , , We will work to develop strategies with as many partners as possible on how to help voters not only see why their vote matters, but also why they are so much more than a vote.
The 2024 Commission Shift Voter Mobilization Program targets diverse congressional districts in Texas to boost knowledge of the Railroad Commission and voter engagement. We engage youth, drop-off voters, and diverse civic partners to elevate voter turnout and empower citizens to make informed decisions about the Railroad Commission.
Commission Shift is reforming oil and gas oversight by building public support to hold the Railroad Commission of Texas accountable to its mission in a shifting energy landscape.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
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
FINY is an interfaith federation of clergy across NY moving congregations to engage with public policy through listening campaigns, outreach and education to inspire change in their communities.
Faith in New York (FINY) is an interfaith federation of 70 congregations representing 80,000 families in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. Since 2013, our mission has been to develop grassroots leaders throughout New York City and equip congregations to move significant public policy change that supports our leaders’ vision of a more just New York with excellent public schools, violence-free neighborhoods, access to good jobs, adequate and affordable health care, decent housing for all, and a place where people of all backgrounds can fully participate in economic and civic life.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Interfaith federation of clergy across NY moving congregations to engage with public policy through listening campaigns, outreach and education to inspire change in their communities.
Faith in New York (FINY) is an interfaith federation of 70 congregations representing 80,000 families in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. Since 2013, our mission has been to develop grassroots leaders throughout New York City and equip congregations to move significant public policy change that supports our leaders’ vision of a more just New York with excellent public schools, violence-free neighborhoods, access to good jobs, adequate and affordable health care, decent housing for all, and a place where people of all backgrounds can fully participate in economic and civic life.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Engaging low-income Black and Southeast Asian women and queer folks in Wisconsin by tying voter registration to upcoming Bodily Autonomy campaign via mailers, tabling, house parties and cultural events, door knocking. Including content targeted at non-English speakers and focusing on same day registration and voting.
Our mission is to achieve social justice through the coupling of direct services with community organizing. Through leadership development, community mobilization, and advancing community control measures, we will bring about social, political, cultural, and economic change, resulting in the end of violence against women, gender-non-conforming folks, as well as youth within our communities.
Priority Issues: Freedom, Inc.’s (FI) Civic Engagement organizers and field team members are focused on advancing our organization’s Bodily Autonomy campaign. Our campaign is comprehensive in that it includes and fights for all of our diverse community members’ right to choose what is best for their own bodies and lives. This campaign will organize community members to address attacks on reproductive healthcare and abortion rights, anti-trans legislation, gender-affirming healthcare, affordable housing, childcare, safe education, and divestment from policing and militarization in order to invest in community centered programs and resources.
In 2025 and beyond, we see our rights to speak out against injustices, and to advocate for our communities come under attack. In the face of state repression, we will mobilize Black and Southeast Asian folx to move past fear and into the streets to challenge this oppressive administration. We will also politicize our base and enlist their help in strengthening existing mutual aid networks and community funded alternatives to government aid.
Engaging low-income Black and Southeast Asian women and queer folks in Wisconsin by tying voter registration to upcoming Bodily Autonomy campaign via mailers, tabling, house parties and cultural events, door knocking. Including content targeted at non-English speakers and focusing on same day registration and voting.
Freedom, Inc. is a Queer organization working to end violence within and against Black and Southeast Asian communities in Madison, WI and surrounding areas. We accomplish this by coupling direct services with grassroots organizing campaigns aimed at the root causes of interpersonal and state violence.
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
In TX-34, Ground Game Texas will engage and turn out Democratic voters with a 70+ partisanship score who did not vote in the 2020 general election. We will use seasoned local, Rio Grande Valley organizers who are skilled at connecting popular, progressive issues with upcoming elections.
Ground Game Texas fights for democracy and social justice by working with organizers and activists to build issue campaigns across the state.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Priority Issues: Ground Game uses local issue-based ballot measure campaigns to engage voters. Our most successful issues to date have been economic justice and marijuana reform. We've used marijuana "decriminalization" measures as a way to engage young voters and Black voters in eight cities to date. In Hidalgo County, our 2022 c4 campaigns focused on a "Living Wage" for city workers in two towns; in the November 2022 CD15 election, we emphasized that Michelle Vallejo supports economic justice / fair wages. In 2024, our McAllen ballot measure campaign is focusing on campaign finance reform (anti-corruption, pro-democracy).
Long Beach Latino Civic Association proposes a program which consist of phone call, holding events & drives, and canvassing homes with a target goal of 100 VR cards.They typically target or work with the Latinx, immigrant, and youth constituencies.
To empower and advocate for communities and individuals in crisis and need towards self reliance by providing resources and access to opportunity networks.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Make the Road Action NY will mobilize its base to make sure that they are heard at the polls during this pivotal election year. We will use proven to work tactics to reach the most voters and ensure that they know the important issues being voted on down the ballot.
