2008 YearlY report

NeW orGaNIZING INStItUte

dear fellow progressive

During the 2004 election cycle, progressive campaigns and organizations failed to fully realize the potential of new organizing technologies and information resources. In the 2008 cycle, the progressive movement pulled off a striking reversal on this front, and the New Organizing Institute is proud to have played a critical role in this development. In 2008 alone, we conducted 49 trainings serving over 225 partner organizations, building and managing critical pieces of tech and data infrastructure and commissioning timely research. In this report, we’ll summarize the NOI’s 2008 activity and place it in the broader context of progressive-movement opportunities going forward.

The 2008 electoral victories present a welcome challenge for the progressive movement. We must now work together to advance a progressive agenda that includes health care, energy, the environment and extending equal rights and opportunities to all Americans. How can progressives use the mobilization tools and techniques that brought victory at the polls to govern boldly and effectively?

In addition to our RootsCamps and partner trainings with other organizations, this year the NOI hosted State Organizers Summits in 10 states across the country, training activists in field organizing, data, communications and leadership. This expansion of our training program will pay off in the short term through strengthened progressive communities ready for state-level legislative struggles and in the long term by building a “bench” of progressive activists and organizers to assume leadership in the future.

The NOI also takes on special projects, using technology and organizing tactics to augment the efforts of pro-gressive organizations and coalitions where we see an unfilled need. This entails making effective use of data and progressive technology infrastructure and integrating it with more traditional technologies and practices.

For example, this year the NOI built a partnership with the Voter Activation Network, ISSI, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and youth vote organizations to create a structure for data collection and new voter registration applications.

The NOI and our partners compiled them into a database, called the Data Entry Consolidation Center (DECC), which provided valuable data to analyze the effectiveness of partner organizations’ voter registration programs and augment the voter file with data from new registrants. This had never been done before, and it’s a big step toward fulfilling the NOI’s goal of making all progressive organizing smarter and more results driven.

As we move into 2009, we want to let you know how much we appreciate your commitment to this work. Thank you for your dedication to building a strong grassroots progressive-movement infrastructure. We look forward to a great new year for organizers across the country.

Judith Freeman, Executive Director Zack Exley, President

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ABOUT NOI NOI runs the only progressive advocacy and campaign training program focused on cutting-edge online organizing tech-niques (e.g. writing effective emails, engaging bloggers, leveraging social networks, utilizing video), political technology (e.g. using data effectively, progressive technology infrastruc-ture), and the intersection with field and man-agement of these areas of new organizing.

An extensive network of dozens of top practitio-ners and consultants serve as NOI trainers and guest consultants.

The NOI STOry In 2005, 17 senior organizers whose 2004 campaigns broke grassroots mobilization and fundraising records came together to ask, “Where do we go from here?”

Across the board, our major 2004 successes had been fueled by breakthroughs in online organizing. The handful of campaigns we represented had raised well over $200 million, mobilized hundreds of thousands of volunteers and contacted tens of millions of voters—largely by leveraging existing web-based progressive social networks in new ways.

This cadre of organizers recognized that the vast majority of progressive issue organizations and candidate campaigns either didn’t yet see the potential of online organizing or lacked the skills to execute a successful online campaign.

we all realized that this was just

the beginningThere was a small group of people who had done this innovative work in the 2004 elections using these new technology-enabled tools. And we all realized that this was just the beginning of this amazing change in the way that organizing and advocacy work could be done going forward. It opened up so many possibilities, not only for the everyday things like data manage-ment and accountability but for how you build an entire strategy—how you fundraise and talk to voters and recruit volunteers. Judith Freeman, NOI Executive Director

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Since its first Boot Camp in March 2006—and its first RootsCamp the same year—the NOI has trained over 700 organizers across the country, including trainings in the crucial battleground states of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The NOI’s trainees have gone on to take leadership roles in dozens of prominent advocacy organizations and campaigns at the local, state and national levels. And NOI alumni are changing the face of campaigns, advocating for the integration of online work and technology into every corner and at every level of campaign structures.

