2008 Yearly Report
NEW ORGANIZING INSTITUTE Education FUND
dear fellow progressive During the 2004 election cycle, progressive campaigns and organizations failed to fully realize the potential of new organizing technologies and information resources. In the 2008 cycle, the progressive movement pulled off a striking reversal on this front, and the New Organizing Institute Education Fund is proud to have played a critical role in this development. In 2008 alone, we conducted 49 trainings serving over 225 partner organizations, building and managing critical pieces of tech and data infrastructure and commissioning timely research. In this report, we’ll summarize the NOI’s 2008 activity and place it in the broader context of progressive-movement opportunities going forward. The 2008 electoral victories present a welcome challenge for the progressive movement. We must now work together to advance a progressive agenda that includes health care, energy, the environment and extending equal rights and opportunities to all Americans. How can progressives use the mobilization tools and techniques that brought victory at the polls to govern boldly and effectively? In addition to our RootsCamps and partner trainings with other organizations, this year the NOI hosted State Organizers Summits in 10 states across the country, training activists in field organizing, data, communications and leadership. This expansion of our training program will pay off in the short term through strengthened progressive communities ready for state-level legislative struggles and in the long term by building a “bench” of progressive activists and organizers to assume leadership in the future. The NOI also takes on special projects, using technology and organizing tactics to augment the efforts of progressive organizations and coalitions where we see an unfilled need. This entails making effective use of data and progressive technology infrastructure and integrating it with more traditional technologies and practices. For example, this year the NOI built a partnership with the Voter Activation Network, ISSI, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and youth vote organizations to create a structure for data collection and new voter registration applications. The NOI and our partners compiled them into a database, called the Data Entry Consolidation Center (DECC), which provided valuable data to analyze the effectiveness of partner organizations’ voter registration programs and augment the voter file with data from new registrants. This had never been done before, and it’s a big step toward fulfilling the NOI’s goal of making all progressive organizing smarter and more results driven. As we move into 2009, we want to let you know how much we appreciate your commitment to this work. Thank you for your dedication to building a strong grassroots progressive-movement infrastructure. We look forward to a great new year for organizers across the country. Judith Freeman, Executive Director Zack Exley, President NEWORGANIZING.COM » 1 «
we all realized that this was just the beginning There was a small group of people who had done this innovative work in the 2004 elections using these new technology-enabled tools. And we all realized that this was just the beginning of this amazing change in the way that organizing and advocacy work could be done going forward. It opened up so many possibilities, not only for the everyday things like data management and accountability but for how you build an entire strategy—how you fundraise and talk to voters and recruit volunteers. Judith Freeman, NOI Executive Director ABOUT NOI NOI runs the only progressive
The NOI Story In 2005, 17 senior
advocacy and campaign training program focused on cutting-edge online organizing techniques (e.g. writing effective emails, engaging bloggers, leveraging social networks, utilizing video), political technology (e.g. using data effectively, progressive technology infrastructure), and the intersection with field and management of these areas of new organizing.
organizers whose 2004 campaigns broke grassroots mobilization and fundraising records came together to ask, “Where do we go from here?”
An extensive network of dozens of top practitioners and consultants serve as NOI trainers and guest consultants.
Across the board, our major 2004 successes had been fueled by breakthroughs in online organizing. The handful of campaigns we represented had raised well over $200 million, mobilized hundreds of thousands of volunteers and contacted tens of millions of voters—largely by leveraging existing web-based progressive social networks in new ways. This cadre of organizers recognized that the vast majority of progressive issue organizations and candidate campaigns either didn’t yet see the potential of online organizing or lacked the skills to execute a successful online campaign.
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“ Since its first Boot Camp in March 2006—and its first RootsCamp the same year—the NOI has trained over 700 organizers across the country, including trainings in the crucial battleground states of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The NOI’s trainees have gone on to take leadership roles in dozens of prominent advocacy organizations and campaigns at the local, state and national levels. And NOI alumni are changing the face of campaigns, advocating for the integration of online work and technology into every corner and at every level of campaign structures.
