San Francisco Rising

Name

San Francisco Rising

Legal name

San Francisco Rising

Website

https://sfrising.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Advocacy and Community Organizing

NAICS

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

Youth Leadership, Civic Education & Service-Learning Nonprofits (BPAGADAI), Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space (BPADAGAD), Civic Participation & Leadership Development (Voting, Advocacy, Community Leadership) (EDAAADAL)

Keywords

• Electoral organizing
• Voter education
• Community organizing
• Civic engagement
• Grassroots advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

South San Francisco

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: San Francisco Rising collects individual donations via platforms such as ActBlue, including specific grassroots fundraisers (e.g., the Sweet 16 fundraiser targeting $16K). Donations from individuals support the organization's electoral organizing, advocacy campaigns, and operational costs.
2. Institutional Grants and Funders: The organization receives support from institutional funders and partners who fund its power-building and civic engagement work, as noted in its 'About' section reference to supporters needing to 'invest in big ideas.'
3. Membership and Volunteer Contributions: SF Rising builds its base through individual membership, volunteer programs, and student fellowship programs, which provide organizing capacity in lieu of financial dues.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

San Francisco Rising is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit electoral alliance that organizes working-class communities and communities of color in San Francisco through multilingual voter contact programs, voter guides, student organizing fellowships, candidate forums, and coalition-based policy advocacy campaigns on immigrant rights, budget advocacy, and sanctuary city protections. The organization runs civic engagement field programs 2-3 times per year and anchors regional alliances including Bay Rising and California Calls.

Product overview

San Francisco Rising is a vibrant electoral alliance that operates as a civic engagement and grassroots organizing organization rather than a traditional technology product company. The organization offers a suite of programs including multilingual voter guides distributed in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Tagalog; student organizing initiatives (Student Rising Program with Resistance Class and Summer Organizing Fellowship); field programs (canvassing, phone banking, voter registration); candidate forums and leadership development training; and advocacy campaigns around budget advocacy, immigrant rights, and sanctuary city protection. Their work centers on building political power for working-class communities and communities of color in San Francisco through electoral organizing, voter education, and policy advocacy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• San Francisco Rising Action Fund: A separate affiliated 501(c)(4) entity for political action, directing supporters to sfrisingaction.org

Products and services

• Multilingual Voter Guides Voter education materials distributed in multiple languages (English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog) providing positions on local, regional, and state ballot measures to help San Francisco voters make informed decisions.
• Student Rising Program Student organizing initiative that develops organizing skills among students at Bay Area colleges through the Resistance Class, campus-based campaigns, and advocacy for tuition-free education. Targets students of color, queer students, and working-class students.
• Summer Organizing Fellowship Annual fellowship for college students providing hands-on leadership development through five pillars: Skills Building, Movement History, Field Training, Healing Justice, and Junta Grande as the Final Project. Since 2017, over 100 students have been trained.
• Civic Engagement Field Programs Canvassing, phone banking, and voter contact programs run through California Calls, conducted 2-3 times per year in multiple languages (Spanish, English, Chinese, Tagalog) to educate and mobilize voters. Over 50,000 voters contacted over the last decade.
• Candidate Forums and Town Halls Public events putting candidates in the hot seat to answer questions from membership and affiliates, centering issues that communities face. Events draw hundreds of people to discuss issues and policy proposals.
• Budget Advocacy Campaign (People's Budget Coalition) People's Budget Coalition advocacy work fighting for resources for communities, including fighting against proposed budget cuts and advocating for funding for housing, health, and eviction defense.
• Immigrant Rights Agenda Coalition initiative calling for immediate action to protect immigrant communities from federal deportation threats through policy advocacy, emergency planning, legal defense funding, and sanctuary city protections. Supported by 25+ organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Voters contacted by SF Rising vote 12-17% more often than the citywide average in San Francisco
• +6 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

