Texas Coalition To Abolish The Death Penalty

What Texas Coalition To Abolish The Death Penalty does

TCADP is an Austin-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the only statewide grassroots advocacy organization described in the input as dedicated solely to ending the death penalty in Texas. It serves the general Texas public, faith communities, conservative voters, directly impacted people, criminal-justice professionals, and organizational affiliates through community organizing, legislative advocacy, public education, and campaigns focused on individual executions and abolition. TCADP also has Houston-based organizing capacity; reported staffing is 1–10 employees, alongside more than 23,000 members and supporters and 35 organizational affiliates.

Its core programs include the Legislative Advocacy Program and volunteer Lobby Corps, Religious Outreach, Victims Outreach, Texas Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, the annual statewide conference, the Stop Executions campaign, and annual reports and educational resources covering death sentences, executions, exonerations, costs, and racial disparities. It distributes these programs through newsletters, social media, earned media, conferences, community events, presentations, and webinars. Its operating infrastructure is program- and people-based rather than technology-based: no API, software-development kit, artificial-intelligence capability, or proprietary technology product is disclosed.

Revenue comes primarily from donations and charitable contributions, with grants also cited. Membership is free, no pricing tiers or public donation amounts are disclosed, and no annual revenue, major-donor concentration, or funding history is available. TCADP therefore uses a community-led model in which a small paid team combines volunteer labor, constituent participation, affiliate relationships, and donor support to conduct advocacy across Texas.

Name

Texas Coalition To Abolish The Death Penalty

Legal name

Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP)

Website

https://tcadp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty is a Texas nonprofit that uses grassroots organizing, legislative advocacy, public education, and volunteer networks to oppose capital punishment and serve supporters, faith communities, conservatives, and directly affected people.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Advocacy and Public Policy Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil Liberties & Constitutional Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Criminal Justice Reform & Legal System Advocacy (BPAGAFAI), Transitional Justice, Accountability & Reparations (BPADAGAL)

Keywords

• Capital punishment abolition
• Grassroots advocacy organizing
• Legislative lobbying campaigns
• Criminal justice reform
• Public policy education

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and charitable contributions: As a 501(c)(3) organization (Federal EIN 76-0618574), TCADP relies primarily on donations from individual supporters, members, and the general public to fund its advocacy work.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) is a statewide 501(c)(3) grassroots advocacy organization that educates the public, lobbies the Texas Legislature, and mobilizes community support to end the death penalty in Texas. Its work centers on organizing members and faith communities, amplifying voices of exonerees and victims' families, publishing annual reports and fact sheets, and running campaigns aimed at stopping individual executions.

Product overview

TCADP is a nonprofit grassroots advocacy organization (501(c)(3)) that serves as the only statewide organization dedicated solely to ending the death penalty in Texas. The organization operates as a unified advocacy platform with interconnected programs rather than a commercial product portfolio. Its core offerings include the Annual Conference (the cornerstone statewide engagement event), Legislative Advocacy through the Lobby Corps, Religious Outreach to faith communities, Victims Outreach featuring survivor voices, the Texas CCATDP conservative outreach initiative, and annual reports documenting death penalty developments. TCADP does not offer a technology product; its "products" are advocacy programs, educational resources, and community organizing initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TCADP Annual Conference Yearly statewide gathering featuring capital defense attorneys, innocence experts, journalists, advocates, faith leaders, and directly impacted individuals, with keynote speeches and awards recognizing abolition contributions. Open to TCADP members, supporters, attorneys earning CLE credit, and the public.
• Legislative Advocacy Program Grassroots advocacy initiative that mobilizes trained volunteer lobbyists to communicate with state lawmakers, testify at hearings, and advance policy reforms at the Texas Legislature. Targets members and supporters willing to lobby their elected representatives on death penalty legislation.
• Religious Outreach and Advocacy Outreach to faith leaders, congregations, and interfaith networks to build opposition to capital punishment on moral and ethical grounds. Maintains the Interfaith Statement of Opposition signed by more than 550 Texas faith leaders and partners with religious Organizational Affiliates.
• Victims Outreach Program Program that elevates the voices of murder victims' family members who oppose capital punishment, pairs survivor speakers with advocacy events, and supports families seeking restorative justice alternatives to execution.
• Texas Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty (Texas CCATDP) Outreach network targeting political and social conservatives that frames abolition through conservative values such as fiscal responsibility, limited government, and pro-life principles. Operates under TCADP's umbrella with its own dedicated Director.
• Annual Reports on Texas Death Penalty Developments Year-end publications aggregating data on Texas death sentences, executions, exonerations, costs, and demographic trends. Distributed to legislative offices and cited widely by media outlets covering capital punishment in Texas.
• Texas Death Penalty Facts Education Program Online and printed educational resource compiling facts on executions, death sentences by race and gender, wrongful convictions, costs to taxpayers, and national/international abolition trends. Aimed at journalists, policymakers, students, and the general public.
• Stop Executions Campaign Campaigns targeting individual executions that mobilize supporters, organize vigils and events, co-sponsor clemency petitions, and shine light on the humanity of those condemned to death.

