California Young Democrats

What California Young Democrats does

California Young Democrats (CYD) is the official youth arm of the California Democratic Party, a non-profit political organization serving Democrats between the ages of 13 and 35 across California. The organization operates through a decentralized network of over 100 local chapters spanning three chapter types — Young Professionals, College Democrats, and High School Democrats — organized into 11 geographic regions covering all California counties. CYD also maintains 9 statewide affinity caucuses (API, Arab, Black, Environmental, International Relations, Jewish, Latine, LGBTQ+, and Womxns) representing specific demographic and policy communities within the organization.

CYD's core offerings include a formal candidate endorsement program covering statewide constitutional offices through municipal and school board races, a biennial policy platform last amended October 25, 2025, statewide committee appointments (Judicial, Platform, Political Affairs, Policy and Legislation), and an annual State Endorsing Convention and State Leadership Committee meeting. The organization uses no proprietary technology platform; its infrastructure relies on third-party tools including Squarespace for the website, ActBlue for political donations, Airtable for chartering application management, and Google Forms for verification processes. The website is described as #PoppyPowered by Golden State Public Affairs.

CYD's revenue derives from small-dollar political donations collected through ActBlue (registered with FEC ID #C00632281 and FPPC ID #810710) and chapter membership/chartering fees. Membership automatically confers membership to the Young Democrats of America, creating a local-to-national organizing pipeline. The organization is headquartered in Long Beach, California, with 14 employees and an Executive Board comprising 10 elected executive officers, 11 Regional Directors, and the Presidents of the California College Democrats and California High School Democrats.

Name

California Young Democrats

Legal name

California Young Democrats

Website

https://cayoungdems.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

California Young Democrats is the official youth arm of the California Democratic Party, organizing Democrats ages 13-35 through 100+ local chapters across 11 regions and 9 affinity caucuses statewide, conducting endorsements, platform development, and political mobilization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Party Organization

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Leadership, Civic Education & Service-Learning Nonprofits (BPAGADAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

Keywords

• Youth political organizing
• Democratic party advocacy
• Candidate endorsements
• Grassroots political engagement
• Political chapter network

Headquarters

HQ city

Long Beach

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. Donations and Campaign Contributions: CYD collects political donations through ActBlue, a Democratic fundraising platform. The organization is registered with the FEC (FEC ID #C00632281) and FPPC (FPPC ID #810710), indicating it engages in regulated political fundraising. Donations support CYD's political operations, candidate endorsements, and organizational activities.
2. Chapter Membership Fees: Chapters are required to submit membership rosters and comply with verification processes. The chartering process references membership fees and notes that no refund of membership fees will be granted for entries removed through the verification process, indicating chapters or individual members pay fees to CYD for chartering and membership.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

California Young Democrats is the official youth arm of the California Democratic Party, serving Democrats aged 13-35 through a network of 100+ local chapters and 9 statewide caucuses. It conducts political endorsements, sets policy platforms, charters and credentials local chapters, and provides a pipeline from local activism to the Young Democrats of America. The organization operates as a non-profit political committee registered with the FEC and FPPC.

Product overview

The California Young Democrats (CYD) is a youth-led political organization serving as the official youth arm of the California Democratic Party. CYD operates as a unified advocacy organization rather than a technology product company. Its core offerings consist of: a chapter network of over 100 local chapters organized across 11 regions, nine special-interest caucuses representing diverse communities, a formal candidate endorsement program covering statewide to municipal races, a policy platform addressing economic justice, democracy, housing, healthcare and environmental issues, chapter chartering and credentialing services, statewide committee appointments, and member communications via newsletter. CYD is not a technology product company and does not offer software products, APIs, or AI-powered features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• API Caucus: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus representing API communities within CYD
• Arab Caucus
• Black Caucus
• Environmental Caucus
• International Relations Caucus
• Jewish Caucus
• Latine Caucus
• LGBTQ+ Caucus
• Womxns Caucus

