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Acronym (organization)

"ACRONYM" redirects here. For linguistic abbreviation, see Acronym.
Acronym
FormationMarch 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)[1]
Founders
  • Tara McGowan[2]
  • Michael Dubin[a]
TypeNonprofit[1] political advocacy group
82-1630469[4][1]
Legal status501(c)(4)[1]
Purpose"We build power + modern infrastructure for a new progressive movement."[5]
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.[4][1]
President and CEO
Tara McGowan[4]
Michael Dubin[4][1]
Hannah Linkenhoker[4]
Revenue (2017)
$1,294,938[4]
Expenses (2017)$1,297,124[4]
Websitewww.anotheracronym.org Edit this at Wikidata

Acronym (styled ACRONYM) is a Washington, D.C.-based American 501(c)(4) non-profit corporation, co-founded by Tara McGowan and Michael Dubin in 2017. The organization is one of the major coordinators and producers of digital media campaigns aligned with the Democratic Party, and has been hired by or has provided support to various other organizations including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Emily's List, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Planned Parenthood. It was the majority owner of Shadow, Inc., a technology company that made the mobile application software that malfunctioned during vote tallying at the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses, but later divested its stake in the company.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "ACRONYM". Influence Watch. 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Corse, Emily Glazer, Deepa Seetharaman and Alexa (February 5, 2020). "The Shoestring App Developer Behind the Iowa Caucus Debacle". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved February 5, 2020. Acronym and its founder Tara McGowan{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference mccammond17 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax" (PDF). Influence Watch. July 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "ACRONYM homepage". Acronym. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  6. ^ Schleifer, Theodore (May 8, 2020). "The Democratic Party's most hated startup can't change what happened in Iowa. But it can change its name". Vox. Retrieved May 18, 2020.


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