Story highlights The Center for Popular Democracy Action holds its spring gala Tuesday night

"The past four months has seen an unprecedented wave of activism and grassroots energy," the DNC chair said

(CNN) The anti-Trump "resistance" movement is growing -- and getting richer.

At their spring gala Tuesday night, the Center for Popular Democracy Action will unveil a new $80 million effort to coordinate the work of dozens of smaller progressive groups from around the country.

The activist organization's new initiative -- which, as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit political organization, is not required to disclose its donors -- arrives as part of a broader effort on the left to channel anger at the Trump administration into a lasting power base, with the ability to influence policy debates within the Democratic Party while boosting candidates on the local, state and federal levels.

The growing network spans 32 states, with 48 local partners, as part of concentrated effort to mobilize new voters -- pushing back on voter ID laws and partisan gerrymandering efforts while pumping up campaigns for automatic voter registration programs -- ahead of the 2018 midterms and 2020 general election. Organizers say they are also targeting six state legislatures they believe are ripe to flip to Democratic control.

Affiliated groups "know how to win on the local level, now they want to turn that attention to building these campaigns on the national level," CPD Action Network President and co-Executive Director Jennifer Epps-Addison told CNN.

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