About Airlift

Airlift is an all-volunteer fundraising and donor advisory team of MVCAN, Mill Valley Community Action Network, a California-based 501(c)(4) corporation. Founded in 2017 by Danny Altman, the organization includes three key working groups – the Core Team, the Portfolio Management Team, and the Donor Organizing Team. Airlift has 25 active volunteers and over 1,200 donors.

Partner Group Selection

Airlift wants donors to feel confident that their contributions are efficient, effective, and have a high impact in areas where they’re most needed. That’s why we have a comprehensive and ongoing selection and vetting process. In addition to assigning a volunteer liaison who builds a relationship with each Partner Group we fund, Airlift has a network of advisors with deep movement experience who recommend groups aligned with our strategic approach. We consult with the Movement Voter Project, California Donor Table, and Way to Win. These groups move tens of millions of dollars using strategies similar to our own.

 

We have established the following criteria for the selection of Airlift’s Partner Groups:

  • They have leaders with outstanding track records

  • They are vetted by people and groups we know and trust

  • They have a demonstrated ability to plan and implement programs

  • They are willing to share their metrics and performance data with us

  • They operate in key battleground states

  • They do work crucial to winning local, statewide, and national elections

 

Airlift’s Advisors

Danny Altman

Founder of Airlift who provided the vision, direction, and leadership that has guided the success of the organization since its inception

Ludovic Blain

Director, California Donor Table

Billy Wimsatt

Founder and Executive Director, Movement Voter Project

Larry Litvak

Larry Litvak, former CFO, Working Assets, former board member, Tides Foundation, and Lecturer in Public Policy, Stanford University

 

Donate to Airlift

Give to Airlift via ActBlue

This is the fastest way to donate. ActBlue takes just 4% off the top to process your credit card and to help support their work. This button lets you donate evenly across all the groups Airlift funds.

Send a Check

This is the most efficient way to donate. There is no limit on the amount. Your donation is completely private.  Less than 2% of your money goes to operating expenses. The rest goes directly to our Partners.

Make out your check to Airlift and mail to:

Airlift, PO Box 617, Corte Madera, CA 94976.

Many of our donors make sustaining monthly or quarterly donations from their checking accounts. These are especially important because our Partners work all year long. You can use the bill pay function on your checking account and make Airlift the recipient at the above address.

Airlift is an all-volunteer project of MVCAN, Mill Valley Community Action Network, a 501(c)(4) organization. Online donations go directly to the groups we support via ActBlue. Airlift takes recommendations from check donors into account but the IRS requires that we retain full discretion over the distribution of funds. Contributions to Airlift are not tax-deductible. Ask at info@airlift.fund about tax-deductible giving.