What Activate America does

Activate America is a Political Action Committee (FEC #00640300) founded in 2017 and headquartered in Oakland, California. Originally operating as "Flip the West" through the 2020 cycle, the organization rebranded to Activate America and expanded its scope to national battleground races. Its mission is electing Democrats to the US House and Senate by mobilizing volunteers to reach voters in competitive districts through three core programs: a handwritten Postcard Program (coordinated via the Sincere platform), virtual Phone Banking (using autodialer technology), and Write Congress/Advocacy campaigns. The organization also runs the A-Team program, a coalition of 200+ grassroots partner organizations (including Indivisible, Swing Left, Third Act, and labor groups) that receive tools, training, scripts, and coordination support. Target races are explicitly identified — Senate seats in Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas, plus 15+ battleground House districts.

The organization's business model is donation-based rather than commercial. It raises funds through ActBlue and individual small-dollar contributions; all volunteer programs are free for participants. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, but the organization participated in a $50M joint effort with the Battleground Alliance PAC for 2026 House races. In 2024, Activate America reported 15M+ voter contacts, helping to hold 4 Senate seats in states Trump won, hold 13 battleground House seats, and flip 8 House seats from red to blue. Following the 2025 "Blue Wave" elections in California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, the organization has launched a 2026 Victory Fund. GTM is community-led: grassroots mobilization via website sign-ups (EveryAction), Mobilize.us event coordination, social media (Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky), email/newsletter, and earned media in Politico and political podcasts. The organization has 11–50 employees and is led by co-founder Doug Linney, with Anna serving as Postcard Program Director.

Name

Activate America

Legal name

Activate America

Website

https://activateamerica.vote

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Activate America is a Democratic political organization that mobilizes volunteers for voter outreach via phone banking, handwritten postcards, and advocacy campaigns, coordinating a 200+ partner coalition to flip or hold competitive US House and Senate seats.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Campaign Services

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Direct Mail Advertising (541860)

SIC

Services-Direct Mail Advertising Services (7331), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Political/GOTV & Advocacy Calling (Campaigns) (BPAAADAK), Electoral Support & Election Observation (BPADAGAA)

Keywords

• Voter outreach programs
• Phone banking
• Postcard campaigns
• Electoral organizing
• Volunteer mobilization

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

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

Revenue model

1. Political Donations: The organization raises funds through political donations via ActBlue platform, used to support electoral operations, volunteer programs, and candidate support in target races.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Activate America runs volunteer-driven electoral organizing programs that contact voters in competitive U.S. House and Senate battleground districts. Its core offerings are a handwritten Postcard Program, virtual Phone Banking using autodialers, and a Write Congress/Advocacy letter-writing campaign, supported by an A-Team coalition of 200+ grassroots partner organizations coordinated through the Sincere postcard platform.

