Venezuelan American Caucus

What Venezuelan American Caucus does

Venezuelan American Caucus (VAC) is a 501-style nonprofit advocacy organization headquartered in Miami, Florida, founded in 2021 and led by Co-Founder and Executive Director Adelys Ferro. The organization serves the Venezuelan-American diaspora in the United States through three core advocacy programs: Grassroots Activation (building multi-cultural, community-driven coalitions across multiple states with media, field, and strategic campaigns), Fighting Disinformation (countering misinformation in Venezuelan and Latino communities), and Policy Advocacy (protecting legal status for Venezuelans in the U.S., with a primary focus on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and related immigration protections). A volunteer engagement portal rounds out the operational surface, enabling grassroots participation through phone calls, door knocking, and event hosting.

VAC operates on a donation- and membership-supported nonprofit model; the organization does not charge for services, and there are no disclosed grants, foundation funding rounds, or revenue figures. Distribution relies on a community-led go-to-market approach: a coalition of more than 50 Venezuelan organizations, direct Congressional advocacy (notably with Senate Democratic leadership on TPS redesignation), earned media, social channels (X/Twitter, Instagram), community events, and partnerships with allied nonprofits such as the Florida Immigrant Coalition, Miami Freedom Project, LULAC, PEN America, Latino Victory Project, and the American Business Immigration Coalition. The organization is powered digitally by Latino Victory Project rather than maintaining its own technology infrastructure, and there is no proprietary software, API, or platform product.

Commercially, VAC has no traditional revenue mechanics — no pricing model, no paid customers, and no SaaS product. The organization's "deliverables" are policy outcomes (TPS grants and extensions covering 700,000+ Venezuelan immigrants, Humanitarian Parole secured in October 2022) and coalition outputs. Operational capacity is concentrated in a 1-10 person staff supplemented by an unusually credentialed advisory board that includes sitting elected officials, former Obama and Kaine administration appointees, and alumni of Harvard Kennedy School, Princeton, and Oxford. The organization's financial sustainability is unverified and concentrated in donation-dependent and grant-undisclosed channels.

Name

Venezuelan American Caucus

Legal name

Venezuelan American Caucus

Website

https://venezuelanamericancaucus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Venezuelan American Caucus is a Miami-based nonprofit advocacy organization that serves the Venezuelan-American diaspora through grassroots activation, disinformation countermeasures, and policy advocacy focused on Temporary Protected Status and immigration protections. It coordinates a 50-organization coalition and operates without a paid product or pricing model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immigration Advocacy Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Other Social Advocacy Organizations (813319)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Immigrant & Refugee Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAG), Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ)

Keywords

• Immigration policy advocacy
• Grassroots community organizing
• Disinformation research
• Diaspora coalition building
• TPS legal advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership and Donations: The organization operates as a nonprofit and appears to rely on membership contributions and donations from the Venezuelan-American community and supporters.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Venezuelan American Caucus is a community-driven nonprofit that mobilizes Venezuelan-Americans through grassroots field campaigns, counter-disinformation research, and direct policy advocacy on immigration protections such as Temporary Protected Status (TPS), humanitarian parole, and asylum rights. It operates a coalition of more than 50 Venezuelan-American organizations and provides a volunteer engagement portal that coordinates phone-banking, door-knocking, and event hosting in support of these advocacy programs.

Product overview

Venezuelan American Caucus (VAC) is a diaspora advocacy organization—not a technology product company. Its offering consists of advocacy programs: Grassroots Activation (community-driven coalitions with media and field campaigns), Fighting Disinformation (combatting misinformation in Venezuelan and Latino communities), Policy Advocacy (protecting Venezuelan immigrants' legal status including TPS), and a Get Involved volunteer portal. The organization also maintains an In The News media presence and community engagement tools. There is no commercial SaaS product, platform-plus-modules architecture, or API product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grassroots Activation Program
• Fighting Disinformation Program
• Policy Advocacy Program
• Get Involved / Volunteer Portal

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 700,000 Venezuelan immigrants benefited from TPS protections secured through advocacy
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Latino Victory ProjectcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLatino Victory Project powers the Venezuelan American Caucus website and provides technological infrastructure support for the organization's digital presence.
• PEN AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey partner in disinformation research and reporting. VAC participated in PEN America's Building Resilience report on countering targeted disinformation in immigrant communities across Miami, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Phoenix.
• Venezuelan Organizations Coalition (50+ organizations)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition of over 50 Venezuelan organizations across the United States working together to advocate for benefits for Venezuelan immigrants and democracy in Venezuela.
• LULAC (Liga de Citizens Americans Latinos Unidos)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLULAC joined with Venezuelan American Caucus to denounce DeSantis immigration policies and issued travel alerts for Hispanics visiting Florida.
• Senate Democratic CaucuscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerVAC worked alongside Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and 21 colleagues in calling for TPS redesignation for Venezuela and Nicaragua.
• Florida Immigrant CoalitioncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnered in joint press conferences and advocacy campaigns against Florida immigration legislation (SB 1718) and in defense of TPS.
• Miami Freedom ProjectcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLatina-led nonprofit partner in joint advocacy against Florida immigration bills and pro-immigrant rallies.
• American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlorida state director Samuel Vilchez Santiago from VAC serves in this coalition advocating for business perspectives on immigration reform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• United We Dream: Largest US immigrant youth-led network; directly comparable as a grassroots advocacy organization fighting for TPS, DACA, and immigrant protections through community organizing and policy advocacy, similar model to VAC.
• CASA (Casa in Action): Mid-Atlantic Latino and immigrant advocacy and services organization; comparable in providing TPS assistance, civic engagement, and grassroots mobilization for immigrant communities in the same political environment.
• National Immigration Law Center (NILC): National advocacy organization dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants; directly comparable legal/policy advocacy focus, including TPS-related litigation and federal court challenges similar to VAC's court work.
• Voto Latino: Latino civic engagement organization using technology and media to register and mobilize young Latino voters; comparable grassroots digital-first advocacy approach and target demographic.
• Mi Familia Vota: National civic engagement organization mobilizing Latino voters and advocating for immigration reform; comparable community-organizing model and overlapping coalition partners with VAC.
• Florida Immigrant Coalition: Statewide coalition in Florida dedicated to immigrant rights; directly comparable as a grassroots and policy advocacy organization and an active partner of VAC in joint press conferences and SB 1718 opposition.
• American Immigration Council: National nonprofit that works to strengthen American society by shaping immigration policy through research, litigation, and advocacy; comparable to VAC's policy advocacy and coalition-building approach to immigration reform.
• Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts: Venezuelan-American grassroots organization focused on immigration legal support and community services in Massachusetts; directly comparable mission serving the same diaspora and explicitly named by VAC in recent legal wins.

Broad incumbents

• Hispanic Federation: National Latino advocacy and service organization with a broader portfolio spanning health, education, economic empowerment, and immigration; overlapping on immigrant rights advocacy but much wider in scope.
• LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens): Largest and oldest Hispanic civil rights organization in the US; broader in scope than VAC but overlapping on immigration advocacy, TPS defense, and Hispanic voter mobilization — VAC has already partnered with LULAC on DeSantis-era policy opposition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/vacaucus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/venezuelan-american-caucus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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