Progressive Massachusetts

What Progressive Massachusetts does

Progressive Massachusetts (operating as Progressive Mass) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, member-driven grassroots advocacy organization founded in 2011 and headquartered in Cohasset, Massachusetts. The organization focuses exclusively on state-level progressive politics across four pillars: shared prosperity, racial and social justice, sustainable infrastructure and environment, and good government and strong democracy. It serves Massachusetts residents who seek to hold state legislators accountable and advance progressive policy, operating through 24 geographically-based chapters that coordinate lobbying, organizing, and electoral activity. The organization is led by two paid staff—a Policy Director (Jonathan Cohn) and an Outreach & Operations Director (Melanie O'Malley)—alongside a 12-member Board of Directors elected by the membership for 2026.

The organization's core product surface combines advocacy tooling and civic education: a Legislative Scorecard platform (scorecard.progressivemass.com) tracking Massachusetts legislators' roll-call votes on progressive priorities; Everyday Lobbyist Tools for citizen engagement; Beacon Hill 101 educational content explaining the state legislative process; candidate questionnaires used to inform membership-driven endorsement votes; and an annual Legislative Agenda. There is no commercial product; the technology layer exists to support organizing and accountability rather than generate revenue directly. The organization participates as a core or major partner in 15+ statewide coalitions including Raise Up Massachusetts (where it holds a steering committee seat), Mass Alliance, Mass-Care, Mass Power Forward, and Common Start Coalition.

Revenue is generated entirely through individual contributions. Membership is priced at a $5 annual minimum and confers voting rights on issue priorities, board elections, and endorsement votes; sustaining monthly memberships provide recurring revenue. Donations are accepted as one-time or recurring contributions. Marketing and distribution channels include organic social media (Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram), email action alerts, the organization website, phone and text banking, lobby days at the State House, webinars, and letters to the editor. The organization does not disclose financial figures, has no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no external institutional investors.

Name

Progressive Massachusetts

Legal name

Progressive Massachusetts

Website

https://progressivemass.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Grassroots Political Advocacy

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Civic Participation & Leadership Development (Voting, Advocacy, Community Leadership) (EDAAADAL)

Keywords

• Grassroots political organizing
• Progressive policy advocacy
• Legislative accountability tools
• Candidate endorsement program
• Community chapter organizing

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

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, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership valid for 12 months from donation date. Anyone can become a member for $5 annual contribution. Grassroots organizing is funded through member contributions.
2. Donations: One-time and recurring donations accepted. Monthly sustaining member contributions particularly valued as they allow for longer-term investments in organizing. Donations also confer membership benefits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Progressive Massachusetts is a statewide 501(c)(4) grassroots advocacy organization that organizes Massachusetts residents to lobby state legislators, elect progressive candidates, and hold elected officials accountable. Its core offerings include an annual Legislative Agenda identifying priority bills, the Legislative Scorecard tracking legislator voting records, Everyday Lobbyist Toolkits, candidate endorsement questionnaires with membership ratification, and a 24-chapter community organizing program coordinated across the Commonwealth. Membership is open to any individual for a minimum $5 annual contribution and confers voting rights on issue priorities, board elections, and endorsements.

Product overview

Progressive Massachusetts is a statewide, member-driven grassroots organization (501(c)(4)) focused on progressive advocacy and political organizing in Massachusetts. The organization does not offer a technology product in the traditional sense; rather, it provides advocacy tools and services including the Legislative Scorecard for tracking legislator voting records, Everyday Lobbyist Tools for citizen education, Beacon Hill 101 explaining the legislative process, Candidate Questionnaires for endorsements, a Legislative Agenda outlining policy priorities, Chapter Organizing Programs, Membership Program, and participation in Coalition Partnerships. These offerings work together to empower citizens to influence state-level progressive policy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Membership Program Individual membership in the 501(c)(4) organization valid for 12 months from donation date, with a minimum $5 annual contribution. Members receive legislative updates, action alerts, voting rights on issue priorities and Board elections, endorsement voting rights, and eligibility for chapter and committee leadership roles.
• Legislative Scorecard A web-based scorecard tool tracking Massachusetts legislators' roll call votes on key progressive policy priorities, enabling citizens to hold elected officials accountable and compare their actions to their stated positions. Available to the public via scorecard.progressivemass.com.
• Chapter Organizing Program Geographic chapters across Massachusetts (24 chapters statewide) that coordinate pressure on elected officials and build enduring activist communities. Members can join an existing chapter or start a new one, taking on local leadership opportunities for organizing, lobbying, and chapter events.

Quantifiable outcome

• Annual legislative agenda informed by member input covering shared prosperity, racial/social justice, sustainable infrastructure, and good government

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Raise Up MassachusettscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition focused on building an economy fairer for working and middle-class residents. Progressive Mass serves in a formal leadership role on the steering committee.
• Mass AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUmbrella organization building a progressive Massachusetts by educating individuals and organizations on effective advocacy, convening cross-sector coalitions, and developing progressive leaders for local office.
• Common Start CoalitionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition working to pass legislation providing universal child care and early education in Massachusetts.
• Mass-CaremajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition dedicated to creating a single payer/Medicare for All health care system treating healthcare as a human right.
• Mass Power ForwardmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition fighting for bold climate action and a just transition to a renewable energy economy.
• Clean Slate MAmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition working to pass and implement a law automating sealing of criminal records for people as soon as they become eligible.
• Protecting Our Immigrant Communities CoalitionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition strengthening protections for Massachusetts immigrant communities by disentangling state/local law enforcement from federal immigration enforcement and creating legal defense fund.
• Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance (MEJA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition achieving vision that all students have access to high-quality, equitable, democratically controlled public education.
• Coalition for Anti-Racism in EducationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition ensuring K-12 instruction includes accurate histories, writings, and contributions of historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.
• Make Polluters Pay MAmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition working to pass landmark legislation requiring major polluters to pay for climate resilience costs.
• Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun ViolencemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition bringing together impacted communities, advocates, public health experts, and policymakers to prevent gun violence.
• Massachusetts Against Solitary ConfinementmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition dedicated to ending solitary confinement in Massachusetts prisons.
• Local Option for Housing Affordability CoalitionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition enabling cities and towns to impose modest transfer fees on real estate transactions for affordable housing funding.
• Dignity Not Deportations CoalitionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition working to end 287(g) agreements and ICE detention in Massachusetts.
• Plastic Free MassachusettsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition supporting legislation to phase out unnecessary single-use plastics and modernize beverage container deposit system.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MassEquality: Statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization led by Executive Director Tanya Neslusan, who also serves on Progressive Mass's Board. Operates a closely parallel model of coalition-driven, state-level advocacy and policy accountability in Massachusetts.
• Sierra Club Massachusetts: State chapter of national environmental organization engaging in Massachusetts legislative advocacy, lobbying, and coalition work on climate and environmental justice. A coalition partner of Progressive Mass via Mass Power Forward and a structurally similar state-level advocacy nonprofit.
• Mass Alliance: A progressive Massachusetts umbrella organization that educates individuals and organizations on effective advocacy, convenes cross-sector coalitions, and develops progressive leaders for local office. Listed by Progressive Mass as a core strategic partner with closely overlapping member and coalition base.
• Raise Up Massachusetts: Coalition of community, faith, and labor organizations focused on building an economy fairer for working and middle-class Massachusetts residents. Progressive Mass holds a formal leadership role on its steering committee, making it a structurally aligned peer in statewide progressive mobilization.
• Common Cause Massachusetts: State affiliate of Common Cause focused on democracy, voting rights, government accountability, and ethics reform. Operates with a similar nonprofit advocacy structure, member base, and accountability-oriented framing in the same Massachusetts political ecosystem.
• MASSPIRG: Statewide public interest research and advocacy organization operating in Massachusetts. Comparable model—grassroots organizing, policy research, citizen lobbying on issues including voting rights, consumer protection, and good government—makes it a strong functional peer.

Emerging players

• NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts: State-level reproductive rights advocacy organization. Shares the progressive advocacy and lobbying playbook but is single-issue focused, making it a partial-overlap peer for Progressive Mass's broader multi-issue agenda.

Broad incumbents

• ACLU of Massachusetts: Statewide affiliate of the ACLU focused on civil liberties and constitutional rights litigation and advocacy. Overlaps with Progressive Mass on several coalition priorities (immigrant rights, criminal justice reform, voting rights) but operates with a broader portfolio and litigates.
• MoveOn: National progressive advocacy and political organizing organization with petition, lobbying, and electoral mobilization capabilities. Comparable in mission and digital organizing approach but operates nationally at much greater scale.
• Indivisible: National progressive grassroots movement built around geographically-defined local chapters, many of which share names with Progressive Mass chapters (e.g., 'Indivisible Cambridge'). Represents the broader nationwide version of Progressive Mass's chapter-based organizing model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/progressivemass
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/progressive-mass

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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