Georgia Investor Action Fund

The group reports that its investment goals for the period from 2026 through 2028 include civic engagement initiatives including voter education and canvassing and building an organizational base “in rural, Black Belt, Latino, AAPI, Muslim, and immigrant communities.” ³

Background

The Georgia Investor Action Fund is a left-of-center social welfare and advocacy organization that is part of the Georgia Alliance for Progress network, and a sister organization to the Georgia Alliance Education Fund. ¹

The Georgia Alliance advocates for the critical race theory-influenced concept of equity, stating that it “invests to advance equitable access” and to advance a “racially just democracy.” Moreover, the group states it invests in “organizations led by and serving communities of color—especially Black communities.” ¹

Georgia Alliance Network

The Georgia Alliance is left-of-center network of Georgia-based nonprofits. According to the group, the first of the organizations affiliated with the alliance that launched was ProGeorgia, a charitable and advocacy nonprofit formed in 2012. ¹

In 2014, the Georgia Alliance formed, and was composed of two nonprofits, the Georgia Alliance Education Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization, and the Georgia Investor Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization. Later in 2014, Georgia Engaged was formed from this group; Georgia Engaged is a 501(c)(4) statewide coalition table. ¹

In 2016, the alliance launched Represent Georgia, which ran the “Georgia Black Women Rise” campaign. In 2018, the sister 501(c)(4) of Represent Georgia, the Represent Georgia Action Network, was launched. ¹

In 2019, members of the Georgia Investor Action Fund launched a PAC called Georgia Safe and Strong. ¹

In 2020, Georgia Engaged and America Votes merged to form America Votes Georgia. The alliance also formed Progress Georgia that year. ¹

From 2022 to 2024, the alliance also launched Collective Renaissance Georgia and its sister 501(c)(4) Collective Renaissance Action, as well as the Dialogue Collaborative. ¹

Activities

The Georgia Alliance participates in civic engagement activities. The group ran a program called “Beyond the Ballot,” which conducted surveys and polls for Georgia voters after the 2024 general election. The group claimed that its strategic findings included emphasizing “survival” as the key to how civic life is perceived, trust being a local and not in institutions and political parties, and a necessity for year-round civic engagement initiatives. ⁴

Besides polling and voter research, the organization participates in canvassing, “disinformation monitoring,” and grantmaking. ⁵

The group claimed that its investment goals between 2026 and 2028 include civic engagement initiatives including voter education and canvassing and building an organizational base “in rural, Black Belt, Latino, AAPI, Muslim, and immigrant communities.” ³

People

As of July 2026, Quentin Mays was the executive director of the Georgia Alliance, the controlling entity of the Georgia Investor Action Fund. Previously, Mays was a trainer for the National Democratic Training Committee from 2020 to 2025. Mays was also the chief of staff for the Everybody Votes Campaign from 2022 to 2025, and a director of partnerships and community engagement at the Analyst Institute from 2019 to 2022. From 2015 to 2019, Mays held various political organizing roles including working as a national deputy political and program director at America Votes, a deputy organizing director at Aim Higher Now NC, a field and advocacy manager at State Voices Florida, a field organizer at the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign, and a hotel employees action team assistant for Unite Here.  ⁶