I was deeply inspired by many of the people and information I heard. The discussions were valuable and real. I met some of the key players in new organizing and heard the inside story on some of the best campaigns in politics today. Most conferences like this, you have to pay hundreds of dollars to attend, so the low cost of RootsCamp helped a lot of people participate who wouldn’t normally have access.” RootsCampDC 2008 Attendee
best conference I have “ The attended in 40 years of working is yours held … December [2008]. It gave me hope for our future as a nation.” RootsCampDC 2008 Attendee
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new organizing accomplishments
our training program Since its inception in 2005, the NOI has leveraged its training program and the existing progressive community to build a vast network of tech-savvy organizers. We’ve trained hundreds on how to use technology and we’ve engaged and challenged movement organizations to make new media and organizing technology central to their strategies for making progressive change. Please see the appendix to this document for a full list of trainings. Boot Camp Trainings The NOI’s
two Boot Camp trainings, in 2006 and 2007, used innovative “total immersion” techniques to challenge trainees in intense and realistic simulations of real-life experiences that new organizers face on a daily basis. Our Boot Camp trainers create scenarios that test the skills necessary for success, preparing trainees to manage real-world challenges and become effective in their roles as new organizers. 50
Boot Camps, we’ve partnered with prominent progressive organizations to conduct short sessions for training staff in new organizing skills. Organizations with specific needs can come to the NOI at any time for an intensive session in the kind of hands-on new organizing skills training that’s required to meet organizational goals. We work closely with partners prior to these trainings to ensure that the content is specific and speaks directly to the partner organization’s strengths and challenges. Nonprofit Trainings The NOI holds
specialized trainings for nonprofits to address the specific challenges they face, such as a longer planning horizon, developing a sustainable communications strategy, connecting more deeply with their supporters and empowering volunteers with new levels of responsibility. By offering a broad curriculum fueled by the best practitioners in the field, we equip nonprofit trainees with new organizing, fundraising and communications tools.
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State Organizers Summits As a
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new addition to the NOI’s training program for 2008, we began training state-level organizers to use the new tools and strategies that are changing organizing and politics.
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2007
2008
NOI Trainings by Year
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Partner Trainings To supplement our
Before attending our trainings, state-level organizers had access to these new tools but little instruction in how to effectively use them.
“ Partnering with progressive nonprofit coalitions in 10 regions, the NOI developed a training curriculum to give state-level organizers the know-how to do so. State Organizers Summits had two tracks: communications and organizing, and data and technology. In addition to teaching skills, the trainings facilitated cross-pollination among progressive activists, strengthened existing state-level institutions and fueled progressive power at the state level to build a “bench” of progressive activists and organizers. We think this will pay off in the short term as progressives gear up for state-level legislative fights and in the long term as we develop future leaders in the progressive movement. Campus Trainings In 2008, NOI
established a pilot campus training partnership with the Bonner Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service. Working with a network of 85 colleges and universities across the country, NOI trains students enrolled in service programs to use online social networks and other new media tools to enhance their community work. In 2009, the NOI is excited to continue this partnership in order to add tech-enabled staff to the nonprofit pipeline and to train the next generation of nonprofit leadership.
When I first came, I wasn’t a guy who was too familiar with a lot of the online tools.... But because of the training, I was introduced to a lot of new techniques that I could add to my arsenal. And it really benefited me a lot down the line. A lot of friendships grew out of there, and a lot of contacts.” 2006 Boot Camp trainee
and nonprofit trainings “ Partner are, for us, not just a way to train the staff of organizations that are doing the hard work on the ground. They do serve that purpose, but they are also a way to offer up a neutral gathering place for those folks to train and mentor each other—to build relationships, to dream big, to find allies... and to gain deep knowledge about online organizing and new media.” Heather Cronk, NOI Training Director
modeling sessions were “ The awesome—I didn’t realize how much I like numbers and data. I can’t wait to brainstorm and get creative with this info.... I’m really invigorated to get going on this stuff and make my organizing more technologically savvy.” Trainee, Michigan State Organizers Summit
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new organizing accomplishments
movement building As a training program with hundreds of alumni, we feel we can contribute to the development of progressive social networks and effective progressive online communicators. Our RootsCamp conferences and Blogger Summits help build the progressive movement the NOI way – by nurturing networks and institutions using the best organizing principles. RootsCamp Conferences Our
RootsCamp—an “un-conference,” where participants democratically choose topics of discussion—has become the dominant format for convening progressives to share information and build networks and relationships. Initiated by the New Organizing Institute and based on the tech world’s phenomenally successful “BarCamp” model, RootsCamps are self-organized, with no pre-set agenda. This format never fails to yield an astounding exchange of information, spin-off projects and cross-pollination among unexpected partners.