Make the Road Action (MRA) is a 501c4 organization that builds political power rooted in working-class Latinx communities, promotes policy solutions that improve the lives of all working-class and low-income people, and strengthens the movement for justice through electoral and grassroots organizing to advance progressive political and policy change. MRA focuses its work on mobilizing our base to vote and become active participants in the civic process.
Priority Issues: MRA NY has prioritized civic engagement work since our founding. A significant portion of our civic engagement work is dedicated to year-round issue identification and campaign development. Our staff conducts outreach in our communities and works to engage members in the political process and in our issue areas such as, immigrant justice, health equity, tenant’s rights, youth empowerment, LGBTQ rights, environmental equity, policing and criminal justice, education, and economic justice. We hold weekly general member meetings to ensure that knowledge is shared across the organization and so committees can be informed on how to best support one another. We also strive to develop community leaders who can become experts on a particular issue, take on key roles in actions/events, and act as liaisons between committees. This allows us to avoid siloing and builds power within our membership. Because we are consistently engaging our base, we are quick to identify and prioritize needs as they arise and respond accordingly.
Make the Road Action NY will mobilize its base to make sure that they are heard at the polls during this pivotal election year. We will use proven to work tactics to reach the most voters and ensure that they know the important issues being voted on down the ballot.
Priority Issues: MRA NY has prioritized civic engagement work since our founding. A significant portion of our civic engagement work is dedicated to year-round issue identification and campaign development. Our staff conducts outreach in our communities and works to engage members in the political process and in our issue areas such as, immigrant justice, health equity, tenant’s rights, youth empowerment, LGBTQ rights, environmental equity, policing and criminal justice, education, and economic justice. We hold weekly general member meetings to ensure that knowledge is shared across the organization and so committees can be informed on how to best support one another. We also strive to develop community leaders who can become experts on a particular issue, take on key roles in actions/events, and act as liaisons between committees. This allows us to avoid siloing and builds power within our membership. Because we are consistently engaging our base, we are quick to identify and prioritize needs as they arise and respond accordingly.
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.
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
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.
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.
Progress Virginia plans to launch our GOTV/election protection digital ads with various display and video ads and mailing outreach. Like years past, our outreach will provide crucial information on how to vote early in Virginia, either by mail, early in-person, or on Election Day. Ads also offered information for voters who need assistance while at the polls.
At Progress Virginia, we drive powerful, values-based narratives to uplift and amplify grassroots voices through innovative digital communications and earned media strategies. We build progressive power alongside marginalized communities to tear down systems of white supremacy, advocate for equitable policies, and ensure leaders reflect the communities they serve.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Priority Issues: Progress Virginia is a multi-issue organization working on everything from environmental justice, voting rights, abortion access, criminal justice reform, economic justice, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights, and many others. We work in coalition with our partners to build a Virginia-specific narrative that resonates with voters across issues and inspires them to get involved in the issues they care about most. ,
Progress Virginia plans to launch our GOTV/election protection digital ads with various display and video ads and mailing outreach. Like years past, our outreach will provide crucial information on how to vote early in Virginia, either by mail, early in-person, or on Election Day. Ads also offered information for voters who need assistance while at the polls.
At Progress Virginia, we drive powerful, values-based narratives to uplift and amplify grassroots voices through innovative digital communications and earned media strategies. We build progressive power alongside marginalized communities to tear down systems of white supremacy, advocate for equitable policies, and ensure leaders reflect the communities they serve.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Priority Issues: Progress Virginia is a multi-issue organization working on everything from environmental justice, voting rights, abortion access, criminal justice reform, economic justice, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights, and many others. We work in coalition with our partners to build a Virginia-specific narrative that resonates with voters across issues and inspires them to get involved in the issues they care about most. ,
Building on our three-decade history of effective organizing, advocacy, and civic engagement, in 2025, TFN is expanding and engaging our base during Texas' 89th Legislative Session, building a pipeline of effective organizers and leaders, and mobilizing voters for municipal and school board elections. By inviting Texans to participate in the political process and scaffolding engagement over time, TFN is forging a path back to democracy.
With three decades of organizing experience, TFN has an established track record of effectively engaging, registering and turning out BIPOC youth (18-29). Through a down-ballot strategy and consistent engagement, we are harnessing the power of Texas’ rapidly-growing populations of youth and people of color to transform our state.
Texas Freedom Network is a statewide grassroots organization that is building an informed and effective movement working toward equality and social justice.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
With three decades of organizing experience, TFN has an established track record of effectively engaging, registering and turning out BIPOC youth (18-29). Through a down-ballot strategy and consistent engagement, we are harnessing the power of Texas’ rapidly-growing populations of youth and people of color to transform our state.
Texas Freedom Network is a statewide grassroots organization that is building an informed and effective movement working toward equality and social justice.
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.
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
Priority Issues: We have 18 local chapters and all are engaging on their local campaigns. However, all will engage around Restoration of Voting Rights, Housing, Environmental Justice, Utility costs, and health care.
