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Weathering the Storm (literally)

It has been raining all day here in San Francisco. The Bougainvillea in our parking lot, background to many team pictures, fell victim to the winds. The NPC Team is sad to see it go. Check out the before and after:

Holiday Launch Party Pictures

Over 200 people joined us last night to celebrate the launch of our NPC “Political Mutual Funds” and a bolder vision for political giving.

Check out pictures of the launch party here.

A lot of you asked about the fabulous wines being poured last night. You can find information on them at:

• Gauge Wines
• Kelham Vineyards
• Yorba Wines

Happy holidays from NPC. We look forward to changing the game with you in 2008.

NPC is Expanding

NPC is hiring for four exciting new positions. We are currently accepting resumes and cover letters for a "Political Mutual Fund" Manager, "Political Mutual Fund" Analyst, Marcom Manager, and Java Engineer. If you are interested in becoming a part of NPC's team or know qualified candidates, be sure to check out the postings on our site.

NPC Hires a New Associate

We welcome our newest addition, Aarthi Ananthanarayanan, to the NPC Team. Aarthi is a recent graduate of Tufts University and will be supporting NPC in our general operations. We are excited to have Aarthi on board.

Political "Mutual Funds": Final Round

NPC is thrilled to announce the organizations that have moved on to the third and final round of the Political "Mutual Funds" application process (see below). In this round, organizations undergo 3rd party verification.

We are very excited here at NPC as we are moving closer to launching our flagship product. This final round is nearing completion and at the end of this week we are meeting with our Political "Mutual Funds" Working Group and issue experts to determine the final holdings. More to come.


Final round organizations:
ActBlue
America's Agenda Health Care Education Fund
American Medical Women's Association
Arizona League of Conservation Voters
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
Bus PAC
Bus Project
Campaign for America's Future
Center for Rural Strategies
Conservation Council of North Carolina
Conservation Voters New Mexico
Consumers for an Affordable Health Care Coalition
Consumers for an Affordable Health Care Foundation
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Democratic GAIN
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Energize America
Energy Action
Faithful Democrats
Focus Project/OMB Watch
Green Corps
Herndon Alliance
Institute for America's Future
Justice Through Music
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters (WA)
League of Young Voters
Mainstreet Moms
MAPLight.org
Media Consortium
Netroots Nation
Oregon League of Conservation Voters
Party2Win
Progressive States Network
Progressive Technology Project
ProgressiveU.org
Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
Science & Environmental Health Network
Secretary of State Project
Small Business Majority
Speak Out California
Take Back Red California
Tennessee Justice Center & Tennessee Health Care Campaign Collaborative
Twenty-First Century Democrats
Universal Health Care Action Network
Voter Action
Vote Solar Initiative
Wellstone Action
Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC)
Women's Campaign Forum
Young People For

NPC has a New Board

We are thrilled to announce the formation of our board. After months of searching and weeks of interviews, we have solidified this all-star team:

Deborah and Andy Rappaport, Board Chairs
Daniel Goldman, Board Member
Kirstin Falk, Board Member
Sep Kamvar, Board Advisor
Karen Park, Board Member
Jason Shellen, Board Member

We're looking forward to our first official board meeting on October 2, 2007.

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.