Non-partisan groups working across the country. Click a group to find more about them. For groups in New Hampshire, see NH Groups.
Podcasts for Independent-Minded Americans
Produces informative and educational podcasts about non-partisan activities and information, free of party narratives. Listen on Stitcher, Pandora, Apple, Google, or Spotify.
Educating our youth and others
Runs many educational programs, including We the People: The James Madison Project, and Project Citizen.
Tracking Federal Campaigns
Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets) is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Their vision is for Americans to be empowered by access to clear and unbiased information about money's role in politics and policy, and to use that knowledge to strengthen our democracy.
Fact-based discussions, county up to federal
USAFacts is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan civic initiative providing the most comprehensive and understandable government data. They provide accessible analysis on US spending and outcomes to ground public debates in facts, using exclusively publicly available government data sources - no judgments or policy prescriptions, just information provided as a free public service.
News from Left, Center & Right
AllSides strengthens our democratic society with balanced news, diverse perspectives, and real conversation. They expose people to information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so they can better understand the world - and each other. Their balanced news coverage, media bias ratings, civil dialogue opportunities, and technology platform are available for everyone and can be integrated by schools, nonprofits, media companies, and more.
Fact-based conservative news
This is not non-partisan, but something desperately needed by conservatives - and it also allows others to get the conservative view. A digital media company providing engaged citizens with fact-based reporting and commentary on politics, policy and culture, informed by conservative principles, delivered through newsletters, articles, and podcasts.
Video-based communication with elected officials
A Starting Point is a video-based civic engagement platform. Their mission is to create a bipartisan channel of communication and connectivity between Americans and their elected officials, with the goal of creating a more informed electorate.
National Campaign Finance
American Promise's mission is to unite and empower Americans to build a healthy democracy through a Constitutional amendment to stop the corrupting influence of money in our political system. Since 2016, they have launched forty chapters across the nation and played a key role in five state ballot initiatives and six legislative campaigns.
Other groups working on campaign finance reform include Fix It America, Take Back Our Republic, People For the American Way, and Public Citizen.
National Group (no NH chapter)
Democrats, Republicans and independents working to bridge the growing partisan divide and foster a more representative and functional government. Focused on scaling and accelerating the movement to put voters first, and ensure the right leaders have the right incentives to solve our country's greatest problems - including Independent Redistricting, Ranked Choice Voting, Open Primaries, Vote by Mail, and Unity Candidates.
National Group (NH is one of their starting states)
A coalition of civic-minded business leaders and purpose-driven companies ready to take action and promote government that works for all Americans - setting a positive example for business engagement in the political sector. Working on Corporate Civic Responsibility, Operation Vote Safe, Time to Vote, secure and inclusive elections, and programs to help businesses find common ground and overcome political polarization.
National Group - Mass. Based
The system is rigged to favor the powerful and well-connected. It ignores the voices of ordinary citizens. Our representative democracy has become so corrupted by this fundamental inequality that the only voices our government listens to are the special interests who fund their campaigns, and the most partisan groups and individuals.
Litigation: Equal Votes, End Super PACs, Electors Freedom. Campaigns: RCV for POTUS. Founded by Lawrence Lessig and Jason Harrow.
National Group
Focused on getting anti-corruption laws in place, with a large focus on the local and state level where individuals can have a greater impact. To solve America's corruption crisis, we need to work together to win campaigns across the country. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, you can join their action team, the Action Brigade, and be part of the next wave of victories.
National Group
Works to allow voters to participate in any primary. In NH, you must be undeclared to choose the day of the primary - voters pay for the primaries, but the parties control the process. Many states have "closed" primaries where only party members can participate.
What is needed: Help in NH to change election laws. UnRIG IT is a petition to the Federal Election Commission to get all Americans allowed to vote in the presidential primary.
National - Washington DC based
Issue One is the leading cross-partisan political reform group in Washington. They unite Republicans, Democrats, and independents in the movement to fix our broken political system, including efforts like Don't Mess with Us (keeping foreign interference out of elections), the Rebuild Congress Initiative, and FIX THE SYSTEM. Publishes The Fulcrum, a digital news source.
National
An audacious mission: re-establish political cooperation across parties and defeat the polarization and gridlock holding back our government and country. MAP is committed to activating our nation's youngest generation of leaders and lawmakers.
Global Organization
Using their digital platform, DoSomething members join volunteer, social change, and civic action campaigns to make real-world impact on causes they care about. Scholarships are also available.
National
BridgeUSA is developing the next generation of engaged, informed, and constructive citizens. Their movement catalyzes the passion of the next generation to invest in the future of democracy.
National - Boston based
Empowers young people to become engaged and effective citizens. Works to ensure that every student in the United States receives an effective action civics education, providing them with the knowledge and skills necessary to participate in our democracy as active citizens.
National
Govern for America bridges the gap between state and local governments and emerging leaders to build a pipeline of diverse and dynamic talent into government. They recruit, train and place exceptional graduates into full-time jobs and support them as they develop into effective public sector leaders throughout a two-year fellowship.
National - Youth Based
Civics Unplugged (CU) is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) social enterprise and digitally-powered community that provides leaders of Generation Z training, funds, and support to build the future of American communities and democracy. The Civics Unplugged Fellowship is a six-month, digital-first leadership program bringing together exceptional high school-aged leaders to learn systems thinking, personal development, democratic theory, and community building - culminating in Civics 2030, CU's 10-year national campaign.