MOVE Texas

Name

MOVE Texas

Legal name

MOVE Texas Action Fund

Website

https://movetexas.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Engagement and Youth Voter Mobilization Services

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Leadership, Civic Education & Service-Learning Nonprofits (BPAGADAI)

Keywords

• Youth voter registration
• Civic engagement programs
• Grassroots community organizing
• Nonprofit advocacy campaigns
• Leadership development services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Antonio

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: As a 501(c)(4) grassroots nonprofit organization, MOVE Texas's primary revenue stream is donations from individuals, foundations, and supporters. The organization runs online donation campaigns with preset amounts ($5, $10, $25, $50, $100, $500) processed through EveryAction.
2. Merchandise Sales: MOVE Texas operates an online merchandise store selling branded items such as mugs, t-shirts, and vinyl sticker packs, generating additional revenue to support organizational operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

MOVE Texas is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(4) nonprofit grassroots organization that mobilizes, organizes, registers, and empowers young Texans (18–25), particularly underrepresented youth and people of color, through voter registration drives, leadership development, and issue advocacy. Its programs span 18 college campus chapters, the Democracy from the Ground Up pro-voter reform campaign, climate advocacy (People Power for the Climate), and the National Artists of Texas Fellowship, supported by donations and merchandise sales.

Product overview

MOVE Texas is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civic engagement organization that operates as a unified platform focused on building political power among young Texans (18-25) through multiple interconnected programs. The core offerings include voter registration services (both in-person and online guidance), the Campus Chapter Program operating across 18 college campuses, the Democracy from the Ground Up campaign for local pro-voter reforms, and climate advocacy through the People Power for the Climate initiative. Supporting programs include the National Artists of Texas Fellowship for artistic engagement, the VDVR program for volunteer-based voter registration expansion, and the annual Get Sh*t Done Agenda as the legislative priorities framework. The organization also maintains a merchandise shop for fundraising and a Pledge to Vote tool for voter commitment tracking. All programs work together to advance the mission of mobilizing, organizing, voting, and empowering underrepresented youth communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Voter Registration Services Nonpartisan voter registration drives and engagement activities targeting young Texans (18-25), including same-day voter registration support, online voter registration guidance via Texas DPS, and mail-in registration assistance.
• Election Center Comprehensive voter information portal providing details on upcoming elections, ballot measures, voter ID requirements, polling locations, and voter registration status checks.
• Campus Chapter Program Youth-led organizing program operating on college campuses across Texas, using peer-to-peer organizing to establish, sustain, and grow the next generation of movement leaders; expanded to 18 campus chapters across the state.
• Democracy from the Ground Up Campaign Local and county-level advocacy campaign focused on passing pro-voter reforms, fighting anti-voting measures, advocating for polling locations on college campuses and in county jails, including jail-based polling location establishment in Dallas and Harris Counties.
• People Power for the Climate Climate advocacy campaign focused on clean air, clean water, energy democracy, and coal plant closure campaigns, including a successful phase-out of coal by 2028 in San Antonio through CPS energy board advocacy.
• National Artists of Texas Fellowship Year-long artistic residency program in which young artists receive education and resources around narrative and storytelling through artwork, advocacy issue area training, and work with field teams to create art supporting civic engagement.
• Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar (VDVR) Program Training program that certifies volunteers to help register other voters, expanding the reach of voter registration efforts across Texas communities.
• Anti-Lege Lege Club Leadership and advocacy program providing young Texans with training in organizing, public speaking, and legislative engagement, culminating in direct participation at the Texas State Capitol.
• MOVE Texas Merchandise Shop Online merchandise store selling branded items including mugs, t-shirts, and vinyl sticker packs featuring organization messaging and slogans, used as a fundraising channel.
• Pledge to Vote Digital commitment tool where voters can pledge to vote, integrated with mobilization efforts to track and encourage voter participation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 150,000+ young eligible voters registered since 2013
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Texas Youth Power Alliance (TYPA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018MOVE Texas is a founding member of the Texas Youth Power Alliance (TYPA), a coalition of Texas-based youth civic engagement organizations including Jolt Initiative, Texas Rising, Radical Registrars, Deeds Not Words, and Bloom RGV. TYPA was founded in 2018 with the shared purpose of harnessing the full power of young people to transform the state of Texas. The alliance coordinates joint advocacy campaigns including the biennial Youth Capitol Takeover, with MOVE Texas serving as a leading voice within the coalition.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• New Era Colorado: State-focused youth civic engagement organization in Colorado; comparable single-state youth voter mobilization and policy advocacy model but operating in a different geography with a blue-state political environment.

Direct peers

• Texas Rising: Youth civic engagement organization targeting college students across Texas; co-founding TYPA member running parallel campus voter registration, leadership development, and legislative advocacy programs.
• League of Women Voters of Texas: Texas chapter of the national nonpartisan civic organization; directly comparable in voter education, registration drives, and pro-voter reform advocacy at the local and state level in Texas.
• Texas PIRG Students: Texas student public interest research group running civic engagement, voter registration, and policy advocacy programs on college campuses; directly comparable in campus-based peer organizing model targeting Texas college students.
• HeadCount: Nonprofit that registers voters at concerts, festivals, and cultural events; directly comparable mission of registering young voters through peer-to-peer engagement, though via event-based rather than campus channels.
• Jolt Initiative: Texas-based nonprofit mobilizing young Latinos through civic leadership and policy advocacy; a fellow TYPA coalition member, working the same youth demographic with overlapping campus and electoral engagement programs.
• Common Cause Texas: Texas affiliate of the national good-government organization; directly comparable on voting rights advocacy, reform campaigns, and legislative engagement in the same Texas political environment.

Emerging players

• When We All Vote: Founded by Michelle Obama, this organization coordinates voter registration and turnout efforts nationally; comparable youth-focused mobilization model but at a different scale and with celebrity-driven reach rather than grassroots organizing.

Broad incumbents

• Rock the Vote: Long-established national nonprofit focused on youth voter registration and civic participation; comparable in mission (registering young voters) but operates nationally with different delivery mechanisms than MOVE Texas's Texas-specific grassroots model.
• NextGen America: Nationally scaled youth voter mobilization organization founded by Tom Steyer; operates across multiple states including Texas with similar campus-based registration and turnout programs but at a much larger resource base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/move_texas
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCwGzqUDMjwA6rbGO9rZq0IA
• Facebookfacebook.com/MOVESanAntonio
• Instagraminstagram.com/move_texas
• TikToktiktok.com/@move_texas

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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