Alliance for a Just Society

What Alliance for a Just Society does

Alliance for a Just Society (AJS) is a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1993 by LeeAnn Hall, originally as the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (NWFCO). AJS operates as a national center for innovative organizing and strategy, providing training, political education, coaching, and campaign strategy support to grassroots community organizations, labor unions, racial justice groups, and transit advocates. Its core programs include the National Campaign for Transit Justice (launched 2020, uniting 60+ transit rider organizations that secured $69 billion in federal funding), Communities for Our Colleges (Washington State campaign across 34 community and technical colleges), and the Public Reconstruction project (in partnership with Yale Professor Daniel HoSang). AJS also publishes research reports and studies, including the long-running Job Gap Economic Prosperity Series.

The organization functions as a campaign strategy and capacity-building hub rather than a service vendor, with a small staff (11-50 employees) supporting multiple national and state-level campaigns. AJS maintains a 501(c)(4) sister organization, Just Strategy, which handles political advocacy, while AJS itself operates as a 501(c)(3) public charity funded through tax-deductible donations processed via ActBlue. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The organization has no proprietary technology products and its technical footprint is limited to a WordPress website, email newsletter, and social media channels.

AJS's go-to-market motion is community-led organizing: it collaborates directly with partner organizations to develop campaign strategy, embed racial justice analysis, sharpen messaging, and coordinate coalition advocacy. Its partner network includes prominent national organizations such as the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Race Forward, Center for American Progress (CAP), ROC United, Victory Institute, MHAction, and Illuminative. The organization has played leadership roles in several landmark policy campaigns, including the Affordable Care Act (via Health Care for America Now) and the bipartisan infrastructure bill's transit funding provisions. LeeAnn Hall, who co-founded People's Action in 2014, serves as Executive Director and is the principal architect of the organization's strategic direction.

Name

Alliance for a Just Society

Legal name

Alliance for a Just Society

Website

https://www.allianceforajustsociety.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alliance for a Just Society is a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1993 that provides organizing training, campaign strategy, and political education to community organizations advancing racial and economic justice through national campaigns on transit and higher education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Justice Advocacy & Community Organizing

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB), Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space (BPADAGAD), Youth Leadership, Civic Education & Service-Learning Nonprofits (BPAGADAI)

Keywords

• Community organizing services
• Grassroots campaign strategy
• Political education training
• Social justice advocacy
• Racial equity research

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Philanthropy: AJS is a nonprofit organization that raises funds through tax-deductible donations. The organization mentions specific donation amounts that fund organizing activities ($100 covers a month of cell service for a rural organizer, $1,000 funds a community meeting, $10,000 funds a daylong organizing training). They also appear to receive grants and may have sponsorship arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Alliance for a Just Society is a national nonprofit center that provides training, political education, and mentoring to organizers and movement leaders, while developing and executing strategic issue campaigns for racial, social, and economic justice. It partners with community organizations, labor unions, and racial justice groups to build campaign strategy, develop messaging, and create innovative organizing projects including the National Campaign for Transit Justice, Communities for Our Colleges, and Public Reconstruction.

Product overview

Alliance for a Just Society operates as a national center for innovative organizing and strategy rather than a technology product company. Its core offerings include the National Campaign for Transit Justice (a campaign to save and transform public transit), Communities for Our Colleges (a Washington State campaign for community colleges), and Public Reconstruction (a project focused on public goods and racial justice). Additional offerings include organizing training programs, political education workshops, campaign strategy coaching, and published research reports on social and economic justice issues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• National Campaign for Transit Justice: National Campaign advocating for public transit as a public good at the intersection of mobility, climate, and racial justice. Operating since 2020.
• Communities for Our Colleges
• Public Reconstruction

Products and services

• National Campaign for Transit Justice A national organizing campaign launched in 2020 to save public transit amid the COVID-19 pandemic. AJS built a coalition of over 60 transit rider organizations, national advocates, and transit unions and helped win $69 billion in federal support from Congress. The campaign now works to transform transportation priorities and ensure public transit drives the future of the economy, guided by transit justice principles covering equity, climate, and racial justice.
• Communities for Our Colleges A statewide organizing campaign in Washington State led by AJS that fights for the state's 34 community and technical colleges. The campaign recently won groundbreaking legislation securing millions of dollars for students and campuses, with focus on cost-free college, racial equity, and expanded student services including childcare access for undocumented students.
• Public Reconstruction A strategic project co-led with Yale Professor Daniel HoSang that focuses on reconstructing public goods with an eye toward racial justice. AJS works with community organizations, labor unions, and racial justice organizations to sharpen campaign strategy and develop messaging on public goods.
• Organizing Training Programs Hands-on organizing and strategy training services for movement leaders and community organizations, including workshops on racial justice analysis, political education, coaching, and campaign strategy development to advance the public good.
• Research Publications & Reports Dozens of research reports, studies, and publications on issues crucial to struggling communities, including the Job Gap Economic Prosperity Series spanning over 20 years, plus reports on racial equity, health care, and economic justice.

