NPC's Flagship Product: Political "Mutual Funds"

A lot of people have been asking us what New Progressive Coalition has been up to lately. Well, we have been busy developing our 2007 flagship product: NPC's Political "Mutual Funds." Through these funds, donors can contribute money to baskets of vetted progressive organizations and track their political return over time.

By the end of the year, we will be releasing three NPC Political "Mutual Funds" focused on:

• Making a difference in the 2008 election and building the infrastructure that supports it
• Working toward having a green planet and energy independent country
• Helping move this country toward an affordable health care system.

The first funds were decided by our working group of industry experts as well as focus groups in Denver and San Francisco. Last month, we put out an open call for effective and innovative organizations working in these three areas. We had a tremendous response rate and had over 120 organizations apply. We invited 105 organizations to move on to the next phase and undergo a PROI™ analysis which will be used by the working group to determine what organizations will be included in our final product.

Each of these funds will be diversified to include organizations from the six sectors that make the up the progressive movement and range in size, age, geographic location, and legal status.

We are thrilled to announce the 99 organizations that made it to the 2nd round and attended a Political "Mutual Funds" Orientation webinar last week:

ActBlue
AlterNet
America Votes
American Medical Women's Association
America's Agenda Health Care Education Fund
America's Agenda Health Care for All
Arizona League of Conservation Voters
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
BlogPAC
Bus Project
BuyBlue.org
Campaign for America's Future
Campus Climate Challenge
Center for Rural Strategies
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Color of Change.org
Colorado Conservation Voters
Commonweal Institute
Conservation Council of North Carolina
Conservation Voters New Mexico
Consumers for an Affordable Health Care
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Democratic GAIN
Democrats Work
dotOrganize
Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
Emerge America
Energize America
FairVote
Faithful Democrats
Forest Ethics
Forward Montana
Green Media Toolshed
Health Action New Mexico
Healthcare for All Pennsylvania
Herndon Alliance
Institute for America's Future
Into the Blue
Justice Through Music
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters (WA)
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
League of Young Voters
Living Liberally
Mainstreet Moms
Map the Vote, LLC
MAPLight.org
Media Consortium
Montana Conservation Voters Inc.
My Rural America Action Fund
Netroots Nation
New Era Colorado
New Leaders Council
New Voice of Business
Non-Profit Voter Engagement Network
Northwest Health Law Advocates
Ohio League of Conservation Voters
Oil Change International
OMB Watch
Opportunity Agenda
Party2Win
Progress Now
Progressive America Fund/Open Ballot Project
Progressive Majority
Progressive States Network
ProgressiveU.org
ProgressOhioEducation, Inc.
PTP: Progressive Technology Project
Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
Redefining Progress
Roosevelt Institution
Science & Environmental Health Network
Secretary of State Project
Sierra Student Coalition
Small Business Majority
Speak Out California
Students for a New American Politics PAC (SNAP PAC)
Take Back Red California
Tennessee Health Care Campaign
Tennessee Justice Center
Traction
Twenty-First Century Democrats
U.S. Student Association Foundation (USSAF)
UHCAN Ohio
Universal Health Care Action Network
USAction
VelvetRevolution.us
Verified Voting Foundation
Vote Solar Initiative
Voter Action
Voto Latino
We Are America Alliance
Wellstone Action
Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC)
Women's Campaign Forum
Women's Campaign Forum Foundation
WUFPAC
Young People For

These organizations are receiving a complimentary PROI™ analysis and will be able to use this information in their own fundraising efforts regardless of whether they are included in our final product.

We're looking forward to giving people an easy and strategic way to make an impact.