America Votes

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America Votes is a 501(c)(4) organization that aims "to coordinate and promote progressive issues."<ref name=cpi>Template:Cite news</ref> America Votes leads national and state-based coalitions to advance progressive policies and increase voter turnout for Democratic Party candidates.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=funding/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

America Votes was created prior to the 2004 United States presidential election by Ellen Malcolm, the founder of EMILY's List; former Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope; Harold Ickes; Steve Rosenthal; and Andy Stern, the former president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Cecile Richards was the founding president.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Greg Speed serves as president of the organization.

ActivitiesEdit

America Votes coordinates GOTV and advocacy campaigns in the United States, "helping liberal advocacy groups work together to avoid overlapping efforts".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to POLITICO, America Votes has "expanded dramatically" since 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> America Votes is also involved in advocacy efforts to expand access to voting. For example, the organization recently opposed efforts to restrict out of state students from voting in New Hampshire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FundingEdit

America Votes does not disclose its donors. The group raised $12.7 million in 2013, and projects revenue of $8.5 million in 2014. According to the Center for Public Integrity, "Between 40 percent and 50 percent of that sum is projected to come from wealthy donors connected to the Democracy Alliance, a secretive nonprofit whose funders include the likes of billionaire investor George Soros and author, horticulturalist and philanthropist Amy Goldman."<ref name=funding>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2018, the Sixteen Thirty Fund gave America Votes $27 million. The $27 million grant was nearly twice the amount America Votes had previously ever raised in a single year.<ref name=politico>Template:Cite news</ref>

DonorsEdit

The following groups have donated to America Votes:<ref name=funding/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

National Education Association (over $1 million between October 2012 and September 2013)
Service Employees International Union ($443,000)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ($333,000)
United Food and Commercial Workers ($28,000)
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
League of Conservation Voters
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
Tides Advocacy Fund ($1.8 million in 2012 election cycle)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Fred Eychaner
Jon Stryker

Member organizationsEdit

The following groups are listed on the America Votes website as "national partners":

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

America Votes website