• The Fund has raised more than $400 million for our partner organizations.

• The Fund has gathered more than 20 million petition signatures in support of progressive campaigns.

• In 1984, when the Fund first started running canvasses with U.S. PIRG, the PIRG organizations had citizen members in about 85 of the 435 Congressional districts. Today, U.S. PIRG has members in every single district, thanks to our wide reach.

• This year, our partner groups will speak to about 4.3 million people via Fund canvassers.

• The PIRG organizations have an active 'dues-paying' membership of 1.3 million, the vast majority of whom were initially recruited through the Fund canvass. These members support a staff of 635 advocates, organizers, and support staff.

• We've trained thousands of activists who have gone on to start and lead other progressive organizations. In fact, we've specifically documented more than a thousand alumni who are working in the public interest arena.

Victories with the federation of state environment groups
• Gov. Schwarzenegger signed Environment California's “Million Solar Roofs” legislation into law after several years of canvassing on the issue (2006).

• PennEnvironment helped secure increased funding for protecting Pennsylvania’s open spaces and family farms after canvassers put pressure on legislators and mobilized voters to pass a ballot measure (2004-2005).

• Environment Colorado spearheaded passage of Amendment 37, the nation's first voter-approved renewable energy initiative (2004).  Canvassers helped qualify the initiative and educate the public about the campaign.

Victories with U.S. PIRG, the Federation of state PIRGs
We've helped progressive groups win victories on hundreds of campaigns. Here is a partial list of some of the victories the Fund's outreach helped achieve with U.S. PIRG–the Federation of state PIRGs. 

Recent victories:

• Canvasses provided the grassroots support OSPIRG needed to help pass a bill in Oregon requiring auto makers to sell cleaner cars (2006).

• Canvass-generated phone calls, letters, and e-mails to key targets helped U.S. PIRG win a critical Senate vote blocking oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Wildlife Refuge (2002).

• MASSPIRG won a law to notify the public of beach pollution (2000).  Gov. Celluci’s staff invited MASSPIRG’s Cape Cod canvassers to the bill signing in recognition of their role passing the bill.

1990s:
• Ohio PIRG won the legislative campaign for a Beach Advisory Bill (1998).

• MaryPIRG efforts helped win a law to reduce pesticide use in schools (1998).

• OSPIRG won a ballot initiative setting low limits on contributions to state candidate campaigns (1994).

• NJPIRG spearheaded the adoption of the Pollution Prevention Act, reducing toxic waste generation (1991).

1980s:
• MASSPIRG authored and won passage of Toxics Use Reduction Act (1989).

• OSPIRG won the initiative creating Oregon's Citizens' Utility Board (CUB) (1984).

• MASSPIRG won the voter referendum defending the Massachusetts Bottle Bill, 59 percent to 41 percent (1982).