Empower App: A Free Tool to Build Power Through Relationships

Approved 501(c)(3)s and (c)(4)s can enjoy free access to a suite of organizing tools, including both the organizer and activist smartphone apps. Empower is affordable for candidates. Available in English and Spanish, web and mobile.

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How it Works

Empower puts relationships at the heart of organizing. Leverage the power of personal relationships to use a trusted messenger for your message, reach people who are often left out of traditional outreach tactics, and build real power and a movement that is sustainable beyond the next election.

After numerous cycles in the field, we know what works and have the results to prove it.

Features

Build & Manage Relationships

Empower gives you tools to build, manage, and maintain a network of relationships that you can use to create change and build long term power.

All-in-One App for Volunteers

Empower can be your volunteer action hub to stay connected with volunteers. Ask volunteers to reach out to friends and family or to take action on their own. Send updates quickly with mass texting. Expand your program with open canvassing. Run a phone bank, text bank, or door-to-door canvassing.

Maximize Your Impact

We build best practices from research into the tool itself, so you can have more impact with less effort. Empower’s dashboards give you even more data to track your progress, give personalized coaching, and maximize your impact.

All-in-one app for volunteers

Engage volunteers with calls to action (e.g. relational, recruiting, events, fundraising, etc.)

Friends and family messaging

Open Canvassing

Phone Bank

Text Bank

Door to Door Canvassing

Automatic Turf Cutting

Volunteers can request Turf nearby

Mass texting to stay in touch with volunteers

Gamification to celebrate volunteers’ progress

3 levels of access permissions (director, organizer, volunteer)

Real time dashboard to track your campaign

Relational network management

VAN, LAN, EveryAction connection

Organizer app for coaching and follow ups

Import or export your data

In-app branding for your organization

Spanish accessibility for app and trainings

Accessible, easy to use

iOS, Android and web support

Support for calling, texting, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Instagram, and Signal

Pen and paper option for low-tech volunteers

Best practices from research built into the app

Extensive trainings and support

FREE for 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4) organizations, affordable to candidates and parties

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What Our Users Say

“Especially during this time of a global pandemic, most people prefer to remain in their homes and limit physical contact. Empower is a great tool for creating a digital work space that mirrors a physical organizing office.”

-Wesley, One PA

“Data insights using this tool this cycle were extremely insightful into how our work ripples out.”

-Sariah, Michigan Student Power

“With the Empower program, it was great to have everything in one place and keep track of our work in a way that nearly everyone could get involved with.”

-Erica, DC 37

Impact By Numbers

Largest

Empower Project network was the largest Relational Organizing training and tech coalition in 2020.

10x Impact

10x more impactful than traditional doors and phone programs

86%+

Unlike door-knocking and phone programs that see contact rates around 5%, the Empower App and our Relational Organizing program enjoys contact rates of 86% or more.