Rapid Resist Action is a politically focused funder that channels sizable, targeted contributions to state-level political operations and PACs that build campaign infrastructure and voter engagement programs. Their giving concentrates on branded networks — “Movement Labs,” “Political Innovations,” and “Progress Incubator” — deployed across key battleground states, suggesting an emphasis on election influence, rapid response organizing, and scaling digital/field tools. Grants are almost exclusively political contributions to PACs and affiliated state chapters rather than traditional nonprofits.
Rapid Resist Action’s largest recent grant is a $210,000 political contribution to Contest Every Race Pac in 2025, which sits alongside a long run of $150,000 contributions to state-level political operations. The pattern points to a funder built around election infrastructure: PACs, campaign committees, and affiliated state chapters rather than traditional nonprofits. Its grants are directed to branded networks such as Movement Labs, Political Innovations, and Progress Incubator, each used across multiple battleground states. The foundation’s recent giving shows an emphasis on scalable political organizing tools and candidate-support pipelines. In 2025, it backed both stand-alone PACs and state affiliates tied to those networks, including Movement Labs Pac and Political Innovations Pac, as well as regional chapters in several states. That mix suggests a centralized strategy that funds repeatable campaign structures across jurisdictions. Rapid Resist Action’s role is not that of a general grantmaker. Its recent awards are political contributions, and every grant in the provided sample went to U.S. recipients. The foundation’s profile is defined by consistent support for election-facing infrastructure and rapid-response organizing models.
One clear theme in Rapid Resist Action’s giving is state-based campaign infrastructure. The foundation awarded $150,000 to Pennsylvania Political Innovations for political contribution purposes, and similar state chapters appear across Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Texas, Florida, and Georgia. A second theme is candidate and organizer development through Progress Incubator affiliates. In 2025, Arizona Progress Incubator received $150,000, while Nevada Progress Incubator, Michigan Progress Incubator, Georgia Progress Incubator, North Carolina Progress Incubator, and Pennsylvania Progress Incubator each received the same amount. The foundation also funds rapid-response and digital outreach work. It gave $150,000 to Texting Solutions Pac, indicating support for voter contact tools, and $150,000 to Rapid Recruit Pac, pointing to recruitment-oriented political operations. Together, these grants show a focus on infrastructure that can be reused across campaigns and states.
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$16.4M
Most grants fall between $150K and $150K, with a median of $150K.
25th Percentile
$150K
Median
$150K
75th Percentile
$150K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Concentrated, repeat-style funding model: many same-sized grants (~$150,000) to a replicated set of state affiliates and PACs across multiple battleground states, plus a few larger exceptions. Funds are focused on political contributions and scaled deployment of a playbook across states rather than one-off charitable or service grants.
Notable grantees: CONTEST EVERY RACE PAC, MOVEMENT LABS PAC, TEXTING SOLUTIONS PAC, GEORGIA MOVEMENT LABS, PENNSYLVANIA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS
Rapid Resist Action’s typical grant size is tightly clustered: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $150,000. The one exception in the recent list is a $210,000 award, which sits above that uniform tier. The grants shown are all 2025 political contributions, and the recipient names recur through branded state networks rather than through repeated awards to a single nonprofit across years. The funder does not make grants to individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its profile is that of a politically oriented grantmaker using direct contributions to PACs and affiliated campaign entities.
The grants in the provided sample all went to U.S. recipients, and the top state by grant count is California, where the recipient entities are listed in Los Angeles. That reflects the location of the receiving organizations, not the foundation’s headquarters in Chicago. Recent awards also reached recipients tied to Omaha, Nebraska, alongside state-focused entities connected to Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas. The geography points to a regional political funding pattern across multiple battleground states.
It funds political contributions to PACs, campaign committees, and affiliated state chapters. The recent grants list includes entities such as Contest Every Race Pac, Movement Labs Pac, Political Innovations Pac, and state-branded affiliates tied to those networks.
The grant-size distribution is very narrow: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $150,000. In the recent list, most awards match that amount, with one larger $210,000 grant.
California is the top state by grant count in the provided data. Many recipient organizations are listed in Los Angeles, while other awards go to recipients connected to states such as Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Texas, and Nebraska.
Yes. The recent grants show repeated support for state-specific entities in Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas, often through the Movement Labs, Political Innovations, and Progress Incubator networks.
No. The foundation funds individuals is listed as false, and it makes program-related investments is also false.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONTEST EVERY RACE PAC | OMAHA, NE | $210,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| PENNSYLVANIA MOVEMENT LABS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| ARIZONA PROGRESS INCUBATOR | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| NEVADA PROGRESS INCUBATOR | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| ARIZONA MOVEMENT LABS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| MOVEMENT LABS PAC | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| NORTH CAROLINA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| FLORIDA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| FLORIDA MOVEMENT LABS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| MICHIGAN POLITICAL INNOVATIONS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| MICHIGAN PROGRESS INCUBATOR | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| NEVADA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| NORTH CAROLINA MOVEMENT LABS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| GEORGIA MOVEMENT LABS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| GEORGIA PROGRESS INCUBATOR | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| ARIZONA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| NORTH CAROLINA PROGRESS INCUBATOR | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| PENNSYLVANIA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| WISCONSIN MOVEMENT LABS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| POLITICAL INNOVATIONS PAC | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| PENNSYLVANIA PROGRESS INCUBATOR | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| RAPID RECRUIT PAC | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| WISCONSIN POLITICAL INNOVATIONS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| TEXAS POLITICAL INNOVATIONS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| TEXTING SOLUTIONS PAC | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| MICHIGAN MOVEMENT LABS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| TEXAS MOVEMENT LABS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
| NEVADA MOVEMENT LABS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION |
CONTEST EVERY RACE PAC
$210,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
PENNSYLVANIA MOVEMENT LABS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
ARIZONA PROGRESS INCUBATOR
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
NEVADA PROGRESS INCUBATOR
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
ARIZONA MOVEMENT LABS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
MOVEMENT LABS PAC
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
NORTH CAROLINA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
FLORIDA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
FLORIDA MOVEMENT LABS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
MICHIGAN POLITICAL INNOVATIONS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
MICHIGAN PROGRESS INCUBATOR
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
NEVADA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
NORTH CAROLINA MOVEMENT LABS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
GEORGIA MOVEMENT LABS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
GEORGIA PROGRESS INCUBATOR
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
ARIZONA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
NORTH CAROLINA PROGRESS INCUBATOR
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
WISCONSIN MOVEMENT LABS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
POLITICAL INNOVATIONS PAC
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
PENNSYLVANIA PROGRESS INCUBATOR
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
RAPID RECRUIT PAC
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
WISCONSIN POLITICAL INNOVATIONS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
TEXAS POLITICAL INNOVATIONS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
TEXTING SOLUTIONS PAC
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
MICHIGAN MOVEMENT LABS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
TEXAS MOVEMENT LABS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
NEVADA MOVEMENT LABS
$150,000POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION