What Massachusetts Peace Action does

Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit peace and justice advocacy organization headquartered at 1991 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA. Founded in 1997 and operating with 13 staff, MAPA develops sustained political power to advance a more just and peaceful U.S. foreign policy. The organization runs 13+ volunteer-driven working groups covering Nuclear Disarmament, the Middle East and Palestine/Israel, Latin America/Caribbean, No War with China, Books Not Bombs, Fund Healthcare Not Warfare, Peace & Climate, Racial Justice/Indigenous Solidarity, and No Cold War. Its core programmatic outputs include the Peace Voter candidate endorsement program, the Peace Advocate newsletter, petitions, legislative advocacy (e.g., 2026 NDAA campaign, PROTECT Act), educational webinars, rallies, and coalition-coordinated campaigns with 57 allied organizations.

MAPA's underlying technology is minimal and undifferentiated for its sector: a WordPress-based website (masspeaceaction.org), EveryAction for email list management, and standard social media presence on Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, and TikTok. There are no proprietary products, APIs, or AI/ML capabilities disclosed; the organization is a service/community entity rather than a technology company. Its distribution is multi-channel (web, email, social, in-person events) and its core operations are organizing- and mobilization-centric.

The business model is a nonprofit donation-and-membership model. Revenue streams include one-time donations, recurring automatic donations, memberships (annual/ongoing financial support), and newsletter subscriptions — all voluntary contributions from supporters. There is no commercial pricing, no transactional revenue, and no disclosed foundation or institutional grant funding in the source material. Customer segments are peace and justice activists, progressive Massachusetts voters, and volunteer organizers; the served population is the Massachusetts progressive activist base plus national coalition partners.

Name

Massachusetts Peace Action

Legal name

Massachusetts Peace Action

Website

https://masspeaceaction.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) is a nonpartisan nonprofit founded in 1997 in Cambridge, MA, that mobilizes members through volunteer working groups, candidate endorsements, and coalition campaigns to advance a more just and peaceful U.S. foreign policy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Advocacy Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Political Organizations (813940), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ), Peace, Security & Arms Control Organizations (BPADAAAF)

Keywords

• Peace advocacy
• Anti-war organizing
• Nuclear disarmament
• Political endorsements
• Grassroots activism

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridge

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: MAPA accepts one-time donations and automatic recurring donations from supporters. Donations can be made through their website to sustain the organization's peace and justice organizing, public education, and campaigns.
2. Membership: Individuals can become members of MAPA to sustain year-round organizing, public education, and campaigns for peace and justice. Membership involves annual or ongoing financial support.
3. Newsletter subscriptions: The organization operates The Peace Advocate newsletter, distributed to supporters and subscribers for updates on actions, rallies, events, and webinars.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Massachusetts Peace Action is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization that mobilizes members and supporters through volunteer-driven working groups, political candidate endorsements via the Peace Voter program, public education (the Peace Advocate newsletter and webinars), rallies and events, and coalition lobbying campaigns. Its core focus is building sustained political power in Massachusetts to advance a more just and peaceful U.S. foreign policy, including nuclear disarmament, opposition to wars, and redirecting military spending to human needs.

