Since our founding, our Network has scored
major wins such as:
Chicago Votes
made history by turning Cook County Jail into the first jail in the country to serve as an official polling location
Next Up Oregon
passed a first-in-the-nation Automatic Voter Registration bill, closely followed by New Era Colorado, Washington Bus, and Chicago Votes
MOVE Texas
has registered over 100,000 young voters and contributed to a 600% increase in youth turnout from 2016 to 2020.
2024 Highlights
In 2024, the Alliance Network engaged over 16 million young people through comprehensive voter education, mobilization, and persuasion efforts, including 8.8 million calls aimed at turning out young voters. Across the country, we registered 88,000 new voters and ran scaled programs that contributed to critical victories for abortion access and key down-ballot wins. Through our grantmaking strategy, we also directed $7.5 million directly to youth-led organizations, empowering them to resource and lead essential campaigns and initiatives in their communities.
The Alliance Network has also embraced a more comprehensive, issue-based approach, allowing us to deepen our impact and drive meaningful change across our five key focus areas.
Abortion Access &
Reproductive Justice
Forward Montana, in coalition with Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights, collected over 117K signatures from all 56 counties to secure a ballot measure that would enshrine the right to abortion in the Montana Constitution
Climate Justice
New Hampshire Youth Movement was part of the coalition that helped pass HB 1400, which protects green spaces in New Hampshire. They organized partners and volunteers to testify and call their representatives to support the bill signed into law in August.
Housing Access
New Era Colorado advocated for two housing bills through calls, emails, and testifying. In the spring of 2024, the Occupancy Limits and Cause Required for Eviction bills were signed into law—a major victory for housing access across the state.
Public Safety
AZ Poder has spent years raising awareness and conducting research on the culture of violence within the Phoenix Police Department. Their persistent efforts paid off when a Department of Justice investigation confirmed what they had long exposed: Phoenix PD has a pattern of civil rights violations and was found to be the most violent Police Department in the country.
Voting Rights
Engage Miami continued their lawsuit, in partnership with the ACLU of Florida and other local organizations, to challenge a gerrymandered redistricting map. In April, they won their lawsuit when a judge ruled that the proposed map segregates voters by race.
Annual Reports
2024 Annual Report
2024 was a historic year for the Alliance as we made strides toward our strategic vision of strengthening our Network. We embraced our role as a funding intermediary, launched tailored capacity-building offerings, and set values-based criteria for growth—all anchored in our principles of equity, inclusion, and liberation.
2023 Annual Report
In 2023, the Alliance restructured its governing model to prioritize youth-centered growth. Now, all Network groups directly influence the Alliance’s decision-making, enhancing our capacity building, funding, and donor organizing while reinforcing our commitment to inclusive, collaborative governance.
2022 Annual Report
In 2022, we carried out our work with a vibrant, state-focused lens, and it paid off! We witnessed the power of young people leading the way toward a pro-democracy society, demonstrating what’s possible when they are empowered and supported. With progressive wins across the nation the path forward is clear: When young people have support and resources, we all win.
2021 Annual Report
In 2021, we saw a year full of local-level victories and tremendous internal growth. Alliance Network organizations engaged their communities ahead of important municipal elections as we deepened capacity building through new leadership development, cohort collaboration, and team expansion.
2020 Annual Report
While we always knew that 2020 would be challenging, we never could have imagined all that our network would hold as they rose up to meet the moment and move our country forward. The resiliency, innovation, hustle, and joy that young organizers summoned made 2020 one for the history books.
2019 Annual Report
There’s no such thing as an “off-year” when building political power for young people. 2019 was a year full of winning issue advocacy, powerful electoral engagement, and getting ready for the biggest election year of our lifetimes.
2018 Annual Report
We must build our collective power not only during election cycles, but year-round. In 2018, we grew our campaigns and movements, built strong organizations, and won power for young people every single day.
2016 Annual Report
In 2016, we were still the “Bus Federation” but our mission was the same. We organized our generation because this nation must move forward, and our democracy must survive and thrive. This is why we vote. This is why we build. This is why we fight.