Product overview

Activate America is a voter engagement and electoral organizing platform offering a suite of volunteer-powered programs including postcard writing, phone banking, and advocacy letter-writing campaigns. The organization focuses on reaching voters in key battleground districts to flip Republican seats to Democratic or hold vulnerable Democratic seats. Its core products are the Postcard Program, Phone Banking, and Write Congress/Advocacy campaigns, supported by the A-Team partner coalition of over 200 grassroots groups. The service coordinates voter contact operations across Senate and House races in multiple states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Postcard Program Handwritten postcard writing program in which volunteers send pre-scripted messages to voters in key battleground districts to encourage voter turnout; operated at scale via the Sincere platform for distributing campaign information, managing volunteer addresses, and coordinating mailing deadlines.
• Phone Banking Virtual phone banking program that uses automatic dialers to reach voters with critical voting information such as absentee ballot signup and voter ID reminders; designed so volunteers can make calls remotely and maximize efficiency in reaching voters in battleground districts.
• Write Congress / Advocacy Letter-writing campaign that enables volunteers to contact elected representatives on key policy issues, including opposition to military action in Iran and DHS accountability; delivered via online advocacy actions coordinated by Activate America.
• A-Team Partner Program Coalition of over 200 progressive grassroots groups that receive tools, training, scripts, and coordination support from Activate America for electoral organizing, including postcard campaign information via the Sincere platform and joint electoral action support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Flipped 8 battleground US House seats from red-to-blue
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Battleground Alliance PACcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2025A labor-backed coalition that Activate America joined as part of a $50 million effort to flip the House. The PAC is building registration and turnout operations in 37 Republican-held districts, focusing on young people and voters of color through door-knocking and phone-banking.
• GrayPACcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGrayPAC is an A-Team partner group that receives postcard campaign information through the Sincere platform and coordinates postcard writing among its members.
• Indivisible Groups (Multiple)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMultiple Indivisible chapters across the country (Indivisible Chicago, Indivisible Sacramento, Indivisible San Jose, etc.) participate in the A-Team program, receiving tools and coordination for electoral action.
• Swing Left Groups (Multiple)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMultiple Swing Left chapters (Swing Left Marin, Swing Left San Francisco, Swing Left Sacramento, etc.) participate in the A-Team program for electoral organizing in target districts.
• Third Act OrganizationsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThird Act chapters (Third Act Bay Area, Third Act NYC, Third Act AZ, etc.) focused on engaging older progressives in electoral action, part of the A-Team network.
• Labor UnionscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLabor unions are part of the Battleground Alliance PAC $50M effort and provide support for Democratic candidates through organized labor's political infrastructure.
• Environmental OrganizationsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOrganizations like 350 Bay Area Action, Climate Changemakers, Sunrise Bay Area, and Food and Water Action participate in A-Team, bringing environmental activism into electoral organizing.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Swing Left: Swing Left is a grassroots group explicitly focused on flipping the US House from red to blue via volunteer voter-contact; it is already an Activate America A-Team partner, making it the closest direct peer in mission and mechanics.
• NextGen America: NextGen America is a progressive voter-contact and turnout organization focused on young voters and climate-aligned electoral outcomes; overlaps heavily with Activate America's youth/voter-of-color targeting and phone-banking operations.
• When We All Vote: When We All Vote is a nonpartisan voter registration and turnout organization founded by Michelle Obama that drives large-scale civic engagement; comparable mission of voter outreach and turnout at scale via volunteers and partners.
• MoveOn: MoveOn is a large progressive advocacy and political action organization that mobilizes volunteers for petitions, phone banking, and electoral campaigns — directly overlapping with Activate America's postcard/phone-bank volunteer model and progressive donor base.
• Priorities USA: Priorities USA is a major pro-Democratic Super PAC that funds large-scale paid media and voter-contact programs; comparable to Activate America's role in electing Democrats but operates at materially larger scale and focuses more on paid persuasion than volunteer contact.
• Indivisible: Indivisible is a progressive grassroots advocacy network that organizes electoral action through local chapters, including several that are Activate America A-Team partners; comparable volunteer-driven progressive organizing model and donor audience.
• Sister District Project: Sister District Project pairs blue-city volunteers with targeted state-legislative and congressional districts to flip them; similar volunteer-mobilization model, comparable battleground targeting, and shared donor network on the progressive side.
• Battleground Alliance PAC: Battleground Alliance PAC is the labor-backed $50M coalition that Activate America is a member of; as the parent coalition focused on the same 37 Republican-held House districts with phone-banking and door-knocking, it is a direct peer in mission and donor pool.
• Flippable: Flippable is a progressive organization that targets state legislatures and US House races for flipping, using data-driven district selection; highly comparable to Activate America's battleground-targeting methodology and progressive electoral mission.

Broad incumbents

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC): The DCCC is the official Democratic Party campaign arm for House races and operates at vastly larger scale than Activate America but pursues the same goal of flipping and holding Democratic House seats through coordinated voter contact.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/ActivateVote
• Xx.com/activatevote
• Facebookfacebook.com/ActivateAmerica
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/activate-america

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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