How does MVP coordinate with other get-out-the-vote groups?

MVP works closely with our partners and allies on all levels of the progressive voter engagement field to:

• Coordinate voter engagement, registration, persuasion, and turnout strategy;
• Facilitate the sharing of resources, information, strategy, and best practices;
• Reduce duplication of effort and other inefficiencies;
• Allocate funding and people power strategically across key places and races;
• And, ultimately, maximize donors’ impact on short-term electoral and long-term power-building outcomes.

National Coordination

At the national level, we assess the needs of the national field as a whole and how best to meet them, by informally strategizing and formally collaborating with:

• Peer funders such as Way to Win, Democracy Alliance, Committee on States, Solidaire Action, Women Donors Network Action, and others.
• Major national organizing groups such as Working Families Party, MoveOn, Community Change Action, Alliance for Youth Action, People’s Action, and others (to see the full breadth of our collaborations, view our National Recommendations list).

State Coordination

At the state level, we seek to build strong, long-lasting progressive “state ecosystems” in which state organizations can act as more than the sum of their parts. We work with:

• Year-round organizing groups and time-bound coalitions (e.g. campaigns for ballot measures, specific legislation, etc).
• Electoral coordination hubs known as “state tables” (such as America Votes).
• Leadership development & candidate pipeline hubs (e.g. Instituto in Arizona).
• Research & communications hubs (e.g. A Better Wisconsin Together).
• Operational infrastructure hubs (e.g. BOOM in Michigan).
• State-based donor coordination networks known as “donor tables” (e.g. Put NC First in North Carolina).

So… Why MVP?

You might be asking: With all the impressive organizing and get-out-the-vote groups out there, why support MVP?

We pride ourselves in the elements that make MVP different, but we believe there are so many worthwhile groups to invest in and through. We view ourselves and our progressive allies as one big team. What we care about most is not that the money comes through us, but that the local voter organizing groups on the ground get the money they need to do their best work – now and for the long haul.

Simply put: We are all in this together.