National Women's Political Caucus

What National Women's Political Caucus does

National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization founded in 1971 in Washington, D.C. by Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, Betty Friedan, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Bella Abzug. It is the oldest national multi-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to identifying, recruiting, training, electing, and appointing progressive pro-choice women to public office. The organization operates from its headquarters at 1301 K Street NW, Suite 300W in Washington, D.C., with a distributed network of 12 active state chapters and 10 emerging chapters across the United States.

NWPC's primary product is its Online Audio Campaign Training course, a 12-module program delivered via Teachable that covers the full campaign lifecycle from deciding to run through election day. This is bundled as an exclusive benefit with $80 annual individual memberships. Core services include candidate screening and endorsement through a tiered process (state/local caucuses for down-ballot, NWPC PAC and National Board for federal), financial contributions via Parity PAC to endorsed federal candidates, technical assistance, and volunteer mobilization. Affiliated entities extend the model: the NWPC Foundation (501(c)(3) endowment launched in 2012), LDERF (501(c)(3) education arm), and Parity PAC.

The business model is donation-and-membership driven rather than transactional. Revenue streams include annual membership dues, unrestricted donations to NWPC Inc., directed contributions to Parity PAC, tax-deductible gifts to LDERF, and grants from the NWPC Foundation. Marketing is multi-channel, combining owned digital properties (website, email newsletter, YouTube "Candid Conversations," X, Facebook, Instagram), Action Network for signup, and biennial in-person conventions with associated lobbying activities such as Day on the Hill. Customer segments span endorsed candidates, individual members/donors, campaign staff, and allied partner sponsors.

Name

National Women's Political Caucus

Legal name

National Women's Political Caucus

Website

https://nwpc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Founded in 1971, the National Women's Political Caucus is a 501(c)(4) multi-partisan nonprofit that recruits, trains, endorses, and financially supports progressive pro-choice women candidates for elected and appointed office across 12 active and 10 emerging U.S. state chapters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Advocacy and Campaign Support Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD)

Keywords

• Candidate endorsement services
• Campaign training programs
• Political advocacy organization
• Women political candidates
• Grassroots political organizing

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees provide revenue and exclusive benefits including access to online campaign training course. Membership supports the organization's operations and candidate support activities.
2. Donations to NWPC Inc: General donations to support national-level advocacy work for women's social and economic equality, reproductive freedom, and appointment of pro-choice women to key positions.
3. Parity PAC Contributions: Donations to the NWPC Campaign Support Committee (Parity PAC) that go directly to fund endorsed federal women candidates.
4. LDERF Tax-Deductible Gifts: Leadership, Development, Education and Research Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit; contributions are tax-deductible and support educating, engaging and empowering women on policy issues and the political process. EIN: 52-1134965.
5. NWPC Foundation: 501(c)(3) endowment fund launched in 2012 to provide reliable income stream for national organization and state/local affiliate chapters through an annual competitive grants program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) recruits, trains, and supports progressive, pro-choice women candidates seeking elected and appointed offices. It delivers this through a candidate endorsement program, an online audio campaign training course, a Parity PAC for direct campaign financial support, and a network of state chapters that coordinate volunteers and grassroots activity on behalf of endorsed candidates.

Product overview

National Women's Political Caucus operates as a multi-partisan grassroots organization offering campaign training programs and candidate support services. The primary offering is the Online Audio Campaign Training course, an exclusive member benefit delivered through Teachable, covering all aspects of political campaign management from deciding to run through election day. The organization also provides candidate endorsement services, membership programs, and educational content through its YouTube channel 'Candid Conversations'.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Parity PAC: Political action committee that provides direct financial support to endorsed federal women candidates to help them win their campaigns.
• LDERF
• NWPC Foundation

