Building People Power Since 2015

Nonpartisan, community-led, and built one campaign at a time.

Groundswell organizers and volunteers gathered outdoors

From a Kitchen Table to a Coalition

Groundswell started with a handful of neighbors around a kitchen table, frustrated that decisions affecting their block were made without them in the room. What began as one letter-writing campaign grew — supporter by supporter — into a coalition organizing across the whole county.

We still work the same way: listen first, organize deliberately, and measure success by whether the people most affected by a policy had a real say in changing it.

  • Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, independently governed
  • Strictly nonpartisan — we organize around issues, not parties
  • Led by a resident board and a volunteer steering committee
  • Funded by individual donors, not corporate PACs
Nonpartisan Community-Led 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Volunteer-Powered

9

Years organizing

42

Policy wins

600+

Active volunteers

What We Stand By

Transparency

Our budget, our board minutes, and our campaign wins and losses are public. Accountability starts with us.

Community First

The people affected by a policy help write the ask. We organize with our neighbors, not on their behalf.

Persistent Action

Real change is slow. We stay on a campaign for as many budget cycles and hearings as it takes to win.

Why We Do This Work

"Real societal change is brought by those who plant seeds for trees they'll never sit in the shade of." It's the line our founders kept coming back to — and it's still why we measure our work in decades, not news cycles.

See What We've Planted
A full-grown tree standing in an open field

Meet the Team

A small staff, backed by hundreds of volunteers

Want to Join Our Team or Board?

We're always looking for organizers, board members, and volunteers who bring a skill we don't have yet.

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