I was deeply inspired by many of the people and information I heard. The discussions were valuable and real. I met some of the key players in new organizing and heard the inside story on some of the best campaigns in politics today. Most conferences like this, you have to pay hun-dreds of dollars to attend, so the low cost of RootsCamp helped a lot of people participate who wouldn’t normally have access.” RootsCampDC 2008 Attendee

The best conference I have attended in 40 years of working is yours held … December [2008]. It gave me hope for our future as a nation.” RootsCampDC 2008 Attendee

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new organizing accomplishments

our training program

Since its inception in 2005, the NOI has leveraged its training program and the existing progressive community to build a vast network of tech-savvy organizers. We’ve trained hun-dreds on how to use technology and we’ve engaged and challenged movement organi-zations to make new media and organizing technology central to their strategies for making progressive change. Please see the appendix to this document for a full list of trainings.

BOOT CAmp TrAININgS The NOI’s two Boot Camp trainings, in 2006 and 2007, used innovative “total immersion” techniques to challenge trainees in intense and realistic simulations of real-life experiences that new organizers face on a daily basis.

Our Boot Camp trainers create scenarios that test the skills necessary for success, preparing trainees to manage real-world challenges and become effective in their roles as new organizers.

pArTNer TrAININgS To supplement our Boot Camps, we’ve partnered with prominent progressive organizations to conduct short ses-sions for training staff in new organizing skills. Organizations with specific needs can come to the NOI at any time for an intensive session in the kind of hands-on new organizing skills training that’s required to meet organizational goals. We work closely with partners prior to these trainings to ensure that the content is specific and speaks directly to the partner organization’s strengths and challenges.

NONprOfIT TrAININgS The NOI holds specialized trainings for nonprofits to address the specific challenges they face, such as a longer planning horizon, developing a sustain-able communications strategy, connecting more deeply with their supporters and empowering volunteers with new levels of responsibility. By offering a broad curriculum fueled by the best practitioners in the field, we equip nonprofit trainees with new organizing, fundraising and communications tools.

STATe OrgANIzerS SUmmITS As a new addition to the NOI’s training program for 2008, we began training state-level organizers to use the new tools and strategies that are changing organizing and politics.

Before attending our trainings, state-level organizers had access to these new tools but little instruction in how to effectively use them.

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Partnering with progressive nonprofit coalitions in 10 regions, the NOI developed a training curriculum to give state-level organizers the know-how to do so.

State Organizers Summits had two tracks: communications and organizing, and data and technology. In addition to teaching skills, the trainings facilitated cross-pollination among progressive activists, strengthened existing state-level institutions and fueled progressive power at the state level to build a “bench” of progressive activists and organizers. We think this will pay off in the short term as progres-sives gear up for state-level legislative fights and in the long term as we develop future leaders in the progressive movement.

CAmpUS TrAININgS In 2008, NOI established a pilot campus training partnership with the Bonner Foundation and the Corpora-tion for National and Community Service. Working with a network of 85 colleges and universities across the country, NOI trains students enrolled in service programs to use online social networks and other new media tools to enhance their community work.

In 2009, the NOI is excited to continue this partnership in order to add tech-enabled staff to the nonprofit pipeline and to train the next generation of nonprofit leadership.

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When I first came, I wasn’t a guy who was too familiar with a lot of the online tools.... But because of the training, I was introduced to a lot of new techniques that I could add to my arsenal. And it really benefited me a lot down the line. A lot of friendships grew out of there, and a lot of contacts.” 2006 Boot Camp trainee

Partner and nonprofit trainings are, for us, not just a way to train the staff of organizations that are doing the hard work on the ground. They do serve that pur-pose, but they are also a way to offer up a neutral gathering place for those folks to train and mentor each other—to build relationships, to dream big, to find allies... and to gain deep knowledge about online organizing and new media.” Heather Cronk, NOI Training Director

The modeling sessions were awesome—I didn’t realize how much I like numbers and data. I can’t wait to brainstorm and get creative with this info.... I’m really invigorated to get going on this stuff and make my organizing more technologically savvy.” Trainee, Michigan State Organizers Summit

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movement building

As a training program with hundreds of alumni, we feel we can contribute to the development of progressive social networks and effective progressive online communicators. Our RootsCamp conferences and Blogger Summits help build the progressive movement the NOI way – by nurturing networks and institutions using the best organizing principles.

rOOTSCAmp CONfereNCeS Our RootsCamp—an “un-conference,” where participants democratically choose topics of discussion—has become the dominant format for convening progressives to share information and build networks and relationships.

Initiated by the New Organizing Institute and based on the tech world’s phenomenally successful “BarCamp” model, RootsCamps are self-organized, with no pre-set agenda. This format never fails to yield an astounding exchange of information, spin-off projects and cross-pollination among unexpected partners.

