The Juggernaut is a digital media publication that documents the unstoppable rise of South Asians and South Asia. It was founded in 2018.
New/Mode Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a values-based platform designed to enhance grassroots engagement for campaigns. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Columbia, District of Columbia, with additional offices in various regions including the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom, New/Mode offers a range of targeted tools such as one-click calling, emailing, and faxing, as well as features for writing letters to the editor and managing social media outreach. The platform aims to empower progressive organizations by activating grassroots support and facilitating communication with decision-makers, ultimately helping campaigns achieve their objectives. By leveraging technology, New/Mode seeks to expand the reach and effectiveness of community-driven advocacy efforts.
Savi is a financial wellness platform focused on student loan management. It assists employees in understanding, optimizing, and repaying their student debt through technology. The platform provides a comprehensive comparison of repayment options, allowing users to explore various strategies for managing their loans. Additionally, Savi helps individuals discover potential loan forgiveness opportunities, facilitating a more informed approach to debt repayment. By streamlining the process and offering tailored solutions, Savi aims to empower users to save money and expedite their loan repayment journey.
Survey160, Inc. specializes in developing software for conducting surveys through Short Message Service (SMS) conversations. The software is tailored for campaigns and issue advocacy organizations, offering features such as both open-ended and close-ended response options, which can be coded by interviewers. It also provides real-time analytics on survey performance, allowing clients to monitor results effectively. Additionally, the platform includes quota options to ensure adequate representation within specific subgroups. Headquartered in the United States, Survey160 aims to enhance the survey process by bridging traditional telephone interview methods and modern online panel interviews.
Volunteer network working to swing the House of Representatives in 2018.
Sunrise Movement is an organization founded in 2017 and based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on mobilizing young people to address climate change and its impacts. The organization advocates for legislation, regulations, and government programs aimed at combating climate change and promoting environmental protection. In addition to its environmental goals, Sunrise Movement emphasizes the creation of millions of good jobs as part of its broader mission. Through grassroots efforts, it seeks to engage and empower the youth to influence policy and drive systemic change in the fight against climate change.
PeoplesHub is an online platform based in Seattle, Washington, that focuses on skills development and training. The platform is designed to connect individuals and groups to essential resources such as support, analysis, and educational content aimed at facilitating positive change within communities. PeoplesHub offers training programs tailored for organizations, groups, and individuals, helping them acquire the skills necessary to address various challenges and foster community development.
Avalanche Strategy is a Vancouver-based firm specializing in communication and public relations services tailored for election candidates. The company employs principles of human cognition to develop effective communication strategies that resonate with target audiences. Its clientele includes political leaders, political parties, business leaders, funders, government programs, and various businesses. Avalanche Strategy aims to empower its clients by enhancing their ability to inspire action, whether that involves voting, volunteering, or investing in new ideas. Through its innovative approach, the firm seeks to translate compelling visions into actionable outcomes.
Luz Collective is a company that celebrates Latina strength, creativity, and success through storytelling. As they promote Latina individuality they go beyond the stereotypes of most mainstream stories. By centering the experiences of Latinas of all walks of life, they are elevating issues that are important to Latinas including healthcare, immigration, and education.
It was founded by Lucy Flores in 2018 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
Prism is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that centers on the people, places, and issues currently underreported by the national media.
Pulso is a non-profit media start-up founded in 2018 and based in Miami, Florida. The organization focuses on increasing the political power of the estimated 32 million Latinx voters in the United States by developing an organizing platform that fosters meaningful digital relationships with its subscribers. Pulso shares news, history, and cultural narratives created by and for the Latino community, aiming to engage and inform its audience on issues that matter to them. Through its efforts, Pulso seeks to empower Latinx voters and strengthen their voice in the political landscape.
