Causes is a for-profit civic-technology app and website that enables users to organize grassroots and public-awareness campaigns.

[9] Parker and Green combined their knowledge of offline organizing, online social networking, and product design to create Causes.

[10] The platform provided over 20 million messages to Congress and was featured in a 2014 New York Times piece on political apps.

[13] Investors included Sean Parker, Founders Fund, the Case Foundation and NEA (New Enterprise Associates).

[14] Causes' stated mission is "to empower people to create change in the world through online organizing.