Higher Ground Labs

Momentum is a behavioral-driven fundraising platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in Oakland, California. It enables users to make automatic donations that turn everyday activities into opportunities for charitable giving. By allowing individuals to set predefined giving rules, the platform facilitates donations to a selection of trustworthy nonprofit organizations aligned with users' interests, such as adding a percentage to their restaurant bills to support those in need. Momentum focuses on donor stewardship and impact tracking, ensuring that users can easily contribute to meaningful causes while managing their day-to-day tasks. The company emphasizes evidence-based charity recommendations to maximize the effectiveness of donations.

OpenGrants is a grant search engine and marketplace that connects organizations with non-dilutive funding opportunities. The company provides a comprehensive platform that features a database of grants from various sources, including government agencies, foundations, and corporations. This enables users to independently search for grants or hire independent grant consultants to assist in identifying, applying for, and managing funding opportunities. By streamlining the grant search process, OpenGrants aims to enhance the efficiency and accessibility of funding for companies and organizations seeking financial support.

GroundBase is a technology company that specializes in providing affordable and user-friendly organizing tools tailored for progressive campaigns. Its platform features personalized contact tools, SMS and email capabilities for outreach, and resources for door-knocking and calls. Additionally, GroundBase offers an API that facilitates integration with other platforms, empowering organizers, activists, and advocates to effectively manage and engage with voters, volunteers, and donors. By focusing on the unique needs of progressive campaigns, GroundBase aims to create lasting advantages for its users in their organizing efforts.

Goodstock & Co. is a company dedicated to producing products that connect like-minded individuals and celebrate positive causes. Founded by professionals with extensive experience in political campaigns and advocacy, the company offers an e-commerce platform that facilitates the establishment of merchandise stores for various campaigns. This platform is designed to enhance fundraising efforts and increase visibility for causes, while alleviating users from the complexities and costs associated with traditional systems. By empowering communities and individuals who share common values, Goodstock aims to foster connections and support initiatives that resonate with their audience.

Mobilize is an event management and volunteer recruitment platform designed for mission-driven organizations and their supporters. The platform facilitates the recruitment of volunteers, provides organizers with timely updates, and enables the sharing of events with partners. By optimizing social recruitment and leveraging cross-promotions, Mobilize effectively connects activists, progressive organizations, and democratic campaigns, helping them to mobilize resources and achieve their goals.

OpenField is a mobile-first community organizing tool that empowers organizations, political campaigns, nonprofits, and advocacy groups to enhance their outreach efforts. The platform facilitates various forms of engagement, including traditional canvassing, deep canvassing, phone banking, and voter registration. Its unique Intelligent Auto Turf Cutter allows users to quickly create walkable canvassing areas across cities, while the natural language notes capture and analytics feature transforms individual responses into actionable insights. As the only tool offering these capabilities, OpenField is designed to be highly scalable, suitable for both local initiatives and national campaigns. The application is user-friendly, enabling most individuals to become proficient in its use within minutes and without formal training. Founded by Arianna Trujillo-Wesler and Emily Del Beccaro, OpenField has gained recognition for its innovative approach, winning the Best Software as a Service award at the 2021 Campaigns & Elections CampaignTech Awards. Trujillo-Wesler, an expert in community organizing and political technology, and Del Beccaro, a veteran in national data management, bring significant experience to the company's mission of building community power.

Voter Protection Partners is a Washington, D.C.-based organization founded in 2017 that focuses on enhancing voter protection efforts for political campaigns. The organization provides comprehensive services that include advising campaigns on program design, election day operations, and rapid response strategies. It operates secure tools for managing voter protection teams and for tracking, analyzing, and addressing voting incidents and election administration issues. By collecting and maintaining anonymous voter protection data, Voter Protection Partners offers actionable insights and recommendations that span multiple campaign cycles. Additionally, the organization has developed a mobile application called Guard Donkey, which uses location sharing to assist campaigns in mobilizing volunteers effectively. Through its initiatives, Voter Protection Partners aims to ensure that every vote earned is a vote counted, thereby strengthening the democratic process.

SameSide, LLC is a Los Angeles-based company that operates an events platform aimed at fostering community engagement in activism and supporting entrepreneurs. Founded in 2017, the platform connects various events and gatherings to specific causes, allowing organizers to raise money and awareness for issues they are passionate about. By enabling individuals and organizations to align their events with meaningful initiatives, SameSide empowers grassroots political action through cultural activities such as music, arts, and food. The platform facilitates interesting experiences that not only engage supporters but also unlock opportunities for political activism, making it easier for individuals to contribute to causes they care about while hosting events.

Affordable and easy-to-use organizing tools for progressive campaigns, unions, nonprofits, and advocacy groups with teams and budgets of any size.

The Tuesday Company develops software aimed at enhancing supporter engagement for organizations. Its platform is designed to transform political engagement in the digital era by analyzing social media influence and promoting peer-to-peer conversations. Through friend-to-friend outreach and digital organizing, the company's technology enables nonprofits to effectively mobilize volunteers, expand their membership base, and increase fundraising efforts. By focusing on building strong relationships with supporters, The Tuesday Company seeks to drive community involvement and activism.

Mobilize is an event management and volunteer recruitment platform designed for mission-driven organizations and their supporters. The platform facilitates the recruitment of volunteers, provides organizers with timely updates, and enables the sharing of events with partners. By optimizing social recruitment and leveraging cross-promotions, Mobilize effectively connects activists, progressive organizations, and democratic campaigns, helping them to mobilize resources and achieve their goals.

BallotReady is an online, non-partisan voter guide for local elections that aggregates content from candidate websites, League of Women Voters questionnaires, news articles, campaign finance records, and legislative roll calls to provide nonpartisan background information on every candidate and referendum on a voter's ballot. The platform enables users to compare all candidates on their ballot, obtain essential information needed in the voting booth, and save selected candidates to a mobile device for offline review. It supports civic engagement by offering data services and digital tools that help voters understand their entire ballot and make informed choices.