Convention of States

What Convention of States does

Convention of States Action (operating as Convention of States, COSAction, or COSA) is a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization founded in 2013 and headquartered in Houston, Texas. Its mission is to mobilize state legislatures to call an Article V convention of the United States for the purpose of proposing constitutional amendments that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit its power and jurisdiction, and impose term limits on federal officials and members of Congress. The organization operates as a grassroots civic movement rather than a technology company: it runs a petition platform that collects signatures from individual citizens and routes them to state legislators, a volunteer management system organizing District Captains and state-level leaders across all 50 states, and educational products including the Article V Pocket Guide, COS Simulation, and COS University.

The core "product" is the petition infrastructure and the political coalition behind it, supplemented by email and SMS outreach, a merchandise store, and a Patriots Club recurring-donor membership. Revenue is generated entirely through grassroots donations from individual supporters — there is no enterprise sales motion, no SaaS pricing, and no disclosed financial metrics. Reported scale exceeds 5 million supporters and 2.8 million petition signatures, with over a dozen states having passed COS resolutions since the movement's launch. Leadership includes co-founders Mark Meckler (President) and Michael Farris (Senior Advisor), Chairman Eric O'Keefe, former Senator Rick Santorum, former Senator Jim DeMint, former Senator Tom Coburn, and Chief Medical Advisor Jeffery Barke. The organization's strategic posture is heavily shaped by endorsements from national conservative media figures (Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, Ben Shapiro) and elected officials, with recent political endorsements including Governor Ron DeSantis, Senator Rand Paul, and Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance.

Name

Convention of States

Legal name

Convention of States Action

Website

https://conventionofstates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Convention of States Action is a 501(c)(4) grassroots advocacy organization that mobilizes citizens and state legislators to call an Article V constitutional convention to impose fiscal restraints, limit federal power, and impose term limits. It operates a petition platform and volunteer network across all 50 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic and Political Advocacy

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ)

Keywords

• Civic advocacy
• Constitutional reform
• Grassroots mobilization
• Political petition platform
• Article V campaign

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston, Texas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations from supporters: The organization is funded by thousands of everyday patriots who make donations to support the movement. The website prominently features donation options including a Patriots Club membership.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Convention of States Action is a grassroots civic advocacy organization that operates a digital petition platform enabling U.S. citizens to sign and submit Article V convention petitions to state legislators calling for a convention to propose constitutional amendments on fiscal restraints, federal power limits, and term limits. The organization mobilizes a nationwide volunteer network and is funded by individual donations and Patriots Club recurring memberships from everyday supporters.

Product overview

Convention of States Action (COSA) operates a petition and grassroots advocacy platform focused on calling an Article V convention to propose constitutional amendments. The core offering is a digital petition platform that collects signatures to deliver to state legislators. Supporting this platform are volunteer management tools (District Captain Program, State Leadership Network), educational resources (Article V Pocket Guide, COS Simulation, COS University training), communication channels (email newsletters, SMS updates), and a merchandise store. The organization does not operate as a technology platform with multiple product modules in a traditional SaaS sense, but rather as a civic engagement movement with integrated digital tools for petition collection, volunteer coordination, and public education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Patriots Club: A donor membership program for supporters who make recurring contributions to the organization.

Products and services

• Article V Petition Platform Digital petition platform enabling U.S. citizens to sign and submit petitions to their state legislators calling for an Article V convention to propose constitutional amendments on fiscal restraints, federal power limits, and term limits. Petitions are delivered free of charge to state legislators.
• Patriots Club

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Citizens for Self-GovernancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOS was co-founded in 2013 by Mark Meckler along with constitutional attorney Michael Farris under Citizens for Self-Governance. This is the parent/affiliated organization that houses Convention of States Action.
• Tea Party PatriotscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMark Meckler co-founded Tea Party Patriots, whose 23 million volunteers organized one of the most dramatic swings of congressional power in U.S. history. Tea Party Patriots is a related grassroots organization in the same political movement.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC): Conservative state-legislator organization that drafts model legislation and coordinates influence at the state legislative level. Highly comparable state-legislative engagement model and overlapping conservative policy agenda.
• Americans for Prosperity: Major grassroots conservative advocacy organization with state-level volunteer networks and policy campaigns on federalism, fiscal restraint, and limited government. Highly comparable donor-funded advocacy model.
• Tea Party Patriots: Grassroots conservative advocacy organization co-founded by COS President Mark Meckler. Operates a similarly structured volunteer mobilization and donor-funded model targeting federal government overreach, making it the closest peer in mission, leadership, and GTM motion.
• Citizens for Self-Governance: Parent/affiliated organization that co-founded COS in 2013 with Mark Meckler and Eric O'Keefe. Operates a parallel grassroots conservative movement model with overlapping volunteer networks, board members, and donor base.
• Club for Growth: Conservative advocacy organization promoting limited government, fiscal restraint, and term limits through political spending and grassroots mobilization. Directly overlaps with two of COS's three core amendment topics (fiscal restraint and term limits).
• Alliance Defending Freedom: Conservative legal advocacy organization previously led by COS co-founder Michael Farris (2017-2022). Shares constitutional advocacy mission, conservative donor base, and senior leadership network.
• Eagle Forum: Long-standing grassroots conservative advocacy organization focused on constitutional originalism, limited government, and family values. Shares donor-funded mobilization model and target audience.
• FreedomWorks: Grassroots conservative advocacy nonprofit focused on limiting federal government power, fiscal responsibility, and free-market policy. Shares COS's target audience, donor base, and volunteer-driven advocacy model.

Broad incumbents

• Heritage Foundation: Prominent conservative think tank whose former president (Jim DeMint) is a COS advisor. Operates a much broader policy portfolio than COS but shares the federalism and limited-government ideological agenda and donor ecosystem.

Others

• Federalist Society:

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/COSProject
• Facebookfacebook.com/conventionofstates
• Instagraminstagram.com/conventionofstates
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/convention-of-states

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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