In response to the sustained and increasingly visible violence against Black communities in the U.S. and globally, a collective of more than 50 organizations representing thousands of Black people from across the country have come together with renewed energy and purpose to articulate a common vision and agenda. Their resistance and rebellion are not new, but like other times in history have come to a critical mass, and the bravery of those in Ferguson and across the country captured the attention of the world. A year ago, over 2,000 of us gathered in Cleveland to reflect on the state of their movement for liberation and celebrate their people, both those who have fallen and those who have survived. It was there that they began the process of uniting to articulate a shared vision of the world they want to live in. Cleveland reaffirmed what they already knew. Neither their grievances nor their solutions are limited to the police killing of their people. State violence takes many forms – it includes the systemic underinvestment in their communities, the caging of their people, predatory state and corporate practices targeting their neighborhoods, government policies that result in the poisoning of their water and the theft of their land, failing schools that criminalize rather than educate their children, economic practices that extract their labor, and wars on their Trans and Queer family that deny them their humanity. On the last day of the conference hundreds gathered to have strategy conversations about what liberation would look like and the policies, organizing and resources that would be needed to get us there. During those conversations they received a mandate – it was time to articulate their vision and unite behind it. In response to this mandate, the Movement for Black Lives Policy Table engaged in a year long process of convening local and national groups to create a United Front. The result of their collective efforts is this platform. In addition to the groups in the United Front, they have also engaged their people. They have received feedback from hundreds of people through surveys, national calls, organizational membership, engaged dozens of other organizations, researchers, and other individuals for their insights and expertise to begin developing a framework for shared policy priorities. It does not include every policy Black people should be working on, but elevates those for which there was shared energy and action in this political moment. Their hope is that this is both an articulation of their collective aspirations as well as a document that provides tangible resources for groups and individuals doing the work. They recognize that some of the demands in this document will not happen today. But they also recognize that they are necessary for their liberation. For each of the 30+ policies in the document, they have policy briefs that describe the steps that must be taken to get us closer to their liberation. These briefs include information about whether legislation can happen at the local, state or federal level, information about groups already working on related projects, and resources including model legislation and talking points. They want this platform to be both a visionary agenda for their people and a resource for us. They take as a departure point the reality that by every metric – from the hue of its prison population to its investment choices – the U.S. is a country that does not support, protect or preserve Black life. And so they seek not reform but transformation. As this platform launches in the context of the Democratic National Convention, they also recognize that neither mainstream political party has their interests at heart. They know all too well that the reforms that have passed at the local and state level do not address the root causes of the killing, dehumanization, and torture of their people. Instead, many increase police budgets and diagnosis the problem as one of “implicit bias” or “bad apples.” At best these are band aids on gaping bullet wounds, and at worse they are interventions that simply increase corporate and state power and make it easier for the state to devalue and destroy their communities. Their history has taught us that they must create their own agenda, they must implement it, and they must hold elected leaders accountable to following through. In a long tradition of Black covenants for Freedom, from the African National Congress Freedom Charter to the Black RadicalFreedom Agenda, they offer this document as an articulation of their aspirations in this moment. They are Black people from all walks of life – young, elder, queer, cis, trans, differently abled. They have come together in the rich tradition of their ancestors to imagine new ways forward for their liberation. They are dreamers and doers knowing that their work draws on the best of their history but must go beyond it to forge a fierce, free and beautiful future together that they can only imagine into reality. The M4BL Policy Table will focus on supporting the development and implementation of visionary and uncompromising local, national, and international policy objectives aimed at ending state-sanctioned violence against Black communities. The table will do this by: - Coordinating, supporting, and elevating local policies that divest in policing, invests in strong communities, and ensure community control - Work to change the national narrative around policing & incarceration, serving as a hub for innovate and visionary thinking inspired by the need to challenge existing federal policy, laws and regulations, struggle to find alignment with regards to national demands, and collaborate on the development of transformative national policies - Use upcoming international opportunities and human rights mechanisms to expose the systemic human rights violations inflicted on black communities, the linkages between people of African descent in the US with other Black people around the world, make connections with oppressed people globally, and chip away at American exceptionalism
Wonder Media Network is an audio-first media company founded in 2018 and based in New York. The organization focuses on providing stories that amplify underrepresented voices, particularly those of women in politics, business, and culture. Through its podcasts and audio content, Wonder Media Network aims to inspire action, promote equality and justice, and foster empathy in various societal discussions. The company is dedicated to sharing motivational content that highlights lesser-known narratives and perspectives, thereby enriching the understanding of its audience on significant issues.
