Description: Progress Florida is a statewide progressive advocacy organization founded in 2008 that uses digital organizing, media outreach, public education campaigns, and grassroots mobilization to advance people‑first policies in Florida, including reproductive freedom, voting access, environmental protection, public education, consumer and health care protections, and judicial accountability. Type: Nonprofit advocacy organization (operates as a 501(c)(4)) with an affiliated 501(c)(3) research and education arm (Progress Florida Education Institute). Policies: Reproductive rights and abortion access, voting rights and voter education, environmental protection and clean energy, public education funding and anti‑privatization, consumer protection (insurance and utilities), health care access, civil rights and racial justice, judicial independence and court accountability. Funding: Primarily individual and grassroots donations supplemented by grants from progressive foundations and national donor networks; the organization states it does not accept corporate funding. Affiliates: Progress Florida Education Institute (PFEI), collaborative relationships with groups such as Florida Watch, Environment Florida, Common Cause Florida and national progressive networks; high‑profile leader: Executive Director Mark Ferrulo.