Product overview

Massachusetts Peace Action is a nonprofit advocacy organization that offers peace and justice organizing programs including working groups on nuclear disarmament, Middle East issues, Palestine/Israel, Latin America, healthcare vs warfare, climate, racial justice, and No Cold War campaigns. The organization operates the Peace Voter political endorsement program, publishes the Peace Advocate newsletter, provides educational resources and petitions for advocacy, and organizes events, webinars, volunteer opportunities, and membership programs. These are social/political programs rather than technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Membership Program Annual or ongoing membership that provides supporters with sustained engagement in MAPA's peace and justice organizing, public education, and advocacy campaigns. Available to individuals via the organization's website.
• Peace Voter Political Endorsement Program Program that evaluates and endorses political candidates committed to peace, diplomacy, and redirecting military spending to human needs. Provides Massachusetts voters with vetted electoral guidance, including endorsements of candidates for U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, and state legislature.
• Peace Advocate Newsletter Recurring newsletter publication that delivers updates on MAPA's actions, rallies, events, webinars, and advocacy campaigns to subscribers and supporters.
• Issue Working Groups Volunteer-led working groups focused on specific peace and justice issues where members organize, strategize, and coordinate advocacy campaigns. Groups meet regularly (often monthly via Zoom) and are open to active members and supporters.
• Events and Webinars Program Program of in-person and virtual educational events including rallies, vigils (such as Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki), film screenings, back yard parties, and webinars featuring expert speakers on peace and justice topics.
• Volunteer Program Volunteer engagement program that recruits supporters to contribute skills to MAPA's outreach, events, communications, and campaign activities.
• Internship Program Internship program offering hands-on experience in peace and justice advocacy, organizing, and nonprofit operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 180,000+ people mobilized at single Boston rally event
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Peace ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeace Action is the parent/national organization of Massachusetts Peace Action. MAPA participates in national Peace Action campaigns and shares resources with the parent organization.
• United for Justice with PeacecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Massachusetts coalition partner for peace and justice organizing in the Boston area.
• Mass AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMassachusetts statewide coalition of progressive organizations working together on shared advocacy priorities.
• Budget for AllminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition focused on redirecting military spending to human needs, aligned with MAPA's Fund People Not the Pentagon priorities.
• Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free WorldcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition partner focused on nuclear disarmament, aligning with MAPA's Nuclear Disarmament working group priorities.
• Raise Up MassachusettsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition focused on economic justice issues including raising revenue for public services, complementary to MAPA's Fund Healthcare Not Warfare priorities.
• End the OccupationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition partner focused on ending Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, aligned with MAPA's Palestine/Israel working group.
• Fund Our Communities Not WarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition focused on redirecting military spending to community needs, aligned with MAPA's advocacy priorities.
• 57 Organizations (Massachusetts and National Coalition)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMAPA coordinated with 57 organizations (48 Massachusetts organizations including Arlington United for Justice and Peace, Boston Democratic Socialists of America, Jewish Voice for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, and others, plus 9 national organizations including CODEPINK, National Iranian American Council, Veterans for Peace) to deliver a letter to Senators Markey and Warren calling for an end to the US war on Iran.
• Military Families Speak OutcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational organization of military families co-founded by Nancy Lessin, which collaborates with MAPA on peace advocacy and opposition to wars.
• Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common SecuritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization led by Joseph Gerson (MAPA board member) focused on peace, disarmament, and common security policies.
• Families for Justice as HealingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization led by Andrea James (MAPA-endorsed gubernatorial candidate) focused on criminal justice reform and racial justice, with which MAPA has worked on shared concerns including advocacy around the prison moratorium bill.
• New England Korea Peace CampaignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional coalition in which MAPA participates, focused on peace with Korea.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Veterans For Peace: National organization of military veterans opposing war. Direct peer in anti-war advocacy and a named coalition partner of MAPA's joint Iran letter to Senators Markey and Warren.
• Win Without War: Coalition of progressive organizations advocating a more restrained US foreign policy. Direct peer in anti-war coalition work; both groups focus on Congressional advocacy on military spending and overseas engagements.
• Ploughshares Fund: Foundation funding nuclear disarmament and arms control advocacy. Direct peer in the nuclear disarmament sub-issue space where MAPA operates one of its core working groups.
• Peace Action: National parent organization of Massachusetts Peace Action and the largest US grassroots peace and disarmament network. Direct peer with overlapping campaigns (nuclear disarmament, Iran, military spending) and shared membership infrastructure.
• CODEPINK: Women-led grassroots organization mobilizing against US wars and militarism. Direct peer in anti-war organizing; was named among the national coalition partners MAPA convened on the Iran letter campaign.
• Physicians for Social Responsibility: Physician-led advocacy organization addressing nuclear weapons, climate, and public health threats from militarism. Direct peer in the anti-nuclear and Fund Healthcare Not Warfare thematic areas.
• Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL): Quaker-affiliated lobbying organization advocating for peace, demilitarization, and just foreign policy. Direct peer in legislative advocacy on military spending, nuclear disarmament, and diplomacy.
• American Friends Service Committee (AFSC): Quaker organization promoting peace and social justice through advocacy, organizing, and education. Direct peer in peacebuilding and disarmament work, with overlapping thematic focus on racial justice and immigrant rights.

Broad incumbents

• Council on Foreign Relations: Nonpartisan think tank shaping US foreign policy debate. Broad incumbent operating in the same US foreign-policy space MAPA advocates on, but from an establishment policy research vantage rather than grassroots organizing.
• United States Institute of Peace: Congressionally funded institution working on conflict prevention and peacebuilding globally. Broad incumbent that overlaps thematically with MAPA's peace and disarmament agenda but operates at vastly larger scale with different funding model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/masspeaceaction
• Facebookfacebook.com/MassPeaceAction
• Xx.com/masspeaceaction
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@masspeaceaction
• TikToktiktok.com/@masspeaceaction
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/masspeaceaction

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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