The evidence is clear: the progressive movement's biggest gap is talent infrastructure. These reports, studies, and data points form the foundation of GAIN Power's mission.
The progressive ecosystem needs shared infrastructure to scale beyond siloed efforts. Fragmentation limits collective impact and leaves organizations reinventing the same solutions.
Conservatives outspend progressives 3:1 on long-term leadership development and talent pipelines. Their investment in permanent infrastructure has compounding returns across cycles.
Every post-mortem returns to the same root cause: talent — recruitment, retention, burnout, and institutional knowledge loss. The same challenges are identified cycle after cycle.
Civic infrastructure must be built between cycles, not just during election years. Sustained engagement produces more durable political power than surge-and-decline models.
Sustainable movements require permanent physical and digital spaces for community and collaboration. The concept of "civic homes" addresses the transience of progressive infrastructure.
100,000+ members, 6,000+ organizations, 5,000+ annual job postings, 70,000+ newsletter subscribers. Demand far exceeds current capacity. The data proves the need.
The evidence points one direction.
Invest in permanent talent infrastructure for democracy's workforce.