46 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bay RisingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBay Rising is a regional alliance that unites 30 Bay Area grassroots organizations building political power among working people and communities of color. SF Rising, Oakland Rising, and Silicon Valley Rising are the local alliances that anchor Bay Rising. SF Rising co-founded Bay Rising as part of its strategy to build power regionally.
• California CallscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCalifornia Calls is an alliance of 31 grassroots, community-based organizations spanning urban, rural, and suburban counties across California. It educates and engages new and infrequent voters among young people, communities of color, and poor and working-class neighborhoods. SF Rising is the local anchor for California Calls in San Francisco.
• Power CaliforniaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPower California harnesses the energy of young voters of color and their families to create a state that is equitable, inclusive, and just. SF Rising partners with Power California for youth civic engagement campaigns.
• Bay Resistance NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Bay Resistance Network is a rapid response network that defends communities from Trump administration attacks and brings new people into local movements, led by people of color and those most impacted by right-wing policies. SF Rising co-founded the Bay Resistance Network in 2017.
• People's Action InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeople's Action Institute is a national organization that advances a long-term agenda for racial, economic, and gender justice by investing in powerful state and local organizations and campaigns. SF Rising is an active member.
• Student ActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent Action is a program to organize students across the country and win free college for all. SF Rising is an active member of Student Action as part of its College for All California campaign.
• Causa Justa :: Just CausecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCausa Justa :: Just Cause organizes Black and Latinx tenants in Oakland and San Francisco to challenge displacement, gentrification, corporate development, and entanglement of the criminal justice and immigration systems. It is one of the founding affiliate organizations of SF Rising.
• Chinese Progressive Association (CPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Chinese Progressive Association educates, organizes, and empowers the low-income and working-class immigrant Chinese community in San Francisco to build collective power. It is a founding affiliate of SF Rising.
• La Colectiva (Women's Collective)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLa Colectiva is a worker-run collective that empowers immigrant women, connects them with domestic worker jobs, and trains women to take action for effective and safe cleaning techniques and worker rights. It is a project of Dolores Street Community Services and a founding member of SF Rising.
• Coleman Advocates for Children and YouthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColeman Advocates is a member-led, multi-racial organization working to build a city of hope, justice, and opportunity for all children and families in San Francisco through inter-generational organizing for education equity, racial justice, affordable housing, and voter engagement. It is an affiliate of SF Rising.
• Dolores Street Community ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDolores Street Community Services is a multi-issue, multi-strategy organization that improves people's lives on an individual level alongside broader social change through advocacy and community organizing. It sponsors the La Colectiva program and is an affiliate of SF Rising.
• Filipino Community CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Filipino Community Center provides a safe space for Filipino families in San Francisco to access services and build community, and fosters community empowerment, grassroots leadership, advocacy, and organizing. It is an affiliate of SF Rising.
• Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMujeres Unidas y Activas is a grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women in San Francisco and Alameda counties with a double mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice. It is an affiliate of SF Rising.
• People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights (PODER)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPODER organizes Latinx immigrant families and youth in the Mission, Excelsior, and southeast neighborhoods of San Francisco to exercise people-powered, community-led, environmentally just solutions. It is an affiliate of SF Rising.
• South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOMCAN is a multi-racial, community-based network that organizes and supports low-income immigrant youth and families in SoMa, Excelsior, and greater San Francisco through leadership development, advocacy, direct services, and referrals. It is an affiliate of SF Rising.
• Mission ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMission Action is a multi-issue, multi-strategy organization that improves people's lives alongside broader social change through advocacy and community organizing. It is listed as an affiliate of SF Rising.
• African Advocacy NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAfrican Advocacy Network is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Arab Resource & Organizing Center ActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArab Resource & Organizing Center Action is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Asian Pacific Islander Legal OutreachminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAsian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Asian Law CaucusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAsian Law Caucus is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Bay Area Essential Workers AgendaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBay Area Essential Workers Agenda is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Calle 24 Latino Cultural DistrictminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCalle 24 Latino Cultural District is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• CARECEN S.F.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARECEN S.F. is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Center for Gender and Refugee StudiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCenter for Gender and Refugee Studies is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Chinese for Affirmative ActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChinese for Affirmative Action is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Free SFminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFree SF is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Galería de la RazaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGalería de la Raza is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Immigrant Legal Resource CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerImmigrant Legal Resource Center is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Immigration Center for Women and ChildrenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerImmigration Center for Women and Children is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Jobs with Justice SFminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJobs with Justice SF is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• La Raza Community Resource CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLa Raza Community Resource Center is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Latino Parity and Equity CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLatino Parity and Equity Coalition is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Latino Task ForceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLatino Task Force is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay AreaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Legal Services for ChildrenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLegal Services for Children is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Nuevo Sol Day Labor & Domestic Worker CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNuevo Sol Day Labor & Domestic Worker Center is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• PANGEAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPANGEA is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• San Francisco Immigrant Legal and Education NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSan Francisco Immigrant Legal and Education Network is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• San Francisco Public Defender's OfficeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSan Francisco Public Defender's Office is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• Senior and Disability ActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSenior and Disability Action is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• SOMA PilipinasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOMA Pilipinas is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• United Educators of San FranciscominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnited Educators of San Francisco is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• USF Immigration Legal ClinicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSF Immigration Legal Clinic is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• El/La Para TransLatinasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEl/La Para TransLatinas is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• League of Women Voters of San FranciscominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeague of Women Voters of San Francisco is listed as a supporting organization of SF Rising's Immigrant Rights Agenda coalition.
• San Francisco Rising Action FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSan Francisco Rising Action Fund is an affiliated but distinct 501(c)(4) entity. The main SF Rising website directs visitors to the Action Fund for certain campaign activities, indicating a formal affiliation between the two organizations.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Power California: Power California is a statewide civic engagement organization focused on young voters of color and their families. SF Rising partners with it for youth civic engagement. Comparable in target demographic (young voters of color), civic engagement model, and California-only scope.
• Bay Resistance Network: Bay Resistance is a rapid-response network SF Rising co-founded in 2017 to defend communities against federal attacks. It is a direct peer in coalition function, coalition-led structure, and immigrant/anti-fascist orientation in the Bay Area.
• Silicon Valley Rising: Silicon Valley Rising is the third anchor alliance of Bay Rising, operating in San Jose and surrounding South Bay cities. It shares SF Rising's electoral alliance structure, labor-community coalition model, and working-class voter focus, making it a direct peer in metro scope and tactics.
• California Calls: California Calls is a statewide alliance of 31 grassroots organizations that SF Rising anchors locally in San Francisco. It is directly comparable in function (civic engagement, canvassing, voter contact among infrequent voters and communities of color) and in the local-anchor/statewide-federation model.
• Bay Rising: Bay Rising is the regional umbrella alliance that SF Rising co-anchors, coordinating 30 Bay Area grassroots organizations for collective regional power. It is a direct peer in mission (multiracial political power-building) and overlapping structure (SF Rising sits both as a member and as a steering partner).