Contest Every Race is a coalition dedicated to enhancing the recruitment of candidates for local elected offices, including state legislatures, city councils, school boards, and precinct committee positions in the United States. By uniting various organizations, it aims to improve the ability of Democrats and progressive allies to identify and support first-time candidates. The coalition focuses on targeted campaigns that engage diverse community partners, providing essential resources to help candidates navigate the filing process and run effective campaigns. This initiative seeks to address the challenge of uncontested offices by fostering a supportive environment for emerging political leaders.
Upsolve is a nonprofit organization based in New York City that assists low-income Americans in navigating the bankruptcy process. Founded in June 2016 by Jonathan Petts and Rohan Pavuluri, Upsolve offers a free online tool that guides users through a series of questions to generate the necessary Chapter 7 bankruptcy forms. Following this, the organization's lawyers review the completed forms to ensure accuracy and compliance. By automating the bankruptcy filing process, Upsolve aims to provide essential financial guidance and support to those facing sudden financial hardships, helping them achieve a fresh start.
Center for Tech and Civic Life modernize the American voting experience by harnessing the promise of technology. They connect Americans with the information they need to become and remain civically engaged and ensure that their elections are more professional, inclusive, and secure.
Jolt Action is a Texas-based multi-issue organization focused on empowering the Latino community. It aims to enhance the collective voice, power, and influence of Latinos through various initiatives. The organization engages in voter registration and mobilization efforts to increase political participation within the community. Additionally, Jolt Action fosters an online community and promotes cultural representation by collaborating with artists and musicians. Through these activities, the organization seeks to ensure that the Latino community is treated with the equality and dignity it deserves.
PYT Funds, Inc., a financial services company, provides an online platform to connect families with banks to provide loans for students. Its platform allows students to combine crowdfunding and student loans to pay for college. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia with additional offices in Wilmington, Delaware; Rockville, Maryland; and Richmond, Virginia.
MobilizeAmerica, Inc. operates a volunteer management platform designed to support activists, progressive organizations, and campaigns in their efforts to connect with supporters and achieve their goals. The platform facilitates the creation of online events, allows for the registration of volunteers for shifts, and automates communication through confirmation and reminder emails. Additionally, it enables users to share events with their networks, enhancing outreach and engagement. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, MobilizeAmerica has positioned itself as a crucial resource for mission-driven organizations seeking to streamline their volunteer recruitment and event management processes. The company operates as a subsidiary of EveryAction.
Equality Labs is dedicated to combating caste discrimination and religious intolerance within the South Asian community. The organization offers a range of participatory programs focused on socially engaged arts and digital security, which empower advocacy groups and campaigns to make informed decisions. Through its digital security curriculum, training, and assessments, Equality Labs equips individuals and organizations with the necessary tools to address issues related to caste apartheid and promote the rights of lower caste individuals. By fostering a collaborative environment, Equality Labs aims to create a more equitable society for all members of the South Asian community.
Weird Enough Productions is a multimedia production company focused on creating original content that addresses media misrepresentation and promotes media literacy education. By utilizing creativity and collaboration, the company develops content that highlights the complexities of the human experience from perspectives frequently overlooked by mainstream media. In addition to producing engaging narratives, Weird Enough Productions aims to empower children by teaching them how to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media content. This approach not only enhances their media literacy skills but also contributes to improved traditional literacy and standardized test performance.
