FtV Origins & History
Flip the Vote was originally founded under this name.
What is Flip the House?
Flip the Vote’s theory of change includes three core approaches: research, educate, and this.
What is activate?
At Flip the Vote, house parties are designed to be this kind of experience rather than a transactional fundraising event.
What is relational?
This body is responsible for governing Flip the Vote by setting direction, providing oversight, and ensuring accountability.
What is the Advisory Board?
During the 2023–24 cycle, Flip the Vote’s community raised over this amount for grassroots partners.
What is over $9 million?
The 2016 election outcome that motivated a small group of East Bay neighbors to start Flip the Vote.
What is the election of Donald Trump?
The two ultimate goals in Flip the Vote’s theory of change.
What are democracy wins and power shifting to grassroots?
Flip the Vote house parties consistently change how guests think about this.
What is politics?
Flip the Vote has Rules of Governance rather than bylaws because it operates as a project housed within this larger organization.
What is Tides Advocacy?
In the 2023–24 cycle, Flip the Vote’s impact was driven in part by supporters organizing this many house parties nationwide.
What is over 300?
The initial fundraising goal when Flip the House was started.
What is $50,000?
In the “Block” phase, organized communities take action to stop this kind of threat.
What is authoritarianism?
Flip the Vote house parties are designed to help guests see their political donations in this way.
What is an investment?
At Flip the Vote, working groups are created to help the Advisory Board do this more effectively between full board meetings.
What is advance specific areas of work?
Even in a difficult national election year, Flip the Vote’s partner organizations helped achieve this outcome in swing-state House races.
What is preventing any House seats from flipping red?
The strategic shift Flip the Vote made between 2018 and 2022 to increase its impact.
What is shifting from funding candidates to funding grassroots organizing?
Organizing becomes this kind of large-scale action during elections and other key moments.
What is mobilizing?
Even though cultivators may support many house parties, for hosts it is often their only one — so cultivators treat every party as this kind of experience.
What is special?
The Operations Coordinator spends significant time working in systems like Salesforce in order to support this core area of Flip the Vote’s work.
What is fundraising?
One way Flip the Vote increased its fundraising impact in 2024 was through the use of this.
What is the Match Fund?
One of Flip the Vote’s earliest lessons was that donors could become more than donors by doing this.
What is becoming hosts?
In Flip the Vote’s theory of change, one direct outcome of our work is that this community is engaged, growing, and able to exercise power together.
What is a strong fundraising community?
Flip the Vote often describes the impact of house parties as compounding over time, with each house party leading to more house parties.
What is a snowball effect?
A key reason Flip the Vote recruits Advisory Board members who are willing to roll up their sleeves is to support this kind of organization.
What is a volunteer-fueled organization?
In 2024, one Flip the Vote Super Host demonstrated the power of sustained engagement by co-hosting over 20 events and raising more than this amount for partner groups.
What is $350,000?