Greater LA
Organizations in Greater LA
Civic and democracy organizations with a presence in Greater Los Angeles: nonprofits, bridging groups, parties and clubs, government offices, universities, libraries, newsrooms, civic tech, and funders. Each has a short description, where it works, the principles and issues it works on, and links to its own site.
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5 Calls
Civic tech · National (online) · Left-leaning
Website and app that gives people scripts and phone numbers to call their members of Congress on current issues. A 501(c)(4) nonprofit.
🏛️ Government🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed
American Democracy Project (AASCU)
Universities & centers, Nonprofits & advocacy · National (Washington, DC)
Nonpartisan civic engagement initiative of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, working with public campuses on student voting, civic dialogue and civic learning.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed

American Dynamism (Andreessen Horowitz)
Investors · Menlo Park · Right-leaning
Andreessen Horowitz practice investing in companies supporting the national interest, including aerospace, defense, public safety, education, manufacturing and companies that sell to government.
🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed · San Mateo County, San Francisco

Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
Donor networks & giving circles · Oakland · Left-leaning
Network that mobilizes philanthropic resources for AANHPI communities; launched a Bay Area Civic Engagement Fund collaborative and an AAPI Civic Engagement Fund.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed · Alameda County, San Francisco

Ballmer Group
Foundations & philanthropy · Bellevue, WA and Los Angeles · Centrist
Philanthropy of Steve and Connie Ballmer improving economic mobility for children and families, with a Los Angeles focus and public-sector partnership grants.
🏛️ Government💼 Economy
No upcoming events listed

Ballotpedia
Civic tech, News, research & ideas · Middleton, Wisconsin · Centrist
Nonprofit online encyclopedia of American politics and elections, covering California state races, ballot measures and municipal elections in cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco.
🗳️ Elections📰 Information
No upcoming events listed
BallotReady
Civic tech · Chicago
Online voter guide covering the full ballot, polling places and registration for every state, including California, with a candidate data API for organizations.
🗳️ Elections📰 Information🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed
Braver Angels
Bridging & dialogue, Nonprofits & advocacy · National, with an LA County alliance · Cross-partisan
National volunteer-led nonprofit that runs workshops, debates and conversations bringing together people across political divides, through local alliances including one for Los Angeles County.
🗽 Culture🗳️ Elections
2 upcoming events · San Francisco, Santa Clara County, Alameda County, Sonoma County · Events labeled Cross-partisan

Brookings Institution
News, research & ideas, Nonprofits & advocacy · National (Washington, DC) · Centrist
Nonprofit public policy research organization whose scholars publish research and analysis on economics, governance, foreign policy and cities, and host public events.
🏛️ Government💼 Economy
2 upcoming events · Online
California Common Cause
Nonprofits & advocacy · California (statewide) · Left-leaning
State chapter of Common Cause that works on redistricting, voting access, ethics and campaign finance rules in California and its cities.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco, Alameda County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County

California Common Sense Party
Parties & clubs · California · Centrist
A new California political party that describes itself as steered by everyday Californians rather than politicians or corporate interests.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed
California Community Foundation
Foundations & philanthropy · Los Angeles · Left-leaning
Community foundation for Los Angeles County working with donors and nonprofits; funds voter education, census outreach and civic engagement.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed

California Democratic Party
Parties & clubs · Sacramento · Left-leaning
The Democratic Party's state organization in California. Coordinates county committees, endorsements, conventions, voter protection and volunteer organizing.
🗳️ Elections
10 upcoming events · Inland Empire, San Fernando & Santa Clarita Valleys, Online, Westside, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Alameda County · Events labeled Democratic Party

California Forward
Nonprofits & advocacy · Sacramento · Centrist
Statewide nonprofit working on government reform and regional economic policy, aiming for an economy that is resilient, sustainable and inclusive.
🏛️ Government💼 Economy
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco, Alameda County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County

California Office of Data and Innovation
Civic tech, Government · Sacramento
State office that helps California departments improve digital services, data use and public engagement, including the AskCA digital assistant.
🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed

California Ranked Choice Voting
Nonprofits & advocacy · Statewide
Statewide group, with a 501(c)(3) institute and a 501(c)(4) coalition, that teaches Californians about ranked choice voting and supports efforts to adopt it.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed · Santa Clara County, San Francisco, Alameda County, San Mateo County, Santa Cruz County

California Republican Party
Parties & clubs · California · Right-leaning
The Republican Party's state committee for California. Holds state conventions and supports Republican candidates and county parties.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

California Wellness Foundation
Foundations & philanthropy · Woodland Hills, Los Angeles · Left-leaning
Private foundation protecting and improving the health of Californians; treats civic engagement and voting as part of community wellness.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco, Alameda County
California Working Families Party
Parties & clubs · Statewide · Left-leaning
California chapter of the Working Families Party, which recruits, trains and endorses candidates and organizes volunteers on economic, racial justice and climate issues.
🗳️ Elections💼 Economy
8 upcoming events · Orange County, South LA, Westside, Alameda County, Santa Clara County · Events labeled Campaigns
California YIMBY
Nonprofits & advocacy · California (statewide) · Centrist
Statewide movement working for more affordable, inclusive communities through housing legislation and local organizing.
🏛️ Government💼 Economy
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco, Alameda County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County
Californians for Equal Rights Foundation
Nonprofits & advocacy · California (statewide) · Right-leaning
Group that advocates for equal rights and merit, analyzes state and school-district education policy, and brings legal challenges to race-based programs, including in San Francisco.
🗽 Culture🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco
Call Blue
Parties & clubs · National, online · Left-leaning
Mobilize page that promotes the Democratic National Committee's Call Crew, listing volunteer phone banks and canvasses for Democratic candidates.
🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · Online · Events labeled Democratic Party
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Civic tech, Universities & centers · Pasadena · Centrist
Research project at Caltech and MIT that applies social science and engineering to voting machines, election reforms and how voting systems are assessed, with outreach to election officials.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

