Fair Share

What Fair Share does

Fair Share is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded in 2007 that campaigns for economic fairness, consumer protection, and corporate accountability. Its advocacy portfolio spans healthcare cost transparency (including the No Surprises Act and Medicare site neutral payment reform), Right to Repair legislation, consumer data and credit protection, corporate tax fairness (including the Corporate Transparency Act), campaign finance reform, and most recently broadband access expansion. The organization operates through grassroots mobilization, petition drives, electoral endorsements, and coalition-based campaigns, serving the general population of U.S. consumers with a stated mission to ensure everyone gets, does, and pays their fair share.

Fair Share does not develop or sell technology products. Its operations center on policy research, issue advocacy, voter registration drives, and coalition leadership, including a steering committee role in the FACT Coalition and close collaboration with PIRG, U.S. PIRG network, and state affiliates including Colorado Fair Share and Arizona Fair Share Education Fund. The organization is part of The Progressive Future Network, a coalition of progressive advocacy organizations, and maintains a sister 501(c)(3) entity, Fair Share Education Fund, that conducts independent research and educational campaigns.

Revenue is generated exclusively through individual member contributions, donations, and membership fees, with no commercial products, services, or pricing tiers. Headcount is reported at 11-50 employees, and the organization's documented policy outcomes include passage of the No Surprises Act and the Corporate Transparency Act, endorsement of 48 federal candidates in 2016 (32 wins), registration of more than 1 million new voters through the Community Voters Project between 2008 and 2018, and advancement of Right to Repair laws in over a dozen states covering more than 25% of Americans by January 2026.

Name

Fair Share

Legal name

Fair Share

Website

https://fairshareonline.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fair Share is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that campaigns for healthcare cost transparency, right to repair, corporate tax fairness, and consumer protection, serving U.S. consumers through grassroots mobilization and coalition-led policy advocacy.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

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GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Member contributions and donations: Fair Share generates revenue through individual member contributions, donations, and membership fees. The organization operates a membership and automatic giving program, and accepts financial contributions through its website. As a nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization, it does not sell products or services.

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Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fair Share is a nonprofit advocacy organization that campaigns for economic fairness and policy reform on issues affecting U.S. consumers, including surprise medical billing, junk fees, predatory financial practices, data privacy, the right to repair, corporate tax avoidance, and campaign finance. It mobilizes grassroots supporters, endorses political candidates, conducts independent research, and works through coalitions to influence federal and state legislation.

Product overview

Fair Share is a consumer advocacy organization focused on economic fairness and policy advocacy, not a technology product company. The organization does not offer commercial products or services; instead, it conducts advocacy campaigns on issues including consumer protection, right to repair, healthcare cost transparency, data privacy, corporate tax fairness, and campaign finance reform.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1 million surprise medical bills per month eliminated following passage of the No Surprises Act, which Fair Share helped enact.
• +5 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• FACT Coalition (Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFair Share is a steering committee member of the FACT Coalition, a nonpartisan alliance of over 100 state, national, and international organizations working to end anonymous shell companies, offshore tax havens, and corporate tax avoidance. Fair Share contributed research ('Anonymity Overdose,' 2016) and organizing expertise to the coalition's multi-year campaign culminating in passage of the Corporate Transparency Act.
• Fair Share Education FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFair Share Education Fund is Fair Share's sister 501(c)(3) organization. It promotes economic fairness through independent research, practical ideas, effective educational campaigns, and grassroots outreach. The two organizations collaborate on research reports and advocacy campaigns.
• The Progressive Future NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFair Share is part of The Progressive Future Network, a network of progressive advocacy organizations. The network provides organizational infrastructure and shared resources for collective advocacy efforts.
• Colorado Fair SharecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColorado Fair Share is a state affiliate of Fair Share, operating as a separate but aligned organization that addresses issues specific to Colorado residents including broadband access, healthcare costs, and campaign finance reform at the state level.
• PIRG (Public Interest Research Group)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFair Share works closely with PIRG on shared advocacy campaigns, particularly around Right to Repair, consumer protection, and healthcare cost reform. PIRG serves as a reporting partner for Fair Share updates on Right to Repair legislation and other consumer issues.
• Community Voters ProjectmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFair Share Education Fund ran large-scale voter registration and civic engagement campaigns through the Community Voters Project between 2008 and 2018, helping register more than 1,000,000 new African-American, Latino, and youth voters.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Consumer Reports: Large consumer-advocacy and product-testing organization with broader scope than Fair Share (includes product reviews and ratings). Highly comparable consumer-protection mission but operates as a much larger incumbent with paid membership and a testing lab.

Direct peers

• Economic Policy Institute: Nonprofit think tank focused on economic inequality, wages, and corporate accountability. Directly comparable economic-fairness advocacy and federal policy influence.
• Public Citizen: Nonprofit consumer and democracy advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, DC, lobbying on healthcare, trade, and corporate accountability. Comparable size, mission, and federal-level advocacy model.
• Common Cause: Government-accountability and campaign-finance-reform nonprofit that overlaps Fair Share's democracy and anti-corporate-spending agenda. Operates with state affiliates in a similar hub-and-spoke model.
• U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group): National consumer and public-interest advocacy nonprofit that runs grassroots campaigns on Right to Repair, healthcare costs, and financial protection. Already an explicit Fair Share reporting partner, making it the most directly comparable organization.
• People For the American Way: Progressive advocacy organization focused on economic fairness, judiciary, and corporate accountability. Comparable advocacy methodology, member-funding model, and Washington, DC operational base.
• Americans for Financial Reform: Coalition-based nonprofit advocating for Wall Street accountability, consumer financial protection, and banking reform. Overlaps Fair Share's credit-card-fee, CFPB, and predatory-lending campaigns.
• Demos: Public-policy organization advocating for economic fairness, racial equity, and democracy reform. Comparable mission and DC-based advocacy + research model.
• Center for American Progress: Progressive policy think tank and advocacy organization based in Washington, DC, working on economic fairness, healthcare, and democracy reform. Similar federal-level policy advocacy footprint, larger research operation.

Emerging players

• FACT Coalition: Nonpartisan alliance of 100+ organizations working on anonymous shell companies and offshore tax avoidance — the very vehicle through which Fair Share helped pass the Corporate Transparency Act. Closest peer at the coalition level rather than the org level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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