Fairness Project

The Fairness Project

Company type	Economic and social campaigning welfare nonprofit organization, 501(c)(4)[1]
Founded	2015 (2015), Washington, D.C.
Headquarters	1342 Florida Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009, United States[2]
Area served	United States
Key people	Jonathan Schleifer (Executive Director) Steve Trossman (President)
Revenue	$6,363,274 (2018)[2]
Net income	($3,488,002) (2017)[2]
Website	thefairnessproject.org

The Fairness Project is a United States 501(c)(4) charitable organization created in October 2015. They promote general economic and social justice throughout the US by the use of ballot measures to circumvent deadlocks in law changes by the legislative and executive branches of government. They act as a national body by supporting state organizations and campaigns with targeted funding rather than by direct campaigning. They support the gathering of signatures to meet the variable requirements to trigger ballots in states and then aid the campaigns with early financial backing, strategic advice, and various campaign tools.

The Project seeks to raise state minimum wages, both through stepped annual increases and through elimination of the tip credit exemption. It has expanded Medicaid coverage and provided funding in the most expensive ballot campaigns ever fought. Usually alongside their other campaigns, the Fairness Project has supported improving paid sick leave coverage. Following Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the Project has also supported legalizing abortion via statewide ballot initiatives. The Project has supported 17 proposals in total, of which 16 have passed. Concerns have arisen about the lack of transparency of non-state organizations like the Fairness Project influencing local decisions.