named programs · 2 · from sources
What they call their work
Digital Organizing Training
Curriculum and mentorship focused on building digital campaign skills including storytelling, data analysis, social media strategy, and online community engagement for progressive movements.
Kairos Fellowship
Year-long program that trains emerging leaders in digital organizing, strategy, and technology to advance social justice movements. Fellows are placed with partner organizations to apply skills in real-world campaigns.
activities · 4 groups
What they do
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Political Leadership Training for Underrepresented Groups 2 activities
- Provides digital strategy training and capacity building for organizersOffers trainings, coaching, and cohort-based learning to strengthen digital organizing capacity among grassroots and power-building organizations, including a 2024 State Fellowship program with monthly workshops, office hours, and strategy calls for organizers and their leaders.
- Trains and places digital fellows in power-building organizationsRecruits, trains, and places Fellows—primarily leaders of color—into state and national organizations to advance digital-first campaigning; has graduated 43 individuals across four cohorts who now serve as digital strategists in movement organizations.
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AI Governance and Ethical Research 1 activity
- Conducts and publishes research on technology’s societal impactsLeads investigative research projects on the intersections of technology, democracy, and justice, publishing reports on topics including Landlord Tech, Big Tech’s threat to democracy, reproductive justice in digital spaces, climate impacts of AI, and online challenges facing LGBTQ+ communities.
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Data & Technology Capacity Building 1 activity
- Provides rapid-response digital strategy support to organizationsOperates a Digital Hotline and connects organizations with Kairos staff, alumni, and fellows to provide timely strategy, data, and content support for building long-term digital infrastructure and responding to urgent community needs.
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Free Expression Defense & Advocacy 1 activity
- Runs advocacy campaigns for platform accountability and digital user powerOrganizes public campaigns to challenge Big Tech's influence on democracy and promote digital rights, including the Facebook Log Out campaign that engaged over 55,000 participants and advocacy efforts urging Google to delete user data that could enable prosecution of abortion seekers.
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financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$1.91M
Contributions & grants$1.91M100%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$5K0%
Other revenue$302
expenses
Total expenses$2.33M
Program expenses78%
Admin / overhead17%
Fundraising5%
Salaries & benefits$1.70M
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$3.70M
Cash$3.43M
Investments$0
Liabilities$50K
Net assets$3.65M
Liquid reserves17.7 mo
2 years on record · 2023–2024 · YoY revenue -63.2%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
paid leadership · 8
| Name | Title | Hours/wk | Compensation |
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| JACQUELINE BROOKS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT | 40 | $176K |
| DOMINIQUE LEON-DAVIS FROM 624 | INTERIM SECRETARY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR | 40 | $170K |
| MARIANA RUIZ FIRMAT THRU 624 | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT | 40 | $160K |
| JOSE DELGADO | DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING | 40 | $156K |
| CLAUDIA SAENZ | TREASURER, DIR. OF OPS. & FINANCE | 40 | $148K |
| JELANI DREW-DAVI | SR. COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST | 40 | $141K |
| SIJAL NASRALLA | DIRECTOR OF LEARNING AND ANALYSIS | 40 | $136K |
| IRNA LANDRUM | SR. CAMPAIGNER | 40 | $120K |
board members · 3
- AVATARA SMITH CARRINGTON — DIRECTOR
- CAYDEN MAK — BOARD CHAIR
- SARAH SHANLEY HOPE — DIRECTOR
relationships · 35
Who they work with
- 18 Million Rising Partner — Hosted sumi dutta during the fellowship
- ACRE (Action Center on Race & the Economy) Partner — Hosted Kim Flores as Digital Organizer during the fellowship
- Arkansas Public Policy Panel Partner — Participating affiliate organization in the 2024 State Fellowship
- Big Tech Coalition — Kairos positions itself in opposition to Big Tech companies, referring to them collectively as targets of campaign efforts rather than partners.
- California Immigrant Policy Center Partner — Hosted Rahel Teka as Digital Organizing Coordinator during the fellowship
- Change the Terms Coalition — Kairos is a member of the Change the Terms coalition advocating for platform accountability.
- Color of Change Partner — Collaborated with Kairos to form or join the Change the Terms coalition.
- Coworker.org Partner — Hosted Nur as campaign strategist during the fellowship
- Daily Kos Partner — Hosted Justice Ameer Gaines and Tevin Brown on the campaign team during the fellowship
- Down Home North Carolina Partner — Participating affiliate organization in the 2024 State Fellowship
- Equality Federation Partner — Hosted Chrissy Etienne as Digital Strategist during the fellowship
- Florida Rising Partner — Participating organization in the 2024 State Fellowship
- Georgia Shift Partner — Hosted Brian Nuñez as Digital Organizer during the fellowship
- Girls for Gender Equality Partner — Hosted Raynise Cange during the fellowship
- Google Partner — Examined in research for its role in enabling reproductive criminalization through data collection.
- Google Partner — Kairos comments on Google's data practices and calls for greater responsibility in protecting user data, particularly regarding sensitive health information related to abortion.
- Grassroots Collaborative Partner — Hosted Nashiha Alam as Digital Organizer during the fellowship
- Ground Game LA Partner — Participating organization in the 2024 State Fellowship
- Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice Partner — Hosted Jessica Hernandez as Digital Organizer during the fellowship
- La Unión del Pueblo Entero Partner — Participating organization in the 2024 State Fellowship
- Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) Partner — Placed Shalae Flores as Digital Organizer during the fellowship
- MediaJustice Partner — Hosted D. J. Hudson as Kairos Fellow during the fellowship
- Meta Partner — Examined in research for its role in enabling reproductive criminalization through data collection.
- New Florida Majority Partner — Hosted Jabari Lukman as Digital Organizing Fellow during the fellowship
- New Georgia Project Partner — Participating organization in the 2024 State Fellowship
- People’s Action Partner — Network partner in the 2024 State Fellowship
- Texas Organizing Project Partner — Hosted Jessie Gloria as Digital Fellow during the fellowship
- The Washington Post Partner — Collaborated on publishing an advocacy article regarding digital privacy and reproductive rights.
- UndocuBlack Network Partner — Hosted Yoliswa Cele as Digital Organizer during the fellowship
- We The People Michigan Partner — Participating organization in the 2024 State Fellowship
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strategies · 5
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Action-Oriented Organizing Pedagogymethodology: action-oriented_pedagogyBy training organizers to apply skills immediately within live campaigns, we deepen learning and increase campaign effectiveness because real-time implementation reinforces mastery, relevance, and strategic adaptation.
- Challenging Tech Neutrality and Solutionismmethodology: anti-tech-solutionismBy confronting the myth that technology is politically neutral and resisting tech solutionism, we redirect focus toward structural change and community-led resistance because corporate-controlled platforms often reinforce systemic inequities under the guise of innovation.
- Power-Building Through Mutual Capacity Developmentmethodology: mutual_capacity_buildingBy engaging in two-way, collaborative partnerships that emphasize mutual learning and shared innovation, we strengthen field-wide digital organizing capacity because this approach embeds ownership, adaptability, and long-term resilience in movements rather than creating dependency on external experts.
- Relational Digital Organizingmethodology: relational_digital_organizingBy integrating relational organizing practices into digital campaigns, we build collective power and expand reach because personal connections foster trust, leadership development, and sustained engagement in online spaces.
- Transformative Justice & Queer-Led Digital Praxismethodology: transformative-justiceBy centering queer and trans practices of mutual protection and community-led safety in digital strategy, we create safer, autonomous technological spaces because these communities have developed resilient, non-carceral models of care and resistance that challenge dominant surveillance infrastructures.