What Your Contribution Will Support
When you become a donor to the Sister District Project, you will be powering our full-time, year-round work to:
- Scale and strengthen our volunteer recruitment, training, and mobilization
- Provide robust campaign services to our endorsed candidates and their staff
- Spread the word about Sister District’s work via press and social media campaigns
- Develop technology infrastructure to support and empower our volunteer teams
Gifts from community members like you made up more than 90% of our operating budget in 2020. We count on your support.
Make a one-time donation
No amount of support is too small. Our model is built on the idea of many people doing their part and having a BIG IMPACT together.
Or become a District Defender!
District Defenders make an automatic contribution to the Sister District Project each month on their credit card. When you sign up, you can choose to give any amount―$5, $20, or more―and you can stay enrolled in the program for as long as you like. There’s no easier way to budget for sustained political impact.
Sponsor a Project!
Organizing Fellows
$ 700
for one quarter
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Organizing Fellows are up-and-coming organizers who train with our Head of Organizing part-time for one quarter.
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For $500, you can sponsor one Fellow for a quarter, allowing them to gain valuable hands on experience and provide crucial support to our teams!
Campus Booster
$ 10K
to expand to all our target states
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Sister District launched a pilot program last year to engage college students through meaningful volunteer activities.
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To expand to all of our targeted states this year, we need $10,000. Any amount no matter how small helps us reach this number!
Candidate Services Program
$ 2500
to support one candidate
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This program leverages our staff’s combined 10+ years of campaign expertise to provide strategic support and practical resources.
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For $2,500, we can deliver tools to 1 of our endorsed candidates including office hours; website and social media guidance; field, fundraising, communications plans; staffing support; campaign materials.
What your donation can help achieve
$13,000
Fund general overhead for one month.
$30,000
Fund all of the above + tactical guidance and organizing tools (e.g., autodialers, text messaging platforms) for three of our candidates and their campaign staff
$86,000
Fund all of the above + one organizer for a year, resulting in hands-on support for 20 volunteer teams, 100K field touches, and $200K raised directly to our candidates
$219,000
Fund all of the above + partial development of new technology to help us launch more teams and recruit more volunteers, resulting in a 30% increase in our organizing capacity
We are a small, lean nonprofit organization.
Sister District has low overhead; in fact, we are a remote organization that does not even have an office! We pride ourselves on being conscientious stewards of each and every donation that we receive. When you contribute to Sister District, your gift helps us pay our staff; provide tailored support to our candidates and volunteers; develop powerful organizing partnerships; and educate the public about the importance of state legislatures. Thank you for being part of our movement! Learn more about the team!
Over the last four years, Sister District has transformed an abstract idea into a network of more than 50,000 supporters across the country! We have backed state legislative candidates in 119 races, raised almost $3.7 million straight to their campaigns, and made more than 3 million field touches to voters in 17 states.
And we’re just getting started! Over the next two years, Sister District will be expanding upon our work to build and maintain progressive power through Democratic majorities in state legislatures.
