Our Impact
Our Impact

A generation Utah can't afford to leave out.

Utah's civic systems aren't built for young people. Gen Z is done waiting. We're building the tools that make participation possible.

The Need

Utah is the youngest state in the country. Its youngest voters were the least reached.

Gen Z made up a growing share of the electorate, but almost no one was knocking on their doors, calling their phones, or showing up where they already were. Utah's standard civic education stops short of the parts that matter most: how local power works, who holds it, and how to influence it. Ignite! Utah started as a bet that if you met young Utahns with real information and a real ask, they would show up. They did.

What We Built

Door by door, call by call, we turned that bet into a track record.

Before 2026, our work was ground-level: get young Utahns registered, informed, and turning out.

Doors Knocked
Gen Z doors, nonpartisan, identifying Gen Z issues and local representatives0
For municipal candidates who aligned with Gen Z values0
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Calls made to voters
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New Gen Z voters registered
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Pledge to vote cards secured from local Gen Z
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Events hosted and co-hosted
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Municipal candidates we backed, elected
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Followers gained on Instagram, impressions reaching 800,000
Elected with our support: Councilwoman Alicia Washington, Councilman Kevin Lundell, Councilwoman Flor Lopez, and Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion. City council candidate Ben Peck, a Gen Z candidate himself, also ran with our backing.
2026

Starting in January, we stopped running as a project and started building an institution.

This year, we built the foundation to support young voters for the long term.

Structure

We incorporated

Governance

We recruited a board of directors

Funding

We renewed major grants and diversified our revenue stream

Renewed support from the Alliance for Youth Action and the Park City Community Foundation.

Brand

We built a new identity

A new brand identity, a messaging guide, and a social credo.

Reach

We grew our digital presence

2,500 Instagram followers and tens of thousands of views across social media platforms.

Policy

We published our policy priorities

Ignite! Utah created our political charter based directly on our survey data.

Our biggest event yet

Voices of the Next Majority

Our largest statewide Gen Z event to date: a congressional candidate panel for Utah's new First District, held ahead of the primary at Salt Lake Community College.

Events

Events we hosted, co-hosted, and showed up for in 2026.

  • Jan 13 & 14
    UVU Social Impact Fair
  • Jan 17
    Presented at Utah Civic Ascent & Democracy Summit
  • Jan 21-22
    Alliance for Youth Action site visit
  • Jan 28
    Sponsored the University of Utah Hinckley Institute of Politics College Democrats and College Republican Debate
  • Feb 11
    Hosted Gen Z Day on the Hill and Local Government 101 + Lobbying 101 Training with Board Member Nat Williams
  • Feb 11
    Co-Hosted Hill Talk for Future Generations in collaboration with Elevate Utah, Better Utah Institute & Better Boundaries. Invited Planned Parenthood Action Committee Utah, Utah Housing Coalition, Gun Violence Prevention Center, Nua Nua Collective, and DYKEd
  • Mar 14-15
    Hosted our first team retreat
  • Mar 21
    Hosted the first bipartisan Congressional Candidate Debate, "Voices of the Next Majority," for Utah's newly established Congressional District 1
  • Apr 11
    Sponsored the U of U's Black Student Union Gala. Due to HB261, the anti-DEI bill, students no longer get campus support for their events. They threw this fundraiser to raise funds and raised $0 that day.
  • Apr 15
    Co-Hosted Youth: Hope for Democracy Event in collaboration with League of Women Voters Salt Lake City
  • May 9
    Co-Hosted Mental Health Awareness Month: Rest as Resistance with Beloved Community
  • Jun 10
    Launched our Primary video Ad Campaigns and Digital Billboards for the primary election
  • Jun 14
    Tabled at Encircle Pride Event
  • Jun 18
    Co-Hosted Millcreek's 4th Annual Juneteenth Festival
  • Aug 25-27
    Tabled at U of U Welcome Week
  • Aug - Oct
    Hosted 7 Deep Canvassing Trainings for Gen Z GOTV
  • Sep 10
    Co-Sponsored Utah Democracy Conference
  • Sep 7-11
    Collaborated on the Unexpected Utah Donor Site Visit. Hosted Salt Lake City Van Tour where we highlighted our partners and advocated for investment in Utah's POC-dense West-Side community
  • Sep 15
    Co-Hosted National Voter Registration Day at Salt Lake Community College Redwood Campus
  • 2026
    Launched our Gen Z male focused podcast, Keep it Moving
  • Oct 5 & 7
    National Voter Education Week: Hosting Canvassing Training for SLCC Redwood Campus students on October 5 and canvassing the neighborhoods around SLCC Redwood Campus on October 7
What's Next

The foundation is built. Now we scale it.

This year gave us the structure to meet young Utahns statewide, election after election, and all of the moments in between.

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