About MVP
Who We Are
Movement Voter Project is a progressive donor clearinghouse that directs funding to organizations working to shift culture, win power, and shape policy.
MVP works like a “mutual fund” for political giving, helping donors channel resources to the most effective work around the country to build a broad-based coalition for long-term progress.
We do the research so you don’t have to, streamlining your giving and maximizing your impact by investing in the most effective organizations and innovative strategies. (Bonus: You get to hit "unsubscribe" on all the political fundraising spam in your inbox!)
The Case for MVP
We can defeat autocracy and build toward a new Progressive Era — but only if we organize a movement powerful, popular, and compelling enough to win hearts, minds, and governing majorities.
The right has built (and funded!) a superior “movement model” rooted in long-term grassroots, cultural, and institutional power, and it’s time for progressives to catch up. To do that, MVP is investing in bold, long-term efforts to:
Strengthen year-round
local organizing
in every key state and district for 2026, 2028, and beyond.
Scale up
progressive media
to shape worldviews and win hearts and minds en masse.
Transform the
Democratic Party
through the vision, agenda, and leadership of working people.
"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
What Makes MVP Different?
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:
Grantmakers with Deep Expertise
Our National and State Advising Team has years of expertise in organizing, social movements, and politics.
Builders, Not Just Funders
Our Capacity Building Team supports our grantee partners and allies to strengthen, sustain, and scale their work.
State-Level Power from the Ground Up
We invest in a diversified “ecosystem” of emerging, growing, and established groups working in key states to build lasting power.
"Triple-Bottom-Line" Investment Strategy
We invest in the people, places, and races key to winning elections, building bottom-up power, and creating transformative policy change.
Partnership, Not Paternalism
We proactively collaborate with our grantees in a way that challenges them to think big, be strategic, and realize their potential.
Building a Movement of Donors
Our Donor Organizing Team & volunteer donor organizers are building a movement of committed donors at all levels.
Track Record
2016 - 2018
Laid the Foundation
Deeply dismayed by the 2016 elections, MVP set out to build a scalable model for grassroots-based voter turnout. 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
Flipped Key States
In the 2020 election cycle, MVP helped move over $45 million in political dollars to local partners, who helped beat 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
Defied the Odds
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
Seized the Momentum
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
Secured Key Wins
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
Our Team
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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