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 regions. 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
Give people a reason to vote
When people are engaged by issues that matter, they vote.
Funding year-round local organizing
With continuous neighbor-to-neighbor outreach, new voters turn out.
Bottom up is a winning strategy
When people get involved at the grassroots level, democracy works for all of us.
A major focus of Airlift’s Partner Groups is registering non-voters. Thanks to grassroots organizing, the last several years have seen 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!
Airlift Live from the Frontlines
April 30, 2024
DAN PFEIFFER
Back by popular demand, Dan Pfeiffer, former Deputy Communications Director for President Obama and current Pod Save America (PSA) co-host, will join us to talk about what makes Wisconsin a key tipping state in the 2024 election, and how winning the youth vote is key to victory there.
WINNING THE YOUTH VOTE
April 30, Tuesday, 5 pm PT/ 8 pm ET
We’ll also be joined by Leaders Igniting Transformation (LIT), Airlift’s Wisconsin partner group. LIT has done an amazing job engaging with Wisconsin’s youth, with robust high school, college, and post-education programs, particularly in Black and Brown communities.