Campus Vote Project

What Campus Vote Project does

Campus Vote Project (CVP) is a nonpartisan civic engagement nonprofit founded in 2012 and operated as a project of Fair Elections Center, a 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in Washington, DC. CVP works with colleges, universities, community colleges, faculty, students, and election officials to reduce structural and informational barriers to student voting, with particular focus on community colleges and minority-serving institutions including HBCUs. Its core programs include the Democracy Fellows paid fellowship (186 graduates since 2016, deployed across 14 states), the Voter Friendly Campus designation administered with NASPA, and the HBCU Legacy Initiative run in partnership with the NAACP Youth and College Division. Supporting products include State Student Voting Guides for all 50 states and DC, a voter ID resource covering 36 states, a proprietary 2022 survey of 1,000 college students on voting motivations, and the Pledge to Vote commitment tool.

The organization has no proprietary technology platform; its tech stack consists of EveryAction for donation processing, NeonCRM for email preferences, and an embedded integration with Rock the Vote's voter registration tools. CVP operates a community-led go-to-market model in which Democracy Fellows and a 20+ member Student Advisory Board conduct peer voter registration and education on partner campuses, while campus administrators adopt the Voter Friendly Campus framework. All CVP programs, toolkits, and resources are free to students and institutions; the organization is funded entirely by charitable donations directed to Fair Elections Center, and revenue is not publicly disclosed. CVP helps found the Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Coalition in 2016, which has grown to 350+ partner organizations and represents the broader civic engagement ecosystem in which CVP operates.

Name

Campus Vote Project

Legal name

Campus Vote Project

Website

https://campusvoteproject.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Campus Vote Project is a nonpartisan nonprofit civic engagement organization, operated by Fair Elections Center, that partners with 360+ colleges and universities across 41 states to reduce barriers to student voting through peer-led fellowships, campus designation programs, and state-specific voter guides.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Engagement and Voter Education Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Campus Events, Programming & Student Engagement (EDALAHAC), Civic, Citizenship & Community Engagement Education (EDAAAEAI)

Keywords

• Student voter engagement
• Civic participation programs
• Campus voting resources
• Democratic engagement
• Voter registration advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Donations and charitable contributions: Campus Vote Project accepts donations via its parent organization Fair Elections Center. Checks may be made out to 'Fair Elections Center' and mailed to PO Box 66, Marietta, OH 45750. Online donations are accepted via everyaction.com.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Campus Vote Project works with colleges, universities, community colleges, faculty, students, and election officials to reduce barriers to student voting and civic participation. Its core services include placing Democracy Fellows on campuses to run peer voter registration and education, administering the Voter Friendly Campus designation with NASPA, and running the HBCU Legacy Initiative. The organization complements these with free state-specific voting guides, toolkits, and survey research for students and campus administrators across 41 states.

Product overview

Campus Vote Project (CVP) is a nonpartisan civic engagement organization operated by Fair Elections Center that offers a suite of programs, tools, and resources focused on increasing student voter registration and turnout. Its core products include the Democracy Fellows paid fellowship program (186+ graduates since 2016), the Voter Friendly Campus designation program (partnered with NASPA), the HBCU Legacy Initiative for Black student voting access, and a Student Advisory Board of student leaders. Supporting these programs are resource products: State Student Voting Guides covering all 50 states and DC, a Student ID as Voter ID resource covering voter ID laws in 36 states, a proprietary Vote Motivation and Messaging Survey of 1,000 college students, a Student Voting Advocate Toolkit with state-specific materials, the Assembly of Student Civic Coalitions, and a Pledge to Vote initiative. Together, these products form an integrated civic engagement ecosystem for college students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Democracy Fellows: A semester-long fellowship program providing funds to student leaders to influence and support democratic engagement work happening on their campus.
• HBCU Legacy Initiative
• Voter Friendly Campus

Products and services

• Democracy Fellows A semester-long paid fellowship program that places student leaders at colleges and universities across 14 states to help peers register to vote, educate them on election laws and ballot content, and implement lasting democratic engagement programs on campus. Targets college students and campus administrators at partner institutions.
• Voter Friendly Campus A designation program developed with NASPA in 2016 that gives college and university administrators a framework for building and implementing a nonpartisan democratic engagement plan, with the goal of creating long-term sustainable programming and institutionalizing student voting. Targets U.S. college and university administrators.
• HBCU Legacy Initiative