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
Wisconsin Latino engagement organization registering Latino voters statewide via relational organizing by members, paid canvassers, outreach at community events, and Spanish language TV, radio, and digital ads.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Wisconsin Latino engagement organization registering Latino voters statewide via relational organizing by members, paid canvassers, outreach at community events, and Spanish language TV, radio, and digital ads.
Voces de la Frontera Action (501c4) is the advocacy arm of Voces de la Frontera. With the same mission to fight for the rights of low wage and immigrant workers, Voces de la Frontera Action is allowed to have a more active role in lobbying and advocating for better laws. VDLFA can also endorse candidates that best support our issues. We are a Latino-led organization focused on empowering hard working Latino voters. We run the largest independent Latino engagement programs in Wisconsin, aiming to unify Latino voters to support candidates and causes that bring prosperity and hope into communities.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
WMCA empowers Wisconsin’s Muslim communities through nonpartisan voter education, civic engagement, and policy advocacy. Our efforts include voter registration drives, educational workshops, candidate forums, and Get Out the Vote initiatives. We equip community members with resources to make informed electoral decisions while strengthening leadership pathways. Through strategic outreach and coalition-building, WMCA amplifies Muslim voices in the democratic process, ensuring long-term civic participation and representation at local, state, and federal levels.
Registering Muslim voters through relational organizing, holding registration drives at Muslim establishments, collaborating with university groups, micro-targeted ads, postcards, mail and phone and SMS programs.
To empower and amplify the voices of the Wisconsin Muslim community through civic engagement, research, and advocacy, striving to foster a more inclusive and equitable society for all Wisconsinites.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
WMCF 2024 election programming aims to maximize voter engagement and turnout through a multifaceted approach. We will utilize targeted digital ads to reach diverse audiences online, conduct door-to-door canvassing to connect with voters personally, and organize community events to foster civic participation. Additionally, we will implementing phone and text campaigns to provide voters with critical information and reminders.
To empower and amplify the voices of the Wisconsin Muslim community through civic engagement, research, and advocacy, striving to foster a more inclusive and equitable society for all Wisconsinites.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
In 2025, WISDOM will reach more than 100,000 Wisconsin voters in advance of the April 1 election for the State Supreme Court. In April, WISDOM will mobilize more than 1,000 members for "Madison Action Day" and visits to legislators, especially regarding state budget issues that impact the criminal legal system, immigrants, schools and health care for low-income people. 2025 will also kick off WISDOM's "Organizing Revival" and efforts to double our capacity by 2026.
Voter registration throughout Wisconsin via elational organizing, door-to-door canvassing, tabling, events, and outreach in congregations. Focus on people impacted by the criminal legal system, by the immigration system, and people connected to progressive faith communities.
WISDOM organizes people directly impacted by the criminal legal system, by the immigration system, and people connected to progressive faith communities. We are Black, white, Latinx and Native American. We work to build community, to empower leaders, and to bring about real change in the systems that impact especially marginalized communities.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
Voter registration throughout Wisconsin via elational organizing, door-to-door canvassing, tabling, events, and outreach in congregations. Focus on people impacted by the criminal legal system, by the immigration system, and people connected to progressive faith communities.
WISDOM organizes people directly impacted by the criminal legal system, by the immigration system, and people connected to progressive faith communities. We are Black, white, Latinx and Native American. We work to build community, to empower leaders, and to bring about real change in the systems that impact especially marginalized communities.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
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
TX-WFP has a proven track record of running top notch and scrappy electoral campaigns. We will use CaPA funding to support our efforts in TX34 to protect this important seat in congress.
With a smart and culturally relevant campaign, we aim to turnout 30% of our 35K person target universe.
To combat the rising tide of inequality and the economic insecurity experienced by Texans through electoral interventions and grassroots community organizing. The Texas Working Families Party works to deliver a state in which the multiracial working class has governing power and all Texans can thrive.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Priority Issues: Movement for Black Lives, Expanding Medicaid in Texas and Universal Healthcare, Abortion access & care, Raising the minimum wage, Affordable Housing & Eviction Moratoriums, Marijuana Decriminalization, Responsible Environmental Stewardship, Expanding Renewable Energy, Voting Access and Democracy.
TX-WFP has a proven track record of running top notch and scrappy electoral campaigns. We will use CaPA funding to support our efforts in TX34 to protect this important seat in congress. With a smart and culturally relevant campaign, we aim to turnout 30% of our 35K person target universe.
To combat the rising tide of inequality and the economic insecurity experienced by Texans through electoral interventions and grassroots community organizing. The Texas Working Families Party works to deliver a state in which the multiracial working class has governing power and all Texans can thrive.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Priority Issues: Movement for Black Lives, Expanding Medicaid in Texas and Universal Healthcare, Abortion access & care, Raising the minimum wage, Affordable Housing & Eviction Moratoriums, Marijuana Decriminalization, Responsible Environmental Stewardship, Expanding Renewable Energy, Voting Access and Democracy.
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
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