Local organizers in communities across the country who would like to convene a RootsCamp use a collaborative online tool called a wiki and need very few resources. Since the first RootsCamp in December of 2006 in Washington, D.C., RootsCamps have been held in Bloomington, Columbus, Denver, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Sydney, Australia. The success of these RootsCamps led to collaborations with America Votes, ProgressNow and other networks to establish annual RootsCamp conferences in such crucial battleground states as Ohio and Colorado. In November 2007, the first international RootsCamp was held in Sydney, Australia. RootsCampDC 2008 brought together over 600 organizers from across the country to debrief on the 2008 election. Campaign field staff, national strategists, advocacy organizations, bloggers, GOTV voter registration operatives, technologists and many more came together in Washington, D.C. to discuss the challenges and innovations of the 2008 cycle. Following a 2008 election cycle that recruited and trained thousands of talented young progressives, we partnered with Democratic GAIN to host a career fair. The fair featured over 50 progressive employers to help facilitate the transition of campaign staff into full-time jobs and other opportunities.
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“ Participants organized sessions across a range of topics, including:
[The] sessions on blogging resources and blogging as a business were extremely helpful, as was listening to how others monetize their blogs and struggle with issues of providing consistent content, attracting readers and maintaining a steady group of contributors.” State Blogger Summit Attendee
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summit is one of the most “ This useful events of its kind I’ve ever
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attended. The real information and help for blogging and developing a media presence are invaluable. I predict you will see activism leveraged via the many connections made between people over the course of this weekend, as well as the discussions about strategy.”
» Exporting Democracy—No, For Real This Time: Online Organizing in the 2008 Brazilian Election State Blogger Summit As part of our
initiatives to build state-level progressive infrastructure, this year we hosted a State Bloggers Summit to discuss blogging practices and build personal connections among progressive state bloggers from 25 states across the country.
LGBT Blogger Summit Attendee
Over 70 bloggers and progressive activists attended such sessions as “Working with Campaigns,” “Holding the Media Accountable,” “Blogging as a Business” and “Building Coalitions and Moving an Agenda.” LGBT Blogger Summit In December 2008, the NOI hosted an LGBT Blogger Summit in Washington, DC to build collaborative and cooperative relationships among bloggers in the LGBT community. Attendees traded stories and notes, held sessions on blogging skills and formed valuable relationships and partnerships.
Over 80 bloggers attended such sessions as “Bloggers & Ballots: Moving the Game Online” and “The Future of Internet Policy and the LGBTQ Blogger.” NEWORGANIZING.COM » 7 «
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technology infrastructure The Voter Registration Tool Groups
running voter registration campaigns have faced a dilemma about how to store applicant data in a secure and sustainable way. Organizations have typically created custom solutions that were then terminated at the end of a single cycle and resulted in lost data, year after year. Lost names and contact information for new voters have held back Get Out The Vote efforts. Recognizing these systemic problems, we contracted with the Voter Activation Network and partnered with Catalist and SIEU to build a tool for data entry and storing voter registration applications. We made the Voter Registration Tool available free of charge to progressive nonprofits conducting voter registration campaigns. The Voter Registration Tool fills a gap in progressive technology infrastructure and makes room for a multitude of small-scale grassroots voter registration programs to thrive.
The Data Entry Consolidation Center (DECC) During the Democracy
Alliance’s 2008 youth table proposal process, the NOI was asked to assess the data requirements of the groups at the table. After having conversations with many of the groups collecting paper registrations, it became readily apparent that many groups did not have defined plans for how they would get voter registration applications (VRAs) photocopied and data-entered. While most groups recognized the importance of keeping this data set, many groups were still investigating vendors and looking into the collection process. Instead of a unique process at each group, we proposed consolidating all of the data-entry and processing needs into a single structure. The DECC was created as a service to assist youth vote organizations in data-entering either voter registration applications or pledge cards. Within a matter of weeks, the NOI and partner ISSI (a progressive data firm) hired staff, found a data-entry vendor, established essential procedures and processes and created contracts for its client organizations. This speed and flexibility allowed DECC to process over 247,000 voter registration applications and pledge cards by Election Day.