Quantifiable outcome

• 186 Democracy Fellows graduated since 2016
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NAACP Youth and College DivisioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020In preparation for the 2020 Election, CVP's HBCU Legacy Initiative and the NAACP Youth and College Division partnered to identify barriers to student voting on HBCU campuses through HBCU Roundtables.
• NASPA (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016In 2016, CVP partnered with NASPA to launch the inaugural Voter Friendly Campus program, giving institutions a framework for building and implementing a democratic engagement plan with the goal of creating long-term sustainable programming.
• Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016CVP played a critical role in creating the SLSV Coalition in 2016. The coalition is now composed of over 350 partners dedicated to increasing student voting.
• Rock the VoteminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCVP directs website visitors to Rock the Vote's Register to Vote and Check Voter Status tools (register.rockthevote.com), using Rock the Vote's platform as a channel for voter registration.
• Freedom SummerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCVP partners with Freedom Summer for voter education events, including a full day of civic engagement programming as part of the Weekend of Action in memory of John Lewis.
• Nonprofit VOTEminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCVP partners with Nonprofit VOTE for the 2026 Voter Registration Drive Guides update webinar on August 5th, sharing updates on voter registration law changes.
• National Voter Registration DayminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCVP participates in National Voter Registration Day events and co-hosts webinars with Nonprofit VOTE and Fair Elections Center for the initiative.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Nonprofit VOTE: Nonpartisan resource hub that helps nonprofits run nonpartisan voter engagement programs. CVP is an explicit partner (joint 2026 Voter Registration Drive Guides webinar), and both organizations pursue institutional, nonpartisan voter engagement strategies with comparable toolkits.
• Rock the Vote: Long-running youth voter registration and civic engagement organization. CVP already integrates Rock the Vote's registration tools; both organizations pursue overlapping youth voter mobilization missions, making them directly comparable in target audience and methodology.
• Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Coalition: 350+ organization coalition co-founded by CVP in 2016 to increase student voting. Highly comparable as it operates in the same student civic engagement space, with overlapping institutional partners and shared outcome metrics (NSLVE campus registration and turnout).
• ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge: National nonpartisan initiative that awards colleges and universities for developing and implementing democratic engagement action plans. Directly comparable to CVP as both organizations target student voter registration and campus civic engagement at higher education institutions.
• HeadCount: Nonpartisan organization that registers voters at concerts, festivals, and college events. Directly comparable to CVP in youth voter registration focus, with overlapping distribution channels on college campuses and a similar nonpartisan, peer-driven outreach model.

Emerging players

• When We All Vote: Nonpartisan voter participation organization founded to increase participation in every election. Comparable in mission (closing voting gaps, including among young voters) and in mobilizing volunteers on campuses, though with broader demographic focus beyond students.
• Vote.org: Tech-forward voter registration and information platform. Comparable as a youth-oriented voter engagement resource, with significant overlap on voter registration and voter ID tools, though Vote.org competes more on technology and scale than peer-to-peer campus programming.

Broad incumbents

• Fair Elections Center: CVP's parent 501(c)(3) organization and a voting rights advocacy group pursuing election administration litigation and policy. Directly comparable in mission (voting access and rights), with CVP operating as the campus-focused initiative under Fair Elections Center's broader portfolio.
• Brennan Center for Justice: Nonpartisan law and policy institute focused on voting rights, campaign finance, and election reform. Comparable in its focus on voting access and barriers to registration (issues CVP addresses at the campus level), with broader research and litigation scope.
• League of Women Voters: Established nonpartisan civic organization promoting voter education, registration, and participation nationwide. Comparable as a nonpartisan civic engagement provider, but with much broader scope (all ages, all elections) and longer history than CVP's campus-specific focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/FairElectionsCenter
• Instagraminstagram.com/fairelectionscenter
• TikToktiktok.com/@fairelectionscenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/campus-vote-project

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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