Local organizers in communities across the country who would like to convene a RootsCamp use a collaborative online tool called a wiki and need very few resources. Since the first RootsCamp in December of 2006 in Washington, D.C., RootsCamps have been held in Bloomington, Columbus, Denver, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Sydney, Australia.

The success of these RootsCamps led to collab-orations with America Votes, ProgressNow and other networks to establish annual RootsCamp conferences in such crucial battleground states as Ohio and Colorado. In November 2007, the first international RootsCamp was held in Sydney, Australia.

RootsCampDC 2008 brought together over 600 organizers from across the country to debrief on the 2008 election. Campaign field staff, national strategists, advocacy organi-zations, bloggers, GOTV voter registration operatives, technologists and many more came together in Washington, D.C. to discuss the challenges and innovations of the 2008 cycle.

Following a 2008 election cycle that recruited and trained thousands of talented young pro-gressives, we partnered with Democratic GAIN to host a career fair. The fair featured over 50 progressive employers to help facilitate the transition of campaign staff into full-time jobs and other opportunities.

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Participants organized sessions across a range of topics, including:

» Race and Gender: How It Could Have Cost the Democrats the Election

» TXT Out The Vote: Stories of how txt messaging was used in ‘08

» Exporting Democracy—No, For Real This Time: Online Organizing in the 2008 Brazilian Election

STATe BlOgger SUmmIT As part of our initiatives to build state-level progressive infra-structure, this year we hosted a State Bloggers Summit to discuss blogging practices and build personal connections among progressive state bloggers from 25 states across the country.

Over 70 bloggers and progressive activists attended such sessions as “Working with Campaigns,” “Holding the Media Account-able,” “Blogging as a Business” and “Building Coalitions and Moving an Agenda.”

lgBT BlOgger SUmmIT In December 2008, the NOI hosted an LGBT Blogger Summit in Washington, DC to build collab-orative and cooperative relationships among bloggers in the LGBT community. Attendees traded stories and notes, held sessions on blogging skills and formed valuable relation-ships and partnerships.

Over 80 bloggers attended such sessions as “Bloggers & Ballots: Moving the Game Online” and “The Future of Internet Policy and the LGBTQ Blogger.”

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[The] sessions on blogging resources and blogging as a business were extremely helpful, as was listening to how others monetize their blogs and struggle with issues of providing consistent content, attracting readers and maintaining a steady group of contributors.” State Blogger Summit Attendee

This summit is one of the most useful events of its kind I’ve ever attended. The real information and help for blogging and developing a media presence are invaluable. I predict you will see activism leveraged via the many connections made be-tween people over the course of this weekend, as well as the discussions about strategy.” LGBT Blogger Summit Attendee

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technology infrastructure

The VOTer regISTrATION TOOl Groups running voter registration campaigns have faced a dilemma about how to store applicant data in a secure and sustainable way. Organizations have typically created custom solutions that were then terminated at the end of a single cycle and resulted in lost data, year after year. Lost names and contact information for new voters have held back Get Out The Vote efforts. Recognizing these sys-temic problems, we contracted with the Voter Activation Network and partnered with Catalist and SIEU to build a tool for data entry and storing voter registration applications. We made the Voter Registration Tool avail-able free of charge to progressive nonprofits conducting voter registration campaigns. The Voter Registration Tool fills a gap in progressive technology infrastructure and makes room for a multitude of small-scale grassroots voter registration programs to thrive.

The DATA eNTry CONSOlIDATION CeNTer (DeCC) During the Democracy Alliance’s 2008 youth table proposal process, the NOI was asked to assess the data require-ments of the groups at the table. After having conversations with many of the groups collecting paper registrations, it became readily apparent that many groups did not have defined plans for how they would get voter registration applica-tions (VRAs) photocopied and data-entered.

While most groups recognized the importance of keeping this data set, many groups were still investigating vendors and looking into the collection process. Instead of a unique process at each group, we proposed consolidating all of the data-entry and processing needs into a single structure. The DECC was created as a service to assist youth vote organizations in data-entering either voter registration applica-tions or pledge cards.

Within a matter of weeks, the NOI and partner ISSI (a progressive data firm) hired staff, found a data-entry vendor, established essential pro-cedures and processes and created contracts for its client organizations. This speed and flex-ibility allowed DECC to process over 247,000 voter registration applications and pledge cards by Election Day.

