What WFP does

Working Families Party (WFP) is a grassroots progressive political party founded in 1998 in New York and headquartered at 77 Sands St. #6 in Brooklyn. The organization recruits, trains, and endorses progressive candidates for office at every level of government, operating as a third party that uses fusion voting in select states to cross-nominate major-party candidates who share its values and running its own candidates when necessary. WFP maintains active state-level party organizations in 18+ U.S. states (including California, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and others), each with chapters, steering committees, and regional directors, and endorsed candidates in 730 races across 19 states for the 2026 midterm cycle.

The party's core operational offerings are candidate endorsement programs, member organizing, voter outreach campaigns (canvassing, phone banking, text messaging), independent expenditure campaign support, and policy advocacy. Rather than selling commercial products, WFP delivers these services as a political movement: in 2024, its Pennsylvania operation knocked over 733,000 voters' doors and made 4.2 million calls in a single state election, and California WFP won 35 of 59 endorsed races in 2022. WFP leads and participates in coalitions with labor unions (UFCW, AFT, UAW) and progressive organizations (Our Revolution, Movement for Black Lives, Trans United Fund), including coordinated independent expenditure campaigns of $1.8M–$3M+ per race.

WFP is organized as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit political organization and raises funds through individual donations, PAC contributions, and member dues, primarily via the ActBlue donation platform at suggested tiers of $10, $27, $100, and $250. Its 501(c)(4) nonprofit arm reported $54.3 million in 2024 revenues, and the party raised $12,586,461 in Q1 2025 alone. Leadership includes National Director Maurice Mitchell (appointed 2018, previously with Blackbird/Movement for Black Lives) and Chair Dan Cantor (founding National Director). The organization employs 101–250 staff and is governed by a National Committee with state-level affiliates.

Name

WFP

Legal name

Working Families Party

Website

https://workingfamilies.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Working Families Party is a grassroots progressive political party founded in 1998, operating across 18+ U.S. states to recruit, endorse, and elect progressive candidates through field organizing, coalition-building with labor unions, and independent expenditure campaigns funded by small-dollar donations.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Political Donations and PAC Contributions: WFP raises funds through political donations, PAC contributions, and member dues. The party raised $12,586,461 between January and March 2025 and its 501(c)(4) nonprofit arm reported $54.3 million in 2024 revenues.
2. Member Dues and Contributions: The party collects member dues and accepts contributions from supporters through its ActBlue donation platform, with suggested donation amounts of $10, $27, $100, and $250.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Working Families Party is a grassroots progressive political party that recruits, trains, and endorses candidates for public office, while mobilizing working-class and multiracial voters through canvassing, phone banking, and digital outreach. In states permitting fusion voting, it cross-nominates major-party candidates on its ballot line; elsewhere it runs its own candidates. The party operates in 18+ states with state chapters that coordinate campaigns, independent expenditures, and field operations.

Product overview

The Working Families Party (WFP) is a grassroots political party organization that functions as a multi-state political operation rather than a traditional product company. The core offering is its electoral organizing platform — a combination of candidate recruitment, training, and election support services. Key components include candidate endorsement programs, member organizing, voter outreach campaigns, and state-level party chapters. The organization primarily operates through its website, volunteer mobilization tools, and campaign support infrastructure rather than a traditional software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Working Families Party Membership Free-to-join membership program that enrolls individual voters as dues-paying members of the Working Families Party, giving them access to the party's ballot line, endorsement process, volunteer mobilization, and progressive policy advocacy.
• WFP Candidate Endorsement Program Application-based endorsement program for progressive candidates seeking the WFP ballot line, field organizing support, voter contact, and coordinated independent expenditure campaigns across 19 states.
• Fusion Voting Ballot-Line Cross-Nomination

