Resist Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Resource redistribution program: resist maintains a vigorous grantmaking program that distributes funds across the united states each year.resist funds activist organizing, cultural organizing, resilience building, and educational work within movements for social change - concentrating on support for organizations that do not have access to more traditional sources of funds. As a result, resist's funding priorities include groups with an annual budget of $150,000 or less and projects that encourage people to take action, rather than merely disseminate information or perform social services. Grant decisions are made by current or past grantees who sit on resist's grant-making panel and are made in accordance with resist's funding priorities. Targeted grantmaking programs include: general support - organizations that meet resist's funding criteria may apply for a one-year general support grant. Resist provides funds for general support as a means of enabling grantees to build infrastructure and capacity while engaged in ongoing social justice activism. Accessibility funding - resist is committed to supporting projects that enable all people to participate in the movement for justice and liberation. Resist will fund the additional costs of making projects or events more accessible to community members with specific accessibility needs. Organizations that meet resist's funding criteria may apply for a one-year accessibility grants. Multi-year funding - after carefully considering how to maximize its impact in building capacity and supporting the long-term work of movements for social change, resist initiated a multi-year funding program in 2001. Multi-year grants cover a three-year period and are designed to provide general support to eligible grantee organizations.rapid response funding resist offers a $1,000 rapid response grant to better meet the needs of frontline groups and organizations. This grant is for groups looking to: imagine and build: for groups seeking financial support with training, consultation, healing, cultural work, conflict resolution, and/or restructuring. Resist and respond: for groups seeking to respond to unforeseen and timely political opportunities with organizing and/or cultural interventions.storytelling program: resist's storytelling program amplifies the stories of our grantees in their resistance and reimagining of this world. We do this principally through our online and social media presence.online and social media the resist website (www.resist.org) provides an array of resources to grantees, donors, and colleagues. Resist utilizes email communication with a few thousand subscribers, as well as facebook, twitter, and instagram to provide timely analysis of emergent as well as ongoing political issues.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 96.4%; rating input score 96
• Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98
• Fundraising efficiency: $78.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.4%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 29.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 26.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings