Recent Blog Posts
February 21, 2025
VIDEO: Briefing – The Most Important Swing State Election of 2025 (2/20/2025)
In this briefing, MVP and our Wisconsin local partners came together for real-talk conversations on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race on April 1, and what it’s really going to take to transform this ul...
February 13, 2025
VIDEO: Workshop – How to Donate Effectively in the Trump Era (2/12/2025)
In this workshop, MVP staff discuss how to plan your giving in a time of increasing crises that threaten our democracy, our freedoms, and our future....
February 07, 2025
First 100 Days: How to Stem the Damage + Start Our Comeback
MVP has just launched The Comeback Campaign, an all-hands-on-deck push to fund the most effective frontline groups around the country working to protect communities, block MAGA, and plant the seeds to...
January 20, 2025
4 things we’re funding in the first 100 days
A brief update and some tangible hope for Inauguration Day, from MVP Executive Director Billy Wimsatt.
January 16, 2025
Frequently Asked Questions About the 2024 Elections
Since the 2024 elections, the MVP team has received hundreds of questions from supporters. We have distilled them into a shorter set of questions here, along with our “real-talk” responses. ...
January 16, 2025
VIDEO: Briefing – Before Inauguration Day (1/16/2025)
In this pre-inauguration briefing, MVP has a conversation with our partner organizations about how we are gearing up to block Trump’s agenda, protect vulnerable communities, and win in 2026 and 2028 —...
December 19, 2024
An Expansive Take on the Urgent Work Ahead
As we close out 2024, here is an expansive take on how we are thinking about the next four years, offered by MVP Director of Communications, Zo Tobi....
December 10, 2024
VIDEO: Briefing – Some Bright Ideas for 2025 (12/10/2024)
In this briefing, MVP outlines our four main jobs in 2025-2028: 1) Block the Trump agenda; 2) Build state-level power; 3) Upgrade our voter engagement strategies; and 4) Win at the ballot box from dow...
November 27, 2024
Harris campaign chair: “I don’t know that [local voter engagement groups] got funded early enough”
On Pod Save America's 11/26/2024 post-election interview with Harris-Walz campaign leaders, campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon discussed the vital importance of community-based voter organizing groups...
November 26, 2024
Chispa and Other MVP Partners Flip Razor-Thin House Race in Orange County
In Democrats' 596-vote flip of California's 45th Congressional District, Chispa and other local MVP partners' work mobilizing overlooked voters has proven decisive. MVP is proud to be the first funder...
November 25, 2024
The Guardian: “Democrats’ much-touted ‘ground game’ was a disaster. Here’s how to fix it”
MVP was featured in an essay in The Guardian by organizer Astra Taylor, in which she argues that "voter outreach needs to be people- and place-centered... issue-focused and year-round, not scaled in e...
November 18, 2024
A few quick notes while we strategize
While we sort through the electoral wreckage and strategize our comeback, here are a few quick thoughts from Billy Wimsatt, MVP Founder & Executive Director....
November 07, 2024
Bright Spots in North Carolina: Winning the Governorship, Breaking the GOP Supermajority, Notching Local Victories
In the face of devastating federal losses, MVP local partners won important state and local victories that will lead to tangible improvements in millions of people's lives, while building progressive ...