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DECC was like manna from heaven. The DECC is something I would hold up as the example of...efficiency. It’s the kind of efficiency that we should have been doing.” Staff Member, Partner Organization
The benefits were clear: the analysis of the voter registration data provided a layer of visibility to each voter registration program with near-real time updates that allowed Democracy Alliance’s youth table staff to measure the performance of each group’s voter registration program and make timely adjustments.
worked to facilitate “ We’ve discussion between progressive organizations and technology vendors. In doing so, we’re helping to build effective and efficient technology infrastructure for the progressive community.” Josh Hendler, NOI Senior Advisor
Now that the 2008 election is over, we can match DECC’s data against Catalist to determine how many voters groups actually put on the rolls and how many voted on Election Day. Analysis of this data will give progressives the information necessary for improving nonprofit voter registration programs in future election cycles. GoVote.org The NOI partnered with progressive mobile phone company CREDO Mobile to build GoVote.org, a voting information site. Potential voters can look up polling locations and every piece of relevant voting information, such as I.D. requirements, voting hours and early-vote dates. In 2008, it provided over 100,000 people with correct voting information. And in keeping with our grassroots philosophy, all voting data in GoVote.org’s database is open and editable by users—it’s a truly open project.
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2009 & beyond To bring about the change we’re seeking in the progressive community, NOI is planning an ambitious agenda for 2009–2010: 1. Training Program Our training
program is the core of our organization and allows us to truly connect with a variety of stakeholders. Over the past few years, we’ve worked primarily with individuals and progressive nonprofits; in 2009 and 2010, we intend to radically broaden our list of training stakeholders to include members of the labor community, college students, experienced trainers, nonprofit consultants, international organizers, congressional staff and government agency staff. We’ll conduct many of these new trainings via web seminars. 2. Writing & Research To complement our intensive online and on-the-ground training program, the NOI will undertake a series of writing projects that will help disseminate to the progressive community the newest lessons and research, including a best-practices series, a guide to implementing new organizing principles, articles on case studies and lessons learned and a quarterly Journal of New Organizing. 3. Human Capital In addition to train-
ings and written materials, we will support new talent that’s been uncovered throughout the last election cycle with tangible and active assistance to keep these organizers involved in the progressive community. This support includes fellowships, job placement and efforts to recruit more progressive organizers.
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4. Movement Building While NOI recognizes the power of sharing knowledge
and providing training in new technologies, we also feel it’s important to provide the means for talented and innovative organizers to connect with one another. NOI is planning several “movement-building” programs over the next two years, including Boot Camps and RootsCamps, Organizing Summits, blogger stipends, retreats, a progressive co-working and training center and monthly D.C. breakfasts. 5. Speaking Engagements Because the NOI is connected with an extensive network of organizing experts, we field many speaking requests. Relying on both our staff and our allies, we will be handling speaking requests via a new speakers’ bureau. 6. Donor Services In our conversations
with funders across the country, we’ve recognized a need for donor training and advising. We will be working with our funders and others to develop resources that will help support the funding community’s interest in learning more about how technology can be used for social change. 7. Technology Infrastructure
Through our relationships with practitioners in the field, we regularly uncover holes in the progressive infrastructure that are solved with a little innovation and a lot of hard work. Two great examples are the Voter Registration Tool (integrated with the Voter Activation Network) and the Data Entry Consolidation Center (in partnership with ISSI & SEIU). We hope to continue working with groups and coalitions to identify those gaps, create technological infrastructure and encourage the administrators of existing technologies to open and expand their platforms.
how can you help?
Our new organizing techniques have been field tested. Our trainees have managed and executed both nonprofit and political campaigns, and we continue to feed their experience into our training program in order to stay ahead of the curve and push the field of new organizing forward. But we’re not stopping there. In order to keep moving forward, we need your help. To help build and sustain the momentum, here are some ways you can pitch in: Tell your friends about the NOI
Word of mouth has been a primary vehicle for growing NOI’s network of trainees. It is important to us that our allies tell others about what we’re doing and how to plug into it. Attend one of our trainings
Whether you’re new to the field, have been doing this work for a while, or are just curious about what we’re up to, our trainings are a great way to get involved. We hold everything from targeted partner trainings, to 75-trainee nonprofit trainings, to 600-attendee RootsCamps. Find the event where you would learn most and join us!
Make a donation New organizers don’t
train themselves. We are sustained by both small and large donations and take seriously the role that individual donors play in our work and in the broader progressive movement, and the resources we have determine how well we can serve those who need our help. Offer your advice What are we missing? What gaps can/should we fill? What do you see, from your place in the progressive movement, that we should be paying attention to? We are always interested in learning more about what we can and should be doing to support the movement and inject more resultsdriven practices into the progressive marketplace of ideas. Dream big The NOI has always been an
entrepreneurial organization, and we hope to retain that spirit as we grow. So think big and to keep your eyes out for ways to effect monumental change. And get involved!
Contact Trying to reach us? Find us on
the web at neworganizing.com. Or drop Judith a line: Judith Freeman, Executive Director judith@neworganizing.com 202-210-3924
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appendix I. List of trainings (by date) NOI Trainings in bold
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Date
Type
Partner
Location
March–06
Boot Camp
NOI Boot Camp
Washington, DC
40
July–06
Partner Training
EMILY’S List
Washington, DC
40
August–06 Campaign Training
NOI Training
Washington, DC
August–06
Partner Training
21st Century Democrats
Baltimore, MD
35
March–07
Nonprofit Training
NOI Nonprofit Training
Washington, DC
85
March–07
Partner Training
PoliticsOnline
Washington, DC
60
June–07
Partner Training
Hopefund
Washington, DC
30
July–07
Boot Camp
NOI Boot Camp
Washington, DC
62
July–07
Partner Training
EMILY’S List
Washington, DC
40
July–07
Partner Training
Grassroots Democrats
Washington, DC
50
August–07
Partner Training
MoveOn
Washington, DC
30
August–07
Partner Training
Netroots Nation
Chicago, IL
40
Oct.–07
Partner Training
Sierra Club
Washington, DC
15
Dec.–07
Partner Training
Analyst Group
Washington, DC
50
Dec.–07
Partner Training
America Votes
Concord, NH
25
January–08
Partner Training
ATU Mechanics Conference
New Orleans, LA
60
Feb.–08
Partner Training
ATU Eastern Regional Conference
Orlando, FL
60
Feb.–08
Nonprofit Training
NOI Nonprofit Training
San Francisco, CA
75
March–08
Blogger Summit
State Bloggers Summit
Washington, DC
70
March–08
Partner Training
Take Back America RootsCamp
Washington, DC
150
March–08
Partner Training
Women Who Tech
Washington, DC
45
April–08
Partner Training
NEA Organizing Training
Reno, NV
60
April–08
Partner Training
Senate Retreat
Richmond, VA
75
April–08
Partner Training
Funders Committee on Civic Participation
Washington, DC
30
May–08
Partner Training
Patagonia Conference
South Lake Tahoe, CA
50
May–08
Partner Training
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Washington, DC
45
May-08
Partner Training
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
Dulles, VA
45
May–08
Partner Training
ATU Midwest Conference
Minneapolis, MN
60
May–08
Partner Training
PA and NY Campus Compact Retreat
Honesdale, PA
50
June–08
Partner Training
Bonner Foundation Summer Leadership Institute Allegheny, PA
June–08
Partner Training
FACT Grantee Training
Los Angeles, CA
60
June–08
Partner Training
PICO National Network
Washington, DC
45
June–08
State Organizers
NOI Organizer Summit East Lansing, MI
90
June–08
Partner Training
State Education Editors
40
Baltimore, MD
Trainees
100
300
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Date
Type
Partner
Location
June–08
Partner Training
DIA Users’ Conference
Washington, DC
50
June–08
Partner Training
FCCP Conference
Washington, DC
40
June–08
State Organizers
DC Intern “Fast Track” Training
Washington, DC
60
June–08
State Organizers
NOI Organizer Summit
Washington, DC
75
June–08
Partner Training
PSI Training
Washington, DC
30
July–08
State Organizers
NOI Organizer Summit
Washington, DC
75
July–08
State Organizers
NOI Organizer Summit Portland, OR
60
July–08
State Organizers
NOI Organizer Summit
Denver, CO
50
July–08
Partner Training
National Black Conference of States Institute
Washington, DC
50
July–08
Partner Training
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation New Orleans, LA
July–08
Partner Training
Netroots Nation RootsCamp
July–08
Partner Training
International Labor Communication Association Washington, DC
30
July–08
State Organizers
NOI Organizer Summit
Columbus, OH
20
July–08
Partner Training
PSI Webinar
Washington, DC
30
August–08
Partner Training
Community Strategic Training Initiative
Portland, OR
45
August–08
Partner Training
Clean Air Task Force
Manchester, NH
50
Austin, TX
Trainees
45 150
August–08 State Organizers
NOI Organizer Summit Minneapolis, MN
25
August–08
Partner Training
Election Administration Table
Washington, DC
50
August–08
Partner Training
Democracy for America DemocracyFest
Dulles, VA
45
August–08
State Organizers
NOI Organizer Summit
Milwaukee, WI
25
August–08
Partner Training
DFA Night School
Online
700
August–08
Partner Training
Big Tent - Open Space
Denver, CO
120
August–08
Partner Training
Human Rights Campaign
Washington, DC
Sept.–08
State Organizers
NOI Organizer Summit Raleigh, NC
Sept.–08
State Organizers
NOI Organizer Summit Pittsburgh, PA
Sept.–08
Speaking Engagement
European Commission Representation
Dublin, Ireland
Sept.–08
Partner Training
DIA Webinar
Online
40
Oct.–08
Partner Training
Food & Society Fellows
Washington, DC
25
Oct.–08
Partner Training
Bonner Congress Training
Buckhannon, WV
300
Nov.–08
Partner Training
Bonner Directors’ Training
Montreat, NC
120
Nov.–08
Partner Training
Analyst Group
Washington, DC
50
Nov.–08
State Organizers
NOI Western Reg. Organizers’ Summit
Seattle, WA
50
Dec.–08
Special Event LGBT Bloggers Summit
Washington, DC
70
Dec.–08
Partner Training
League of Women Voters
Washington, DC
40
Dec.–08
Speaking Engagement
National Black Programming Consortium
Washington, DC
125
40 70 50 100
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appendix II. List of training participants (alphabetical)
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1000 Friends of Maryland
Cascade Land Conservancy
Defenders of Wildlife,
IFES
ACCESS
Center for Death Penalty
Constitution Summer
Indian Law Resource Center
ACLU of Mississippi
Litigation
Democracy Alliance
Information Staffing
ACLU of Washington
Center for Media and
Democracy for America,
Services, Inc.
ACLU-WA
Democracy/Sunlight
Kent County
Institute for Southern Studies
ACORN
Foundation
Democracy in Action
International Union, UAW
Action Without Borders/
Center for Progressive
Democracy Matters
Internews Network
Idealist.org
Leadership
Development Seed
IPAS
Advancement Project
Charles Lewis For Portland
Disability Caucus
Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans
AFT Colorado
City Commissioner
District Twelve Educators’
of America
Alaska Wilderness League
Chesapeake Climate
Association
La Unon Hispana De Tampa
Alaska Youth for
Action Network
Dogwood Initiative
Lansing Schools
Environmental Action
Clean Water Action/1Sky
Ella Baker Center for
Latin America Working Group
Alliance for Retired Americans
Clean Water Action/Clean
Human Rights
League of Women Voters
America Votes
Water Fund
Equality NC
of Georgia
American Association for
Coalition for Progress
Faith in Public Life
League of Women Voters
Palestinian Equal Rights
Coalition for Smarter Growth
Forest Policy Research/
of Florida
Foundation
CodeBlueNow
Olympia Earth First!
League of Women Voters
American Heart Association
CODEPINK Women for Peace
Free Range Studios
of the United States
American Rights at Work
Colorado c3 Roundtable
FRESC
Living Oceans Society
Americans for Informed
Colorado Conservation Voters
Fuse Washington
Making Our Milk Safe (MOMS)
Democracy
Colorado Education
FUTUREWISE
Maryland State Teachers
Analyst Institute
Association
GenVote/USSA
Association
APIAVote
ColorOfChange.org
George Mark Children’s House
Massey Media
Ashoka
Common Cause
Georgia River Network
Media Matters for America
Australian Youth Climate
Community IT Innovators
GetUp—Action for Australia
MI NOW Foundation
Coalition
Compassion & Choices
Good Work
Michigan Citizen Action
Beloved Community Center
CompuMentor/TechSoup
GoVoteAbsentee.org
Michigan Citizens for Stem
Blue State Digital
Connecticut Working
Grand Traverse Band of
Cell Research & Cures
Blueprint NC
Families Party
Ottawa & Chippewa
Michigan Disability Rights
Bonnventures LLC
Consumers Union of the U.S.
