The Airlift Story

Founded in 2017, Airlift is an all-volunteer fundraising organization that believes in year-round grassroots organizing. We raise money from generous donors like you and give those funds directly to Airlift’s curated Partner Groups. The non-profit grassroots organizations we support are primarily located in battleground states. With our funding, these organizations bring local people into political action. They develop leaders and build statewide political coalitions that give them a voice in creating the policies that govern their states. 

Airlift was founded on the idea that to make real political change and to ensure that democracy works for all of us, we must involve everyone in our communities. Our goal is for everyone to participate in creating policies that have a positive impact on our communities and to have a voice in creating lasting change. We are governed by three important principles:

Our Core Principles

A major focus of Airlift’s Partner Groups is registering non-voters. Thanks to grassroots organizing, the 2018 midterm and 2020 elections saw massive increases in voter turnout by young people and people of color. When these groups vote, they decide elections. Airlift-supported Partner Groups brought hundreds of thousands of new voters to the polls in the states that have the greatest impact on election results. This is our work. We hope you will join us!