A global pandemic, an economic crisis, and a deeply divided country make this fall’s election fraught with more challenges than ever before. Understanding what is at stake in the 2020 election and beyond, the McDougal Family Foundation Board of Directors took a bold and unprecedented step: a $1.5 million special opportunity grant to Movement Voter Project.

In October 2018, Reverend Edward Pinkney learned that his community, Benton Harbor, Michigan had high lead levels in the drinking water. He immediately reached out to his colleagues from Flint for guidance on what to do.