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CATCH FIRE MOVEMENT

FLAGSTAFF, AZ · EIN 853926338 · Form 990EZ · FY2020 · Micro (<$100K) · www.catchfiremovement.org
revenue
$4K
expenses
$2K
net assets
$2K
employees
mission · from form 990

Supporting progressive policies by enabl

profile · synthesized from sources

Catch Fire Movement is a progressive political advocacy organization that endorses and supports candidates who center working-class people, oppose war, and champion human rights. The group focuses on backing principled, grassroots candidates in local, state, and federal elections across the United States, particularly those challenging corporate influence and advocating for social, economic, and environmental justice. It also engages in voter activation and provides labor rights resources, especially for tipped workers in Arizona.

named programs · 3 · from sources

what they call their work

Candidate Endorsement Program
Endorses progressive, working-class candidates in local, state, and federal elections who reject corporate PAC money and advocate for peace, human rights, and economic justice
Know Your Rights - Tipped Workers
Provides labor rights education and support for tipped workers in Arizona, including guidance on minimum wage laws, tip pooling, and how to file wage theft complaints
Non-Voter Activation
Engages and mobilizes non-voters to participate in primary elections as part of broader political empowerment efforts
activities · 7 groups

what they do

  • Progressive Activist Leadership Development 11 activities
    • Founding and leadership of voter mobilization organization
      Founded Bluejay Rising, an organization dedicated to mobilizing disenfranchised West Virginians to vote by leading them to the ballot box.
    • Political leadership coaching for activists
      Coaches activists on political leadership through cohort-based programs and individualized support across multiple cycles.
    • Progressive Electoral Leadership Development
      Develops a progressive electoral leadership pipeline by coaching activists on political leadership and organizing a signature coaching program for human-rights-forward progressives through a cohort-based program.
    • Progressive Electoral Leadership Development
      Develops a progressive electoral leadership pipeline by coaching activists on political leadership and organizing a signature coaching program for human-rights-forward progressives as a cohort-based program.
    • Progressive Electoral Leadership Development and Voter Mobilization
      Develops a progressive electoral leadership pipeline, coaches activists on political leadership, and mobilizes disenfranchised working-class voters and non-voters to participate in primary elections, including through the Bluejay Rising organization in West Virginia.
    • Progressive Electoral Leadership Development and Voter Mobilization
      Develops a progressive electoral leadership pipeline, coaches activists on political leadership, and mobilizes disenfranchised working-class voters and non-voters to participate in primary elections, including through the Bluejay Rising organization in West Virginia.
    • Progressive Electoral Leadership Development and Voter Mobilization
      Develops a progressive electoral leadership pipeline, coaches activists on political leadership, and mobilizes disenfranchised working-class voters and non-voters to participate in primary elections, including through the Bluejay Rising organization in West Virginia.
    • Progressive electoral leadership pipeline and voter mobilization
      Develops a pipeline for progressive electoral leadership and mobilizes disenfranchised working-class voters to participate in elections, including primary elections.
    • Publication of electoral campaign guides
      Develops and publishes practical resources for progressive candidates running for Congress, such as “Running for Congress – Practical First Steps.”
    • Voter Mobilization
      Mobilizes disenfranchised working-class voters, including non-voters, to participate in primary elections, and founded Bluejay Rising to lead disenfranchised West Virginians to the ballot box.
    • Voter Mobilization
      Mobilizes disenfranchised working-class voters and activates non-voters to participate in primary elections, including through initiatives like Bluejay Rising in West Virginia.
  • Immigrant Rights Advocacy & Legal Challenges 7 activities
    • Immigrant Rights Advocacy and Support
      Provides on-the-ground support in Flagstaff for individuals during encounters with ICE or law enforcement and organizes the Keep Flagstaff Together coalition to advance immigrant rights and protect vulnerable immigrant communities, including advocating for an Immigrant Safety Ordinance.
    • Immigrant Rights Advocacy and Support in Flagstaff
      Provides on-the-ground support to individuals in Flagstaff during encounters with ICE or law enforcement and organizes the Keep Flagstaff Together coalition to advance immigrant rights and advocate for an Immigrant Safety Ordinance.
    • Immigrant Rights Advocacy and Support in Flagstaff
      Provides on-the-ground support to individuals in Flagstaff during encounters with ICE or law enforcement and organizes the Keep Flagstaff Together coalition to advance immigrant rights and advocate for an Immigrant Safety Ordinance.
    • Immigrant Rights Advocacy and Support in Flagstaff
      Provides on-the-ground support to individuals in Flagstaff during encounters with ICE or law enforcement and organizes the Keep Flagstaff Together coalition to advance immigrant rights and advocate for an Immigrant Safety Ordinance.
    • Immigrant Rights Advocacy and Support in Flagstaff
      Provides on-the-ground support to individuals in Flagstaff during encounters with ICE or law enforcement and organizes the Keep Flagstaff Together coalition to advance immigrant rights and advocate for an Immigrant Safety Ordinance.
    • Immigrant rights coalition building and advocacy
      Organized the Keep Flagstaff Together coalition to advance immigrant rights, protect vulnerable communities, and advocate for policies such as an Immigrant Safety Ordinance.
    • On-the-ground legal accompaniment during ICE or law enforcement encounters
      Provides direct support to individuals in Flagstaff during encounters with ICE or law enforcement through on-the-ground presence.
  • Local Wage Enforcement & Advocacy 7 activities
    • Labor Standards Advocacy and Enforcement
      Provides information on common labor standard violations, helps Flagstaff workers recover stolen wages, and monitors the City of Flagstaff's enforcement office to ensure proper implementation of a voter-passed initiative that raised the local minimum wage and eliminated the subminimum tipped wage.
    • Labor Standards Advocacy and Enforcement
      Organized a citizen initiative in Flagstaff, Arizona, to raise the local minimum wage, eliminate the subminimum tipped wage, and establish a local labor standards enforcement office. The organization also helps Flagstaff workers recover stolen wages and monitors the City of Flagstaff's enforcement office.