Canyon Dems
Parties & clubs · South Orange County · Left-leaning
Democratic club for the canyon and foothill communities of south Orange County. Meets monthly in Mission Viejo and organizes canvassing, phone banks and voter registration.
🗳️ Elections
2 upcoming events · Orange County · Events labeled Democratic Party

Center for Inclusive Democracy
Civic tech, News, research & ideas · California (formerly at USC, Los Angeles)
Nonpartisan research center on voting and civic participation with data tools such as the Voting Location Tool and studies of California's Voter's Choice Act counties, including San Mateo.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed · San Mateo County

Change.org
Civic tech · San Francisco
Online petition platform where people start and sign campaigns. Run by a public benefit corporation owned by the nonprofit Change.org Foundation; takes no money from advertisers, governments or parties.
🗽 Culture🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco
Charles Koch Foundation
Foundations & philanthropy · Arlington, VA (grants in California) · Right-leaning
Foundation funding research and education on free speech, criminal justice, economic progress, immigration and foreign policy, including grants at Stanford and UCLA.
📰 Information💼 Economy
No upcoming events listed · San Mateo County

CHISPA
Nonprofits & advocacy · Santa Ana / Orange County · Left-leaning
Orange County organizing group for young Latino residents, working on immigration, police accountability, housing and civic engagement. Endorses and canvasses for local candidates.
🗽 Culture🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · Orange County · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Citizens' Climate Lobby
Nonprofits & advocacy, Bridging & dialogue · National; chapters in San Francisco, Oakland, San Mateo, San Jose, Lafayette, Fremont, Mountain View and Santa Cruz · Cross-partisan
Volunteer group that trains people to lobby Congress and state legislators for bipartisan climate policy, with active chapters across the Bay Area.
🗽 Culture🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco, Alameda County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County
City of Los Angeles
Government · City Hall, Downtown LA
City government of Los Angeles. Council and committee meetings listed here come from the Office of the City Clerk, which publishes agendas and runs city elections.
🏛️ Government🗳️ Elections
3 upcoming events · Central LA

Claremont Institute
News, research & ideas, Nonprofits & advocacy · Upland · Right-leaning
Conservative think tank whose stated mission is to restore the principles of the American Founding. Publishes the Claremont Review of Books and runs fellowships.
🏛️ Government🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed
Code for America
Civic tech, Nonprofits & advocacy · Oakland · Centrist
Nonpartisan nonprofit that works with governments to build digital tools and services for safety-net benefits, tax credits and criminal record clearance, including GetCalFresh and Clear My Record in California.
🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed · Alameda County

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Foundations & philanthropy · Westlake Village
Global foundation based in Los Angeles County working on homelessness, foster youth, early childhood, Catholic sisters, safe water and humanitarian aid.
🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed
Crossing Party Lines
Bridging & dialogue, Nonprofits & advocacy · National, events online · Cross-partisan
National nonprofit that hosts moderated conversations, skills workshops and a book club for people with different political views, through local chapters and online events.
🗽 Culture
1 upcoming event · Online · Events labeled Cross-partisan
Democracy Action Network
Nonprofits & advocacy · West Hollywood / Central LA · Left-leaning
Indivisible-affiliated group for Central Los Angeles, founded in 2024, that holds all-hands meetings every other Sunday on threats to elections and runs volunteer committees.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
1 upcoming event · Online · Events labeled Advocacy groups

Democracy Week
Bridging & dialogue, Civic tech · SF, LA, Boston and NYC · Cross-partisan · Managed by the organization
Cross-partisan, decentralized weeks of civic events, city by city, built by the people and groups who host them. Runs DemocracyWeek.net and these listings.
🗽 Culture🗳️ Elections
3 upcoming events · Westside, Online · Events labeled Cross-partisan
Democracy Works
Civic tech, Nonprofits & advocacy · Brooklyn, New York · Centrist
Nonpartisan 501(c)(3) that runs TurboVote reminders, the Elections API, Ballot Scout mail-ballot tracking and the Voting Information Project, which publishes official polling-place data.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed

Democratic Party of Orange County
Parties & clubs · Anaheim · Left-leaning
The Democratic Party's county committee for Orange County. Works on voter education, candidate recruitment, endorsements and volunteer organizing.
🗳️ Elections
11 upcoming events · Inland Empire, Online, Orange County · Events labeled Democratic Party
Derek Tran for Congress
Parties & clubs · Garden Grove · Left-leaning
Campaign of Derek Tran, the Democratic incumbent running for re-election in California's 45th Congressional District, which spans parts of Orange and Los Angeles counties.
🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · Orange County · Events labeled Campaigns
Digital Democracy (CalMatters)
Civic tech, News, research & ideas · Sacramento · Centrist
CalMatters database and AI tool that tracks every California legislator's hearings, votes, bills and campaign donations for a general audience.
🏛️ Government📰 Information🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

