Massachusetts Jobs with Justice

What Massachusetts Jobs with Justice does

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice is a nonprofit coalition organization operating across Massachusetts from offices in Jamaica Plain and Springfield, bringing together community, faith, and labor groups to organize working people and allies around workers' rights, contract campaigns, immigration defense, education justice, and related issues. The organization is structured as a project of the Center for Labor Education and Research, Inc., with a staff headcount of 1-10 and no publicly disclosed revenue. Its core "products" are organizing infrastructure rather than software: the Solidarity Calendar listing events across all 14 Massachusetts counties, the Virtual Action Center connecting activists to action opportunities, the CARE Initiative (Community Aligned Response Essentials) for community preparedness and mutual aid, the IMPACT Digital Organizing Mentorship (an 8-month cohort training program delivered with Radicle Organizing), and the BPS Petition campaign. MassUndocufund, a four-year direct-aid program that dispersed $1,596,500 to 4,702 immigrant families via 4,435 $300 checks and 266 $1,000 checks, was formally sunset on January 1, 2024, with remaining funds regranted to partner organizations.

The organization monetizes exclusively through donations and grants, processed through ActBlue and Stripe payment rails, and uses ActionNetwork and Submittable for campaign forms and grant management respectively. There is no commercial pricing model and no fee-for-service revenue stream; participation in programs is free for community members and beneficiaries. Its go-to-market is community-led coalition organizing: activists sign a "pledge to be there" committing to participate in at least five solidarity actions per year, and the organization's distribution model relies on a network of 13+ immigrant rights partner organizations, labor unions, faith groups, and community organizations to deliver mutual aid, training, and campaign capacity.

Customer and beneficiary segments are non-commercial: working people in Massachusetts (organized and unorganized), immigrant families and undocumented community members, and other small nonprofit organizations participating in the IMPACT cohort. The organization does not disclose program-level financials, donor counts, or operating budgets in public materials. Strategic activity in 2024 has centered on winding down MassUndocufund, scaling CARE volunteer orientations and employer workplace certifications, running the IMPACT 2025 cohort, and extending the coalition into adjacent issue areas including birthing care access, racial justice (via co-founded 01027 AKINE), and education justice.

Name

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice

Legal name

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice

Website

https://massjwj.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice is a nonprofit coalition of community, faith, and labor groups in Massachusetts that organizes workers, immigrant families, and partner nonprofits through solidarity actions, mutual aid, and digital organizing training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Labor Coalition and Workers' Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations (81393), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Labor, Worker Rights & Employment Policy Advocacy (BPAGAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Immigrant & Refugee Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAG), Workforce Support Services & Case Management (Coaching, Wraparound) (EDAAAOAK), Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC)

Keywords

• Workers rights advocacy
• Labor coalition organizing
• Community mutual aid
• Immigrant direct aid
• Digital organizing training

Headquarters

HQ city

Jamaica Plain

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, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The organization accepts donations through ActBlue platform and other fundraising mechanisms. They have received grants and individual donations, including raising over $1.6 million for the MassUndocufund program through grants and individual contributions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice is a coalition of community, faith, and labor groups that organizes working people and allies to defend workers' rights across Massachusetts. It delivers programs including a statewide mutual aid and community preparedness initiative (CARE), an 8-month digital organizing training cohort (IMPACT), direct financial aid for undocumented residents (MassUndocufund, now sunsetted), and an online action hub with a statewide solidarity calendar. The organization coordinates direct actions such as picket lines, rallies, and advocacy campaigns on issues including minimum wage, immigration rights, healthcare access, and education justice.

Product overview

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice is a labor and community coalition offering a suite of organizing tools and programs. The core digital products include the Solidarity Calendar (events by county), Virtual Action Center (online actions hub), and IMPACT Digital Organizing Mentorship (training program). The organization also runs the CARE Initiative for community preparedness and mutual aid. Additionally, it has led advocacy campaigns like the BPS Petition and previously administered the MassUndocufund direct aid program (sunsetted 2024). These offerings function as interconnected organizing infrastructure rather than a unified software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CARE Initiative (Community Aligned Response Essentials): A statewide mutual aid and community care effort supporting small businesses, workers, and neighbors across Massachusetts, focused on preparation and collective response to government agency visits to workplaces and shared spaces.
• IMPACT Digital Organizing Mentorship
• MassUndocufund

Products and services

• CARE Initiative (Community Aligned Response Essentials) A statewide mutual aid and community preparedness program supporting small businesses, workers, and neighbors across Massachusetts by providing know-your-rights education, workplace orientations, and response protocols for immigration enforcement situations.
• IMPACT Digital Organizing Mentorship An 8-month digital organizing training and mentorship program delivered in partnership with Radicle Organizing, providing coalition partner organizations with 1:1 mentorship, monthly trainings, and hands-on campaign planning support to build digital communications capacity.
• MassUndocufund A direct aid fund that provided financial assistance (typically $300 checks and $1,000 checks) to undocumented community members excluded from government relief programs; formally sunsetted January 1, 2024 after dispersing $1,596,500 to 4,702 recipients, with remaining funds regranted to partner organizations.
• BPS Petition Campaign An advocacy petition campaign targeting Boston Public Schools' Exam School admission policy changes, calling for an extended decision-making timeline and greater community feedback and engagement.
• Virtual Action Center A digital solidarity hub that links activists and volunteers to critical information, resources, and opportunities for online solidarity actions across Massachusetts.

