2019 Portfolio

Sunrise is building a movement of young people to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. By investing in the leadership development of young people from across the country in 2019, Sunrise Movement will build the political power we need in 2020 to make the Green New Deal a reality.

Avalanche provides deep insight into the values and priorities of communities to empower progressives to resonate, mobilize, and win. How we think about things shapes how we talk about them. Avalanche uses AI-enabled psychographic listening to understand how people think and feel, and what will motivate them to take action.

Luz Collective disrupts false and inaccurate media narratives about Latinas through high quality digital content, and builds community through in-real-life programs, experiences, and opportunities. Luz Collective celebrates Latina strength, creativity, and success through storytelling — going beyond the stereotypes and superficiality of most mainstream stories.

Wonder Media Network is a pioneering audio-first media company that uses stories to inspire action, promote equality and justice, and introduce empathy into politics, business, and culture. WMN presents the stories we seldom hear and the perspectives we often miss — especially about women stepping up to enact change.

Upsolve helps low-income families in financial distress file for bankruptcy for free, using an online web app. In their first three years, they’ve been able to directly help thousands of low-income families relieve their debt.

Survey 160 creates text messaging tools to improve the quality and availability of data used by analytics groups, researchers, and pollsters, particularly for audiences underrepresented using traditional methods. The technology bridges a gap emerging between telephone interview methods — which are increasingly expensive — and online panel interview methods, which often struggle to reach particular audiences.

CommunityConnect Labs is the leading provider of mobile messaging tools for local government agencies and service providers to count low-income and hard-to-reach communities in the Census, or to connect them with the services they deserve such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, utilities assistance, and workforce development opportunities.

New/Mode is on a mission to empower real people and communities to participate in decisions that impact their lives. New/Mode’s multi-channel advocacy and engagement platform already powers millions of civic actions, helping the world’s most important causes activate grassroots support, reach lawmakers, and win campaigns.

The M4BL App for Black Lives will politically mobilize millions, build the leadership of thousands, and move folks from online activism to organizing safely in their communities, so that Black political power is a force able to influence national and local agendas in the direction of a shared vision — BLACK POWER RISING: 2024.

Contest Every Race is an unprecedented coalition working to improve Democrats’ & progressive allies’ ability to recruit candidates at scale on the state and local level. Contest Every Race brings together diverse partners in communities across the country to attract and support first-time candidates and provide all the resources they need to file and run.

Pulso is an organizing platform working to increase the political power of the projected 32 million Latinx voters across the country by creating deep digital relationships with their subscribers. They uplift and empower Latinxs by celebrating everyday heroes and sheroes and recognizing the contributions often left out of history.

Savi’s mission is to help student loan borrowers better navigate their path to student loan freedom. Savi is an advocate for student loan borrowers, saving them money and stress and unlocking new economic opportunity. In 2019, Savi will scale up to reach millions of student loan borrowers and bring on national channel partners.

Swing Left and Flippable are joining forces as a single organization to drive activists, volunteers, and donors to the most effective ways they can get involved in the 2020 elections. By providing donors with simple digital tools, customized recommendations, and transparent reporting, they hope to shift political resources to candidates and organizations that have traditionally had less access to national platforms and donor communities — and, in so doing, to shift the balance of power in the political arena.

Gather Voices makes it easy for organizations to increase their video production by empowering members, constituents, and staff to make compelling videos using the powerful cameras everyone already has in their pockets. Gather Voices uses technology to coach users — whether advocates, donors, members, customers or fans — to make videos on their own devices.

PeoplesHub is a progressive online platform that connects people to the support, analysis, stories, and skills they need to make positive change within their communities and in the world. They’re making it possible for people to connect and act online across geography, ability, language, and issue.

CTCL and Vote.org are partnering to help connect Americans with the information they need to make decisions about who represents their communities, even in “off” years. Together they will pilot open-source datasets, APIs, and user facing tools to surface ballot information to voters in local and state-level elections across the country.

Prism, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliate of Daily Kos, centers the voices of people from diverse communities, elevating their stories, ideas, and solutions, with a goal of creating a more reflective democracy. By challenging long-held ideas about who is a leader and what issues are important, Prism is moving us closer to a democracy that actually looks like America.