Progressive organizations working to make Texas a better place in 2024

As we strive for aversion of Texas that champions progressive values, it's vital to join the work of people on the ground.

Progress Texas aims to uplift these diverse voice and issue advocacy non-profits and organizations, so we have compiled a list of groups pushing progress forward in our state below.

Abortion Access & Reproductive Rights

• ACLU of Texas – aclutx.org
• The Afiya Center – theafiyacenter.org
• Avow – avowtexas.org
• The Bridge Collective – thebridgecollective.org
• Buckle Bunnies Fund – bucklebunnies.org
• Deeds Not Words – deedsnotwords.com
• Frontera Fund – fronterafundrgv.org
• Fund Texas Choice – fundtexaschoice.org
• Jane’s Due Process – janesdueprocess.org
• Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice Texas – latinainstitute.org/en/texas
• Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity – lilithfund.org
• Planned Parenthood Texas Votes – pptexasvotes.org
• Progress Texas – progresstexas.org/issues/abortion-access
• Texas Equal Access Fund (TEA Fund) – teafund.org
• Texas Freedom Network – tfn.org 
• West Fund – westfund.org
• Whole Woman’s Health – wholewomanshealth.com
• Whole Woman’s Health Alliance – wholewomanshealthalliance.org

Campaigns & Elections

• Annie’s List – annieslist.com
• Avow – avowtexas.org
• Battleground Texas – battlegroundtexas.com
• Blue Action Democrats – blueactiondems.com
• Cambio Texas – cambiotexas.org
• The Indivisible Project – indivisible.org
• Lone Star Project – lonestarproject.net
• MOVE Texas – movetexas.org
• Our Revolution – ourrevolution.com
• Planned Parenthood Texas Votes – pptexasvotes.org
• Progress Texas – progresstexas.org/issues/elections
• Texas Organizing Project – organizetexas.org 

Civil Rights, Social Justice & Multi-Issue

• ACLU of Texas – aclutx.org
• Austin Justice Coalition – austinjustice.org
• Black Lives Matter Houston – blmhou.com
• Center for the Healing of Racism – centerhealingracism.org
• Esperanza Peace & Justice Center – esperanzacenter.org
• Faith in Texas – faithintx.org
• Houston Justice Coalition – houjustice.org
• La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) – lupenet.org
• MALDEF – maldef.org
• NAACP – naacp.org
• Progress Texas – progresstexas.org 
• Texas Freedom Network – tfn.org
• Texas Organizing Project – organizetexas.org
• Texas Civil Rights Project – txcivilrights.org

Criminal Justice

• Austin Justice Coalition – austinjustice.org
• Faith in Texas – faithintx.org
• Houston Justice Coalition – houjustice.org
• Innocence Project of Texas – ipoftexas.org
• Restoring Justice – restoringjustice.org
• Texas Appleseed – texasappleseed.org
• Texas Criminal Justice Coalition – texascjc.org
• Texas Fair Defense Project – fairdefense.org
• Texas Organizing Project – organizetexas.org

Disability Rights

• Disability Rights Texas – disabilityrightstx.org
• REV UP! Texas – revuptexas.org

Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault

• Deeds Not Words – deedsnotwords.com
• Texas Advocacy Project – texasadvocacyproject.org
• Texas Association Against Sexual Assault – taasa.org

Economic Empowerment & Workers Rights

• Communications Workers of America (CWA) – cwa-union.org
• Deeds Not Words – deedsnotwords.com
• Esperanza Peace & Justice Center – esperanzacenter.org
• Faith in Texas – faithintx.org
• La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) – lupenet.org
• Progress Texas – progresstexas.org/issues/economic-opportunity
• Texas AFL-CIO – texasaflcio.org
• Texas Organizing Project – organizetexas.org
• Workers Defense Project – workersdefense.org
• Young Invincibles – younginvincibles.org

Education

• National Education Association (NEA) – nea.org
• Save Texas Schools – savetexasschools.com
• Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT) – texasaft.org
• Texas Freedom Network – tfn.org
• Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) – tsta.org
• Young Invincibles – younginvincibles.org

Environment

• Clean Water Action – cleanwateraction.org/states/texas
• Environmental Defense Fund – edf.org/txcleanenergy
• Environment Texas – environmenttexas.org
• Public Citizen – citizen.org/texas
• Sierra Club – sierraclub.org/texas
• Texas Nature Conservancy – nature.org/texas

Faith In Politics

• Faith in Texas – faithintx.org
• Texas Freedom Network – tfn.org 

Gun Reform

• Everytown for Gun Safety – everytown.org
• Moms Demand Action – momsdemandaction.org
• Mothers For Democracy – mothersfordemocracy.org
• Texas Gun Sense – txgunsense.org

Health Care

• Children’s Defense Fund – childrensdefense.org
• Every Texan (formerly the Center for Public Policy Priorities) – everytexan.org
• Progress Texas – progresstexas.org/issues/health-care
• Texans Care for Children – txchildren.org
• Texas Women’s Health Caucus – txwomenshealth.com
• Texas Impact – texasimpact.org
• Texas Organizing Project – organizetexas.org
• Young Invincibles – younginvincibles.org

Immigration

• Angry Tias & Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley – angrytiasandabuelas.com
• Familias Immigrantes y Estudiantes en la Lucha – fielhouston.org
• Grassroots Leadership – grassrootsleadership.org
• JOLT Texas – jolttx.org
• Kids in Need of Defense - supportkind.org
• La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) – lupenet.org
• Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center - las-americas.org 
• MALDEF – maldef.org
• Progress Texas – progresstexas.org/issues/immigration
• RAICES – raicestexas.org
• Texas Civil Rights Project – txcivilrights.org
• Texas Organizing Project – organizetexas.org
• United We Dream – unitedwedream.org
• Workers Defense Project – workersdefense.org

LGBTQIA+ Equality

• ACLU of Texas – aclutx.org
• Allgo – allgo.org 
• Black Trans Advocacy Coalition – blacktrans.org 
• DFW Trans Kids and Families – dfwtkf.com 
• Equality Texas – equalitytexas.org
• Human Rights Campaign Texas – hrc.org/local-issues/texas
• Lambda Legal – lambdalegal.org
• Organizacíon Latina de Trans en Texas – latinatranstexas.org 
• Progress Texas – progresstexas.org/issues/lgbtq
• Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) – transtexas.org
• Texas Freedom Network – tfn.org

Marijuana Reform

• Progress Texas – progresstexas.org/issues/marijuana
• Texas NORML – texasnorml.org
• Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy – texasmarijuanapolicy.org

Voting Rights & Democracy

• Battleground Texas – battlegroundtexas.com
• Common Cause Texas – commoncause.org/texas
• JOLT Texas – jolttx.org
• League of Women Voters Texas – my.lwv.org/texas
• MALDEF – maldef.org
• MOVE Texas – movetexas.org
• Progress Texas – progresstexas.org/issues/elections
• Public Citizen – citizen.org/texas
• REV UP! Texas – revuptexas.org
• Texans for Public Justice – tpj.org
• Texas Civil Rights Project – txcivilrights.org
• Texas Freedom Network – tfn.org 
• United We Dream – unitedwedream.org