Mass Alliance is a coalition of left-of-center organizations and advocacy groups that promote the campaigns of Democratic candidates running for state and local offices in Massachusetts. The coalition has previously supported left-of-center policies towards climate change, abortion access, education, housing, healthcare, and economic justice. ¹

Activities

Mass Alliance is a coalition of left-of-center organizations and advocacy groups that support the campaigns of Democratic candidates running for state and local office in Massachusetts. The coalition also provides services for such campaigns including job training, sharing election-based programing, and coordinating voter outreach efforts. ¹

Mass Alliance and its member organizations have supported candidates that promote left-of-center policies towards climate change, abortion access, education, housing, healthcare, and economic justice. ¹

Funding

Mass Alliance is funded by donations from individuals, foundations, and businesses. While Mass Alliance does not disclose its donors, tax filings confirm donations from the Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund ($30,818 in 2022), ² the All Hands on Deck Network ($24,500 in 2022),  ³ and Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ ($10,000 in 2023).  ⁴

Leadership

Vanessa Aguirreche Snow is the executive director of Mass Alliance as of 2025, being appointed to the position in 2023. Snow formerly worked as the director of policy and organizing at MassVOTE, a community organizer for SEIU Local 509, and a council organizer at the Greater Boston Labor Council. ⁵

Jordan Berg Powers was the previous executive director of Mass Alliance, working in the role between 2016 and 2023. As of 2025, Powers is a Skills Trainer for the National Democratic Training Committee as well as a consultant for Berg Powers Consulting. Powers formerly worked as an outreach coordinator for Free Press. Powers sits on the boards of JOIN for Justice, the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston. ⁶

1. “Home.” Mass Alliance. Accessed October 19, 2025. https://www.massalliance.org/.
2. Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2022, Schedule I, Part II.
3. All Hands on Deck Network, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2022, Schedule I, Part II.
4. Service Employees International Local 32BJ, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2023, Schedule I, Part II.
5. “Vanessa Aguirreche Snow.” LinkedIn. Accessed October 19, 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vannasnow/.
6. “Jordan Berg Powers.” LinkedIn. Accessed October 19, 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-berg-powers/.