What Local Progress + Local Progress Impact Lab does

Local Progress is a private nonprofit membership organization for local elected officials, including city council members, county commissioners, school board members, mayors, and other local leaders. It supplies peer learning, policy-development resources, strategic guidance, state organizing infrastructure, leadership training, and issue advocacy around economic justice, housing, home rule, immigrant justice, public safety, federal funding, and school boards. The network reports more than 550 members and partners across 41 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, with nine state chapters.

Its programs include the Progressive Governance Academy, Collaborative Governance Academy, Collaborative Governance Lab, Local Elected Leadership Institute, a Help Desk, a resource library, and issue-specific policy toolkits. These are service and knowledge products rather than software; the organization has no disclosed app, API, SDK, integrations, or AI modality. Distribution is community-led through free membership enrollment, referrals, direct outreach, state chapters, events, newsletters, caucuses, and partner organizations. Membership is free, and operating support is described as coming from membership support and donations from individuals and organizations; no public pricing or revenue figure is disclosed.

Name

Local Progress + Local Progress Impact Lab

Legal name

Local Progress

Website

https://localprogress.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Local Progress is a nonprofit membership network that provides local elected officials with organizing infrastructure, policy research, training, and peer support to advance racial and economic justice agendas across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Leadership & Policy Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (81331), Civic and Social Organizations (81341), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Civic Participation & Leadership Development (Voting, Advocacy, Community Leadership) (EDAAADAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Civic Education & Community Engagement (Voting, Local Government) (EDAAAFAC)

Keywords

• Progressive local governance
• Municipal policy training
• Civic leadership development
• Local elected official network
• Community policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership and Donations: As a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, Local Progress operates primarily through membership support and individual/organizational donations. The organization encourages members and supporters to join and donate through their website.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Local Progress is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit membership network that recruits and supports local elected officials (city council members, county commissioners, school board members, mayors) advancing racial and economic justice. It delivers leadership training programs (Progressive Governance Academy, Collaborative Governance Lab), state-level organizing chapters, policy toolkits and research, and a Help Desk service that connects members with policy expertise and peer support.

Product overview

Local Progress and the Local Progress Impact Lab operate as a network organization offering a suite of interconnected programs and resources for progressive local elected officials. The core offerings include the Progressive Governance Academy and Collaborative Governance Lab/Academy (including LELI), which provide leadership development and governance training. Supporting these are the Help Desk for direct member support, and various policy toolkits covering issues like housing, data center regulation, and immigration enforcement. The portfolio functions as a unified network model where training programs build elected officials' capacity while policy resources and the Help Desk provide ongoing operational support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Progressive Governance Academy (PGA): A program designed to help progressive state and local elected officials develop the leadership and governance skills they need to be powerful and effective leaders.
• Collaborative Governance Academy
• Collaborative Governance Lab (CGL)
• Local Elected Leadership Institute (LELI)

Products and services

• Progressive Governance Academy (PGA)
• Collaborative Governance Lab (CGL) / Local Elected Leadership Institute (LELI)
• Collaborative Governance Academy (CGA)
• Impact Lab Help Desk
• Local Progress State Chapters (CA, CO, FL, MI, MN, NY, NC, PA, TX)
• National Convening
• Bold Housing Solutions: A Toolkit for PA Municipalities
• No Buildout for Billionaires Toolkit
• No Secret Police Local Policy Toolkit
• Personal Safety Plan Resource

Quantifiable outcome

• 550+ members and partners from 41 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the 'Local Power, Shared Futures: Preemption & Home Rule Strategy Summit' in Nashville, TN. Both organizations focus on building local power and combating state preemption of progressive policies.
• Sage LeaderscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the Washington Collaborative Governance Lab and Local Elected Leadership Institute (CGL/LELI), a dual track program bringing together local elected officials for leadership development focused on collaborative governance and values-based leadership.
• re:powercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with re:power to host a Collaborative Governance Academy in North Carolina, equipping local elected officials with skills, strategy, and shared language to govern collaboratively.
• Women's Democracy LabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated over two years to develop personal safety planning resources for Local Progress members facing increased risks while serving in elected office during times of authoritarianism.
• Public Rights ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-convened with Public Rights Project and Mayors for America to help local leaders chart a path forward in the face of growing federal authoritarianism.
• Inland Empire UnitedminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner organization co-hosting social hour events in California to engage members in the Inland Empire region.
• FWD.usminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity partner providing resources on TPS (Temporary Protected Status) for LP network members.
• International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity partner providing TPS resources and legal information for members.
• MijenteminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner hosting local tournaments and watch parties (Our Copa) with political education and culture components.
• Working Families PartyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosting Our Copa World Cup watch parties with Mijente.
• Just Futures LawminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner organization that released comprehensive report 'The Tech Behind ICE' on surveillance technology and immigration enforcement.
• Surveillance Resistance LabminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-authored 'The Tech Behind ICE' report with Just Futures Law and Mijente.
• Tax Billionaires Fund PAminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner in Pennsylvania working on progressive revenue campaigns. LPPA endorsed campaign to generate $6 billion in state revenue.
• Regional Housing Legal ServicesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStaff Attorney Bob Damewood co-authored the PA Housing Toolkit with Local Progress Housing Program Manager Mia Loseff.
• Mayors for AmericaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-convened with Public Rights Project to help local leaders chart path forward against federal attacks.
• PA Schools WorkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEducation advocacy coalition LPPA members joined for rally on state education funding in Harrisburg.
• Make the Road PAminorGTM or Marketing PartnerImmigration and labor advocacy organization participated in education funding rally with LPPA members.
• 412 JusticeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSocial justice organization participated in education funding rally with LPPA members.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Movement Voter Project: A philanthropic and organizing intermediary funding state and local progressive infrastructure; comparable as a capacity-builder behind the same local progressive ecosystem LP operates in.
• Working Families Party: A progressive political organization that recruits, trains, and elects working-class candidates locally; overlaps with LP's local-elected pipeline and progressive base-building work.

Broad incumbents

• National League of Cities: The largest national membership organization for municipal officials across all political stripes; comparable as a local-elected-official network but ideologically broad and focused on municipal rather than progressive policy.
• U.S. Conference of Mayors: The official nonpartisan organization of US mayors; comparable as a network serving local elected officials but focused on mayors rather than the broader progressive local-official base LP targets.
• National School Boards Association: The major national association representing school board members; comparable as a membership organization for one of LP's core elected-official segments (school board members), but ideologically broad.

Direct peers

• PolicyLink: A national research and action institute advancing racial and economic equity through local policy—closely aligned with LP's racial/economic justice mission and local-government focus.
• Local Solutions Support Center: A national nonprofit supporting local elected officials and communities on progressive local policy, particularly home rule and preemption—LP's most direct peer and co-host of the Preemption & Home Rule Strategy Summit.
• Center for Popular Democracy: A national network organization building progressive power at the state and local level with affiliate groups; overlaps with LP in local-government organizing and racial/economic justice work.
• Public Rights Project: A nonprofit that supports local government lawyers and officials on progressive legal strategy and federal resistance—directly comparable as a local-government-focused capacity builder and LP partner.
• re:power: A national political organizing and training nonprofit that works with candidates, campaign staff, and elected officials on values-based organizing; LP co-hosts the Collaborative Governance Academy with re:power.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/localprogress
• Facebookfacebook.com/LocalProgressNetwork
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/local-progress
• Instagraminstagram.com/localprogressnetwork

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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