Who We Are

Central Valley Matters is a coalition of organizations in California working to strengthen democracy and activate the electorate. We started as a group of volunteers who actively participated in the congressional elections in the Central Valley starting in 2018 and have grown into an alliance of volunteer groups focused on fundraising and supporting selected local, grassroots organizations in the Central Valley. For activism in the communities of the Central Valley to be sustained, it must be developed organically by and for the people who live there.

Central Valley Matters is dedicated to supporting locally based grassroots organizations that know their communities best and can be most responsive to their needs and translate that into political power. Such support is a proven and crucial strategy for preserving our democracy, as was evident in Georgia and Arizona in 2020. We believe that when community voices are heard through voting, they are better represented at all levels of government. And our country is better for it.

 

Our Partners

Action SF | Agenda 4 Democracy | All Rise Alameda | CD22 Focus Action Network | Contra Costa Democrats | Democratic Volunteer Center | Indivisible East Bay | Indivisible Euclid | Indivisible Sacramento | Indivisible San Francisco | Indivisible Santa Cruz County | Indivisible Sonoma County | Indivisible West Marin | Indivisible Yolo | Livermore Indivisible | Neighbors for Progressive Action | Oakmont Democratic Alliance | Orchard City Indivisible (OCI) | Rise Up to Action (RUTA) | Santa Cruz Mountains Indivisible | Sister District Sacramento | Sister District Yolo | South Bay Swing Left | Swing Left Marin | Swing Left Monterey Peninsula | Swing Left Peninsula | Swing Left Santa Barbara | Swing Left San Diego | Swing Left San Francisco | Swing Left San Luis Obispo | Swing Left Santa Cruz | Swing Left Tri-Valley | Together We Will Albany/Berkeley | Together We Will/Indivisible-Los Gatos

Organizations We Support

  • Central Valley Empowerment Alliance

    We supported Central Valley Empowerment Alliance (CVEA) in the spring of 2023 with a one time fiscal sponsor grant to support Tulare County. CVEA is a grassroots community development organizing group. They have successfully lead regional and statewide campaigns that include civic engagement and voter registration.

  • Community Water Center

    Community Water Center, CVM’s newest group, works on voter education and turn-out in local Tulare County elections by engaging in door-to-door issue-based organizing related to groundwater quality and quantity. 501(c)(3) tax-deductible.

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    Delano Guardians

    Delano Guardians is a volunteer organization working since 2013 in Northern Kern county. They work to educate, empower and engage voters. Their fiscal sponsor is Center on Race, Poverty & Environment a tax-deductible 501(c)(3).

  • Dolores Huerta Action Fund

    Dolores Huerta Action Fund is a community benefit organization working at the grassroots level to engage and develop natural leaders and a strong base of volunteers. Their fiscal sponsor is Community Alliance of Fresno a non tax-deductible 501(c)(4).

  • LOUD for Tomorrow

    Loud for Tomorrow Action Fund, our newest group, is a youth-led organization building youth power in Kern County to transform local schools and communities through civic engagement, advocacy, and healing justice. Focusing on youth 16-25, Loud organizes young people to register young voters, and win campaigns for a brighter tomorrow! 501(c)(4) non tax-deductible group.

  • Valley Voices

    Valley Voices is a tax-deductible 501(c)(3). They work to increase civic engagement and voter education, specifically with new voters including young and recently naturalized citizens, often in Spanish.

  • Valley Forward Action Fund

    We supported Valley Forward Action Fund a non tax-deductible state PAC in 2021-22. After redistricting, they moved to CD 13 doing great work. They are a youth leadership organization dedicated to advancing social and economic justice initiatives in the San Joaquin Valley.