MVP does the research so you don’t have to, maximizes your impact by investing in the most effective organizations, and streamlines your giving — like a “mutual fund for political giving.”
the most pivotal places and races, both now and for the long term.
in year-round organizing and movement building, with a focus on youth, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and immigrant voters.
key constituencies that can tip the scales and shift the culture.
governing power and transformative policy change.
"If you're just doing election work, that's very transactional. Our goal is to be transformative. We are trying to transform the entire political landscape in this country."
Latosha Brown, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter
Clockwise from top left: Advance Carolina (NC); Detroit Action (MI); Georgia Alliance (GA); LUCHA (AZ); Leaders Igniting Transformation (WI); 1Hood Power (PA)
We believe year-round local organizing is the most effective long-term strategy for winning elections, building power that lasts, and fueling policy change — and if you want to fund local organizing, MVP makes it easy.
Organizing groups deploy the local trusted messengers best equipped to mobilize the hardest-to-reach voters who can flip the closest elections.
Organizing groups work year-round on the ground to grow grassroots leadership and build political influence that grows year after year.
Organizing groups mobilize their constituencies and push decision-makers to advance progressive policy change at every level of government.
Like a "mutual fund" for voter organizing, MVP constantly monitors close races, vets groups, and calibrates funding for maximum impact.
There are so many effective organizations to give to and through — and we coordinate closely with many of them. We are all in this together! Here are some of the ways MVP is fairly unique:
Our grantmaking is led by State Advisors who are political experts and organizers with relationships with leaders on the ground.
Our Capacity Building Program gives our partners the tools, skills, and support to strengthen, sustain, and scale their work.
We invest in a diversified “ecosystem” of emerging, growing, and established groups working in key states to build lasting power.
We invest in the people, places, and races key to winning elections, building power of marginalized voters, and creating transformative change.
We believe funders do the most good when we practice partnership, not paternalism or blind trust. To do this, we proactively collaborate with our grantees in a way that challenges them to think big, be strategic, and realize their potential.
We are not just here to move money, but to shift the culture of giving by building a movement of donors committed to funding deep, long-term organizing. Our donors are not just clients but also crucial partners in this work.
2016 - 2018
We were deeply dismayed by the broader outcome of the 2016 election, but we did not stop organizing. In Alabama’s special Senate election in 2017, MVP helped seed, incubate, and fund two major locally-driven, Black-led GOTV efforts: Woke Vote and Black Voters Matter Fund. These groups drove historic black turnout that year, and built power for expanded organizing in subsequent years.
Photo: Black Voters Matter Fund
2019 - 2020
In the 2020 election cycle, MVP helped move over $45 million in political dollars to local partners, who helped defeat Trump by just 43,000 votes across three states (Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin) and gain pivotal state-level victories across the country.
Then, on January 5, 2021, they helped deliver an unprecedented U.S. Senate double runoff victory in Georgia, securing a narrow Democratic governing trifecta.
Photo: 215 People's Alliance
2021 - 2022
2022 was supposed to be a Red Wave. But MVP partners organized in every competitive House, Senate, and statewide race, picking up a 52nd Senate seat, coming just 6,675 votes shy of holding the House, and expanding Democratic governing power in states across the country.
Photo: Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA)
2023
In 2023, MVP partners helped Democrats flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court; helped defeat an anti-democratic ballot measure in Ohio; and helped win November elections in Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and more.
Photo: MOVE Texas
2024
In the face of devastating losses in the 2024 elections, MVP local partners helped secure critical wins from the Senate down to school boards, all of which will help us meaningfully block Trump’s agenda, improve millions of lives, build state-level power, and win back federal power in 2026 and beyond.
Read our preliminary 2024 post-election report-out
Photo: Down Home North Carolina
The MVP team has deep roots in statewide organizing ecosystems and is dedicated to helping move money and resources to support local grassroots groups across the country. We are united by our vision that building deep grassroots power on a local level year-round will expand access to democracy and create a better world where we can all thrive.
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