Our Work
Who We Are
New Left Accelerator, a 501(c)(4), supports progressive leaders, organizations, funders, and state ecosystems to build the strategic, operational, and adaptive capacities to employ multiple legal entities to further social and political progress.
The Capacity Shop, NLA’s separate but affiliated 501(c)(3), serves as an education and resource center that generates and shares knowledge about how to safely and boldly use multi-entity organizations.
Who We
Work With
NLA and TCS center impacted communities in our work. This means we prioritize partnering and collaborating with organizations that center the experiences and voices of marginalized groups at the intersection of race, gender, and class.
Our Vision
We imagine a world where the mobilization and enfranchisement of millions of people have realigned power in our country; where grassroots organizations led by impacted communities can win and protect policy that advances social, racial, and economic justice, and strengthens our democracy.
This Will Be A Reality When
- Those with historical positions of privilege and power—namely white, socially and economically advantaged people—are using that power to disrupt and transform the ecosystems and structures that lead to systemic oppression.
- Funding practices have evolved so that progressive power-building organizations— including those led by communities most impacted by injustice— are healthy and fully resourced to sustain deep organizing year-round, every year.
- The progressive ecosystem has the power and influence to win elections, hold elected officials accountable, and shape how policy is created and implemented.
- Those directly affected by harmful policies and inequitable systems are leading the movement for change through grassroots organizing and powerful advocacy.
- State ecosystems and grassroots organizations have the resources, capacity, and knowledge to utilize multiple legal entities—including 501(c)(4)s, 501(c)(5)s, PACs, and corporations—to build and sustain power and influence.