Stones' Phones

What Stones' Phones does

Stones' Phones is a U.S.-based telephone consulting firm that has served Democratic political campaigns and progressive advocacy organizations exclusively for approximately 25 years, since its founding in 1999 by Marty Stone and Paul Stone. The firm provides phone-based campaign communication services to a client base spanning city council races, congressional and gubernatorial contests, presidential campaigns (including President Biden), and national progressive nonprofits such as the American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Campaign, American Heart Association, PETA, House Majority PAC, and the California Teachers Association. Three offices support delivery: a consulting and strategy office in Washington DC, a second consulting and strategy office in Columbus, OH, and the operations office in Rancho Mirage, CA (ZIP 92270).

The firm's core offering is an integrated phone-based campaign communications platform built around live operator calling, automated dialing, interactive voice response, cell-phone-compatible calling, and Telephone Town Hall technology. Services are organized into nine product lines: Live ID Calls, Patch-Through Calls, GOTV (Get Out the Vote), Telephone Town Halls, Texting (10DLC-registered), Auto Calls, Story Capture, Data Enhancement, and Calling Cells. Specialized techniques layered on top include the Catch & Release GOTV program (which records voters' own commitments and replays them as reminders), Legislative Catch & Release (extending the same mechanic to legislative battles), Cell Phone-Friendly Auto Calls (live voice broadcast to cell phones launched in April 2025), Influencer ID, and Yard Sign Asks. The proprietary dialer stack supports multiple daily attempts, time-of-day rotation, caller ID management, and local area code display, with the firm claiming routine connection rates of 65-70% of any phone list — versus roughly 3% for volunteer phone banking — and answer-plus-voicemail reach of approximately 80% on cell phone programs.

Commercially, Stones' Phones operates a project- and program-based professional services model with custom quoting tied to call volume, program type, and campaign duration; no standard pricing tiers are published. The go-to-market motion is sales-led and direct, combining a content-marketing blog with case studies, industry recognition (Reed Awards, Pollie Awards), and direct relationships within the Democratic and progressive ecosystem. The firm underwent a generational ownership transition in 2024, with Chris Hayler becoming President and Monserrat Machado and Will Wrigley becoming Managing Partners; co-founders Marty and Paul Stone remain involved in the mission. The company is privately held with 11-50 employees and no identified external institutional or private equity investors.

Name

Stones' Phones

Legal name

Stones' Phones

Website

https://stonesphones.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stones' Phones is a U.S. telephone consulting firm, founded in 1999 and based in Rancho Mirage, CA, that provides phone-based campaign communications — including live calling, patch-through, GOTV, telephone town halls, texting, and data services — exclusively to Democratic political campaigns and progressive advocacy organizations from city council races to presidential campaigns.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Campaign Consulting

NAICS

Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers (561422), Telephone Call Centers (56142)

SIC

Communications Services, Nec (4899), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Political/GOTV & Advocacy Calling (Campaigns) (BPAAADAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fundraising & Donor Acquisition Calling (Nonprofit) (BPAAADAJ)

Keywords

• Political phone banking
• Voter outreach services
• Telephone campaign consulting
• Democratic campaign strategy
• Progressive advocacy calling

Headquarters

HQ city

Rancho Mirage

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Political Campaign Phone Services: Project-based and program-based fees for phone campaign services including Live ID Calls, Patch-Through Calls, GOTV programs, Telephone Town Halls, Auto Calls, Texting, Story Capture, and Data Enhancement. Services are quoted and priced based on program scope, call volume, and campaign duration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stones' Phones is a strategic telephone consulting firm that provides phone-based campaign communication services to Democratic candidates and progressive organizations. The company delivers live operator calling, automated dialing, telephone town halls, text messaging, and data enhancement services to support voter identification, persuasion, GOTV mobilization, and legislative advocacy. Services are delivered by trained operators using proprietary dialing infrastructure with multi-attempt calling, caller ID rotation, and local area code display capabilities.

Product overview

Stones' Phones is a strategic telephone consulting firm serving Democrats and progressive causes for over 25 years. The company operates as a unified platform offering multiple phone-based communication services including Live ID Calls, Patch-Through Calls, Telephone Town Halls, Auto Calls (robocalls), Texting, Story Capture, Data Enhancement, and Calling Cells. Core services are enhanced by specialized features such as Catch & Release GOTV programs that play voters their own recorded commitments, Legislative Catch & Release for persuasion, Cell Phone-Friendly Auto Calls enabling automated outreach to mobile users, Influencer ID targeting high-visibility supporters, and 10DLC Registration ensuring political text delivery. The platform integrates calling technology with data services to enable large-scale voter contact, advocacy mobilization, and fundraising outreach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live ID Calls

Quantifiable outcome

• 65-70% connection rate vs. 3% for volunteer phone banking
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• GetThru: GetThru (formerly Relay and Thru) provides peer-to-peer texting, automated calling, and phone banking tools used by Democratic campaigns and progressive organizations. Directly comparable to Stones' Phones in serving the same client base with overlapping calling/texting products.
• RumbleUp: RumbleUp is a peer-to-peer texting and broadcast texting platform widely used by political campaigns, advocacy groups, and nonprofits. It competes with Stones' Phones in the same progressive/Democratic ecosystem, particularly for text-based GOTV and advocacy programs.
• CallHub: CallHub offers phone banking, texting, and robocall software for political campaigns and advocacy organizations. It provides self-service and managed calling solutions that overlap with Stones' Phones' Live ID Calls, Auto Calls, and Patch-Through programs.
• Hustle: Hustle is a peer-to-peer texting platform used by political campaigns, advocacy groups, and nonprofits for personal outreach. It serves the same Democratic and progressive client segments as Stones' Phones, with texting products that complement or substitute for live phone outreach.
• OpnSesame: OpnSesame provides peer-to-peer texting and broadcast messaging for political campaigns, PACs, and advocacy organizations. It targets the same Democratic/progressive customer base and competes for the text outreach portion of campaigns' communication budgets.
• The Stoneridge Group: The Stoneridge Group is a Democratic political consulting firm providing phone outreach, persuasion, and GOTV services to campaigns and progressive organizations. It is one of the closest direct competitors to Stones' Phones in the Democratic phone-banking niche.

Broad incumbents

• NGP VAN (Bonterra): NGP VAN (now part of Bonterra) is the dominant integrated technology platform for Democratic campaigns and progressive organizations, providing voter data, fundraising, and outreach tools. It is a broad incumbent that competes indirectly via its digital outreach stack and is the default infrastructure for many of Stones' Phones' clients.

Emerging players

• Catalist: Catalist is a Democratic data and analytics provider serving progressive campaigns and organizations with voter file enhancement and targeting. It overlaps with Stones' Phones' Data Enhancement offering and is often used alongside Stones' Phones in client engagements.
• TargetSmart: TargetSmart provides voter data, targeting, and analytics services to Democratic campaigns and progressive organizations. It competes with Stones' Phones' Data Enhancement service line and is a complementary supplier in the broader Democratic ecosystem.
• Action Network: Action Network is a digital organizing platform used by progressive campaigns and nonprofits for email, petitions, and advocacy actions. It serves an overlapping client base with Stones' Phones and competes for advocacy organization outreach budgets, though it is digital-first rather than phone-based.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/StonesPhones
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stones'-phones
• Xx.com/StonesPhones

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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