Activate America (PAC)
Organization Description
Activate America mobilizes volunteers to help Democrats win majorities in Congress. We’ve built a vast network of passionate volunteers and grassroots groups who participate in voter outreach. Through this network, both individuals and community-based groups can act locally while accessing top-notch scripts, tools, and targeted data. We value our volunteers as essential partners, not mere participants, earning us praise for providing the best volunteer experience.
2026 Programs
We are going to be postcarding, texting, phonebanking, and canvassing in the most competitive House and Senate races in the country. In addition, we are piloting a distributed relational organizing program in Arizona's 1st Congressional district, where we will build a large network of volunteer driven power to flip AZ-01.
2025 Programs
We conducted almost 4 million voter contacts, a record for Activate America in an off year. Our volunteers worked to help elect Governors in New Jersey and Virginia, retain Supreme Court judges in Pennsylvania, and to pass Proposition 50 in California, which was an effort to fight back against Republican mid-decade redistricting.
2024 Programs
Activate America uses our network of 30,000 volunteers to reach low-propensity voters in 7 states by postcarding, texting, phone banking, and canvassing. We provide positive and negative accountability messaging, we help voters sign up to vote by mail, and we provide key voting logistics information and reminders.
Mission
Activate America seeks to empower volunteers to get out the vote for Democratic candidates in close US House and Senate races.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged: AK, AZ, CA, CO, GA, IA, ME, MI, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI
Geographic Coverage by Congressional District:
AZ-01, AZ-06, CA-22, CA-48, CO-08, IA-01, IA-02, IA-03, ME-02, MI-07, MI-10, NE-02, NJ-07, NY-04, NY-17, NC-01, OH-01, OH-09, PA-01, PA-07, PA-08, PA-10, TX-34, VA-02, WA-03, WI-03 Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k), Urban – Large city or suburb of large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Black, Latinx, Women
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Volunteer powered - >50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Top Priority Issues: Civic engagement, Voter participation, Healthcare
Lead Contact:
Nathaniel Markowitz, Executive Director, he/him, nathaniel@activateamerica.vote
Last Updated: February 4, 2026

