Deadline: 4 August 2017
Resist Foundation is currently accepting applications for its grant program to support the activists on the ground who are doing the work.
Resist supports people’s movements for justice and liberation, by redistributing resources back to frontline communities at the forefront of change while amplifying their stories of building a better world.
Resist’s theory of social change is rooted in the belief that when communities most impacted by injustices come together, organize, address root causes, and take direct action powerful social change happens.
Funding Priorities
Resist funds organizations that:
- organize within communities for structural social and economic change
- work in alliance and coalition with other social justice organizations
- have an intersectional / cross-issue analysis
- are led by frontline communities and/or be in solidarity with frontline communities
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible organizations must:
- have an organizational budget under $150,000 per year
- carry out most of their work in the United States
- submit progress reports for all prior Resist grants
- be a nonprofit organization with 501(c)3 status as determined by the IRS, be a federally recognized American Indian tribal government or agency, be sponsored by one of the above, or contact us prior to applying.
Resist does not fund any of the following:
- social service or research projects
- legal defense costs or lawsuit projects not directly connected to a progressive organizing campaign
- material aid campaigns
- individuals
- projects whose primary work is outside the United States
- the development or production of films, videos or radio projects
- publications, media or cultural projects not directly connected to a progressive organizing campaign
- capital campaigns, capital projects, or endowments
- organizations with access to traditional sources of funding
- other foundations or grant-giving organizations
- organizations with annual budgets over $150,000
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit Resist Grant.