Meet Our First Urgent Action Fund Recipients for 2026

This year's first cohort of Urgent Action Fund recipients represent a powerful cross-section of grassroots organizing, mutual aid, political education, community care, and movement-building. While each organization serves a unique constituency and purpose, together they demonstrate the interconnected nature of struggles for justice and liberation.

Each organization received $5,000 through redistribution of funding from our donors, an increase of $1,000 from previous cycles.

Immigrant Justice & Refugee Support

Organizations working to protect immigrant communities, support newcomers, and challenge systems of detention, deportation, and displacement.

• Refuge America
• No ICE Philly
• Stories of Immigrants
• Manos Entrelazadas South Side Alliance (MESA)

Reproductive Justice, Birth Work & Community Health

Groups advancing reproductive autonomy, maternal health, traditional healing practices, and community wellness.

• A Wombman's Way Warrior Midwife Training Program
• Chuco Community Doulas
• Rootwork Herbals
• The Sunflower Project

Trans Liberation, LGBTQ+ Justice & Gender Equity

Organizations creating safer, more affirming communities while advancing the rights and well-being of trans and gender-expansive people.

• Trans(forming)
• Transcendent Blossoms
• The Black Girl Brown Girl Collective Inc.

Youth Leadership & Education

Programs investing in young people through leadership development, education, mentorship, and pathways beyond systems of violence and militarization.

• Boys Champions Foundation
• Building Kujichagulia
• Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO)
• The CHAAD Project

Mutual Aid, Community Resilience & Economic Empowerment

Groups strengthening community infrastructure through mutual aid, cooperative models, direct support, and grassroots economic development.

• Community Resilience Organizations
• Mutual Aid Resource Library
• The Hustlers Guild
• North American Students of Cooperation
• Tacoma For All Community Outreach

Civil Rights, Community Defense & Surveillance Resistance

Organizations working to protect civil liberties, challenge harmful systems, and build community power against state and institutional violence.

• Eye On Surveillance
• The Hots Initiative
• Bayview Community Concerned Citizens

International Solidarity, Cultural Preservation & Liberation Movements

Groups preserving cultural memory, advancing self-determination, and building solidarity across communities and borders.

• Fireburn Heritage
• Al-Awda, Right to Return Coalition
• Liminal Works

Together, these organizations reflect what becomes possible when resources are placed directly in the hands of communities. From immigrant justice and reproductive freedom to youth leadership, mutual aid, and international solidarity, these recipients are meeting urgent needs while building the long-term infrastructure necessary for collective liberation.

The Urgent Action Fund exists to support exactly this kind of work: community-rooted, movement-driven, and responsive to the realities people face every day. By redistributing resources to grassroots organizations, we are investing not only in individual projects, but in the networks of care, resistance, and power-building that sustain our movements.

Together, these investments remind us that lasting change does not begin with institutions—it begins with people who know their communities, understand their needs, and are already building the solutions. Resist is proud to stand alongside those leaders, trusting communities to determine what they need and equipping them with the resources to act.