Products and services

• Online Audio Campaign Training A 12-module audio course that delivers practical campaign skills to women candidates; available exclusively to NWPC members seeking to run for elected office.
• Annual Membership Annual membership priced at $80 per year that provides members access to the online audio campaign training, events, and the broader NWPC caucus community.
• Candidate Endorsement Program Institutional endorsement program through which NWPC vets and endorses progressive, pro-choice women candidates running for elected office, providing credibility, visibility, and downstream access to volunteers and donor support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60 endorsed candidate wins in 2024 election cycle
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Teamsters Local 667minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner sponsor that helps fund training for candidates and campaign managers, supports NWPC annual meeting and Biennial Convention.
• MTL ConsultantsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner sponsor that helps fund training for candidates and campaign managers, supports NWPC annual meeting and Biennial Convention.
• Carter Malone GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner sponsor that helps fund training for candidates and campaign managers, supports NWPC annual meeting and Biennial Convention.
• Lili the FirstminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner sponsor that helps fund training for candidates and campaign managers, supports NWPC annual meeting and Biennial Convention.
• Lush CosmeticsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner sponsor that helps fund training for candidates and campaign managers, supports NWPC annual meeting and Biennial Convention.
• PS&SminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner sponsor that helps fund training for candidates and campaign managers, supports NWPC annual meeting and Biennial Convention.
• Shop Made in DCminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner sponsor that helps fund training for candidates and campaign managers, supports NWPC annual meeting and Biennial Convention.
• Spotlight ProductionsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner sponsor that helps fund training for candidates and campaign managers, supports NWPC annual meeting and Biennial Convention.
• Trader Joe'sminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner sponsor that helps fund training for candidates and campaign managers, supports NWPC annual meeting and Biennial Convention.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• RepresentWomen: RepresentWomen is a research and advocacy organization focused on structural reforms to achieve gender parity in political representation, complementing NWPC's candidate-level work with a systems-change orientation. Comparable on mission and target issue area.
• IGNITE: IGNITE is a nonpartisan organization that encourages young women to engage in politics and run for office, operating a training and fellowship pipeline that competes with NWPC's training program for the same cohort of early-career candidates.
• She Should Run: She Should Run is a nonpartisan nonprofit that recruits and encourages women to run for office, mirroring NWPC's identification-and-recruitment role but with a broader, less ideologically constrained candidate pool. It is a direct comparison for NWPC's pipeline-building and training programs.
• New Politics: New Politics is a nonpartisan organization that recruits and supports veterans and first-time candidates, including women, to run for office. Its candidate pipeline and training offerings overlap NWPC's mission on the nonpartisan and first-time-candidate segments.
• Running Start: Running Start trains young women under 35 to run for political office, occupying an early-pipeline niche similar to NWPC's recruitment focus. It competes for training-program mind share and for emerging candidates who might otherwise approach NWPC.
• VoteRunLead: VoteRunLead is a nonpartisan organization that trains women to run for office, offering a similar campaign-training curriculum and candidate-recruitment pipeline to NWPC. Its nonpartisan framing competes directly with NWPC's training-and-endorsement offering.
• Higher Heights Leadership Fund: Higher Heights is dedicated to building Black women's political power and representation, intersecting NWPC's mission at the intersection of gender and racial equity. It is a relevant peer for NWPC's diversity & outreach work and for shared endorsement processes.

Direct peers

• EMILY's List: EMILY's List is the largest U.S. PAC dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women, directly overlapping NWPC on candidate endorsement, training, and direct financial support. It is the most-cited alternative for pro-choice women candidates and the primary single-party competitor to NWPC's mission.

Others

• Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP): CAWP at Rutgers is the leading university-based research and education center on women and American politics, providing data and training referenced across the sector. It is adjacent to NWPC's mission and is frequently cited alongside NWPC as part of the women's political infrastructure ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• League of Women Voters: League of Women Voters is a long-established nonpartisan civic organization focused on voter engagement and education, with overlapping advocacy, training, and grassroots-state-chapter infrastructure. As a broader incumbent it shares NWPC's mission of expanding women's political participation but covers civic engagement rather than candidate recruitment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nwpcnational
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@NationalWomensPoliticalCaucus
• Facebookfacebook.com/NWPC.fb
• Instagraminstagram.com/nwpc_national

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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