Movement Voter Fund

Movement Voter Fund (MVF) helps funders deploy resources for greatest impact, by investing in grassroots groups working to advance democracy, equity, and sustainability in the United States. Since 2016, MVF has moved tens of millions of nonpartisan dollars to hundreds of groups in over 40 states, securing hundreds of policy and budgetary victories at the federal, state, and local level — and hundreds of billions in federal funds for clean energy, poverty reduction, and more. We often think of grassroots groups as small. Yet their impact is enormous — larger than many national groups and, in many ways, the major political parties. MVF’s partners collectively train, develop, and deploy tens of thousands of local voter organizers who engage tens of millions of voters – with a focus on the most disenfranchised voters: young people, voters of color, and other marginalized communities. They gain major policy wins on every issue and at each level of government. They punch above their weight. Yet they rarely get the credit or funds they deserve. Funders face a conundrum: Who has time to do due diligence on thirty grassroots groups in, say, Wisconsin? Who has the capacity to administer and evaluate thirty additional grants? MVF was created to solve this problem – to serve as an honest broker between national funders and local groups.