What Ohio Voice does

Ohio Voice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit civic engagement organization that operates as a statewide "c3 table" — a coalition-building intermediary serving 39 partner organizations across Ohio. Founded in 2008 as an Ohio affiliate of the national State Voices network, the organization provides shared infrastructure to progressive civic groups, including access to the Voter Activation Network (VAN) for voter data and contact management, data analysis, strategic communications, training and leadership development, and fiscal sponsorship. Its core programmatic offering is regranting of donor funds to partners, having moved $2M+ in the 2018–2023 period and $1.6M+ in 2024 alone, alongside programs such as the Vision for Ohio Fellowship, the Ohio Movement Builders monthly donor program, and the Ballot Incubation initiative.

The organization's business model is donor-funded: revenue is sourced from individual donors (including recurring monthly givers through Ohio Movement Builders), foundation grants, and pass-through regranting rather than earned fees. Operations are supported by a staff of 8–13 and a 200+ active volunteer texting team, with the organization headquartered in Ohio and engaged in statewide as well as Columbus-municipal civic and policy work. Recent campaigns include Citizens Not Politicians (2024), Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom (2023), and the Columbus Safety Collective Campaign (2025), while the Ohio Public Safety Transformation Studio (2022) coordinates work across 16 partner organizations.

Ohio Voice's customer base is not commercial; rather, it serves dual downstream audiences — partner organizations (which receive capacity, data, fiscal sponsorship, and regrants) and Ohio voters / underrepresented communities (which are the targets of mobilization, civic engagement, and policy advocacy campaigns). The model creates a distribution and coordination hub for the Ohio progressive ecosystem, with brand and methodology drawing on the broader State Voices national network.

Name

Ohio Voice

Legal name

Ohio Voice

Website

https://ohvoice.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ohio Voice is a 501(c)(3) civic engagement "table" that provides 39 Ohio partner organizations with VAN voter-data access, data analysis, communications, training, fiscal sponsorship, and regranting to build progressive civic power statewide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Engagement Services

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (81341), Social Advocacy Organizations (81331)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Civic Education & Community Engagement (Voting, Local Government) (EDAAAFAC)

Keywords

• Civic engagement services
• Voter outreach
• Grassroots organizing
• Nonprofit capacity building
• Progressive coalition

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Ohio Voice raises money for ecosystem goals and collective plans, then regrants resources to partners. They operate as a 501(c)(3) organization and receive donations through platforms like ActBlue. 100% of donations go directly to groups on the ground.
2. Regranting Program: Ohio Voice raises money for ecosystem goals and collective plans, then regrants resources to partners based on available funds. Between 2018 and 2023, they regranted over $2 million. In 2024 alone, they regranted more than $1.6 million for direct voter contact, campaigns, and projects.
3. Monthly Donor Program (Ohio Movement Builders): Monthly donors who fund and support BIPOC and working class organizations building progressive power. Monthly small donors contribute to the progressive grassroots ecosystem of giving.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Ohio Voice operates as a civic engagement table providing capacity support to 39 progressive nonprofit partner organizations across Ohio. Services include data and technology access (VAN administration, voter contact tracking), communications and narrative strategy support, trainings and fellowships (Vision for Ohio Fellowship), regranting of funds raised through donations (over $2M between 2018-2023, $1.6M+ in 2024), and fiscal sponsorship for new 501(c)(3) organizations.

Product overview

Ohio Voice operates as a civic engagement table (c3 organization), functioning as an affiliate of State Voices nationally since 2008. The organization is not a technology product company but rather provides a suite of programmatic services to progressive nonprofit partners across Ohio. Core offerings include: Data and Technology Services (providing VAN access and analytics), Communications Support (media, digital strategies, storytelling), Trainings and Fellowships (Lunch & Learns, leadership development programs like Vision for Ohio Fellowship), Regrants Program (moving resources to partners; over $2M between 2018-2023, $1.6M+ in 2024 alone), and Fiscal Sponsorship Services. The organization also convenes coalitions including the Ohio Voter Rights Coalition and Ohio Fair Courts Alliance. Additionally, Ohio Voice supports ballot initiatives and campaign efforts, operates the Ohio Movement Builders monthly donor program, and produces the What's Good Ohio?! podcast. In 2024, Ohio Voice tracked 4,011,714 contact attempts—the most voter contact ever tracked in Ohio's c3 VAN—with 39 partners coordinating on voter contact, collective planning, regranting, voter engagement, and narrative strategy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ohio Voter Rights Coalition: A network of non-partisan local, state, and national voting advocates dedicated to ensuring elections are modern, secure and accessible to all Ohioans.
• Ohio Fair Courts Alliance
• What's Good Ohio?! Podcast