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The benefits were clear: the analysis of the voter registration data provided a layer of visibility to each voter registration program with near-real time updates that allowed Democracy Alliance’s youth table staff to measure the performance of each group’s voter registration program and make timely adjustments.

Now that the 2008 election is over, we can match DECC’s data against Catalist to determine how many voters groups actually put on the rolls and how many voted on Election Day. Analysis of this data will give progressives the information necessary for improving nonprofit voter registration programs in future election cycles.

gOVOTe.Org The NOI partnered with progressive mobile phone company CREDO Mobile to build GoVote.org, a voting informa-tion site. Potential voters can look up polling locations and every piece of relevant voting information, such as I.D. requirements, voting hours and early-vote dates. In 2008, it pro-vided over 100,000 people with correct voting information. And in keeping with our grassroots philosophy, all voting data in GoVote.org’s database is open and editable by users—it’s a truly open project.

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DECC was like manna from heaven. The DECC is something I would hold up as the example of...efficiency. It’s the kind of efficiency that we should have been doing.” Staff Member, Partner Organization

We’ve worked to facilitate discussion between progressive organizations and technology vendors. In doing so, we’re help-ing to build effective and efficient technology infrastructure for the progressive community.” Josh Hendler, NOI Senior Advisor

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2009 & beyond

To bring about the change we’re seeking in the progressive community, NOI is planning an ambitious agenda for 2009–2010:

1. TrAININg prOgrAm Our training program is the core of our organization and allows us to truly connect with a variety of stakeholders. Over the past few years, we’ve worked primarily with individuals and progres-sive nonprofits; in 2009 and 2010, we intend to radically broaden our list of training stake-holders to include members of the labor com-munity, college students, experienced trainers, nonprofit consultants, international organizers, congressional staff and government agency staff. We’ll conduct many of these new train-ings via web seminars.

2. WrITINg & reSeArCh To complement our intensive online and on-the-ground training program, the NOI will undertake a series of writing projects that will help disseminate to the progressive community the newest lessons and research, including a best-practices series, a guide to implementing new organizing princi-ples, articles on case studies and lessons learned and a quarterly Journal of New Organizing.

3. hUmAN CApITAl In addition to train-ings and written materials, we will support new talent that’s been uncovered throughout the last election cycle with tangible and active assistance to keep these organizers involved in the progressive community. This support includes fellowships, job placement and efforts to recruit more progressive organizers.

4. mOVemeNT BUIlDINg While NOI recognizes the power of sharing knowledge

and providing training in new technologies, we also feel it’s important to provide the means for talented and innovative organizers to connect with one another. NOI is planning several “movement-building” programs over the next two years, including Boot Camps and RootsCamps, Organizing Summits, blogger sti-pends, retreats, a progressive co-working and training center and monthly D.C. breakfasts.

5. SpeAkINg eNgAgemeNTS Because the NOI is connected with an extensive network of organizing experts, we field many speaking requests. Relying on both our staff and our allies, we will be handling speaking requests via a new speakers’ bureau.

6. DONOr SerVICeS In our conversations with funders across the country, we’ve recognized a need for donor training and advising. We will be working with our funders and others to develop resources that will help support the fund-ing community’s interest in learning more about how technology can be used for social change.

7. TeChNOlOgy INfrASTrUCTUre Through our relationships with practitioners in the field, we regularly uncover holes in the progressive infrastructure that are solved with a little innovation and a lot of hard work. Two great examples are the Voter Registration Tool (integrated with the Voter Activation Network) and the Data Entry Consolidation Center (in partnership with ISSI & SEIU). We hope to continue working with groups and coalitions to identify those gaps, create technological infrastructure and encourage the administrators of existing technologies to open and expand their platforms. » 10 «

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Our new organizing techniques have been field tested. Our trainees have managed and executed both nonprofit and political campaigns, and we continue to feed their experience into our training program in order to stay ahead of the curve and push the field of new organizing forward. But we’re not stopping there.

In order to keep moving forward, we need your help. To help build and sustain the momentum, here are some ways you can pitch in:

Tell yOUr frIeNDS ABOUT The NOI Word of mouth has been a primary vehicle for growing NOI’s network of trainees. It is impor-tant to us that our allies tell others about what we’re doing and how to plug into it.