Products and services

• Chapter Network Over 100 chartered local chapters across California including Young Professionals Chapters, College Democrats chapters, and High School Democrats chapters, organized into 11 regions covering all California counties. Each chapter requires a minimum of 10 unique members aged 13-35 and operates autonomously within CYD Bylaws.
• Caucus Program Statewide affinity caucuses representing diverse communities: API Caucus, Arab Caucus, Black Caucus, Environmental Caucus, International Relations Caucus, Jewish Caucus, Latine Caucus, LGBTQ+ Caucus, and Womxns Caucus. Each caucus has a chair and dedicated contact for members across chapters.
• Candidate Endorsements Formal political endorsement process for Democratic candidates running in statewide constitutional offices, congressional races, California State Legislature seats, municipal races, and school/college board elections. Endorsements are voted on at the annual State Endorsing Convention.
• Policy Platform Official policy platform covering economic justice, democracy protection, housing, healthcare, civil rights, environmental policy, and international relations. Amended biennially through the Platform Committee process.
• Chapter Chartering Program Formal chartering process for new local chapters and caucuses, including membership verification, credentials assignment, and delegate allocation based on verified membership totals. Applications are submitted via Airtable; charters are valid through the next State Leadership Committee Meeting.
• Statewide Committee Appointments Statewide committees including the Judicial Committee, Platform Committee, Political Affairs Committee, and Policy and Legislation Committee, through which CYD members influence organizational policy and legislative positions. Members are appointed via the appointments process.
• State Endorsing Convention & State Leadership Committee Meetings Annual State Endorsing Convention and State Leadership Committee (SLC) meetings, hosted in rotating California cities. At the February 2026 convention, 95 chapters and caucuses were chartered and statewide endorsements were voted on. The 2026 SLC is scheduled for San Diego.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,000,000+ California Democrats under age 36 represented
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Young Democrats of America (YDA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCYD provides automatic membership to the Young Democrats of America for all its members. Through this local-to-national model, young Democrats from California and across the country join together to advance progressive ideals, support common goals, and elect Democrats up and down the ballot. YDA is the national umbrella organization for state-level Young Democrat organizations.
• California Democratic PartycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCYD is the official youth arm of the California Democratic Party. CYD operates within the Party structure and requires chapters to comply with California Democratic Party requirements. CYD's chartering process requires verification of chapter membership per California Democratic Party rules. The organization provides the youth voting bloc for the CDP.
• Golden State Public AffairsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe CYD website is powered by Golden State Public Affairs (#PoppyPowered). Golden State Public Affairs is a California-focused political consulting and public affairs firm that provides the technology infrastructure powering CYD's digital presence.
• ActBlueminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCYD uses ActBlue's secure fundraising platform for collecting donations and campaign contributions. ActBlue is a Democratic fundraising platform that enables organizations like CYD to process political donations. CYD's FEC ID is C00632281 and FPPC ID is 810710.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• California Democratic Party: The parent state party of which CYD is the official youth arm. Operates across all age groups and policy domains; CYD's chartering and endorsement processes must comply with CDP rules, making it the defining broad-incumbent peer.
• Young Democrats of America: The national umbrella organization for state-level Young Democrat organizations. CYD provides automatic YDA membership to all of its members, making YDA both a parent affiliate and the closest broad-incumbent peer operating in the same youth-political-organizing category.

Direct peers

• Texas Young Democrats: State-level youth arm of the Texas Democratic Party, serving young Democrats through local chapters and state conventions. Directly comparable to CYD in mission, structure, and member demographics, operating in a parallel state-party context.
• New York State Young Democrats: Official youth caucus of the New York State Democratic Committee, organizing young Democrats through chapters, endorsements, and conventions. Closely comparable to CYD in governance model, age range, and political-organizing function.
• College Democrats of America: The national federation of college-level Democratic organizations. Comparable to CYD's California College Democrats sub-brand at the national level, with parallel chapter structure and conventions.
• Florida Young Democrats: Youth arm of the Florida Democratic Party, with local chapters, conventions, and endorsements. Operates a near-identical model to CYD in a different but equally large state, making it a strong direct peer.
• California Young Republicans: The youth arm of the California Republican Party. Operates a parallel youth-political-organizing structure to CYD on the opposite side of the political spectrum, with chapters, conventions, and endorsements across the same 13–35 age range.

Regional players

• Democratic Party of Wisconsin – Young Democrats: The youth Democrats organization within the Wisconsin Democratic Party structure. Operates a similar chapter-and-convention model to CYD but serves a single Midwestern state rather than a large coastal state, making it a useful regional comparable.

Emerging players

• California High School Democrats: The high-school-chapter arm of CYD, also represented on the CYD Executive Board. Provides earliest-pipeline youth political engagement and is structurally analogous to (though legally distinct from) a college Democrats chapter.
• California College Democrats: The college-chapter arm of CYD, with its own president sitting on the CYD Executive Board. Operates within CYD's structure but as a distinct sub-organization focused specifically on collegiate organizing — making it an internal emerging-style peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cayoungdems

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

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