Help communities beat back ICE — in Minnesota & beyond.
The MVP Rapid Response Fund supports organizing groups working to protect communities from ICE and the Trump regime's violence, lawlessness, and authoritarian occupations.
This fund was created to support work in Minnesota, and will continue to do so while also nimbly supporting targeted communities and critical hotspots around the country, as this national crisis continues to evolve.
Photo: ISAIAH and others - protest and rally against ICE presence in Minnesota and in memory of Renee Good
Movement Voter Fund conducts its grantmaking through a fund at Tides Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, EIN 51-0198509.
Frequently Asked Questions
This fund is operated by Movement Voter Project (MVP), which "funds local organizing and movement-building groups working to shift culture, win power, and shape policy." Learn more here.
At the request of partner organizations in Minnesota, MVP created this Rapid Response Fund in mid-January 2026 to support organizing around the federal occupation of their state.
Our grantmaking is led by a team of national and state advisors, each with years of experience in local, state, and national organizing, movement building, and civic engagement strategy.
As of this writing, we are primarily moving money to partner organizations in Minnesota. However, this authoritarian crisis is national in scope, and as it continues to evolve, we will be nimbly and strategically deploying funds where they are most needed and can make the greatest local and national impact.
Due to heightened security concerns in our current environment, we are keeping our full grantee list confidential. Please fill out our Supporter Vetting Form, and we will follow up.
Our grantee partners are developing and deploying innovative and effective strategies, including but not limited to:
Neighborhood Observers: For example, Unidos MN is running Monarca, an immigrant-defense hotline (now fielding one call every minute) and rapid-response program that has now trained over 26,000 Minnesotans to observe, document, and respond to ICE presence throughout the state. This work cannot stop state violence and cruelty — but it can slow it down, and expose its naked lack of moral, legal, and political legitimacy.
Peaceful Protests: Our partners are mobilizing faith communities, union members, educators, and residents of all backgrounds to hold vigils, rallies, and nonviolent mass demonstrations — to keep ICE cruelty front and center in the public consciousness, paint a clear moral contrast, and grow a powerful drumbeat of opposition to Trump’s authoritarian overreach.
Pressuring Corporations to Withhold Cooperation: Part of how we end this authoritarian nightmare is by pushing on the pillars whose silence or cooperation is holding up the occupation: Hotels housing ICE, rental car companies accepting ICE contracts, and retailers that have not taken steps to protect their employees and customers from unconstitutional search and seizure. A recent victory: Our North Carolina partner Somos Siembra, alongside a national coalition of allies, successfully pushed Avelo Airlines to end its $150 million contract with ICE as a commercial carrier of deportees — here’s the inside story.
Mass Civil Resistance: On January 23 in Minneapolis, our Minnesota partner organizations mobilized tens of thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the streets last Friday in 10-below-zero weather, and instigated one of the biggest "economic blackouts" in decades.
Yes. We will be posting stories of impact on our blog, as well as in our Annual Reports.
501(c)(4) donations to Movement Voter Project are not tax-deductible.
501(c)(3) donations to Movement Voter Fund are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed under the law. Please consult your tax advisor for guidance.
501(c)(4) donations to Movement Voter Project will move most quickly to groups on the ground and provide more flexibility in their use, but are not tax-deductible.
501(c)(3) donations to Movement Voter Fund are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed under the law, but take a bit longer to disburse (because MVF conducts its grantmaking through a fund at Tides Foundation).
Learn more here about the differences between 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) giving.
Your information is private to the full extent of the law. Movement Voter Project and Movement Voter Fund donors are not publicly viewable anywhere.
Yes! We are happy to direct restricted gifts to specific regions, states, or focus areas. Restrictions must be in writing, with a recommended minimum of $25,000 (or less if a first-time gift or tied to larger giving).
Please note: We always prefer unrestricted gifts, which allow us to respond to ever-shifting conditions, seize critical opportunities, and close key budget gaps as nimbly and strategically as possible.