ATTeND ONe Of OUr TrAININgS Whether you’re new to the field, have been doing this work for a while, or are just curious about what we’re up to, our trainings are a great way to get involved. We hold everything from targeted partner trainings, to 75-trainee nonprofit trainings, to 600-attendee RootsCamps. Find the event where you would learn most and join us!

mAke A DONATION New organizers don’t train themselves. We are sustained by both small and large donations and take seriously the role that individual donors play in our work and in the broader progressive movement, and the resources we have determine how well we can serve those who need our help.

Offer yOUr ADVICe What are we missing? What gaps can/should we fill? What do you see, from your place in the progressive movement, that we should be paying attention to? We are always interested in learning more about what we can and should be doing to support the movement and inject more results-driven practices into the progressive market-place of ideas.

DreAm BIg The NOI has always been an entrepreneurial organization, and we hope to retain that spirit as we grow. So think big and to keep your eyes out for ways to effect monumental change. And get involved!

CONTACT Trying to reach us? Find us on the web at neworganizing.com. Or drop Judith a line:

Judith Freeman, Executive Director judith@neworganizing.com 202-210-3924

how can you help?

Date Type Partner Location Trainees

march–06 Boot Camp NOI Boot Camp Washington, DC 40

July–06 Partner Training EMILY’S List Washington, DC 40

August–06 Campaign Training NOI Training Washington, DC 100

August–06 Partner Training 21st Century Democrats Baltimore, MD 35

march–07 Nonprofit Training NOI Nonprofit Training Washington, DC 85

March–07 Partner Training PoliticsOnline Washington, DC 60

June–07 Partner Training Hopefund Washington, DC 30

July–07 Boot Camp NOI Boot Camp Washington, DC 62

July–07 Partner Training EMILY’S List Washington, DC 40

July–07 Partner Training Grassroots Democrats Washington, DC 50

August–07 Partner Training MoveOn Washington, DC 30

August–07 Partner Training Netroots Nation Chicago, IL 40

Oct.–07 Partner Training Sierra Club Washington, DC 15

Dec.–07 Partner Training Analyst Group Washington, DC 50

Dec.–07 Partner Training America Votes Concord, NH 25

January–08 Partner Training ATU Mechanics Conference New Orleans, LA 60

Feb.–08 Partner Training ATU Eastern Regional Conference Orlando, FL 60

feb.–08 Nonprofit Training NOI Nonprofit Training San francisco, CA 75

march–08 Blogger Summit State Bloggers Summit Washington, DC 70

March–08 Partner Training Take Back America RootsCamp Washington, DC 150

March–08 Partner Training Women Who Tech Washington, DC 45

April–08 Partner Training NEA Organizing Training Reno, NV 60

April–08 Partner Training Senate Retreat Richmond, VA 75

April–08 Partner Training Funders Committee on Civic Participation Washington, DC 30

May–08 Partner Training Patagonia Conference South Lake Tahoe, CA 50

May–08 Partner Training Planned Parenthood Federation of America Washington, DC 45

May-08 Partner Training League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Dulles, VA 45

May–08 Partner Training ATU Midwest Conference Minneapolis, MN 60

May–08 Partner Training PA and NY Campus Compact Retreat Honesdale, PA 50

June–08 Partner Training Bonner Foundation Summer Leadership Institute Allegheny, PA 300

June–08 Partner Training FACT Grantee Training Los Angeles, CA 60

June–08 Partner Training PICO National Network Washington, DC 45

June–08 State Organizers NOI Organizer Summit east lansing, mI 90

June–08 Partner Training State Education Editors Baltimore, MD 40

appendix I. List of trainings (by date)

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Date Type Partner Location Trainees

June–08 Partner Training DIA Users’ Conference Washington, DC 50

June–08 Partner Training FCCP Conference Washington, DC 40

June–08 State Organizers DC Intern “fast Track” Training Washington, DC 60

June–08 State Organizers NOI Organizer Summit Washington, DC 75

June–08 Partner Training PSI Training Washington, DC 30

July–08 State Organizers NOI Organizer Summit Washington, DC 75

July–08 State Organizers NOI Organizer Summit portland, Or 60

July–08 State Organizers NOI Organizer Summit Denver, CO 50

July–08 Partner Training National Black Conference of States Institute Washington, DC 50

July–08 Partner Training National Coalition on Black Civic Participation New Orleans, LA 45

July–08 Partner Training Netroots Nation RootsCamp Austin, TX 150

July–08 Partner Training International Labor Communication Association Washington, DC 30

