US progressive groups facing ‘five-alarm fire’ ahead of 2024 as donations down

Fundraising down 48% as Movement Voter Project's director says sense of urgency' has dissipated in people's minds'

Progressive political fundraising in America is facing a crisis, according to a leading Democratic grassroots donor organization, which warned this month that donations to progressive groups are way down in 2023 across the board".

According to the Movement Voter Project, progressives have a five-alarm fire going into 2024". The organization's director, Bill Wimsatt, said he was pressing the panic button" because donor inaction is creating a movement-wide crisis.