Empowered Vote
Civic tech, Nonprofits & advocacy · Los Angeles · Cross-partisan
Antipartisan 501(c)(3) civic platform with tools to look up representatives and campaign finance by address, rank issues, read anonymized candidate statements and track city budgets.
🗳️ Elections📰 Information🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed

EmpowerLA
Government · City Hall, Downtown LA
City department, formally the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, that supports Los Angeles's Neighborhood Councils with training, resources and outreach to volunteers and residents.
🏛️ Government🗽 Culture
4 upcoming events · Online, Westside
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Foundations & philanthropy · San Francisco · Left-leaning
San Francisco family foundation funding democracy, immigrant rights, college success and leadership; it plans to sunset its work in 2028.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco, Alameda County

Field Team 6
Nonprofits & advocacy · National, mostly online · Left-leaning
Volunteer-run national political committee that registers and turns out Democratic-leaning voters through text banks, postcard writing, campus voter drives and ballot curing.
🗳️ Elections
2 upcoming events · Ventura County, Napa County · Events labeled Campaigns

Food & Water Action
Nonprofits & advocacy · National (Washington, DC) · Left-leaning
Political arm of the advocacy group Food & Water Watch. Organizes volunteers and endorses candidates on food safety, clean water and climate.
🗳️ Elections💼 Economy
2 upcoming events · San Fernando & Santa Clarita Valleys, Online · Events labeled Advocacy groups

Fore Women
Nonprofits & advocacy · Los Angeles, with eight stores
Los Angeles women's nonprofit, called National Council of Jewish Women Los Angeles until 2026. It runs the Fore Goods thrift stores, formerly The Council Shop, which fund its programs.
💼 Economy🗽 Culture
1 upcoming event · San Fernando & Santa Clarita Valleys
Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Donor networks & giving circles · Washington, DC (national; online) · Left-leaning
Network of funders collaborating on civic participation, voting rights and election protection; members include California foundations.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

Girls in Politics Initiative
Nonprofits & advocacy
Company founded in 2011 that runs civic education camps and online classes for girls ages 6 to 17, including Camp Congress for Girls.
🗽 Culture🏛️ Government
1 upcoming event · Westside
GoodParty.org
Civic tech · Los Angeles · Centrist
Public benefit corporation with free tools, voter data and texting for independent, nonpartisan and third-party candidates who run without major-party or big-money support.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

Google.org
Other funders · Mountain View
Google's philanthropy, giving funding, employee time and technology; runs impact challenges including AI for Government Innovation.
🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed · Santa Clara County
Grassroots Democrats HQ
Parties & clubs · Westwood, Los Angeles · Left-leaning
Volunteer-driven political committee that runs phone banks, postcard writing, canvassing and youth fellowships for Democratic candidates, from a campaign headquarters in Westwood.
🗳️ Elections
2 upcoming events · Westside · Events labeled Democratic Party

Hack for LA
Civic tech, Nonprofits & advocacy · Los Angeles
Volunteer civic tech group in the Los Angeles region that builds digital products with community partners and local government. A project of Civic Tech Structure, Inc., a 501(c)(3).
🏛️ Government🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed

Higher Ground Labs
Investors, Civic tech · National (online) · Left-leaning
Venture fund and accelerator investing in political technology companies for progressive campaigns; publishes research including on California's AI-era midterms.
🗳️ Elections📰 Information
No upcoming events listed

Hispanics in Philanthropy
Donor networks & giving circles · Oakland · Left-leaning
Multinational network building Latine philanthropy; runs grant pools including a Latino Civic Participation Grant.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed · Alameda County

Hoover Institution
News, research & ideas, Universities & centers · Stanford · Right-leaning
Public policy think tank at Stanford University that studies individual, economic and political freedom. Hosts talks and webinars, some open online.
🏛️ Government💼 Economy
5 upcoming events · Online, Santa Clara County, San Mateo County
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
Nonprofits & advocacy · Los Angeles and Sacramento · Right-leaning
Statewide taxpayer group that defends Proposition 13, publishes legislative report cards and ballot recommendations, and sues local governments over tax measures.
💼 Economy🏛️ Government🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

Independent Voter Project
Nonprofits & advocacy, News, research & ideas · San Diego · Centrist
Nonpartisan group working to re-engage voters and change election rules through ballot initiatives, litigation and voter education. Publishes the Independent Voter News.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

Indivisible
Nonprofits & advocacy · National · Left-leaning
National organization that supports thousands of local, volunteer-led Indivisible groups with guides, training and campaigns on federal policy, elections and civic participation.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
27 upcoming events · Online, San Fernando & Santa Clarita Valleys, Westside, Inland Empire, San Gabriel Valley, South Bay & Long Beach, San Mateo County, Napa County, Alameda County, Solano County, Santa Cruz County, Contra Costa County, Santa Clara County · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Indivisible Antelope Valley
Nonprofits & advocacy · Antelope Valley · Left-leaning
Indivisible group for Palmdale, Lancaster and the rest of the Antelope Valley that holds rallies, voter outreach events and advocacy aimed at elected officials.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
1 upcoming event · Antelope Valley · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Indivisible CA27
Nonprofits & advocacy · Santa Clarita · Left-leaning
Santa Clarita Valley Indivisible group for California's 27th Congressional District. Holds weekly Saturday visibility protests, overpass banner actions, voter registration drives and member meetings.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
1 upcoming event · San Fernando & Santa Clarita Valleys · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Indivisible Inland Empire
Nonprofits & advocacy · Rancho Cucamonga · Left-leaning
Indivisible group in Rancho Cucamonga that aims to help less politically active Inland Empire residents get involved. Runs a book club and a newsletter.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
1 upcoming event · Inland Empire · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Indivisible La Habra
Nonprofits & advocacy · La Habra · Left-leaning
Volunteer Indivisible group in La Habra and nearby cities that holds a weekly Thursday protest at Imperial Highway and Beach Boulevard and monthly meetings.
🏛️ Government
1 upcoming event · Orange County · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Indivisible Simi Valley
Nonprofits & advocacy · Simi Valley · Left-leaning
Simi Valley Indivisible group that works to elect progressive candidates and holds sign-waving actions, candidate visibility events, street-fair booths and rallies.
🗳️ Elections
4 upcoming events · Ventura County · Events labeled Advocacy groups

