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Top 25 Advocacy organizations consulting firms based in San Francisco, United States

RevenueBase identified 160 advocacy organizations consulting firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 971 professional contacts across them, including 540 with verified work emails. Across the United States, Washington is the largest hub for this category (1,296 companies); San Francisco has 160.

This list covers advocacy organizations consulting firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 27, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 27, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
160Companies
971Contacts tracked
540Verified emails
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The 25 largest advocacy organizations consulting firms based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 160 advocacy organizations consulting firms based in San Francisco, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to advocacy organizations consulting firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kearns & West is a collaboration and strategic communications firm founded in 1984.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20088 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“One of Fast Company's 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators!* Third Plateau is an impact consultancy on a mission to build lasting social good.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5061 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With unparalleled procurement and strategy consulting expertise, we approach each project with a fresh perspective and genuine curiosity to support our public sector clients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5041 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CEA Consulting supports a wide range of philanthropies, nonprofits, businesses, and government agencies in effectively tackling urgent environmental challenges-from climate change…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“D&A Communications (D&A) is an equity-first, full-service integrated communications and public relations agency with over 30 years of expertise.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2010, Lighthouse Public Affairs is the preeminent state-wide public affairs consultancy in California.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Mission Minded is a strategy and creative firm that helps good causes have greater impact.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2003, Civic Edge is a WBE/SBE/LBE/DBE-certified firm providing award-winning strategic communications, authentic community engagement, and responsive public relations…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Neptune, we focus on one thing so that we can do it the best-we deploy the latest in technology from Silicon Valley to help clients succeed in politics, across advocacy, public…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With over 30 years of public sector management consulting experience, Harvey M.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Larson Communications is the only strategic communications firm in the nation specializing in public education reform.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are one of the country’s top mission-driven communications firms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13Partial evidenceSan Francisco, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Storefront Political Media is a Democratic consulting firm providing the highest quality media, communications and general consulting services to campaigns and candidates…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-1014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ground Floor Public Affairs is a community outreach and government relations firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our mission is to build strategic, successful campaigns that reflect the communities around them, empower and strengthen leaders, and engage people in a meaningful way.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Headland Strategy Group is a consultancy based in the Bay Area and specializing in services for healthcare executives in the C-suite, Commercial, Corporate Development (BD/M&A)…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-1010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bearstar Strategies takes on the toughest fights for candidates, ballot initiatives, brands, and organizations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“BergDavis is now Bodewell Group.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Award-winning digital strategy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Communications, marketing and messaging consultancy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Renne Public Management Group (RPMG) is a division of the Renne Public Law Group based in San Francisco.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-106 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since its founding in 1987, Community At Work has been both a think tank and a consulting firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Collective action.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At SOHN LEGAL GROUP, we have a demonstrated track record of successfully representing our clients in litigation, mediation, arbitration, and trial.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026

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Advocacy organizations consulting firms based in San Francisco, United States at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026
55.6%Verified-email coverage
6.1Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
128
11-50
28
51-200
3
201-500
1

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Francisco, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Francisco, over 160 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among advocacy organizations consulting firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in San Francisco, United States whose own description of what they do matches “advocacy organizations consulting firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names advocacy organizations consulting firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among advocacy organizations consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Francisco are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 540 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 27, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Advocacy organizations consulting firms by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names advocacy organizations consulting firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many advocacy organizations consulting firms are there based in San Francisco, United States?

RevenueBase identified 160 advocacy organizations consulting firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Kearns & West, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most advocacy organizations consulting firms?

Washington leads the United States with 1,296 headquartered companies, followed by New York (600) and Chicago (327). San Francisco has 160.

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 540 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 160 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 27, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.