Indians
Coalition
Brennan Center for Justice
Council on American-Islamic
Granholm Leadership Fund
Michigan Education
BRF Consulting
Relations—MI
Greenpeace
Association
Campaign Money Watch
CREDO Mobile
Habitat for Humanity of
Michigan Election Coalition
Care2
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation,
Colorado
Michigan Equality
Carolinas Clean Air Coalition
Illinois Chapter
HCAC
Cascade Bicycle Club
Defenders of Wildlife
HeadCount
appendix II. List of training participants, continued
Michigan League of
Oil Change International
RESULTS Educational Fund
University of Montana
Conservation Voters
Old Town Commercial
Rock the Vote
Virginia General Assembly
Education Fund
Association
Rocky Mountain Institute
WA Tax Fairness Coalition
Michigan Peaceworks
One America
Rosa & Raymond Parks
Washington ACORN
Michigan Prospect/
ONE: The Campaign to
Institute for Self Development
Washington Bus
Michigan Voice
Make Poverty History
SEIU
Washington CeaseFire
Michigan State University
ONE/Northwest
SEIU Healthcare Michigan
Washington Education
Michigan Statewide
Oregon Bus Project
Self-Help
Association
Independent Living Council
Our Task
ServeNext
Washington Low Income
Michigan Voice/CCP
Padres Unidos
Sierra Club
Housing Alliance
Michigan Voter Engagement
Padres y Jovenes Unidos
Sierra Club Michigan
Washington Office on Latin
Project
Paterson Education Fund
Chapter
America
MichUHCAN
Peace Action West
Sierra Student Coalition
Washington State
MomsRising.org
Peace Education Fund
smartMeme
Farmworker Housing Trust
MOSES
People For the American
Sojourners
Washington Student Lobby
NAACP
Way Foundation
South Los Angeles Artist
Washington Toxics Coalition
NAACP of Mississippi
People of Faith Against
Collective
Washington Trails
NARAL Pro-Choice
the Death Penalty
Southern Coalition for
Association
Colorado
Peoples Hurricane
Social Justice
Wellesley College
NARAL Pro-Choice
Relief Fund
SPARC
Western Conservation
Washington
Pew Environment Group;
SPIN Project
Foundation
National Congress of
Pew Charitable Trusts
Sunlight Foundation
Western States Center
American Indians
Planned Parenthood
The Bell Policy Center
White House Project
(Native Vote)
Planned Parenthood
The Center for Victims
Win/Win Network
National Council of La Raza
Affiliates of Michigan
of Torture
Working Assets
National Education Association
Planned Parenthood of
The Humane Society of
Working Families Party
National Stonewall Democrats
Central North Carolina
the United States
Workplace Fairness
National Wildlife Federation
Progress Alliance of
The League of Young Voters
World Affairs Councils
National Women’s Law Center
Washington
The Student PIRGs
of America
NC Conservation Network
Progress Michigan
The UpTake
Young People For
New School University
Progressive Technology
Triangle Foundation
National Parks Conservation
Project
Turner Strategies, Inc
Association
Public Campaign
United Nations Foundation
Oceana
Public Citizen
United States Student
Ohio Education Association
Puget Sound Sage
Association
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appendix III. Finances
FY 2008 New Organizing Institute Education Fund 501(c)3 Major Donors $100,000 +
John Merck Foundation Open Society Institute Tides Foundation Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
$50,000 – 99,999
ARCA Foundation Hull Family Foundation Lewis Foundation
under $50,000
Ford Foundation Sagner Family Foundation
Additional In-kind & sponsorship has been given by the following Care2, Democracy in Action
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Revenue & Expenses 2008
FY 2008 New Organizing Institute Education Fund 501(c)3 Income Restricted Contribution Income Unrestricted Contribution Income Total Income
3,200.00 795,800.00 799,000.00
Expense Bank Fees Computers & Equipment Conferences Fiscal Sponsorship Expense Guest Trainer Honorarium Health Insurance Licenses & Permits Meals & Refreshments Office Supplies Postage & Delivery Printing & Reproduction Professional Development
30.00 0.00 0.00 30,304.72 7,620.69 6,249.60 0.00 11,473.30 194.74 21.72 862.00 1,220.00
Professional Fees Program Consulting Consulting Fundraising Legal Fees Technology Consulting
33,850.00 23,000.00 26,850.00 3,965.70 91,200.00
Total Professional Fees
178,865.70
Employer Payroll Expenses Salaries Expense Interns Employer Tax Expenses
132,463.89 1,800.00 7,716.02
Total Employer Payroll Expenses
141,979.91
Technology Telephone Travel & Lodging
38,400.00 0.00 1,692.23
Total Expense
418,854.61
Net Income
380,145.39
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