Indivisible South Bay LA
Nonprofits & advocacy · Torrance / South Bay · Left-leaning
Combined Indivisible and Swing Left group for the South Bay that canvasses, writes letters to voters, hosts activism trainings and registers college students to vote.
🗳️ Elections
2 upcoming events · South Bay & Long Beach · Events labeled Advocacy groups

Indivisible Westside Los Angeles
Nonprofits & advocacy · Westside · Left-leaning
Indivisible group for West LA, Santa Monica, Venice and Culver City. Holds monthly meetings, weekly freeway-overpass sign actions and protests, and contacts elected officials.
🏛️ Government🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · Westside · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Inland Empire Community Foundation
Foundations & philanthropy · Riverside
Community foundation for Riverside and San Bernardino counties; partners with Irvine and Latino Community Foundation on nonpartisan civic engagement grants (CIELO Fund).
🗽 Culture🗳️ Elections📰 Information
No upcoming events listed
Inland Empire United
Nonprofits & advocacy · Inland Empire · Left-leaning
Civic engagement organization for Riverside and San Bernardino counties that runs voter outreach, grassroots leadership development and a regional policy platform.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
1 upcoming event · Inland Empire · Events labeled Advocacy groups

iSideWith
Civic tech · Los Angeles
Online quiz and voting guide that matches users' views on issues with parties, candidates and ballot measures, including California races.
🗳️ Elections📰 Information
No upcoming events listed
Jane Kim for Insurance Commissioner
Parties & clubs · Statewide · Left-leaning
Campaign of Jane Kim, a former San Francisco supervisor, for California Insurance Commissioner, a statewide office. Endorsed by the California Working Families Party.
🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · Orange County · Events labeled Campaigns
Japanese American National Museum
Libraries, museums & arts · Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
Museum of Japanese American history in Little Tokyo. Its Democracy Center hosts programs on civil rights and civic participation.
🗽 Culture
1 upcoming event · Central LA

JJ Galvez for Assembly
Parties & clubs · Assembly District 71 · Left-leaning
Campaign of JJ Galvez, a Democrat running for California State Assembly District 71, which covers parts of southern Orange County and western Riverside County.
🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · Inland Empire · Events labeled Campaigns
John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Foundations & philanthropy · Los Angeles
Los Angeles foundation funding social-science research on governance; its Governance and Democracy Initiative supports work on LA County reform and democratic participation.
🏛️ Government🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Foundations & philanthropy · Miami (programs in San Jose and Long Beach)
National foundation investing in journalism, the arts, information and society, and community impact, with designated Knight communities including San Jose and Long Beach.
📰 Information🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed · Santa Clara County
Joz for Fontana Mayor & Fontana United
Parties & clubs
🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · Inland Empire · Events labeled Advocacy groups
LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
Government, Civic tech · Norwalk
LA County department that registers voters, runs federal, state and local elections in the county, and records property documents and vital records.
🗳️ Elections📰 Information
1 upcoming event · San Gabriel Valley

LAist
News, research & ideas · Pasadena
Nonprofit newsroom of Southern California Public Radio and home of LAist 89.3 FM. Reports on Los Angeles news and hosts community events.
📰 Information
2 upcoming events · Central LA, San Gabriel Valley
Lakewood Indivisible
Nonprofits & advocacy · Lakewood · Left-leaning
Indivisible group that holds a weekly Sunday rally at the Lakewood civic center, connects residents with mutual aid for people affected by ICE, and advocates on civil rights.
🗽 Culture🏛️ Government
1 upcoming event · East LA & Gateway Cities · Events labeled Advocacy groups

League of Women Voters of California
Nonprofits & advocacy · Sacramento
Statewide nonpartisan League that works to protect and expand voting rights, publishes voter information, and advocates on state policy through local Leagues.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco, Alameda County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County

League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles
Nonprofits & advocacy · Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles
Local chapter of the nonpartisan League of Women Voters. Offers information on elections, voting and ballot measures, and advocates on positions its members adopt after study.
🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · Westside

League of Women Voters of Santa Monica
Nonprofits & advocacy · Santa Monica
Santa Monica chapter of the nonpartisan League of Women Voters. Offers voter education and services, studies local issues, and advocates on positions its members adopt.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

Libertarian Party of California
Parties & clubs · Sacramento · Right-leaning
The Libertarian Party's state organization, supporting individual liberty, limited government and free markets. Its executive committee meets monthly online and county affiliates hold local meetups.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
1 upcoming event · Online · Events labeled Other parties

Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County
Parties & clubs · Los Angeles County · Right-leaning
County affiliate of the Libertarian Party of California, organized in six regions across Los Angeles County, with local meetups and an annual convention.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed

