Dear Resister,

We know that even in the face of great strife and challenge—attacks on bodily autonomy and LGBTQ+ rights, devastating climate change and ongoing neocolonial responses to it, skyrocketing prices of essentials with stagnant wages—grassroots movements never let up in their commitment for a better world, and neither should we.  

Now, more than ever, we need YOU, and so do our movements

for justice and liberation.



This past grant cycle, we redistributed $217,000 to 33 grassroots groups. Despite this, we aren't celebrating. Due to budgetary constraints, Resist's grant-making panel was unable to award an additional $170,000 in funding to 25 more groups tackling injustices and transforming their communities.

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Resist does not have an endowment. Every year, we fundraise from over 8,000 supporters, like you, who believe that grassroots activism is democracy’s last hope.

Invest in Grassroots Movements

[ID: 2023 February Grant Cycle infographic. The background image is a protestor holding up a megaphone and wearing a hoodie that reads: "Fund Black Futures".]

We already have over 55 applicants for our next grant cycle and we don’t want to turn away any more frontline groups doing crucial community work. Please invest sustainably in grassroots movements with a recurring donation. Your gift, no matter the size, has transformative power.

Below you can read about three of our recent Hell Yeah! Grantees, groups that exemplify all of the radical, innovative, and necessary work happening on the frontlines of movements for social justice.

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There are over 2.3 million people behind bars in the United States. Of this number, 246,600 are elderly prisoners. The elderly prison population is growing at an alarming rate in this country. This is why grantee Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign² advocates for the human rights and release of aging women and men in prisons nationwide. Part of their work includes pairing liberation lawyers with former jailhouse lawyers. In turn they have created a Human Rights Law Clinic to train law students, legal activists, social workers, and attorneys in releasing California’s aging prisoners. (Source¹)

[ID: Two members of DASHR pose for a picture wearing red and yellow masks with a rabbit logo and pins."

The Denver Alliance for Street Health Response³ is getting us closer to a police-free world by enacting public safety without cops. They create and support community-based responses to crisis and conflict as a way to ensure public health and safety. Through their STAR program, DASHR sends a clinician and paramedic team to respond to low-level 911 calls. Just last year, they successfully responded to 2,837 calls between January 1st to July 1st without the need for police intervention!

[ID: Members of Masjid al-Rabia pose for a photo: From left to right are Prison Outreach Coordinator Malik, Zenab, Executive Director Mahdia, and Programming Assistant Hannah.]

Masjid al-Rabia⁴ is the only religious organization in the United States that provides spiritual care for LGBTQ+ Muslims—both incarcerated and free-world. Their Prison Ministry, which works out of Chicago, has delivered free newsletters and care packages to over 700 incarcerated folks in over 200 prisons all over the country. Their goal is to affirm the full spiritual citizenship of all marginalized Muslims, working to ensure that Muslim and abolitionist spaces are better informed on Transgender issues, gender diversity, and radically inclusive faith traditions.

There are several groups the grant panel had to turn away that do work just as innovative and revolutionary as the organizations listed above. Please help support them as they struggle for a just world.

Resist is a critical national funder of local progressive activist groups who can’t turn to mainstream funders. Alone, we fight, but together, we win. Make a generous donation today.

Invest in Grassroots Movements

In solidarity,

Kathy Lebrón

Co-director, Resist

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2. Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign
3. Denver Alliance for Street Health Response
4. Masjid al-Rabia

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