[13] Heritage Action began with a staff of ten, including original chief executive officer Michael A.

[13] By August 2010 the organization had helped to secure 170 Republican co-sponsors for a petition by Rep. Steve King to force a vote on repealing the healthcare reform.

[17] In January 2011, the group opened its first state operations, with a presence in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, where the organization focused on mobilizing voters against the health care reform law.

[20][21] During the shutdown, Heritage Action continued to urge lawmakers not to negotiate a measure to fully fund the government without dismantling the ACA.

[23] Heritage Action issues a Congressional scorecard, which ranks members of Congress on "votes, co-sponsorships and other legislative activity.

In 2020, the organization says it conducted grassroots work, including door-to-door issue canvassing in Iowa, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

In August 2020, Heritage Action launched a pro-police pledge "for citizens, lawmakers and candidates to stand with [the] nation's law enforcement officers.

In May 2021, a leaked video of a presentation to donors, executive director Jessica Anderson cited Iowa as an example, saying "we did it quickly and we did it quietly...Little fanfare.

The same year, Heritage Action published a report that listed its goals as limiting who can vote by mail, preventing ballot collection, banning drop boxes, enacting stricter voter identification laws, restricting early voting, and providing greater access to partisan election observers.

[10] Heritage Action is supported by individual and corporate donors, with its 2012 tax return indicating that 44 percent of its overall contributions came from donations of $5,000 or less that year.