Apply for Grants

Yes.

No. Although we are finalizing a policy that will allow us to give non-501c3 status groups funding we will make that news available when it is ready.

This year, we are accepting submissions every month until funds from our “Movement Bank” are depleted.

• Budget under $150,000
• Based in the United States
• 501c3 status or fiscal sponsorship

Generally speaking our grant panel evaluates applications based on the following four guidelines:

1. Work is located within an ecology of social justice organizations. Organization is aware of how their work fits into a greater whole
2. Work reflects a clear understanding of purpose and function within movements for social change
3. Have an intersectional/cross-issue analysis. Work actively against white and Christian supremacy, capitalism, gender, and sexual oppression, and all forms of patriarchy
4. Are led by those most affected by structural oppression
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We do not fund 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
• Organizations with access to traditional sources of funding
• Capital campaigns, capital projects, or endowments
• Other foundations or grant-giving organizations
• Organizations with annual budgets over $150,000

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No, unless it’s specifically tied to accessibility. You are welcome to use General Support funds however you wish, but applications should show the zoom out of the work you do.

This is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. If you started the application before the deadline please email nicki@resist.org. If you haven’t started the application once the deadline passed, you are not eligible for an extension.

No. Multi-year grants are only available to organizations that have received funding twice in the last five years with at least one fully-funded grant.

Depends. Multi-year grants are only available to organizations that have received funding twice in the last five years with at least one fully-funded grant.

Opens April 3rd, 2025 (and subsequently on the first Monday of each month). Applications will be considered on a first come first serve basis by our grantmaking panel each month until our bank is empty.

The deadline for monthly submission is the last Friday of every month at midnight EST. Decisions are announced within a week of monthly closing.

As often as needed but if you apply many times in a short amount of time, staff will ask you to apply for the grant cycle instead.

The deadline for monthly submission is the last Friday of every month at midnight EST. Decisions are announced within a week of monthly closing.

E-checks take about 3–7 business days. Please allow 10–14 business days for paper checks.

An e-check functions like a regular check. Just print it out and cash it like you would any other check.

Resist does not require a report. At the end of the day, this is your money and we trust you will use it to bring us closer to liberation. We do, however, want to know the incredible work that you’re doing (if you want to share). Please email nicki@resist.org and avry@resist.org if you want to update us!