    • Labor Standards Advocacy and Worker Support in Flagstaff
      Organized a citizen initiative in Flagstaff, Arizona, to raise the local minimum wage, eliminate the subminimum tipped wage, and establish a local labor standards enforcement office. The organization also helps Flagstaff workers recover stolen wages and monitors the enforcement office's implementation of the initiative.
    • Labor Standards Advocacy and Worker Support in Flagstaff
      Organized a citizen initiative in Flagstaff, Arizona, to raise the local minimum wage, eliminate the subminimum tipped wage, and establish a local labor standards enforcement office. The organization also helps Flagstaff workers recover stolen wages and monitors the enforcement office.
    • Labor Standards Advocacy and Worker Support in Flagstaff
      Organized a citizen initiative in Flagstaff, Arizona, to raise the local minimum wage, eliminate the subminimum tipped wage, and establish a local labor standards enforcement office. The organization also helps Flagstaff workers recover stolen wages and monitors the enforcement office's implementation of the initiative.
    • Local labor policy advocacy and wage reform
      Organized a successful 2015 citizen initiative in Flagstaff, Arizona, that raised the local minimum wage, eliminated the subminimum tipped wage, and established a local labor standards enforcement office.
    • Wage recovery assistance and labor enforcement monitoring
      Helps workers in Flagstaff recover stolen wages and monitors the City of Flagstaff’s labor standards enforcement office to ensure proper implementation of a voter-passed labor initiative.
  • Behavioral Health Counselor Certification 6 activities
    • Policy Research and Publication
      Publishes policy primers and resources on topics such as Palestine, tipping and tipped wages, food systems, policing, and practical first steps for individuals running for Congress, including a 9-page text and 42-minute audio resource titled "Palestine and Israel - A Framework for Political Leadership" and "Twenty Questions on Palestine - A Political Guide."
    • Policy Research and Publication
      Publishes policy primers and resources on topics such as Palestine, tipping and tipped wages, food systems, policing, and practical steps for individuals running for Congress, including a 9-page text and 42-minute audio resource titled "Palestine and Israel - A Framework for Political Leadership" and "Twenty Questions on Palestine - A Political Guide."
    • Policy Research and Publication
      Publishes policy primers and resources on various topics, including Palestine, tipping and tipped wages, food systems, policing, and practical steps for individuals running for Congress. This includes a 9-page text and 42-minute audio resource titled "Palestine and Israel - A Framework for Political Leadership" and "Twenty Questions on Palestine - A Political Guide."
    • Policy Research and Publications
      Publishes policy primers and resources on various topics including Palestine, tipping and tipped wages, food systems, policing, and practical steps for individuals running for Congress. This includes a 9-page text and 42-minute audio resource titled "Palestine and Israel - A Framework for Political Leadership" and "Twenty Questions on Palestine - A Political Guide."
    • Policy Research and Publications
      Publishes policy primers and resources on various topics including Palestine, tipping and tipped wages, food systems, policing, and practical steps for individuals running for Congress. This includes a 9-page text and 42-minute audio resource titled "Palestine and Israel - A Framework for Political Leadership" and "Twenty Questions on Palestine - A Political Guide."
    • Publication of policy primers and political education resources
      Produces and publishes policy primers and educational materials on topics including Palestine and Israel, tipped wages, food systems, and policing, including specific publications like “Twenty Questions on Palestine” and “Palestine and Israel – A Framework for Political Leadership.”
  • Candidate Endorsements & Legislative Accountability 6 activities
    • Progressive Candidate Endorsement
      Considers and issues endorsements for progressive candidates in various local, state, and federal elections on a rolling basis, including specific endorsements for congressional, state senate, and city council candidates in multiple states.
    • Progressive Candidate Endorsements
      Considers and issues endorsements for progressive candidates in various local, state, and federal elections on a rolling basis, including for Congress, U.S. Senate, State Treasurer, State Senate, and City Council.
    • Progressive Candidate Endorsements
      Considers and issues endorsements for progressive candidates in various local, state, and federal elections on a rolling basis, including for Congress, U.S. Senate, State Treasurer, State Senate, and City Council.
    • Progressive Candidate Endorsements
      Considers and issues endorsements for progressive candidates on a rolling basis for various political offices, including federal, state, and local elections, for cycles such as 2025-2026.
    • Progressive Candidate Endorsements
      Considers and issues endorsements for progressive candidates on a rolling basis for various political offices, including congressional, state senate, state treasurer, and city council positions.
    • Progressive candidate endorsements
      Endorses progressive candidates for local, state, and federal office on a rolling basis, including congressional, state senate, city council, and county-level races.
  • Public Discourse on Israel and Jewish Affairs 2 activities
    • Educational Seminars
      Hosts seminars on relevant political and social issues, such as a seminar in October 2025 on Palestine and Israel delivered by George Bisharat.
    • Seminars and Educational Events
      Hosts seminars on relevant political and social topics, such as a seminar on Palestine and Israel delivered by George Bisharat in October 2025.
  • Uncategorized 2 activities
    • Public Education on Labor Standards
      Provides information on common labor standard violations in specific jurisdictions and sectors.
    • Worker rights education and labor standards information
      Provides information on common labor standard violations specific to jurisdictions and sectors to support worker rights.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2020
revenue
Total revenue$4K
Contributions & grants$4K100%
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expenses
Total expenses$2K
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balance sheet
Total assets$5K
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Net assets$2K
1 years on record · 2020–2020
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2020