The Movement Cooperative provides the best available data, technology, and resources to the progressive community and to increase its collective power and impact.
Spread the Vote is an organization focused on assisting individuals in obtaining government-issued photo IDs and providing nonpartisan voter education. It particularly targets eligible voters in states that require voter identification. The organization operates through volunteer chapters that help individuals gather necessary documents, cover associated fees, and offer advocacy and transportation services. By facilitating access to IDs, Spread the Vote not only aids in voter registration and participation but also ensures individuals can access essential services throughout the year. Additionally, the organization engages in grassroots lobbying efforts, encouraging voters to communicate with their representatives to combat voter suppression.
mRelief is a Chicago-based company focused on improving access to social services for low-income individuals and families. The all-woman software development team specializes in streamlining the application process for public benefits, particularly food stamps, through online and text-based adaptive questionnaires that determine eligibility. mRelief is contracted with the City of Chicago to create tools that assist low-income parents in identifying their eligibility for early childhood programs. Additionally, the company has developed the Public Template, a private beta tool that allows program providers to generate their own eligibility screeners, manage data, and customize response pages, further enhancing the accessibility of essential services for those in need.
Run for Something is an organization focused on recruiting and supporting young, diverse progressives who are running for local office for the first time. By connecting these emerging candidates with the necessary resources and guidance, Run for Something aims to build a progressive infrastructure at both state and local levels. The organization specifically targets youth talents, encouraging them to pursue positions such as state legislators, mayors, and city council members. Through its platform, Run for Something empowers the next generation of leaders to engage in politics and effect change within their communities.
SaverLife is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco that aims to assist millions of Americans in improving their savings habits. By utilizing engaging technologies and forming strategic partnerships, SaverLife provides working individuals with the tools and motivation necessary to gain control over their financial futures. The organization offers user-centric savings programs, analytical insights, and policy initiatives designed to empower working families to achieve financial prosperity through effective saving strategies.
Movement Labs is a technology-driven organization that leverages data and experimental methods to empower social movements and campaigns across the United States. Since its inception in 2017, the organization has engaged in extensive outreach, sending over 200 million texts and mobilizing more than 11,000 volunteers. It collaborates with leading progressive organizations to enhance efforts in critical areas such as voter registration, candidate recruitment, and elections. By employing innovative texting technology, Movement Labs facilitates effective communication strategies and optimizes growth for its partners, aiming to achieve meaningful outcomes in the democratic process.
BallotReady, Inc. develops an online and mobile voter guide for local elections. The company aggregates content from sources, such as candidates' Websites, League of Women Voters questionnaires, news articles, campaign finance records, and legislative roll calls; and provides nonpartisan background information on every candidate and referendum on a voter’s ballot. It allows users to compare all candidates on the Illinois ballot; find the information they need on all the candidates they will see in the voting booth; see where candidates stand on the issues that matter to them; and save selected candidates to their mobile device or research candidates in the voting booth. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
Swayable is a data science and media analytics platform. It measures whether content changes people's minds, so storytellers can dramatically increase their impact on public opinion.
Hustle, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer text messaging platform that allows organizations to communicate effectively with their contacts through personal text messages. The platform serves various purposes, including event attendance, fundraising, admissions, recruiting, advocacy, and sales and marketing. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Hustle provides an affordable and efficient solution for organizations to reach their target supporters and customers. By enabling two-way conversations, Hustle empowers its users to engage in genuine and personal dialogues with a large number of individuals, thus enhancing their outreach efforts.
Townhall Project empowers constituents across the country to have face-to-face conversations with their elected representatives. Town Hall Project is dedicated to the conviction that democracy is stronger, fairer, and better when Americans and their elected representatives regularly meet face-to-face.