Liberty Hill Foundation
Foundations & philanthropy · Los Angeles · Left-leaning
Los Angeles social justice foundation that funds and trains community organizers; its Liberty Vote! program supports electoral engagement.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed

Log Cabin Republicans of Los Angeles
Parties & clubs · Los Angeles · Right-leaning
LGBT Republican club in Los Angeles, founded in 1978, supporting limited government, free markets and individual liberty and working toward a more inclusive Republican Party.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

Long Beach Indivisible
Nonprofits & advocacy · Long Beach · Left-leaning
Volunteer-run Indivisible group formed in December 2024 that holds monthly meetings, postcard-writing sessions, ballot parties, protests and mutual-aid efforts in Long Beach.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
4 upcoming events · South Bay & Long Beach · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Los Angeles County Democratic Party
Parties & clubs · Downtown LA · Left-leaning
The Democratic Party's county committee for Los Angeles County. Coordinates chartered Democratic clubs, endorsements, voter outreach and volunteers across the county.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

Los Angeles County Young Republicans
Parties & clubs · Los Angeles County · Right-leaning
Young Republicans club for Los Angeles County, part of the Young Republican National Federation, with monthly meetings and social and political events.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

Los Angeles Public Library
Libraries, museums & arts, Government · Central Library, Downtown LA
The City of Los Angeles's public library system: the Central Library downtown and branches across the city, with free collections, classes and events.
📰 Information🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed
Loyola Marymount University
Universities & centers · Westchester, Los Angeles
Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions whose schools and centers host public talks, including an Election Series from its political science department.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
3 upcoming events · Westside
Malik Books
Libraries, museums & arts · Culver City and Crenshaw
Independent Black-owned bookstore selling books, calendars and gifts, with shops at Westfield Culver City and Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall, and in-store author events.
🗽 Culture📰 Information
No upcoming events listed
MapLight
Nonprofits & advocacy, Civic tech · Berkeley · Left-leaning
Nonpartisan nonprofit that builds software and data tools to make campaign money and government more transparent.
🗳️ Elections📰 Information
No upcoming events listed · Alameda County
Mobilize
Civic tech · Washington, DC · Left-leaning
Event and volunteer platform where campaigns, political groups and nonprofits post events, petitions and volunteer shifts. Part of NGP VAN.
🗽 Culture🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed
NAACP Beverly Hills/Hollywood Branch
Nonprofits & advocacy · Los Angeles
Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch of the NAACP civil rights organization, with committees on education, health, political action, youth and theatre, and the ACT-SO student program.
🗽 Culture🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · Westside

NAACP Pasadena Branch
Nonprofits & advocacy · Pasadena
Pasadena branch of the NAACP civil rights organization, chartered in 1919. Holds membership meetings and runs educational programs, scholarships and community events.
🗽 Culture🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · San Gabriel Valley
Nancy Martiz for Huntington Park City Council
Parties & clubs · Huntington Park · Left-leaning
Campaign of Nancy Martiz, the appointed incumbent running for Huntington Park City Council, District 2. Endorsed by the California Working Families Party.
🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · East LA & Gateway Cities · Events labeled Campaigns

National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Nonprofits & advocacy · Pasadena · Left-leaning
National network of day laborer worker centers, based in Pasadena, working on workers' and immigrant rights through organizing, litigation and know-your-rights education.
🗽 Culture💼 Economy
1 upcoming event · San Gabriel Valley · Events labeled Advocacy groups

Neighborhood Data for Social Change
Civic tech, Universities & centers · Los Angeles
USC Lusk Center for Real Estate project with a free public map and datasets on ten policy areas for LA County neighborhoods, plus data support for community groups.
📰 Information🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed
New Media Ventures
Investors · National (online; Los Angeles programs) · Left-leaning
Investor and accelerator backing early-stage founders and activists building media and AI solutions to shift power; affiliate New Rising Ventures funds nonpartisan democracy innovators.
📰 Information🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

No Kings
Nonprofits & advocacy · National · Left-leaning
National coalition of advocacy groups, unions and local organizers that coordinates the No Kings days of protest and action, including events across Greater LA.
🏛️ Government
89 upcoming events · Orange County, Inland Empire, San Fernando & Santa Clarita Valleys, San Gabriel Valley, South Bay & Long Beach, East LA & Gateway Cities, Central LA, Westside, Ventura County, Antelope Valley, San Mateo County, Contra Costa County, Sonoma County, Alameda County, Marin County, Solano County, Santa Cruz County, San Francisco, Santa Clara County, Napa County · Events labeled Advocacy groups

Northridge Indivisible
Nonprofits & advocacy · Northridge · Left-leaning
San Fernando Valley Indivisible group, also called The Resistance Northridge, that does voter outreach and education, presses elected officials, and runs issue teams and ballot forums.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed

OC Indivisible
Nonprofits & advocacy · Orange County · Left-leaning
Coalition of city-level Indivisible groups across Orange County that holds weekly rallies, runs mutual-aid drives and ICE-watch volunteering, and does voter education.
🏛️ Government🗽 Culture
10 upcoming events · Orange County · Events labeled Advocacy groups

Open States
Civic tech · National (online)
Free site, run by Plural, to find state legislators, browse bills and track how legislators vote in all 50 states, including California.
🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed
OpenTheBooks
Civic tech, Nonprofits & advocacy · The Villages, Florida · Right-leaning
Project of the nonprofit American Transparency that posts government salaries, pensions and spending records online, with searchable data for California agencies.
🏛️ Government💼 Economy
No upcoming events listed

