What Secular Coalition for America does

The Secular Coalition for America (SCA), founded in 2002 and headquartered at 1012 14th St NW, Washington, DC, is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit advocacy organization that operates as a coalition of more than 20 national secular member organizations, including American Atheists, the American Humanist Association, the Center for Inquiry, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, and the Ex-Muslims of North America. The organization serves the country's growing nonreligious population — approximately 30% of US adults, or roughly 84 million people, per source statistics — by representing their interests on federal policy issues such as the separation of church and state, religious freedom, civil rights, education, science, and the rights of service members, children, and federal employees. SCA maintains close working relationships with the bipartisan Congressional Freethought Caucus (co-chaired by Representatives Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin) and was the first secular-coalition representative to meet with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in May 2021.

The organization does not sell products or services; revenue consists entirely of voluntary donations from supporters, with no pricing tiers or commercial offering. Its core assets are programmatic rather than technological: a website-based advocacy platform centered on an Action Center for email campaigns to Congress, an annual Lobby Day in Washington, voter scorecards and voter guides (published for the 2022 and 2024 cycles), the "Heretic on the Hill" blog authored by Director of Policy and Government Affairs Scott MacConomy, sign-on letters, and the annual Secular Week of Action community-service event run with member organizations. A 2025 Project 2025 response vertical and a federal-employee resources page reflect recent programmatic additions under existing issues. Staff consists of four to five core personnel — Executive Director Steven Emmert (appointed August 16, 2022), Director of Policy and Government Affairs Scott MacConomy, a Communications Manager named Nnenna, and IT consultant Loren Vandegrift — supported by a Board of Directors. Member dues, individual donations, and grassroots mobilization of nonreligious voters are the primary go-to-market mechanics; outreach is conducted through secular.org, email action alerts, BlueSky (@secularcoalition.bsky.social), press releases, and direct congressional engagement.

Name

Secular Coalition for America

Legal name

Secular Coalition for America

Website

https://secular.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Secular Coalition for America is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit advocacy coalition of 20+ member organizations that represents nonreligious Americans — approximately 30% of US adults — on federal church-state separation, religious freedom, and secular-policy issues through lobbying, grassroots campaigns, and voter engagement.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Advocacy and Lobbying

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil Liberties & Constitutional Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ)

Keywords

• Nonprofit advocacy
• Church-state separation
• Grassroots lobbying
• Policy advocacy
• Voter education

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: The organization is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that relies on donations from supporters to fund advocacy operations, grassroots campaigns, and lobbying efforts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Secular Coalition for America is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit advocacy coalition that represents the policy interests of nonreligious Americans at the federal level. Its core offering is a grassroots federal advocacy platform built around an Action Center that connects individual citizens to their Congressional representatives, voter engagement programs including Voter Scorecards, annual Lobby Day events in Washington DC, and direct policy work supporting the bipartisan Congressional Freethought Caucus on church-state separation and religious freedom issues. The coalition model aggregates 20+ member organizations to amplify a unified secular voice in federal policymaking.

Product overview

The Secular Coalition for America operates a website-based advocacy platform as a membership coalition of 20+ organizations representing nonreligious Americans. The organization provides an Action Center for citizens to contact Congress, supports the Congressional Freethought Caucus, runs Secular Voters voter engagement programs including Voter Scorecards, and publishes the Heretic on the Hill blog series. The organization focuses on protecting church-state separation and advocating for secular values through grassroots campaigns rather than a traditional software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Action Center
• Secular Voters Program
• Lobby Day
• Congressional Freethought Caucus Support

Quantifiable outcome

• First meeting between secular organizations and White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in 2021

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered notable, core and minor.

• White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood PartnershipsnotableOthers · 14 May 2021Met with the Biden administration's Faith-Based Office to discuss secular community priorities and advocate for nonreligious Americans to be included in government engagement.
• American AtheistscoreOthersMember organization of the coalition, one of the largest secular organizations in the United States.
• American Humanist AssociationcoreOthersMember organization of the coalition representing humanist perspectives in the secular community.
• Center for InquirycoreOthersMember organization of the coalition focused on scientific inquiry and secular values.
• Freedom From Religion FoundationcoreOthersMember organization of the coalition, working to prevent religious overreach.
• Ex-Muslims of North AmericacoreOthersMember organization supporting former Muslims who have left Islam, representing a minority voice within the secular community.
• Secular Student AlliancecoreOthersMember organization focused on supporting secular students on college campuses.
• Congressional Freethought CaucuscoreOthersBipartisan congressional caucus co-chaired by Representatives Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin, promoting science and reason-based policy solutions. SCA works closely with this caucus.
• Faithful AmericaminorOthersPartnered with SCA on the golden calf counterprotest at the Rededicate 250 event on the National Mall.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Human Rights Campaign: Large national civil rights advocacy organization with federal lobbying, voter mobilization, and a scorecard model directly analogous to SCA's Voter Scorecards; differs in constituency focus but comparable in advocacy tactics and federal engagement infrastructure.
• ACLU: Broad incumbent civil liberties organization that litigates and lobbies on religious freedom and church-state separation as part of a much larger portfolio; overlaps with SCA's constitutional rights agenda at the federal level but operates at vastly greater scale.

Direct peers

• American Atheists: Direct peer and SCA member organization; a major national atheist advocacy group that independently lobbies on church-state separation issues, represents overlapping constituent interests, and competes for secular donor dollars.
• Freedom From Religion Foundation: Direct peer and SCA member organization; one of the largest national secular advocacy groups with its own federal lobbying, litigation, and grassroots programs—potentially overlaps with SCA on federal advocacy goals and competes for the same donor base.
• American Humanist Association: Direct peer and SCA member organization; advocates for humanist policy perspectives in government, operates lobbying programs at federal and state levels, and overlaps significantly with SCA's church-state separation agenda.
• Interfaith Alliance: Direct peer advocacy organization that defends religious freedom and the separation of church and state from a multi-faith perspective; competes for policy influence and allied donors on overlapping federal religious-liberty issues.
• Center for Inquiry: Direct peer and SCA member organization; promotes secular, science-based policy through advocacy, lobbying, and litigation—competes and collaborates with SCA on overlapping federal secular-policy priorities.
• Americans United for Separation of Church and State: Direct peer and fellow national advocacy organization dedicated to church-state separation; competes for similar donors and policy influence in federal religious-liberty debates, though operates as a 501(c)(3) rather than a coalition of member organizations.

Emerging players

• Religious Freedom Institute: Specialized advocacy and research organization focused on international and domestic religious freedom; operates at smaller scale than SCA in U.S. federal advocacy but addresses overlapping religious-liberty policy issues.
• Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty: Faith-based religious-liberty advocacy organization that works on church-state separation from a Baptist perspective; covers overlapping federal policy terrain on religious freedom but represents a religious rather than nonreligious constituency.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/seculardotorg
• Facebookfacebook.com/secularcoalition
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/secular-coalition-for-america

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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