Abundance New York

What Abundance New York does

Abundance New York is a New York City-based nonprofit political advocacy organization that builds a political home for New Yorkers who support growth-oriented, pro-abundance policies. Founded and led by Executive Director Catherine Vaughan, the organization advocates across four issue verticals — housing, transit, renewable energy and resilience, and government effectiveness — countering what it characterizes as artificial scarcity in housing supply, transit capacity, clean energy deployment, and public-sector delivery. Its constituents are New York voters, elected officials, and aligned candidates, and its work is concentrated in NYC and New York State.

The organization's core offerings are the Abundance Agenda — a published policy roadmap of 41 proposals and 10 forward-looking goals sourced from policymakers and practitioners — and a Voter Guide microsite that informs constituents about elections and candidates. These sit atop a community engagement infrastructure that mobilizes supporters through petitions, rally and hearing testimony, candidate spotlights, monthly in-person happy hours, and educational trainings. There is no proprietary technology stack; the digital surface consists of a Squarespace website, a Substack newsletter, and active X and Instagram accounts. A four-person core team (Catherine Vaughan, Robert Joyce, Katie Muehlenkamp, Samir Thanedar) executes the mission, supported by community-board representation in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

The revenue model is donations and grants, with no pricing structure or product sales. The go-to-market motion is community-led organizing aimed at converting New Yorkers who favor growth-oriented policies into recurring advocates, donors, and campaign supporters. Capital is sourced from individual donations and at least one institutional funder (Leadership Now Project). The competitive differentiator is positioning as a pro-growth, pro-building alternative to scarcity-focused advocacy, anchored by a branded policy framework and a leadership team with senior federal policy and Democratic campaign experience.

Name

Abundance New York

Legal name

Abundance New York

Website

https://abundanceny.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Abundance New York is a NYC-based nonprofit advocacy organization that mobilizes voters and policymakers around pro-growth policies on housing, transit, renewable energy, and government effectiveness, anchored by its 41-proposal Abundance Agenda and Voter Guide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

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 and Grants: The organization accepts donations through a dedicated donation page (donate.mazloweb.com) and appears to rely on charitable contributions from supporters who believe in the Abundance Agenda. No explicit revenue model details were provided in the sources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Abundance New York is a nonprofit political advocacy organization that builds a political home for New Yorkers supporting pro-growth policies. It develops and disseminates the Abundance Agenda, a 41-proposal policy roadmap covering housing, transit, renewable energy, public spaces, and government effectiveness, and engages constituents in community organizing, candidate support, and policy advocacy across New York City and State.

Product overview

Abundance New York is a political advocacy organization offering three core offerings: the Voter Guide (an informational resource for voters), The Abundance Agenda (a detailed 41-point policy roadmap with 10 ambitious goals covering housing, transit, energy, and governance reform), and a community engagement platform that connects New Yorkers to advocacy opportunities, candidate support, and political education initiatives. The organization functions as a political home for growth-focused New Yorkers rather than a traditional product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Abundance Agenda: A policy roadmap with 41 proposals addressing housing, transit, energy, and government efficiency in New York.

Products and services

• Voter Guide

Quantifiable outcome

• 41 policy proposals developed across housing, transit, energy, and governance

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Open New York: Pro-housing YIMBY advocacy organization focused on increasing housing supply in New York City and State. Direct peer sharing overlapping mission on housing abundance, similar community organizing model, and overlapping donor network.
• YIMBY Action: National pro-housing advocacy organization supporting state and local YIMBY movements. Direct peer on the core abundance housing agenda and uses a similar community organizing and candidate-support playbook.
• New York Communities for Change: New York-based grassroots community organizing and advocacy organization. Peer in community organizing model and New York progressive advocacy space, though typically on the opposite side of housing debates.
• Local Progress: Network of progressive municipal elected officials focused on local-government reform and policy advocacy. Peer in governance reform and local-level candidate support work.
• TransitCenter: Foundation-supported advocacy organization focused on improving urban transit in major U.S. cities including New York. Direct peer on the transit and public-realm portion of the Abundance Agenda.

Broad incumbents

• Regional Plan Association: Long-established NYC tri-state regional planning and policy advocacy organization. Operates across housing, transit, and economic development with substantial institutional credibility and donor base that overlaps with Abundance NY's issue space.
• Habitat for Humanity New York City: Large established housing nonprofit operating in New York City. Adjacent on the housing mission and competes for similar philanthropic dollars, though focuses on affordable housing development rather than supply-side reform advocacy.

Emerging players

• Abundance Network: National network advancing the abundance policy framework across housing, energy, and government effectiveness. Closely aligned ideologically and could serve as a coalition partner or umbrella affiliation for Abundance NY.
• Streetsblog NYC: Advocacy media outlet covering streets, transit, and public space policy in New York City. Peer on the transit and public-realm advocacy side of the agenda, with overlapping audience and policy targets.
• Urban Reform Institute: Houston-based think tank focused on urban policy reform including housing supply and land-use deregulation. Aligned ideologically on abundance policies but operating in a different geographic market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/abundance_ny
• Instagraminstagram.com/abundanceny
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/abundance-new-york

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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