Organize for Peace
Nonprofits & advocacy · Left-leaning
Nonprofit founded in 2024 that tracks candidates' funding from defense-industry and foreign-policy lobbies, publishes a candidate finder and voter guide, and runs phone banks.
🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · Orange County · Events labeled Advocacy groups

Pacific Research Institute
News, research & ideas, Nonprofits & advocacy · Pasadena · Right-leaning
Free-market think tank in Pasadena that publishes research on California policy, including health care, education and the economy, and hosts dinners and talks.
💼 Economy🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed
Pasadena Museum of History
Libraries, museums & arts · Pasadena
Museum and research library on the history of Pasadena and the West San Gabriel Valley, founded in 1924, with exhibitions, archives, education programs and Fenyes Mansion tours.
🗽 Culture
1 upcoming event · San Gabriel Valley
Pepperdine School of Public Policy
Universities & centers · Malibu
Pepperdine University's graduate school of public policy in Malibu, with master's programs and public panels on leadership and policy.
🏛️ Government
1 upcoming event · Westside

Philanthropy California
Donor networks & giving circles · San Francisco and Los Angeles
Alliance of Northern California Grantmakers, Southern California Grantmakers and San Diego Grantmakers; convenes funders and advocates on public policy including an inclusive and fair democracy.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco

Power California
Nonprofits & advocacy · Statewide · Left-leaning
Statewide organization that works with community partners to register, educate and mobilize young voters of color and their families, and publishes an annual youth poll.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
4 upcoming events · Inland Empire, Orange County, Ventura County

Principles First
Nonprofits & advocacy · National (Washington, DC) · Right-leaning
Grassroots movement of people on the right and center-right who support American democracy and want principled conservative leadership. Holds an annual summit and local chapter events.
🏛️ Government🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed
Propel
Civic tech · Brooklyn, New York
Free app that lets people check EBT (CalFresh in California) balances, track benefits and get updates about their government benefits.
🏛️ Government💼 Economy
No upcoming events listed

PRRI
News, research & ideas · National (Washington, DC)
Nonpartisan research organization that conducts public opinion surveys on religion, culture and public policy, including the American Values Atlas.
🗽 Culture📰 Information
1 upcoming event · Online

Reason Foundation
News, research & ideas, Nonprofits & advocacy · Los Angeles · Right-leaning
Libertarian think tank based in Los Angeles that researches policy based on individual liberty, free markets and the rule of law, and publishes Reason magazine.
💼 Economy🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed

Republican Party of Los Angeles County
Parties & clubs · Los Angeles County · Right-leaning
The Republican Party's county committee for Los Angeles County. Organized by Assembly District, it coordinates local clubs, candidate support, endorsements and volunteers.
🗳️ Elections
5 upcoming events · San Gabriel Valley · Events labeled Republican Party

Republican Party of Orange County
Parties & clubs · Tustin · Right-leaning
The Republican Party's county committee for Orange County, which works to elect Republicans from city council to Congress and holds monthly central committee meetings.
🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · Orange County · Events labeled Republican Party

Resist Trump Campaign
Nonprofits & advocacy · Online · Left-leaning
Volunteer-run program of the nonprofit Human Liberty Project that trains people in lawful nonviolent civil resistance and hosts online meetings, including an election-protection group.
🏛️ Government
2 upcoming events · Online · Events labeled Advocacy groups

Resistbot
Civic tech · National (online) · Left-leaning
Chatbot that turns texts into letters, faxes or mail to senators, representatives and governors. Run by the Resistbot Action Fund, a 501(c)(4).
🏛️ Government🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed

Richard Nixon Foundation
Libraries, museums & arts, Nonprofits & advocacy · Yorba Linda · Right-leaning
Nonprofit that runs the Richard Nixon Library & Museum in Yorba Linda and hosts talks and programs applying Nixon's principles to current issues.
🗽 Culture🏛️ Government
2 upcoming events · Orange County

Rock the Vote
Civic tech, Nonprofits & advocacy · Washington, DC
Nonpartisan nonprofit focused on young voters; its online registration tool is used by partner organizations nationwide, including in California.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute
Libraries, museums & arts, Nonprofits & advocacy · Simi Valley · Right-leaning
Nonprofit founded by Ronald Reagan that runs his presidential library in Simi Valley and the Reagan Institute, with talks and forums on liberty, opportunity, democracy and national security.
🗽 Culture🏛️ Government
7 upcoming events · Ventura County, Online
Rosenberg Foundation
Foundations & philanthropy · San Francisco · Left-leaning
San Francisco foundation funding justice and public safety, immigrant and workers' rights, and civil rights and civic engagement in California.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco

San Gabriel Foothills Indivisible (SGFI)
Nonprofits & advocacy · La Crescenta / Pasadena · Left-leaning
Indivisible group for San Gabriel foothill communities from Monrovia to Sunland-Tujunga. Meets monthly in La Crescenta and holds weekly Saturday rallies in Pasadena.
🏛️ Government🗳️ Elections
3 upcoming events · San Gabriel Valley, San Fernando & Santa Clarita Valleys · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Seniors for Social & Racial Justice
Nonprofits & advocacy · Irvine · Left-leaning
Group of older Irvine residents that organizes educational programs on social and racial justice, including local get-out-the-vote rallies.
🗽 Culture🗳️ Elections
1 upcoming event · Orange County · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Skirball Cultural Center
Libraries, museums & arts · Sepulveda Pass, Los Angeles
Jewish cultural center with a museum, changing exhibitions, and public programs, classes and family programs open to people of all backgrounds.
🗽 Culture
1 upcoming event · Westside
Stand Together
Donor networks & giving circles · Arlington, VA (national grants) · Right-leaning
Philanthropic community founded by Charles Koch that funds changemakers on the economy, education, immigration, free speech, criminal justice and constitutionally limited government.
📰 Information🏛️ Government💼 Economy
No upcoming events listed
Stand Up For Your Rights! Woodland Hills Indivisible
Nonprofits & advocacy · Woodland Hills · Left-leaning
Volunteer Indivisible group that holds a weekly Saturday rally at Topanga Canyon and Victory boulevards, hosts postcard-writing parties and collects food for immigrant families.
🗽 Culture🏛️ Government
1 upcoming event · San Fernando & Santa Clarita Valleys · Events labeled Advocacy groups

Statewide Database
Civic tech, Universities & centers · Berkeley · Centrist
California's official redistricting database, housed at UC Berkeley Law. Publishes free, nonpartisan election and census data used for state, congressional and local redistricting.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed · Alameda County
Studio City Rising
Nonprofits & advocacy · Studio City · Left-leaning
Volunteer group that holds a weekly Saturday protest at Laurel Canyon and Ventura boulevards in Studio City, opposing Trump administration actions.
🏛️ Government
1 upcoming event · San Fernando & Santa Clarita Valleys · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Summer of Peace and Love
Nonprofits & advocacy · California · Left-leaning
Campaign for community peace events in response to proposed increases in military spending. Its Mobilize page lists weekly anti-war rallies and vigils, several run by CODEPINK chapters.
🗽 Culture
3 upcoming events · Westside, South Bay & Long Beach · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Sway
Civic tech · National (online)
Free, nonpartisan platform where people form voting groups, share ballot recommendations and vote together. Organized as a public benefit corporation.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed

Swing Left
Nonprofits & advocacy · National · Left-leaning
National group that helps volunteers and donors support Democratic candidates in competitive House, Senate and state races through canvassing, letter writing, phone banks and fundraising.
🗳️ Elections
11 upcoming events · San Fernando & Santa Clarita Valleys, San Gabriel Valley, Westside, Online, Santa Clara County · Events labeled Advocacy groups

The California Endowment
Foundations & philanthropy · Los Angeles · Left-leaning
Private statewide foundation dedicated to improving health and racial equity across California, including community power building and voter participation.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed · Alameda County, San Francisco
The James Irvine Foundation
Foundations & philanthropy · San Francisco and Los Angeles · Left-leaning
Statewide private foundation focused on a California where low-income workers have the power to advance economically; supports worker groups' nonpartisan civic engagement.
💼 Economy🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco

Tides
Donor networks & giving circles · San Francisco · Left-leaning
San Francisco nonprofit and philanthropic intermediary advancing social justice; hosts pooled funds including the Healthy Democracy Fund and Vote Your Voice.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco
Transparent California
Civic tech · National (online) · Right-leaning
Searchable public database of California government employee salaries, pensions and benefits drawn from official records.
🏛️ Government💼 Economy
No upcoming events listed
Trust for Civic Life
Foundations & philanthropy · National (grants in California) · Cross-partisan
National funder investing in local civic life, especially rural communities, through civic hubs and grants; grantees include California civic tech group Entidad.
🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed
Turning Point USA
Nonprofits & advocacy · Phoenix (national); chapter at UC Berkeley · Right-leaning
National conservative youth organization with campus chapters; its UC Berkeley chapter hosted a public tour event at Zellerbach Hall in November 2025.
🗽 Culture🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed · Alameda County
UCLA Law Safeguarding Democracy Project
Universities & centers, News, research & ideas · UCLA, Westwood
UCLA School of Law project, directed by Richard L. Hasen, doing research, collaboration and advocacy on free and fair U.S. elections through conferences, reports and legal briefs.
🗳️ Elections
2 upcoming events · Westside, Online
UCLA School of Law
Universities & centers · UCLA, Westwood
UCLA's law school, founded in 1949, with J.D. and graduate programs, research centers and clinics, and public lectures and panels.
🏛️ Government
1 upcoming event · Westside, Online

Unite America
Donor networks & giving circles · Denver (work in California) · Cross-partisan
Philanthropic venture fund investing in nonpartisan election reform such as open primaries; publishes research on California's top-two primary.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed
USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
Universities & centers · USC, University Park
USC's school of communication, journalism and public relations, with research centers and public events on media and communication.
📰 Information
2 upcoming events · South LA, Online

USC Center for the Political Future
Universities & centers, Bridging & dialogue · USC, University Park · Cross-partisan
Bipartisan center at USC Dornsife that hosts political events, a fellows program and polling, and runs student programs through the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
2 upcoming events · South LA · Events labeled Cross-partisan
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Universities & centers · USC, University Park
USC's liberal arts and sciences college, with undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, and public talks and events.
🗽 Culture
1 upcoming event · South LA
Ventura County Community Foundation
Foundations & philanthropy · Camarillo
Community foundation for Ventura County managing funds, grants and scholarships; host of the Ventura County Civic Alliance and census outreach.
🗽 Culture🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed

