Some Good News

The September round of the Pepsi Refresh contest ended last night at midnight and the official results are in.

Thanks to your incredible support, we raised $550,000 for 14 progressive non-profit organizations!

Because of your daily votes, here are all the organization that won and the projects that are going to get funded:

League of Young Voters Education Fund ($50,000)

United States Student Association ($25,000)

Wellstone Action Education Fund ($50,000) - Working with Native American leaders for social change

Inner City Law Center ($50,000) - Saving kids from vermin-infested housing

Keystone Progress($50,000) - Teach non-profits how to tell the story of their invaluable work

Coalition on Homelessness & Housing in Ohio ($50,000) - Teach communities in Ohio how to prevent housing crises

Polaris Project ($50,000) - End modern-day slavery in the United States

State Voices ($50,000) - Support nonpartisan civic engagement in 16 states

Rockwood Leadership Institute ($50,000) - Provide leadership training for staff of nonprofit organizations

Midwest Academy ($25,000) - Train community organizers

Fuse Washington ($25,000) - Create communications plan that engages activists in Washington

PLAN Nevada ($25,000) - Lift up community voices in Las Vegas and Reno, NV

The SHARE Food Program ($25,000) - Promote health by providing affordable wholesome food to families

Policy Matters Ohio ($25,000) - Do research to create green jobs, clean cities & opportunity for all

You should take a minute and read through the projects. It's inspiring.

From preventing homelessness and fighting human trafficking to training new civic leaders and mobilizing young voters, these projects wouldn't be happening without the money you won. It's half a million dollars going to social change and you're responsible for every penny.

In fact, this project was so successful that we're going to do it again in November.

We're going to take off the month of October and come back on November 1st even stronger.

CPL and USAction Education Fund were the only two groups that didn't win grants this last month. They were competing in the toughest category and just finished just outside of the winning positions. But we think it's winnable and we know the other categories are as well. That's why when we come back in November, CPL and USAction Education Fund will still be on the Slate competing for $250,000 grants and there will be a whole new group of organizations involved.

In the meantime, I can't begin to express how much impact this money is going to have on all the organizations involved.

Thank you for support, your hardwork and your votes.

Thank you for everything.

Sincerely,
All the groups participating in the Progressive Slate in September