Emerging players

• Chinese Progressive Association: Chinese Progressive Association is a founding affiliate of SF Rising that educates, organizes, and empowers low-income Chinese immigrant community in San Francisco. Comparable in target community, electoral engagement focus, and San Francisco base, but operates as a single-ethnicity affiliate rather than a multi-racial alliance.

Broad incumbents

• People's Action: People's Action is a national network of 40+ state and local progressive organizing groups. SF Rising is an active member. Comparable in multiracial organizing model, legislative/policy advocacy focus, and community-of-color constituency, but operates at a much larger national scale.
• Community Change (formerly Center for Community Change): Community Change is a national progressive organizing hub for low-income people and communities of color. Comparable in mission, base-building focus, and direct electoral work, but operates at significantly larger national scale with international immigrant rights work.
• Center for Popular Democracy: Center for Popular Democracy is a national progressive power-building network of state and local affiliates. Comparable in federated local-anchor model and racial/economic justice orientation, but operates at much larger national scale with significant policy apparatus.
• Faith in Action: Faith in Action (formerly PICO National Network) is a national nonpartisan network of faith-based community organizations with comparable grassroots organizing, voter engagement, and policy advocacy models. Operates at much larger national scale with 1,000+ congregations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SFRisingAlliance
• Instagraminstagram.com/sanfrancisco_rising/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sfrising

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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