who runs it

board members · 3
  • ERIN ROSSITTO — DIRECTOR
  • EVA PUTZOVA — DIRECTOR
  • STEVEN PIASECKI — DIRECTOR
relationships · 11

who they work with

  • Blue America PAC Partner — Connected through shared leadership, as the founder of Blue America PAC serves on Catch Fire Movement's advisory board.
  • Bluejay Rising Partner — Organization founded by an endorsed candidate to lead disenfranchised West Virginians to the ballot box.
  • Flagstaff College Partner — Supports the Flagstaff Economy for the Good project.
  • Flagstaff Living Wage Coalition Partner — Coalition that works to expand labor rights, raise minimum wage, and ensure enforcement of labor standards.
  • Friends of Flagstaff's Future Partner — Supports the Flagstaff Economy for the Good project.
  • George Bisharat Partner — Advisory board member, scholar of the Palestinian legal system, Emeritus Professor of Law at UC Law San Francisco, and former San Francisco public defender who delivered a seminar for the organization.
  • Justice Democrats Partner — Collaborates with or supports candidates endorsed by Justice Democrats.
  • Keep Flagstaff Together Coalition — Coalition organized to advance immigrant rights and protect vulnerable immigrant communities.
  • Northern Arizona Immigration Legal Services Partner — Collaborates to provide Know Your Rights resources for immigrant communities and allies.
  • Northern Arizona Immigration Legal Services Partner — Collaborates to provide Know Your Rights resources for the immigrant community in Arizona.
  • Zach Shrewsbury Partner — 2024 West Virginia Candidate for the U.S. Senate who was supported by Catch Fire Movement.