Movement Voter Project (MVP) works like a “mutual fund” for political giving: We raise money from donors and invest it in the most effective organizing groups in key states. We do the research and vetting, so your giving goes further.

Billy Wimsatt and a community of organizers and donors founded MVP in 2015 because most political giving went to candidates’ TV ads and consultants, while the community groups that actually win elections and build power were underfunded. They started by helping donors fund several hundred local organizing groups in key states, and took the name Movement Voter Project in 2018.

MVP funds local, state, and national organizing groups rooted in and led by the communities they serve, from established organizations to brand-new groups doing electoral work for the first time. We put a strong emphasis on organizing working-class communities of all races.

MVP funds three connected strategies: expanding year-round local organizing, scaling up new media to win hearts and minds, and emboldening Democrats to fight for bold, popular agendas that win back voters we’ve lost.

MVP funds organizing in the swing states and races that will decide control of the presidency, the U.S. Senate and House, and state and local governments. Our advisors constantly adjust and fine-tune our targeting as the political landscape shifts.

Organizing helps people turn the resources they have into the power they need to make change (to paraphrase Marshall Ganz), and base building means organizing more people into deeper commitment, leadership, and action. MVP funds this work because year-round base building, not last-minute transactional voter contact, is what wins elections and builds lasting power.

No. MVP is an independent organization, not part of the Democratic Party. We fund organizing and movement-building groups, and we push Democrats to fight for bold, popular agendas that can win the voters we need, now and long term.

While most traditional political giving goes to candidates, MVP focuses on funding year-round organizing groups — because they turn out unlikely voters, keep organizing after Election Day, and build power that grows cycle after cycle.

No. MVP doesn’t run voter turnout or advocacy campaigns ourselves. We fund, strengthen, and connect the year-round organizing groups that do.

MVP’s national and state advisors, all experienced organizers and strategists, make grants year-round in four steps: targeting the most pivotal places and races, vetting groups, allocating funds based on ongoing analysis, and evaluating results.

Our national and state advisors scout local groups and assess the quality of their electoral and year-round organizing, along with their organizational health. Then they run deep reference checks with movement leaders, organizers, peer funders, and allies.

Beyond funding, MVP’s advisors, who are longtime organizers themselves, work with partners year-round on coaching, strategy, and connections. They also bring partners together across states and issue areas for training, strategizing, coalition building, and action planning.

MVP measures grantees’ success in three areas: electoral impact, policy impact, and long-term civic power. We evaluate their work through on-the-ground assessment throughout the year, annual reports, and independent research by allied organizations.

MVP scouts for funding needs year-round rather than on a fixed proposal cycle. We distribute grants every month, and as often as several times a week (and sometimes daily) during rapid response periods and near Election Day.

To protect our grantee partners from bad actors, we keep our full grantee list confidential. To request it, fill out our Supporter Vetting Form, and we’ll follow up.

Yes. MVP coordinates closely with peer funders like Way to Win and Democracy Alliance, national groups like Indivisible and Working Families Party, and local partners to share strategy, avoid duplicated effort, and send money and people power where they matter most.

MVP works at the intersection of electoral politics, community organizing, and movement building, and we do much more than just move money. We also help grantee partners strengthen and scale their work and get groups working together, so every donor dollar goes further.

Flip the Vote is an allied, mostly volunteer-run group that raises money directly for a small set of local organizing groups, most of them MVP grantee partners, to help flip the U.S. House. MVP funds a much larger portfolio across more states and also provides capacity building and coordination across the movement.

Candidate campaigns pour money into short-lived ads and consultants, then shut down after Election Day. Community-based organizing groups reach voters through trusted, person-to-person outreach and keep building power year-round, which shapes who gets elected and what policies pass.

Movement Voter Project (501(c)(4)), Movement Voter PAC, and Movement Voter Fund (501(c)(3)) compared: partisan vs. nonpartisan work, tax deductibility, and FEC disclosure.

PAC dollars are the hardest to raise and the most effective for winning elections, because they can be spent 100% on partisan work. That lets organizers tell voters exactly which candidates to support and why.

ActBlue is the most widely used platform for processing online donations to Democratic and progressive candidates and organizations. MVP uses it because it processes gifts efficiently and moves funds quickly, and neither MVP nor ActBlue sells your data.

Gifts to Movement Voter Project and Movement Voter Fund are never publicly disclosed, and MVP will never sell, rent, or lease your information. Movement Voter PAC donors who give more than $200 are listed on the FEC website, just as they would be for a gift to a federal candidate.

Over the past six years, 89.7% of MVP’s funding has gone to program and 10.3% to core operations (what others call “overhead”), including processing fees.

