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
Geographic Density Focus:
Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies:
Youth and Students (aged 17-35), Seniors (aged 65+), Adults (aged 35-65)
Leadership Diversity:
Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Our educational work this year centers on a weekly streaming show and podcast, Care Talk, now in its third season. We reach ~15-25,000 viewers per episode, and also share short-form video clips to counter health care misinformation. We educate the public on health care policy, the federal budget process and more. We also produce and distribute educational health care social media content for all the social platforms. We plan to offer more large scale free online media trainings for health care advocates as well.
Formed by some of the people who successfully fought off attacks on our health care in 2017, we’re organizing adults with serious medical conditions and health care activists across the country as a force for change. We are uplifting health care messaging to a disability focused audience nationally and in key states and regions through organic and paid content, as well as offering free media trainings to health care activists and storytellers.
Organizing adults with serious medical conditions to make health care more affordable and available for all.
Budget Size:
Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
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
Geographic Density Focus:
Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Large city (>100k), Urban - Small city (<100k)
Core Constituencies:
Women, People with disabilities, Seniors (aged 65+)
Leadership Diversity:
Volunteer-led, Women-led, Disabled-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
All volunteer - there are no paid staff involved in the organizations
Community Engagement Actions
Content Creation
Policy Development
Social Media Campaigns
Digital Ads
Influencer Programs
Five days before Veterans Day, and just months after their Independence Day 2024 founding, Independent Veterans of America (IVA) celebrated a historic performance by eleven IVA-endorsed candidates in five states. IVA supported independent veteran candidates at all levels — from local school boards to the US Senate. And we sent shockwaves across the political world by winning an unprecedented 36% of our races.
IVA is the first organization in American history to focus specifically on recruiting, supporting and electing independent and unaffiliated veteran candidates and incumbents. We are a full spectrum education, support, advocacy and election machine with a 501 c4, a 527/PAC and have 501 c3 fiscal sponsorship.
Budget Size:
Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
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
Congressional Districts Engaged:
NC-09Geographic Density Focus:
Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies:
Other
Leadership Diversity:
Volunteer-led, Other
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Priority Issues:
Civic engagement, Disability rights, OtherCommunity Engagement Actions
Content Creation
Policy Development
Warm List Texting
Relational Texting
Mailers
TV Ads
Social Media Campaigns
Digital Ads
Influencer Programs
The Local Progress Impact Lab (the Impact Lab) brings together local leaders, partners, and experts to build the knowledge, skills, and leadership needed to advance racial, economic, and gender justice at the local and state level. Our membership is made up of more than 1500 local elected officials who together form the Local Progress network. The Impact Lab provides leadership development and governance training programming and policy, communications, and organizing support to our members and supports them in utilizing a model of collaborative governance that brings historically marginalized and oppressed communities to the center of policymaking.
Our work is member-driven, and as such, our issue focus areas can shift to respond to dynamic environments that create windows of opportunity for elected officials to drive an equitable agenda forward. In 2025, we will focus on climate change and climate justice, housing, economic justice, public safety, public education, and immigrant rights. Programming includes policy primers, issue deep-dives, webinars to launch and distribute resources the Impact Lab creates in collaboration with our partners, such as reports, policy memos, messaging toolkits, and case studies. We will also hold regionally-tailored leadership and governance trainings for local and state elected officials.
Budget Size:
Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged:
AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Geographic Density Focus:
Rural and Small cities (<100k), Urban - Large city, or suburb of large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies:
LGBTQ+, Multi-racial (including white), Other
Leadership Diversity:
BIPOC-led, Queer-led, Trans; non-binary; and gender nonconforming-led, Women-led, Other
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Priority Issues:
Local Policy Advocacy, Economic justice, Racial justiceCommunity Engagement Actions
State Policy Advocacy
Local Policy Advocacy
Policy Development
Warm List Texting
POW is leading the outdoor movement for climate action, through training, advocacy and education powered by the world’s most inspirational athletes, artists, scientists and brands. We advocate for transformative policy solutions to tackle the climate crisis head-on. Leading with our Alliance members, we are committed to building the power of the Outdoor State to protect public lands and drive the clean energy transition at the local, state and national levels. Our vision for a future with clean air, clean water and a healthy planet can only be achieved when all communities speak up for the places and experiences we love.
In 2025, we are launching a new grassroots program that will empower community organizing for climate in key geographies across the U.S., and we are creating new trainings and educational resources to inform and inspire our entire community to engage with our campaigns to protect public lands and accelerate decarbonization in the U.S. We will continue to train, elevate and expand our superpower Alliances whose stories reach broad audiences and inspire more individuals to see themselves as climate champions.
Budget Size:
Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged:
AK, AZ, CO, ME, MT, MV, NH, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY
Core Constituencies:
We do not target any specific demographics and/or it is difficult to say who we may reach
Leadership Diversity:
Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs, Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Priority Issues:
Federal Policy Advocacy, Clean Energy, Civic engagementCommunity Engagement Actions
Content Creation
State Policy Advocacy
Local Policy Advocacy
Policy Development
Social Media Campaigns
Digital Ads
Influencer Programs
Founded in 2001, the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) is a public interest nonprofit dedicated to achieving a healthy, equitable, and low carbon future by advancing clean energy, energy efficiency, electrification, and clean transportation solutions in the southwestern United States. In collaboration with state and local governments, utilities, environmental and community groups, businesses, agencies, and others, SWEEP advocates for programs, policies, and funding to mitigate climate change and its impacts, support underserved and disadvantaged communities, and save people money on energy and transportation costs. SWEEP has helped pass more than 150 state laws across the Southwest.
SWEEP will work to advance a clean and equitable energy future in 2025 through three programs: 1) Utilities: Working to get utilities to invest in renewable energy resources, energy efficiency programs, and demand response efforts to reduce energy waste, utility bills, and emissions; 2) Buildings: Ensuring that homes and commercial buildings are constructed or retrofitted to be energy efficient and heated and cooled with clean electricity; and 3) Transportation: electrifying the transportation sector; promoting multimodal alternatives like transit, biking, and walking; and advocating for smart land use and affordable infill housing to reduce travel costs, demand, and emissions.
Budget Size:
Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged:
AZ, CO, NV, NM, UT
Congressional Districts Engaged:
AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, AZ-05, AZ-06, AZ-07, AZ-08, AZ-09, CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, CO-04, CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, CO-08, NV-01, NV-02, NV-03, NV-04, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, UT-04Geographic Density Focus:
Rural and Small cities (<100k Citizens), Urban - Large city or suburb of large city (>100k Citizens)
Core Constituencies:
State Legislators, Other
Leadership Diversity:
Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Priority Issues:
State Policy Advocacy, Clean Energy, Climate changeCommunity Engagement Actions
Content Creation
State Policy Advocacy
Local Policy Advocacy
Policy Development
Social Media Campaigns
Digital Ads