Quantifiable outcome

• 600 executions tracked since 1982; 18 death row exonerations in Texas documented
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FaithWorks (formerly Fellowship Southwest)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022FaithWorks, which mobilizes Christians to practice compassion and pursue justice around immigration, Native issues, racial justice and hunger, became an Organizational Affiliate in 2022. FaithWorks Executive Director Stephen Reeves also serves on the TCADP Board of Directors.
• Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of TexascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Established a formal partnership with TCADP as an Organizational Affiliate in 2021, bringing Texas Baptist congregations into the abolition network.
• Organizational Affiliates (35 total)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTCADP maintains a network of 35 Organizational Affiliates — religious groups, nonprofits, and advocacy organizations across Texas that collaborate on death penalty abolition efforts. Key affiliates include Catholic Mobilizing Network, FaithWorks (formerly Fellowship Southwest), Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Texas, Dominican Sisters of Houston, Pax Christi Austin/Dallas/San Antonio, Methodist Federation for Social Action Rio Texas Chapter, Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry, and many others. These affiliates co-sponsor events, host educational programs, and provide grassroots support.
• Catholic Mobilizing NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTCADP partners frequently with Catholic Mobilizing Network on faith-based advocacy against the death penalty, collaborating on campaigns and shared advocacy efforts.
• Texas Rabbis and Cantors (separate faith statement)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJewish faith leaders are invited to sign both the Interfaith Statement and a separate statement from Texas Rabbis and Cantors regarding the death penalty, expanding TCADP's reach into Jewish communities.
• Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTCADP works with the Death Penalty Information Center, a national organization that serves as a primary source for death penalty data, research, and analysis. DPIC data on exonerations (200+ nationally, 18 in Texas) is cited in TCADP reports and educational materials.
• Innocence ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTCADP collaborates with the Innocence Project on wrongful conviction and innocence cases, including joint campaigns such as the petition delivery at the Texas State Capitol for Robert Roberson with the Autism Society.
• Texas Defender ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTCADP collaborates with Texas Defender Service, a nonprofit that provides legal representation and advocacy for individuals on Texas death row. TDS has documented patterns of racial disparity and prosecutorial misconduct.
• Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty (National)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTexas CCATDP operates as the Texas chapter of the national Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty network. The national organization provides resources, messaging frameworks, and coordination across state-level conservative abolition efforts. Nan Tolson serves as both Texas CCATDP Director and Deputy Director for the national network.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Innocence Project: National nonprofit focused on wrongful convictions and exoneration. TCADP partners with the Innocence Project on cases like Robert Roberson, and both organizations use exoneration data as a key piece of death penalty advocacy in Texas.
• Texas Defender Service: Texas-based nonprofit that provides legal representation and advocacy for individuals on Texas death row. TCADP names TDS as a core partner, and both organizations work on death row representation, racial disparity documentation, and prosecutorial misconduct in Texas.
• Death Penalty Information Center: National nonprofit that serves as the primary research and data clearinghouse on capital punishment. TCADP explicitly cites DPIC's exoneration data and partners with it; both organizations focus on death penalty education and reform, with DPIC operating at the national level and TCADP at the Texas state level.
• Witness to Innocence: National organization of death row exonerees who advocate for abolition. TCADP fits squarely within its constituency and similar grassroots model, with overlap in campaigns featuring exonerees such as Anthony Graves and Kerry Max Cook.
• Catholic Mobilizing Network: National Catholic organization advocating for abolition of the death penalty. TCADP lists Catholic Mobilizing Network as a core Organizational Affiliate and frequent faith-based advocacy partner, representing direct overlap in mission and constituency.
• Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights: National organization of murder victims' family members who oppose the death penalty. TCADP's Victims Outreach program featuring figures like Mitesh Patel and Glenn and Judy Cherry runs in parallel to MVFHR's mission and constituency.
• Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty (National): National network of conservatives questioning capital punishment. Texas CCATDP operates under TCADP's umbrella and is the Texas chapter of this organization, with TCADP's Nan Tolson serving as Deputy Director for the national network.

Broad incumbents

• ACLU of Texas: State affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union that litigates and advocates on criminal justice including capital punishment. ACLU of Texas competes with TCADP for donor mindshare and legislative attention on overlapping issues such as racial bias and wrongful convictions.
• Southern Poverty Law Center: Large civil rights organization whose work includes death penalty and criminal justice reform. TCADP Harris County Field Organizer Timberly Vogel previously conducted policy research for SPLC, illustrating the direct overlap in advocacy terrain and capacity pool.
• Amnesty International USA: Global human rights organization with a long-running death penalty abolition program. TCADP's Executive Director previously worked for Amnesty International's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, and Amnesty International is a recurring presence in TCADP's advocacy network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/@tcadpdotorg?si=f6IVEr1HhfN2jF0e
• Facebookfacebook.com/tcadp
• Instagraminstagram.com/tcadp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/texas-coalition-to-abolish-the-death-penalty

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Profiles4 records

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