Quantifiable outcome

• $69 billion in federal support secured for public transit
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

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

• Transit Rider Organizations CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Coalition of over 60 transit rider organizations, national advocates, and transit unions working together in the National Campaign for Transit Justice to save public transit amid the COVID-19 pandemic and transform transportation priorities.
• Race ForwardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRacial justice organization. LeeAnn Hall serves on the board of Race Forward. The organizations have a long-standing collaborative relationship in advancing racial justice organizing.
• NOA (National Organization for Advancement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in the AJS network working on racial and economic justice.
• CANY (Communities for a New York)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in the AJS network focused on community organizing.
• NPH (National People's Action)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational grassroots organization working on economic and racial justice issues.
• IlluminativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization focused on Native American issues and advocacy.
• NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental advocacy organization partnered on climate and environmental justice issues.
• ROC United (Restaurant Opportunities Centers United)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabor organization working to improve wages and working conditions for restaurant workers.
• CAP (Center for American Progress)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgressive think tank focused on policy research and advocacy.
• Victory InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders and advancing equality.
• AFT (American Federation of Teachers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor teachers' union working on education issues including community college advocacy.
• OFW (Organization for Autism Research)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in the AJS network.
• AQE (Alliance for Quality Education)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducation advocacy organization.
• MHAction (Morningside Housing Action)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHousing justice organization.
• Virginia OrganizingmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-level partner in Virginia for workshops including '400 Years of Racism & Resistance in Virginia' workshop conducted by AJS Senior Strategist Libero Della Piana.
• Professor Daniel HoSang, Yale UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-leader of the Public Reconstruction project, bringing academic expertise to the organization's strategic initiatives.
• Transit ColumbuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransit advocacy organization where Stevie Pasamonte, AJS Senior Transit Organizer, serves as board chair and helped win major funding increases for central Ohio public transit.
• Just StrategycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAJS's 501(c)(4) sister organization for political advocacy and campaign work, allowing the organizations to work on both 501(c)(3) charitable activities and 501(c)(4) advocacy.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• People's Action: National network of grassroots organizing groups formed from a 2014 merger co-led by AJS founder LeeAnn Hall. Directly comparable in mission, member-driven organizing model, and policy campaign focus on racial and economic justice.
• Community Change: National racial and economic justice nonprofit (formerly Center for Community Change) supporting grassroots groups. Operates a similar member-network model with parallel focus on training, campaign strategy, and federal policy advocacy.
• Center for Popular Democracy: Progressive organizing network supporting state and local affiliates on racial, economic, and immigrant justice campaigns. Closely comparable in service model — providing campaign strategy, training, and coalition infrastructure to affiliated organizations.
• Faith in Action: Faith-based community organizing network (formerly PICO National Network) running large-scale state and federal campaigns. Comparable as a national organizing center that trains leaders and coordinates multi-state issue campaigns.
• Race Forward: National racial justice organization that AJS partners with and where LeeAnn Hall serves as board treasurer. Directly comparable in producing applied research, training, and movement strategy focused on advancing racial equity.
• Working Families Organization: State-level progressive organizing network focused on economic justice issues including transit, housing, and labor. Comparable as a multi-state organizing entity running electoral and issue campaigns with coalition-driven infrastructure.
• National Domestic Workers Alliance: Federation of affiliate organizations representing domestic workers, using a member-network model for policy advocacy and leadership development. Comparable in structure (national center + affiliate network), training programs, and federal/state campaign focus.

Emerging players

• Movement Strategy Center: Progressive movement support organization providing strategy, research, and infrastructure to movement leaders. Comparable as a smaller-scale training and strategy center serving social justice campaigns, though more focused on Bay Area/state-level work.
• Grassroots Global Justice Alliance: National alliance of US-based grassroots organizations working on economic, environmental, and racial justice. Comparable in coalition-building and training model, though with a stronger international solidarity orientation.
• Drug Policy Alliance: National advocacy organization that combines policy research, state-level campaigns, and federal lobbying on drug policy reform. Comparable as a focused-issue advocacy nonprofit using coalition campaigns, research publications, and training to drive state and federal wins.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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