About GROWW

Our Mission:

We build power together to create the change we need for everyone in our communities to make ends meet, live with dignity, and have a voice in shaping the decisions that impact us.

In GROWW we’re building a political home for people across western Wisconsin with the courage to step into the arena and change the way we do politics. Together, we can deliver the change our families need.

We were formed in 2019 when seven neighbors gathered around a kitchen table on a farm in Pierce County. Today, there are hundreds of us – members across Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix counties stand united to counter Corporate Power with People Power through our local-issue campaigns.

For too long, big corporations and the uber wealthy have gone unchallenged in our Wisconsin communities. They’re spent decades and millions of dollars to write the rules that drain resources from our neighborhoods, towns, schools, and local governments. We know it doesn’t have to be this way. We are proud to live and work in western Wisconsin. It is the place we call home. We’re from cities, small towns, and rural areas. We are young and old, rich and poor, white, black, and brown. We will not be divided by false narratives that pit us against each other.

As we’ve grown, we’ve established GROWW as a 501(c)4 social welfare organization, governed locally, rooted in each of our own stories and communities, and connected by a shared vision of what’s possible

Together, we are building the political muscle we need to unite people, families and communities across Wisconsin and build prosperity we can all share. GROWW is a practice, a commitment, and a place we can all belong.

Western Wisconsinites are Forging our own Politics

7 counties

Together, we are working across Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix counties to build a world where all of us can flourish and be free.

428 members

Founded in 2019, we are an organization of ordinary people, of all ages and walks of life, who have come together to tackle issues impacting our families, homes, and communities.

1628 neighbors

At meetings, public events, and in local government - we're working with our communities to make ourselves heard.

Our Vision, Values, and Platform

COMMUNITY. POWER. STEWARDSHIP. SOLIDARITY. LISTENING. In 2023, the GROWW Community crafted and ratified the first semi-annual statement of our Values, Vision, and Platform to guide the work we do together and articulate the future we’re fighting for.

Read Our Vision, Values, and Platform

Annual Reports

Follow Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

2024 Annual Report

2023 Annual Report

Our Organization

GROWW is a nonprofit, 501c4 community organization based in western Wisconsin committed to building power to create the change we all need through community action so that everyone can make ends meet, live with dignity and have a voice in the decisions that impact us.

GROWW is an independent organization and a vehicle for western Wisconsinites to use and mobilize to make the change we need. As community members, we know best our real problems and the solutions we need.