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| New Organizing Institute | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Type: | 501(c)(4) |
| Top official: | Ethan Roeder, Executive Director |
| Year founded: | 2005 |
| Website: | Official website |
| Budget | |
| 2014: | $1,070,117 |
| 2013: | $1,553,992 |
| 2012: | $1,572,682 |
| 2011: | $554,885 |
The New Organizing Institute (NOI) was a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that trained progressive organizers, particularly in the areas of digital strategy and data management. In October 2015, NOI's Board of Directors and Advisory Committee announced that it was shutting down and that Wellstone Action would take over the organization's digital training programs.[1]
The organization trained 2,778 organizers in 2014.[2] Ethan Roeder, the organization’s former executive director, led the data departments for Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.[3]
Mission
On the organization's website, the New Organizing Institute described its approach as follows:[2]
| “ | NOI was founded on the belief that well-trained organizers who can harness new technology and information can change the way we organize and win campaigns. While this seems like an obvious conclusion today, this concept was groundbreaking when we started back in 2005, and has changed politics forever.[4] | ” |
Work
The New Organizing Institute's work focused on training grassroots progressive organizers and developing digital strategy for progressive campaigns: "The NOI’s reach extends to numerous Democratic campaigns and left-leaning organizations: Alumni of NOI programs and trainings have gone on to lead digital operations at groups like Planned Parenthood, the AFL-CIO and Greenpeace."[5] The NOI ran an annual "RootsCamp" to train progressives in using data and developing digital strategies for campaigning. The Washington Post described the boot camps as training in more than digital skills: "Beyond giving rookies a set of basic skills, the crash course helps develop a wider talent and knowledge infrastructure that many Democrats credit when discussing their technological gains of the last few electoral cycles."[6]
Leadership
When ROI ceased operations, the following individuals were listed as part of its leadership team:[3]
- Ethan Roeder, Executive Director
- Jessica Ann Mitchell, Special Projects Manager
- Courtney Lee, Manager of Operations and Finance
- Tracy Russo, Senior Fellow
Finances
The following is a breakdown of the New Organizing Institute's revenues and expenses for the 2011 to 2014 fiscal years:
| Annual revenue and expenses for the New Organizing Institute, 2011–2014 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tax Year | Total Revenue | Total Expenses |
| 2014[7] | $1,070,117 | $1,287,586 |
| 2013[8] | $1,055,688 | $1,553,992 |
| 2012[9] | $1,005,081 | $1,572,682 |
| 2011[10] | $841,506 | $554,885 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ HuffPost, "Key Progressive Group To Be Absorbed By Wellstone Action," October 9, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 New Organizing Institute, "What We Do," accessed July 27, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New Organizing Institute, "Staff & Leadership," accessed July 27, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Key Progressive Group Parting Ways With Controversial Head," May 11, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Inside the Democratic party’s Hogwarts for digital wizardry," July 8, 2014
- ↑ Pro Publica, "Form 990-O for period ending January 2014," accessed September 27, 2020
- ↑ Pro Publica, "The New Organizing Institute IRS Form 990 (2013)," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ Pro Publica, "The New Organizing Institute IRS Form 990 (2012)," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ Pro Publica, "The New Organizing Institute IRS Form 990 (2011)," accessed August 13, 2015
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