Coalition for Good Governance

What Coalition for Good Governance does

Coalition for Good Governance (CGG), originally incorporated in 2008 as Rocky Mountain Foundation and rebranded in 2017, is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan nonprofit (EIN 26-3670783) headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It focuses on election security and transparency, primarily in Georgia, through sustained federal litigation, state rulemaking advocacy, and public education. Its core "product" is legal work: CGG originated and has prosecuted the Curling v. Kemp / Curling v. Raffensperger case since 2017, securing in 2019 the only federal court order in U.S. history to ban an active voting system (Georgia's Diebold touchscreen machines) and seeking in 2024 to extend that ruling to the current touchscreen system.

CGG has no commercial technology, no proprietary platform, and no AI capability; its operational assets are evidentiary findings generated through litigation discovery. Most consequentially, CGG's discovery in the Curling case exposed the Coffee County breach of Georgia's statewide voting software, providing evidence that contributed to Fulton County RICO indictments and at least two guilty pleas. It has also challenged Georgia's SB202 election law (filed 2021), sued to stop arbitrary rejection of mail ballots (2018), and pushed the Georgia State Election Board for manual-recount and emergency-balloting rules (2024).

The business model is pure nonprofit donation-based: CGG accepts charitable contributions from individuals via PayPal and check, deploys them against litigation expenses, expert witnesses, and legal filings, and operates with a volunteer board (President Lisa Cyriacks, VP/Executive Director Marilyn R. Marks, Secretary Mary Eberle, board members Rhonda Martin and Rutledge Forney) with no paid management positions. Its go-to-market is advocacy-driven rather than sales-driven, relying on its website, email newsletter, press releases, and earned media rather than commercial channels.

Name

Coalition for Good Governance

Legal name

Coalition for Good Governance

Website

https://coalitionforgoodgovernance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Coalition for Good Governance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that pursues election security and transparency through federal litigation, state rulemaking, and public education, primarily in Georgia, where it secured the only U.S. court order banning an active voting system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Election Integrity Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Government Accountability, Ethics & Anti-Corruption Advocacy (BPAGAFAN), Civil Liberties & Constitutional Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAA)

Keywords

• Election security advocacy
• Voting rights litigation
• Election integrity reform
• Civic governance advocacy
• Nonpartisan election monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Georgia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Coalition for Good Governance operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that generates revenue through charitable donations from individuals and supporters. The organization accepts donations via PayPal and check payments. Contributions are used to support litigation expenses, expert witness testimony, and legal filings related to election security and transparency.

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Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Coalition for Good Governance is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan nonprofit organization that pursues election security and transparency through litigation, policy advocacy, and public education. Its work centers on filing lawsuits challenging insecure electronic voting systems in Georgia, opposing provisions of Georgia's SB202 election law, exposing the Coffee County voting-software breach, and advocating for hand-marked paper ballots and auditable election processes.

Product overview

Coalition for Good Governance (CGG) is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan, nonprofit organization focused on election security and transparency rather than a commercial product company. CGG's activities center on advocacy, litigation, and research to protect election integrity, primarily in Georgia. The organization does not offer commercial products or services for sale but rather provides public interest advocacy, legal challenges to voting system vulnerabilities, research on election security issues, and policy advocacy for hand-marked paper ballots. Their work includes lawsuits challenging Georgia's touchscreen voting systems (Curling v. Raffensperger), challenges to SB202 election law provisions, investigation and exposure of the Coffee County breach, and advocacy for auditable, transparent election processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Election security litigation services

Quantifiable outcome

• First and only court order in U.S. history to ban an active voting system - federal court injunction against Georgia's paperless voting machines
• +4 more outcomes

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Technology focussed No

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Recent moves6 records

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Direct peers

• Common Cause: National nonpartisan civic reform organization with major election integrity and voting rights litigation programs. Comparable in using litigation and advocacy to defend election administration and democratic processes.
• Verified Voting: Nonpartisan nonprofit focused on election security, voting system research, and advocacy for auditable voting technology. Closely aligned mission to CGG on banning unverifiable electronic voting systems and promoting hand-marked paper ballots.
• Fair Elections Center: Nonpartisan election integrity organization that litigates and advocates on voting access and election administration. Comparable in combining litigation, policy advocacy, and grassroots organizing around verifiable voting systems.
• Protect Democracy: Nonpartisan nonprofit that uses litigation and advocacy to defend democratic institutions and counter election-related abuses. Comparable as a litigation-heavy civic advocacy nonprofit with overlapping election integrity priorities.
• National Election Defense Coalition: Nonprofit focused on election integrity advocacy with emphasis on transparent, verifiable, and auditable voting systems. Direct overlap with CGG's core policy positions on hand-marked paper ballots and opposition to touchscreen voting.
• Free Speech For People: National nonprofit legal and advocacy organization focused on election integrity, voting rights, and constitutional reform. Engages in election-related litigation and policy advocacy analogous to CGG's litigation-first approach.

Emerging players

• RepresentUs: Anti-corruption and election reform organization working on voting system integrity, ballot measures, and democracy reform. Partial overlap with CGG on election integrity advocacy, with a stronger grassroots/ballot-initiative orientation.

Broad incumbents

• Brennan Center for Justice: Major nonpartisan law and policy institute with a substantial election security and voting rights program. Operates at broader institutional scale than CGG but addresses overlapping issues around voting system integrity, paper ballots, and election administration.
• Public Citizen: National nonprofit consumer and democracy advocacy organization with a long-running election and voting reform program. Comparable as a litigation-and-advocacy nonprofit pursuing structural accountability in democratic institutions.
• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: Established civil rights legal organization that litigates election protection and voting rights cases. Operates broader than CGG but uses comparable federal litigation strategies to defend voting access and election integrity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CoalitionGoodGv
• Facebookfacebook.com/FoCGG

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Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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