Indivisible Project is a nonprofit initiative under the Advocacy Fund, established in 2016 and based in the United States. It aims to empower local activism by providing resources and guidance for electing progressive leaders and enacting progressive policies. The organization serves as a roadmap for congressional advocacy, assisting a network of local groups in understanding legislative processes and effectively engaging in political action. Through its grassroots movement, Indivisible cultivates community involvement to influence Congress and promote democratic values, particularly in opposition to the Trump agenda.
Amplify is a free, non-profit app that empowers the resistance by helping teams take action together. It is a mobile app for grassroots groups that gets members in the habit of taking their group’s recommended actions and cheering each other on
Sister District Project, Inc. operates a network of local teams that matches volunteers in safe blue places to support state elections. The company runs political campaigns and programs including get out the vote, text-banking, postcards, phone-banking, canvassing, events support, and district campaign committees. The company is headquartered in Walnut, California.
VoterCircle, Inc. is a company that offers a friend-to-friend outreach platform designed to enhance support for political candidates and organizations. Founded in 2015 and based in Los Altos, California, VoterCircle integrates email communication with personal outreach methods, such as phone calls and door-to-door canvassing, to improve campaign visibility and engagement. The platform allows volunteers to connect with their friends and networks digitally, facilitating efficient and flexible canvassing from home. VoterCircle serves campaigns at various levels, including local, state, and federal elections, addressing a wide range of races such as school board, city council, state legislatures, and congressional contests. By predicting and identifying influential supporters within a campaign's electorate, VoterCircle helps organizations mobilize their most connected advocates effectively.
Daily Action is an SMS-based app empowering >270k citizens to call Congress with a quick swipe of the phone.
AerialSpaces is a virtual event software platform that enables organizations to create, manage, and enhance immersive online experiences. Unlike traditional one-way webinars, AerialSpaces focuses on fostering meaningful interactions and engagement among participants. The platform offers extensive customization options, allowing users to tailor their event spaces to align with their brand identity. Additionally, it supports various integrations that facilitate direct communication through video and live social media feeds, promoting a more interactive and dynamic environment for attendees. This approach positions AerialSpaces as a versatile solution for organizations seeking to elevate their virtual events.
Notifica is Amazing! With the uncertainties that immigrants live in the United States now, Notifica delivers a way for people who might be in danger to connect and protect each other.
Mijente Inc. is a Chicago-based organization founded in 2015 that focuses on social justice for the Latinx and Chicanx communities. It operates both online and offline, blending digital organizing with creative media to mobilize activists. Mijente organizes the Lánzate conference, which addresses essential issues such as criminal justice, immigration, education, LGBTQ rights, race and ethnicity, labor, and climate change. The organization provides an action hub that enables users to launch online campaigns, fostering engagement and activism among immigrant and U.S.-born Latina/o and Chicana/o individuals. Through its multifaceted approach, Mijente serves as a political home for those advocating for a radical Latinx agenda.
Ragtag is building the future of tech volunteerism. Progressive technologists are eager to jump in and make the change they want to see in the world. At Ragtag, They help them do it responsibly, by helping them understand the work of organizers on the ground, around the country, who have been working in their communities for decades. The Ragtag community values learning about progressive organizing, past and present, and how technology fits into this intricate landscape. They have trainings and webinars for Their volunteers, covering the basics of campaigns and campaign tech, and opportunities for volunteers to build their skills by learning from community members. Ragtag also organizes an ongoing virtual conference called Listen Up, which is available to the public.
Illumis offers comprehensive data access solutions that aggregate public records from thousands of sources, providing timely information to clients in finance, politics, and media. The company specializes in real-time search and monitoring services, which include tracking lobbying efforts, outside business activities, and political contributions, as well as conducting reputational risk assessments and due diligence research. Illumis's key products include Vigilant Search, a universal public records search platform; Vigilant Alerts, an intelligence and monitoring solution; and Vigilant Compliance Solutions, designed to ensure regulatory compliance through public records data monitoring. With a focus on enhancing transparency and mitigating risk, Illumis supports various industries by delivering critical insights derived from court records, campaign finances, business filings, licenses, and government contracts. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, Illumis is committed to providing essential data solutions to its diverse clientele.