Products and services

• Civic Engagement Table Services Ohio Voice operates as Ohio's designated 'c3 table' or civic engagement table, providing capacity support to nonprofit partners including data and technology access, communications support, training and fellowships, regrants, and fiscal sponsorship.
• Data and Technology Services Provides partner organizations access to VAN (Voter Activation Network) and other critical tools, data analysis about demographics, voter registration, and voter turnout to help reach target audiences through canvassing, phonebanking, and text outreach.
• Communications Support Helps partners communicate their message through earned media pitching, LTEs and op-eds, communications and digital strategies, storytelling practices, and statewide narrative power building.
• Trainings and Fellowships Connects organizers with tools, ideas, and strategies through monthly Lunch & Learns and regular trainings on organizing concepts. Includes leadership development programs such as the Vision for Ohio Fellowship.
• Regrants Program Raises money for ecosystem goals and collective plans, then regrants resources to partners. Between 2018 and 2023, regranted over $2 million; in 2024 alone, regranted more than $1.6 million.
• Fiscal Sponsorship and Management Offers financial incubation services including low cost-of-access accounting and organizational development support for new 501(c)(3) organizations.
• Ohio Voter Rights Coalition A network of non-partisan local, state, and national voting advocates dedicated to ensuring elections are modern, secure and accessible. Runs Ohio's Election Protection program and works on voting reforms, voter education, voter registration, jail voting, fair district maps, and campaign finance reform.
• Ohio Fair Courts Alliance Partnership between Ohio Voice and Common Cause Ohio to build a court system with diverse judges who decide cases on merits. Includes a speakers bureau and citizen action motivation for court strengthening.
• Ballot Incubation Identifies and supports ballot initiative efforts, laying foundation for statewide or local ballot initiatives through initial polling and partner mobilization.
• Campaign Support Supports campaigns through every phase from clipboard to ballot. Recent campaigns include Issue 10 (Akron, 2022), One Person One Vote (Ohio, 2023), Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom (Ohio, 2023), People's Budget Cleveland Issue 38 (2023), Citizens Not Politicians (2024), and Columbus Safety Collective Campaign (2025).
• Ohio Movement Builders Monthly donor program funding BIPOC and working class organizations building progressive power. Donors help partners hire canvass teams, provide tech, data, training, and strategic support to Ohio organizations.
• What's Good Ohio?! Podcast A podcast project of Ohio Voice and Policy Matters Ohio that uplifts the work and stories of organizers and activists around the state building collective power year-round.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4,011,714 voter contact attempts tracked in 2024 (most ever in Ohio's c3 VAN)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• State VoicesflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational affiliate relationship since 2008. State Voices is a national network that connects state-level civic engagement tables. Ohio Voice serves as Ohio's c3 table within this network, benefiting from shared resources, best practices, and national coordination on progressive civic engagement initiatives.
• Ohio Voter Rights CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOhio Voice co-leads the Ohio Voter Rights Coalition (OVRC), a network of non-partisan voting advocates dedicated to ensuring elections are modern, secure and accessible. OVRC runs Ohio's Election Protection program and works on voting reforms, voter education, voter registration, jail voting, fair district maps, and campaign finance reform.
• Ohio Fair Courts AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between Ohio Voice and Common Cause Ohio to build a court system that treats all people with dignity, respect, and fairness. They have created a speakers bureau to explain how the court system works and provide a forum for legal and non-legal community members to exchange views.
• Ohio Transformation FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in 2022 to hold the Ohio Public Safety Transformation Studio, working with leaders from 16 organizations to address public safety transformation issues.
• Liberation in a GenerationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in 2022 to hold the Ohio Public Safety Transformation Studio, supporting leaders from 16 organizations in transformation work.
• SpadeWorkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in 2023 for a two-part organizing program with 5 fellows, providing leadership development and training support.
• Policy Matters OhiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-producer of the 'What's Good Ohio?!' podcast, a project that tells the world what's good in Ohio by uplifting the work and stories of organizers and activists around the state building collective power year-round.
• Midwest AcademyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining institution that Alwiyah Shariff has served as a trainer for, providing organizing and leadership development curricula.
• Momentum (training organization)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining institution that Alwiyah Shariff has served as a trainer for, providing organizing and leadership development.
• WildFire (training organization)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining institution that Alwiyah Shariff has served as a trainer for, providing organizing and leadership development.
• Ohio Census Advocacy CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition in 2020 to ensure a fair and accurate census count in Ohio. Ohio Voice funded 35 organizations and provided resources, digital tools, platforms, and meeting space for all organizations doing Census work.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights12 records

Direct peers

• Michigan Voice: Michigan's state-level civic engagement table and State Voices affiliate. Closely comparable to Ohio Voice in mission, structure, and operating model — coordinates a coalition of progressive nonprofits, provides VAN access, regrants resources, and builds year-round civic engagement capacity.
• Pennsylvania Voice: Pennsylvania's state-level civic engagement table. Comparable to Ohio Voice as a coalition hub supporting voting rights, voter registration, and progressive civic engagement through a network of partner organizations.
• Wisconsin Voices: Wisconsin's state-level civic engagement table and State Voices affiliate. Operates with the same c3 table model — coordinating nonprofit partners, providing data and technology support, and regranting to progressive civic engagement organizations.
• New Florida Majority: State-level progressive civic engagement organization in Florida. Directly comparable to Ohio Voice in year-round organizing with underrepresented communities, voter registration, and coalition-based power-building.
• New Virginia Majority: State-level progressive civic engagement organization in Virginia. Direct peer to Ohio Voice in mission and operating model — year-round organizing with underrepresented communities, voter mobilization, and coalition coordination.

Broad incumbents

• Faith in Action: National 501(c)(3) network of faith-based community organizations doing civic engagement, voter mobilization, and policy advocacy. Comparable to Ohio Voice in mission and year-round grassroots organizing model, though operating at a larger multi-state scale.
• Center for Popular Democracy: National network of progressive community organizations working on economic and racial justice. Comparable to Ohio Voice in coalition-building, leadership development, and regranting functions, though at a larger multi-state scale.
• State Voices: National network of state-level civic engagement tables of which Ohio Voice is an Ohio affiliate. Directly comparable as the parent organization coordinating the same model of shared data, regranting, and partner capacity-building across multiple states.
• People's Action: National network of grassroots progressive organizations doing civic engagement, housing, and economic justice work. Comparable to Ohio Voice in coalition leadership, training programs, and statewide organizing infrastructure.

Emerging players

• Working Families Party: Multiracial progressive political party active in Ohio (since 2017) and other states. Comparable to Ohio Voice in grassroots organizing mission and shared partner ecosystem — Alwiyah Shariff previously served as National Membership Coordinator there.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ohiovoicec3
• Instagraminstagram.com/ohiovoice
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ohio-voice

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

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