July–08 State Organizers NOI Organizer Summit Columbus, Oh 20

July–08 Partner Training PSI Webinar Washington, DC 30

August–08 Partner Training Community Strategic Training Initiative Portland, OR 45

August–08 Partner Training Clean Air Task Force Manchester, NH 50

August–08 State Organizers NOI Organizer Summit minneapolis, mN 25

August–08 Partner Training Election Administration Table Washington, DC 50

August–08 Partner Training Democracy for America DemocracyFest Dulles, VA 45

August–08 State Organizers NOI Organizer Summit Milwaukee, WI 25

August–08 Partner Training DFA Night School Online 700

August–08 Partner Training Big Tent - Open Space Denver, CO 120

August–08 Partner Training Human Rights Campaign Washington, DC 40

Sept.–08 State Organizers NOI Organizer Summit raleigh, NC 70

Sept.–08 State Organizers NOI Organizer Summit pittsburgh, pA 50

Sept.–08 Speaking Engagement European Commission Representation Dublin, Ireland 100

Sept.–08 Partner Training DIA Webinar Online 40

Oct.–08 Partner Training Food & Society Fellows Washington, DC 25

Oct.–08 Partner Training Bonner Congress Training Buckhannon, WV 300

Nov.–08 Partner Training Bonner Directors’ Training Montreat, NC 120

Nov.–08 Partner Training Analyst Group Washington, DC 50

Nov.–08 State Organizers NOI Western reg. Organizers’ Summit Seattle, WA 50

Dec.–08 Special event lgBT Bloggers Summit Washington, DC 70

Dec.–08 Partner Training League of Women Voters Washington, DC 40

Dec.–08 Speaking Engagement National Black Programming Consortium Washington, DC 125

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appendix II. List of trainings, continued

1000 Friends of MarylandACCESSACLU of MississippiACLU of Washington ACLU-WAACORNAction Without Borders/ Idealist.orgAdvancement ProjectAFT ColoradoAlaska Wilderness LeagueAlaska Youth for Environmental ActionAlliance for Retired AmericansAmerica VotesAmerican Association for Palestinian Equal Rights FoundationAmerican Heart AssociationAmerican Rights at WorkAmericans for Informed DemocracyAnalyst InstituteAPIAVoteAshokaAustralian Youth Climate CoalitionBeloved Community CenterBlue State DigitalBlueprint NCBonnventures LLCBrennan Center for JusticeBRF ConsultingCampaign Money WatchCare2Carolinas Clean Air CoalitionCascade Bicycle Club

Cascade Land ConservancyCenter for Death Penalty LitigationCenter for Media and Democracy/Sunlight FoundationCenter for Progressive LeadershipCharles Lewis For Portland City CommissionerChesapeake Climate Action NetworkClean Water Action/1SkyClean Water Action/Clean Water FundCoalition for Progress Coalition for Smarter GrowthCodeBlueNowCODEPINK Women for PeaceColorado c3 RoundtableColorado Conservation VotersColorado Education AssociationColorOfChange.orgCommon CauseCommunity IT InnovatorsCompassion & ChoicesCompuMentor/TechSoupConnecticut Working Families PartyConsumers Union of the U.S.Council on American-Islamic Relations—MICREDO MobileCrohn’s & Colitis Foundation, Illinois ChapterDefenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife, Constitution SummerDemocracy AllianceDemocracy for America, Kent CountyDemocracy in ActionDemocracy MattersDevelopment SeedDisability CaucusDistrict Twelve Educators’ AssociationDogwood InitiativeElla Baker Center for Human RightsEquality NCFaith in Public LifeForest Policy Research/ Olympia Earth First!Free Range StudiosFRESCFuse WashingtonFUTUREWISEGenVote/USSAGeorge Mark Children’s HouseGeorgia River NetworkGetUp—Action for AustraliaGood WorkGoVoteAbsentee.orgGrand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa IndiansGranholm Leadership FundGreenpeaceHabitat for Humanity of Colorado HCACHeadCount

IFESIndian Law Resource CenterInformation Staffing Services, Inc.Institute for Southern StudiesInternational Union, UAWInternews NetworkIPAS Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of AmericaLa Unon Hispana De TampaLansing SchoolsLatin America Working GroupLeague of Women Voters of GeorgiaLeague of Women Voters of FloridaLeague of Women Voters of the United StatesLiving Oceans SocietyMaking Our Milk Safe (MOMS)Maryland State Teachers AssociationMassey MediaMedia Matters for AmericaMI NOW FoundationMichigan Citizen ActionMichigan Citizens for Stem Cell Research & CuresMichigan Disability Rights CoalitionMichigan Education AssociationMichigan Election CoalitionMichigan Equality

