How will MVP’s core strategy change vs. stay the same?

We are proceeding on three tracks. 

One, MVP’s core strategy works. Our partners have won hundreds of electoral and policy victories in the past decade, including in 2024. This is not surprising: Organizing has been a primary driver of progress throughout human history. Our commitment to deep, local organizing stays the same. 

Two, we know many of MVP’s local partners want and need to upgrade their work. We are doubling down to help them do that through our grantmaking, capacity-building support, and our program team’s thought partnership and mentorship — but losing the 2024 federal elections has lit a fire under our asses to level up the progressive movement. We are now enlisting some of the best organizers in our sector to do this, including Doran Schrantz, former Executive Director of Faith in Action Minnesota, one of the primary architects of the 10+ year path to progressive governance in her state. 

Three, we are leaning into innovation, learning from the “other side,” and testing new models. Our biggest area of focus is determining how to make meaningful interventions in the wild and wooly media environment. In this vein, we are planning to expand and deepen our partnerships with leaders and innovators in the new media space, both to make direct investments and to make smart recommendations to donors looking to invest in this space.