Meet Spark!

The community-powered grant that provides nonprofits with 1,000 free email subscribers a month.

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“Spark has been an awesome way to elevate our work and build up our list with engaged supporters.

Free Press
Dutch Cosmian • Senior Digital Director

$2,531,250

(Ad credits provided to date)

You may know that Civic Shout is the ad platform loved by over 800 progressive causes across the U.S.

To give back and build excitement around Civic Shout, we run Spark—our community-powered grant. With it, qualified orgs receive 1,000 free national email opt-ins every month (a $15,000 annual value).

"Do I qualify?"

Spark is for progressively-aligned 501(c)(3) or (c)(4) nonprofits who have been invited to join by an existing Spark member.

How to get your 1,000 free monthly opt-ins:

  1. Get an invite

    Know a current Spark member? Ask them for an invite, or post on LinkedIn etc. to see who raises their hand.

  2. Acquire your email subscribers

    When your suppression list is under 500k emails, you’ll have automatic access to 1,000 free opt-in credits every month via your Civic Shout dashboard.

    Just publish a new petition each month that would resonate with your ideal supporters and we'll promote it to our activist network of millions. Within minutes, you'll start acquiring first, last, zip and, email of your new opt-in email subscribers.

    You can download CSVs 24/7 or connect your Action Network, EveryAction, or NGP VAN account to automate syncing.

  3. Give an invite

    Your first 12 months of access have no obligation. After that, you'll need to invite one eligible nonprofit a year into the program to get 12 more months.

    This is why we say Spark is community-powered. It’s what ensures Spark–and Civic Shout, which enables it–will be around for the long haul.

Questions?

Spark provides credits for use on the Civic Shout ad platform. You can learn all about it on our homepage.

“We’re seeing ROI that’s much better than Facebook ads.”

Environmental Action
Pat Kelly-Fischer • Digital Fundraising Manager

98% of our Civic Shout opt-ins are still subscribed after several weeks.”

Woolf Strategy
Connor Larsen • Comms Strategist

What’s your plan for reliable list growth?