Stay Woke is an organization and digital accelerator that engages learners, builders, and activists in the work of equity and justice. They intend to deliver wealth, health, and spiritual news to inspire you to make wiser choices about living.
Online SOS is a nonprofit that serves and supports people experiencing online harassment. Online harassment goes beyond cyber-bullying to include stalking, threats of violence, hacking, impersonation, and nonconsensual pornography, among other forms. They provide free, direct services for those experiencing any type of online harassment. They are a team of mental health, business, and tech professionals who are concerned about the state of online spaces. They have seen threats of violence get lodged often anonymously and without consequences. The same way there are social norms in real life, they see communities are in the process of building digital ones. Their founders created Online SOS based on their conviction around the importance of addressing online abuse and harassment, based on their personal experiences.
Buycott is a developer of a consumer empowerment application that enables individuals to make informed purchasing decisions aligned with their values. The application allows users to scan product barcodes to determine whether to support or boycott a specific product or company. By providing suggested alternatives, Buycott helps consumers organize their spending in a way that supports causes they care about. This platform empowers users to actively participate in ethical consumerism, enhancing their ability to influence corporate behavior through their purchasing choices.
MPower Change is a non-profit, is a Muslim-led digital organizing and storytelling project advancing social justice. It uses organizing, campaigning, and storytelling to build the grassroots power of American Muslims and advances social, spiritual, racial, and economic justice for all people. MPowerChange debuted online in December 2015 and within weeks established collaborations with some of the country’s largest online activism groups (like MoveOn and ColorOfChange) and with leading American Muslim groups including the Council on American–Islamic Relations and the Islamic Society of North America.
Planet Protector Academy is a non-profit, trains superheroes of environmental protection through interactive media and live theatre. They have reached over 900,000 young children in 62 cities across Canada since 1997, with a powerful mix of comedy, offline arts activities, and games, video, gamification, kindness, story, and fun.
WITNESS is an international organization that trains and supports people using video in their fight for human rights. The organization trains and supports activists and citizens around the world to use video safely, ethically, and effectively expose human rights abuse and fight for human rights change. It identifies critical situations and teach those affected by them the basics of video production, safe and ethical filming techniques, and advocacy strategies. Some of the topics covered by the organization include gender-based violence, Middle East and North Africa Transitions, child soldiers, human trafficking, elder abuse, climate change, internally displaced persons, and more. WITNESS was founded by Richard Branson, Michael Posner, and Peter Gabriel in 1992.
PushBlack is a nonprofit media platform dedicated to empowering Black Americans through the exploration of Black history. With a subscriber base of over 3 million, it provides a wide range of content, including inspiring stories, finance news, and discussions with Black leaders. The platform aims to inform and engage its audience, using historical insights to encourage civic participation and action, particularly in voting. By focusing on the significance of the past, PushBlack seeks to foster a more informed and active community, ultimately striving for a better future for Black Americans.
Owlized provides location-based virtual reality solutions which help people connect deeply with the most visited destinations on Earth. OWL VR and our mobile mixed-reality tools help travelers experience cultural heritage while enabling citizens to visualize and influence the future of cities.
Attentive.ly shows a business or nonprofit what their email marketing list is saying on social media, so they can target messages to specific groups of people, based on interest and influence. It reveals the "influencers" on an email list, what topics are trending among that key audience, and who is talking about that brand (or competitors). Attentive.ly brings "Enterprise Listening"-level data to Social CRM.
CrowdTangle is a social media tracking and discovery platform that simplifies the process of finding and monitoring content across various social networks. Its online tools enable users to analyze and report on trends, helping them understand how public content spreads on social media. By providing insights into social media dynamics, CrowdTangle assists users in effectively tracking the performance of content and staying informed about relevant discussions and developments online.