Quantifiable outcome

• MassUndocufund dispersed $1,596,500 in direct aid to 4,702 recipients
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Radicle OrganizingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMass JwJ partnered with Radicle Organizing to launch the IMPACT Digital Training Mentorship program. Radicle provides experienced digital organizers who deliver 1:1 mentorship to cohort members, customizing communications strategies for each organization's campaigns and providing hands-on learning experience.
• MassUndocufund Partner OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBuilt a working partnership of over 13 immigrant rights organizations and worker centers across the Commonwealth for MassUndocufund program. Currently regranting more than $100,000 of remaining funds to partner organizations to disperse to their members.
• Coalition for Birthing Care AccesscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Nurses Association, and Massachusetts Jobs With Justice to advocate for keeping Holyoke Medical Center Birthing Center open.
• Coalition to Safely Reopen SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition including American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts, Massachusetts Association for the Chemically Injured, Massachusetts Coalition for Safety and Health, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, Massachusetts Nurses Association, Massachusetts Teachers Association and Service Employees International Union Local 888 advocating for safe school reopening.
• 01027: A Knee is Not Enough (AKINE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity-based, grassroots group founded in partnership with Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, led by Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) to address issues of systemic bias, violence, and oppression in Easthampton.
• Mass TPS CommitteeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition partner in advocacy efforts around Temporary Protected Status, including press conferences at Boston City Hall calling on the U.S. Supreme Court regarding TPS holders.
• Parents Union of Massachusetts (PUMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing coalition partner in education justice advocacy, including BPS petition campaign and Worcester education initiatives.
• Worcester Education Justice AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition partner in Worcester education advocacy, including family surveys about remote learning during the pandemic and education funding campaigns.
• Amazon Labor Black Friday ActionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational coalition partner in Amazon worker actions, coordinating with partners across 20 countries for Black Friday strikes and protests.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Jobs with Justice (national): National parent network of state-level Jobs with Justice coalitions including Mass JwJ. Operates the same coalition/workers' rights model at national scale and provides shared brand, campaigns, and infrastructure; Mass JwJ is essentially a regional affiliate of this national umbrella.
• SEIU (Service Employees International Union): Large national labor union representing service workers, frequently in coalition with Mass JwJ (e.g., SEIU Local 888 on safe schools coalition). Broad incumbent because it operates in overlapping worker rights space but as a much larger unionized structure rather than a coalition.

Direct peers

• Center for Popular Democracy: National network of state and local organizing groups pursuing progressive policy and worker justice through coalition infrastructure. Direct peer because it coordinates multi-state coalitions in the same model Mass JwJ uses within Massachusetts.
• National Immigration Law Center: National immigrant rights advocacy organization that works on policy, litigation, and organizing for immigrant communities. Direct peer because Mass JwJ's MassUndocufund, TPS Committee work, and immigrant rights partnerships intersect with NILC's mission and tactics.
• Community Change (formerly Center for Community Change): National grassroots organizing and immigrant rights network that supports state and local coalitions working on economic and racial justice. Direct peer because it funds and coordinates with state-level coalitions operating in overlapping issue areas (immigrant rights, worker rights, community defense).
• Raise Up Massachusetts: Statewide coalition of community groups, faith groups, and labor unions that Mass JwJ's Co-Director has publicly spoken on behalf of. Direct peer because it pursues similar wage, benefit, and workers' rights campaigns through the same grassroots coalition structure in Massachusetts.
• National Domestic Workers Alliance: National worker-center-style coalition organizing domestic and care workers and building power through local affiliate coalitions. Direct peer because it uses a similar coalition-of-organizations model to advance worker rights for marginalized workers.
• Massachusetts Nurses Association: Statewide professional association and union for registered nurses that Mass JwJ has partnered with directly on the Coalition for Birthing Care Access and safe schools reopening. Direct peer because it engages in coalition-based advocacy on workers' rights and healthcare access in Massachusetts.
• Massachusetts AFL-CIO: Statewide labor federation representing hundreds of Massachusetts unions and frequently working alongside Mass JwJ on Raise Up Massachusetts campaigns. Direct peer because it operates the same coalition model for worker rights and labor advocacy within Massachusetts.
• A Better Balance: National nonprofit legal and policy advocacy organization focused on workplace justice for workers with care responsibilities. Direct peer because it operates on overlapping worker rights issues (scheduling, family caregiving, wage justice) that Mass JwJ also campaigns on.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/massjwj
• Facebookfacebook.com/MassJobsWithJustice
• Instagraminstagram.com/massjwj
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/massachusetts-jobs-with-justice

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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