Powerful IDEA Awards Categories
The Powerful IDEA Awards are GAIN POWER’s progressive politics movement awards to celebrate, elevate and honor powerful people and programs impacting our democracy, elections, and advocacy.
Below are the list of award categories. GAIN Power reserves the right to add, delete, or merge categories based on interest and feedback.
Got questions? Please email us at awards@gainpower.org
Below is a list of our categories. Think we’re missing something? Let us know. Please note, we reserve the right to add, delete, or merge categories. The more entries we get in a particular category, the more likely we can create separate awards.
Creative Communication or Piece of Content
- Broadcast/Cable TV Ad
- Creative Print / Collateral
- Digital Advertisement
- Digital Content (Organic / Not Paid)
- Podcast
- Political Newsletter
- Voter Registration Ad Campaign
- Website
Inspirational Organizations & Campaigns
- Ballot Measure Campaign
- Candidate Campaign
- Consulting firm
- Issue Advocacy 501c4 / PAC/ SuperPAC
- New organization making impact (501c3/501c4)
- Progressive Media Outlet
- State, County, Or Local Party (Party Committee)
- Voter Education Organizations (501c3)
Powerful Program
- Canvassing
- Convenings – Virtual / Live
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program
- Training
- Voter Protection
- Voter Registration
Transformational Talent and Leadership
Candidate
- Federal Candidate
- Statewide Non-Federal
- State Legislative Candidate
- Municipal Candidate
Consultant
- Consultant Digital
- Field Consultant
- Fundraising Consultant
- General Consultant
- Legal & Compliance Consultant
- Mail Consultant
- Media Consultant
- Polling Consultant
- Research Consultant
Staff
- BIPOC and Constituency Organizer
- Campaign Staff
- Candidate
- Communication Staff
- Consultant
- Data Staff
- Digital Staff
- Donor
- Field Staff
- Issue Activist or Movement Leader
- Labor Leader
- Leadership through Equity/DEI Leader
- Operations Staff
- Party Leader
- Political Staff
- Social Media Influencer
- Social Media Strategist
- State Focused MVP
- Trainer
Transformative Technology
- AI Tool
- Data Tool
- Digital Tool
- Innovative Tool