# Shire

We're building the first digital office for political campaigns & nonprofits

## Elevator pitch
We're building a web app that will make it easy for people to volunteer for their favorite political campaigns, nonprofits, and advocacy organizations - from home. Just like school and work have become accessible from anywhere, we believe volunteering should be, too. It has a communications tool that's as easy to use as social media to bring volunteers and organizers together, no matter where they are; and an onboarding system to get new volunteers set up as quickly and easily as possible.

- Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/getshire
- Entity ID: wefunder:company:112701
- Last updated: 2026-06-11T23:52:55Z
- Generated at: 2026-06-12T04:01:55Z

## Quick facts
- Enabling millions to volunteer remotely, from anywhere, for campaigns & causes they support
- 📈 Early Traction: 75+ campaigns & huge nonprofits on the waitlist, including sitting federal reps
- 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ founder with extensive experience in politics, nonprofits & tech startups
- 🏗 Built atop open-source technology, Shire already has feature parity with systems like Slack
- 💙 Shire is dedicated to supporting only progressive campaigns and causes aligned with our values
- 📵 Existing tools don't scale and aren't priced right for political campaigns or nonprofits
- 🤑 Progressive political campaigns spent $400 million in 2020 alone on volunteer mobilization tools
- 🌱 Once established in the political market, the nonprofit market has huge potential for expansion

## Active fundraises
- wefunder:fundraise:96242: 4(a)(6) open (USD)
- wefunder:fundraise:63065: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)
- wefunder:fundraise:63066: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)

## FAQ
1. **are there competitor products already out in market?**
   - Hi Rachel! There's no competition (and nobody else is working on this) that actually solves the problem: - Specifically aimed at/priced for volunteer-heavy organizations like campaigns - Has the features we're building for effectively onboarding volunteers - Is easy, secure, and reliable enough for political campaigns Here's a thread from the engineering director on Biden 2020 discussing this problem that might interest you: twitter.com/hodgesmr…1572969587766956034 Currently, campaigns are fo...
2. **Hi there! Is there any update on the product? Noticing the site is currently down but would love to learn more**
   - Hi there! You caught us in some site maintenance today; check it out now :) We'll be sending out an email update to everyone (as well as posting it here) later this week/next week.
3. **With 75+ campaigns & huge nonprofits on the waitlist, have any of them been able to go through a demo? I'd love to hear from folks interested in your product how they see the impact.**
   - Hi Liz! We're currently in talks with a few campaigns/orgs to join a closed alpha in April-May and are actively demoing. We are hoping to work closely with them to get things more refined before going to a public alpha. If you're interested we can chat! Send an email to samantha@shire.blue.

## Team
- Samantha Boucher (Co-founder & CEO)
- Edward Monical-Vuylsteke (Co-founder & CTO)
- Cory Archibald (Member of Advisory Board)
- Sammy Lowdermilk (Member of Advisory Board)
- Jyn Fairchild (Advisor, UI/UX Designer)

## Recent posts
- Hear from our lead investor, Josh Nelson at the Juggernaut Project (2023-04-29T07:20:09Z)

## Q&A
- Q: are there competitor products already out in market?
  - A: Hi Rachel! There's no competition (and nobody else is working on this) that actually solves the problem: - Specifically aimed at/priced for volunteer-heavy organizations like campaigns - Has the features we're building for effectively onboarding volunteers - Is easy, secure, and reliable enough for political campaigns Here's a thread from the engineering director on Biden 2020 discussing this problem that might interest you: twitter.com/hodgesmr…1572969587766956034 Currently, campaigns are forced to turn to bootleg solutions to solve this problem. We've even heard of large congressional campaigns doing volunteer organizing over Whatsapp(!).
- Q: Any updates?
- Q: With 75+ campaigns & huge nonprofits on the waitlist, have any of them been able to go through a demo? I'd love to hear from folks interested in your product how they see the impact.
  - A: Hi Liz! We're currently in talks with a few campaigns/orgs to join a closed alpha in April-May and are actively demoing. We are hoping to work closely with them to get things more refined before going to a public alpha. If you're interested we can chat! Send an email to samantha@shire.blue.
- Q: Hi there! Is there any update on the product? Noticing the site is currently down but would love to learn more
  - A: Hi there! You caught us in some site maintenance today; check it out now :) We'll be sending out an email update to everyone (as well as posting it here) later this week/next week.