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Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education FundMichigan PeaceworksMichigan Prospect/ Michigan VoiceMichigan State UniversityMichigan Statewide Independent Living CouncilMichigan Voice/CCPMichigan Voter Engagement ProjectMichUHCANMomsRising.orgMOSES NAACPNAACP of MississippiNARAL Pro-Choice ColoradoNARAL Pro-Choice WashingtonNational Congress of American Indians (Native Vote)National Council of La RazaNational Education AssociationNational Stonewall DemocratsNational Wildlife FederationNational Women’s Law CenterNC Conservation NetworkNew School UniversityNational Parks Conservation AssociationOceanaOhio Education Association

Oil Change InternationalOld Town Commercial AssociationOne AmericaONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty HistoryONE/NorthwestOregon Bus ProjectOur TaskPadres UnidosPadres y Jovenes UnidosPaterson Education FundPeace Action WestPeace Education FundPeople For the American Way FoundationPeople of Faith Against the Death PenaltyPeoples Hurricane Relief FundPew Environment Group; Pew Charitable TrustsPlanned ParenthoodPlanned Parenthood Affiliates of MichiganPlanned Parenthood of Central North CarolinaProgress Alliance of WashingtonProgress MichiganProgressive Technology ProjectPublic CampaignPublic CitizenPuget Sound Sage

RESULTS Educational FundRock the VoteRocky Mountain InstituteRosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self DevelopmentSEIUSEIU Healthcare MichiganSelf-HelpServeNextSierra ClubSierra Club Michigan ChapterSierra Student CoalitionsmartMemeSojournersSouth Los Angeles Artist CollectiveSouthern Coalition for Social Justice SPARCSPIN ProjectSunlight FoundationThe Bell Policy CenterThe Center for Victims of TortureThe Humane Society of the United StatesThe League of Young VotersThe Student PIRGsThe UpTakeTriangle FoundationTurner Strategies, IncUnited Nations FoundationUnited States Student Association

University of MontanaVirginia General AssemblyWA Tax Fairness CoalitionWashington ACORNWashington BusWashington CeaseFireWashington Education AssociationWashington Low Income Housing AllianceWashington Office on Latin AmericaWashington State Farmworker Housing TrustWashington Student LobbyWashington Toxics Coalition Washington Trails AssociationWellesley CollegeWestern Conservation FoundationWestern States CenterWhite House ProjectWin/Win NetworkWorking AssetsWorking Families PartyWorkplace FairnessWorld Affairs Councils of AmericaYoung People For

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appendix II. List of training participants, continued

appendix III. Finances

fy 2008 New Organizing Institute 501(c)4 major Donors

$100,000 + George Soros Event sponsorships from companies & organizations

$50,000 – 99,999 General Support for Election Day Registration SEIU

under $50,000 AFL-CIO Majorie Roswell

Additional In-kind & Sponsorship has been given by the following

American Civil Liberties Union, Act Blue, American Rights at Work, Amplify Public Affairs, Blackrock, Blue State Digital, Campus Progress, Catalist, Development Seed, Democracy for America, e.politics, The George Washington University, ISSI, Mack Crounse, Meetup, MoveOn, NDN, NGP, RAD Campaign, Sierra Club, TechSoup, Voter Activation Network, Western States Center

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Revenue & Expenses 2008

Cash on hand 134,402.13

Expense Bank Fees 32.00 Fiscal Sponsorship Expense 20,613.84 Guest Trainer Honorarium 7,620.69 Insurance 2,545.22 Meals & Entertainment 14,416.20 Miscellaneous/Uncategorized 519.87 Office Expenses 7,151.30 Postage & Delivery 229.68 Printing & Reproduction 32.96 Professional Development 5,331.25 Professional Fees 56,200.82 Promotion 2,875.00 Reimbursed Expenses 609.25 Rent or Lease 23,514.15 Stationery & Printing 364.62 Supplies 6,112.53 Training Expenses 31,305.57 Employer Payroll Expenses Salaries Expense 26,600.00 Payroll Expenses 2,411.10

Total Employer Payroll Expenses 29,011.10

Telephone 2,265.07 Employee Travel & Lodging 39,735.87

Total expense 279,498.10

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