Yes, you’ll receive an acknowledgement, but not a tax receipt, because gifts to Movement Voter Project and Movement Voter PAC aren’t tax-deductible. Online gifts get an emailed receipt from ActBlue, and MVP thanks donors by email or mail whenever we have their contact information.

No. There are no legal caps on contributions to Movement Voter PAC, Movement Voter Project, or Movement Voter Fund.

Yes! We’re happy to direct restricted gifts to specific regions, states, or focus areas, with a recommended minimum of $25,000 (or less for a first-time gift or one tied to larger giving). Restrictions must be in writing. Contact advisor@movement.vote to set one up.

If you give monthly through ActBlue, you can update your card or number of months, or cancel, anytime through ActBlue, and ActBlue Express users can also change the amount. Need help? Contact us and we’ll take care of it.

Yes. Lawful Permanent Residents (green card holders) have the same rights as U.S. citizens to donate to PAC, 501(c)(4), and 501(c)(3) organizations.

Yes, in most cases. Employees of federal contractors can give to Movement Voter PAC, Movement Voter Project, and Movement Voter Fund. The only restriction is on PAC gifts from businesses or sole proprietors that hold a federal contract themselves.

Yes! You can give by check, wire/ACH, or stock transfer, and you can make DAF, qualified charitable distribution (QCD), and bequest gifts to Movement Voter Fund, the 501(c)(3) sibling to Movement Voter Project. For gifts over $10,000, these methods avoid online processing fees.

In 2025, MVP partners helped win key races across more than a dozen states, including flipping Virginia’s governorship, electing Mikie Sherrill governor of New Jersey, and passing California’s Prop 50. They also helped protect state Supreme Court majorities in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

In 2024, MVP partners helped protect four U.S. Senate seats, including Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin, each won by fewer than 30,000 votes, and helped flip at least seven U.S. House seats. They reached over one million likely Democratic voters whom no campaign, party, or candidate program had contacted.

Since 2016, MVP has moved more than $184 million in partisan funds to local organizing, including more than $82 million in the 2023-2024 cycle and $29 million in the 2025-2026 cycle to date.

The 2025 elections showed that the rightward shift among young voters and voters of color in 2024 was temporary, not a permanent realignment. Democrats can win these voters back, and evidence suggests year-round, person-to-person organizing by groups like MVP’s partners is the most effective way to do it.

After 2024, MVP expanded into three connected strategies: building state-level power through year-round organizing, scaling up new media to win hearts and minds, and emboldening Democrats to fight for bold, popular agendas. We’ve also doubled down on deep, year-round base building as the focus of our grantmaking.

He can’t. Presidents have no power to cancel elections, and our decentralized election system would require thousands of state and local officials to go along. The November 2026 midterms will happen, and MVP partners are working to protect them from interference.

MVP funds the fight against authoritarianism on multiple fronts: civil resistance like the No Kings days of action, defending immigrant and other targeted communities, countering GOP election rigging, and winning elections, starting with flipping the U.S. Senate and House in 2026.

MVP funds local partners at four key points of defense: countering GOP redistricting, winning Secretary of State races, protecting state Supreme Courts, and rapid response election protection. Because elections are run by thousands of state and local officials, these local fights are where Trump and MAGA foul play gets stopped.

MVP partners are fighting GOP gerrymandering and backing Democrats’ counter-efforts, in states including California, Missouri, and Virginia.

In short, we’re organizing the internet. MVP is investing at least $5-10 million in 2025-2026 to build progressive new media, from state-level digital organizing to youth and cultural organizing online.

MVP funds groups that embolden Democrats to fight for bold, popular agendas that can win voters we need, both now and long term. These groups organize voters to push the party, recruit bold candidates, strengthen local parties, and deliver the votes on Election Day.

MVP is funding and strategizing with youth partners like Alliance for Youth Action and Gen-Z for Change to build a bigger progressive youth movement, online and offline, that can compete with Turning Point USA. Youth organizing is a core pillar of our new-media strategy and our state grantmaking.

We do both, because each depends on the other. Short-term wins protect against long-term losses like gerrymandering and court capture, and long-term power building expands the map for future wins.

In 2026, MVP aims to move at least $50 million in partisan funds to local organizing groups working to flip the U.S. Senate and House and win state-level power.

MVP wants to see lasting peace, safety, and self-determination for every precious life: Palestinian, Israeli, and all people living in the land. We haven’t taken a more detailed position because our purpose is to fund organizing that builds a democracy that delivers here in the U.S.

Yes! The highest-impact way to volunteer is helping MVP raise money for local organizing from your own networks. Some MVP grantee partners and allies also welcome volunteers from anywhere.

Our top recommendation is Seed the Vote, which trains volunteers from across the country to door-knock and phonebank with local organizing groups, most of them MVP grantees, in the most critical swing states. Working Families Party, Indivisible, People’s Action, and Swing Left are also great options.