Quantifiable outcome

• Elected 35 of 59 endorsed candidates in California in 2022
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Multiple Organizations and Unions CoalitioncoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 9 June 2026WFP led an independent expenditure coalition bringing together more than a dozen organizations and unions that spent roughly $3 million supporting Randy Villegas in CA-22, including strategic coordination on narrative, messaging, campaign infrastructure, earned media, social media, and volunteer mobilization.
• Our RevolutioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 May 2026Our Revolution is a progressive political organization that partnered with WFP in supporting Chris Rabb's congressional campaign in Pennsylvania, contributing to the $1.8 million+ in allied spending that propelled Rabb to victory.
• Movement for Black LivescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 April 2018Maurice Mitchell, WFP's National Director, previously led Blackbird, an anchor organization within the Movement for Black Lives. WFP maintains close ties to the broader Movement for Black Lives ecosystem.
• Labor UnionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWFP works extensively with labor unions including UFCW Local 555, AFT-Oregon, Oregon School Employees Association, PCUN, United Auto Workers, and others to support progressive candidates and policies.
• Community OrganizationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWFP partners with community organizations including healthcare advocacy groups, environmental justice organizations, immigrant rights groups, and electoral initiatives to build progressive coalitions.
• Defend Oregon CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWFP has historical ties to the Defend Oregon Coalition, which evolved into Our Oregon, a coalition focused on progressive policy advocacy.
• Trans United FundminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTrans United Fund worked with WFP to support Christine Hallquist's gubernatorial campaign in Vermont, the first-ever trans candidate to become a major-party nominee for governor.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Sunrise Movement: Sunrise Movement is a youth-led progressive political organization mobilizing voters around climate and economic justice. It overlaps with WFP on endorsement of progressive candidates and building grassroots electoral infrastructure for down-ballot races.
• Indivisible: Indivisible is a grassroots progressive organization focused on electoral and legislative advocacy with a strong local-chapter model. While not a party, it overlaps with WFP on field operations, volunteer mobilization, and down-ballot progressive endorsement strategy.

Direct peers

• Justice Democrats: Justice Democrats recruits, trains, and supports progressive primary challengers against establishment Democrats. It shares WFP's model of building a bench of working-class progressive leaders and frequently intersects on Congressional primary endorsements.
• MoveOn: MoveOn is a progressive political action and advocacy organization with millions of members that mobilizes voters, endorses candidates, and runs independent expenditure campaigns. It overlaps with WFP on endorsement strategy, digital mobilization, and donor base.
• Our Revolution: Our Revolution is a progressive political organization spun out of the Bernie Sanders 2016 campaign that endorses and supports down-ballot progressive candidates. WFP and Our Revolution explicitly partnered on the Chris Rabb PA-03 race, sharing infrastructure and allied spending.
• Progressive Democrats of America: PDA is a progressive political organization working inside and outside the Democratic Party to elect progressive candidates and advance a progressive policy agenda. It shares WFP's model of pressuring Democrats from the left while building independent progressive infrastructure.
• Green Party of the United States: The Green Party is the most prominent US third party operating outside the Democratic-Republican duopoly. While ideologically distinct, it is structurally comparable to WFP as a ballot-line-bearing third party navigating state ballot access and fusion-voting dynamics.
• Democratic Socialists of America (DSA): DSA is a major US progressive political organization that endorses and supports socialist and progressive candidates at local, state, and federal levels. Like WFP, it operates as a membership-driven vehicle advancing working-class politics and frequently overlaps on endorsed candidates.

Broad incumbents

• Emily's List: Emily's List is a major PAC that supports pro-choice Democratic women candidates. While larger and more established than WFP, it operates in adjacent electoral-support territory, endorsing candidates and running independent expenditure campaigns on the progressive side.
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund: Planned Parenthood Action Fund is the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood, endorsing candidates and running electoral campaigns. As an established progressive political organization, it provides analogous infrastructure to WFP at a larger scale, with overlap on candidate endorsement and donor mobilization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WorkingFamilies
• YouTubeyoutube.com/workingfamilies
• Facebookfacebook.com/WorkingFamilies
• Instagraminstagram.com/workingfamilies

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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