Verified Voting
Civic tech, Nonprofits & advocacy · National · Centrist
Nonpartisan nonprofit that promotes secure, verifiable elections and keeps The Verifier, a public database of voting equipment used in every U.S. jurisdiction, including California counties.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed
Village Well Books & Coffee
Libraries, museums & arts · Culver City
Independent bookstore and café in downtown Culver City that hosts author events, storytimes, classes and community gatherings.
🗽 Culture
2 upcoming events · Westside
Visic / Citywise.app
Civic tech
Civic tech project behind CityWise, a web app that maps and summarizes Los Angeles City Council legislation and council files by district.
🏛️ Government📰 Information
1 upcoming event · Westside

Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative
Universities & centers · USC, University Park
USC's university-wide arts and humanities initiative, started in 2006, presenting performances, talks and workshops that are mostly free and open to the public.
🗽 Culture
1 upcoming event · South LA

Vote.org
Civic tech, Nonprofits & advocacy · Oakland · Left-leaning
Nonpartisan nonprofit with online tools to register, check registration, request absentee ballots and get election reminders in every state.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed · Alameda County
VoteAmerica
Civic tech, Nonprofits & advocacy · National (online)
Nonpartisan nonprofit offering online voter registration, absentee ballot, polling place and reminder tools for all 50 states and DC, plus voter protection.
🗳️ Elections
No upcoming events listed

We Are California
Nonprofits & advocacy · Statewide · Left-leaning
Statewide voter mobilization effort by California community organizing networks, tied to the Million Voters Project. Runs voter education, ballot parties and get-out-the-vote events.
🗳️ Elections
13 upcoming events · South Bay & Long Beach, Inland Empire, Orange County, Central LA, San Fernando & Santa Clarita Valleys, Alameda County, San Francisco · Events labeled Advocacy groups

WeHo-Fairfax Indivisible
Nonprofits & advocacy · West Hollywood / Fairfax · Left-leaning
Volunteer Indivisible group of West Hollywood and Fairfax-area residents that meets weekly, mostly online, organizes marches, calls and voter registration, and publishes a voter guide.
🗳️ Elections🏛️ Government
1 upcoming event · Central LA · Events labeled Advocacy groups
Weingart Foundation
Foundations & philanthropy · Los Angeles · Left-leaning
Private foundation partnering with communities across Southern California on equity and justice; runs a Free and Fair Elections Fund and rapid-response voting-access grants.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed

Western Justice Center
Nonprofits & advocacy · Pasadena
Pasadena nonprofit that teaches conflict resolution and restorative practices to young people, educators and schools through peer mediation programs, trainings and a youth summit.
🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed

Westside Democratic HQ
Parties & clubs · Venice / Santa Monica · Left-leaning
Volunteer-run headquarters shared by Westside Democratic clubs, with an election-season office near Venice and Santa Monica for phone banks, canvassing and postcard writing.
🗳️ Elections
2 upcoming events · Westside · Events labeled Democratic Party

WeVote
Civic tech, Nonprofits & advocacy · Oakland · Left-leaning
Nonpartisan, open-source digital voter guide that lets people see and share ballot recommendations from friends and organizations they trust. Runs a 501(c)(3) and a 501(c)(4).
🗳️ Elections📰 Information
No upcoming events listed · Alameda County

When We All Vote
Nonprofits & advocacy · National (Washington, DC)
Nonpartisan voter participation initiative of Civic Nation, founded in 2018. Runs registration and voter education campaigns and Party at the Polls events, focused on voters 18 to 34.
🗳️ Elections
3 upcoming events · Central LA

Wild Up
Nonprofits & advocacy · Los Angeles
Los Angeles contemporary music ensemble, founded in 2010, that makes concerts, recordings and participatory projects, including the Democracy Sessions festival with MOCA, REDCAT and CalArts.
🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed

Women's Foundation California
Foundations & philanthropy · Oakland and Los Angeles · Left-leaning
Statewide public foundation for racial, economic and gender justice; funds grassroots organizing and civic engagement and runs a Women's Policy Institute.
🗳️ Elections🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed · Alameda County, San Francisco

Women's March Action
Nonprofits & advocacy · Boyle Heights, Los Angeles · Left-leaning
Los Angeles-based 501(c)(4) affiliated with the Women's March Foundation that works to elect women, with phone banks, canvassing, postcard writing and voter guides.
🗳️ Elections
2 upcoming events · Central LA, Westside · Events labeled Advocacy groups
YIMBY Action
Nonprofits & advocacy · San Francisco · Centrist
Network of neighbors, started in San Francisco in 2014, that organizes people to speak up at hearings and in elections for more homes.
🏛️ Government🗽 Culture
No upcoming events listed · San Francisco, Alameda County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County
Zencity
Civic tech · New York
Platform that gives governments and police departments resident surveys and community sentiment data; Oakland and Los Angeles police have used its Blockwise trust surveys.
🏛️ Government
No upcoming events listed · Alameda County

Zócalo Public Square
News, research & ideas · Los Angeles
Ideas journalism nonprofit founded in Los Angeles in 2003, now part of ASU Media Enterprise, that hosts free public events and publishes essays, interviews and poetry.
📰 Information🗽 Culture
1 upcoming event · San Gabriel Valley
How this directory works
Who’s here, and how we label them
Who’s listed
An organization is listed for a region when it has an office or chapter there, has held public events there in the past year, or runs a product or program people there use. Civic tech and statewide groups often count for both. National groups with no local tie aren’t listed for a region.
The AI & democracy list is national: organizations, policy campaigns and ballot measures working on AI, elections and democracy reform anywhere in the US.
Funders are listed when their own website says they fund civic engagement, democracy, or part of the five principles.
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