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    Rapid Resist Action

    ActiveCivil Rights & Advocacy
    CHICAGO, ILWebsite5102073850

    About Rapid Resist Action

    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.

    Focus Areas

    State-level rapid-response political operations (Movement Labs network)Political innovations and campaign infrastructure for battleground states (Political Innovations branded groups)Progress incubators supporting local candidate and organizer development (Progress Incubator affiliates)Digital outreach and voter contact tools (e.g., Texting Solutions PAC)

    Who They Fund

    political candidatespolitical partiespolitical action committees (PACs) or campaign committees

    About Rapid Resist Action

    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.

    What Rapid Resist Action Funds

    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.

    How Rapid Resist Action Gives

    Financial Snapshot

    Annual Giving

    $4.3M

    Total Assets

    $5.2M

    Total Revenue

    $18M

    Total Expenses

    $16.4M

    Typical Grant Size

    Most grants fall between $150K and $150K, with a median of $150K.

    25th Percentile

    $150K

    Median

    $150K

    75th Percentile

    $150K

    Geographic Reach

    Regional2 states funded

    About 0% of grants go to recipients in CA.

    Funding intensity
    Low
    High
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    Leadership

    YONATAN LANDAU

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    Giving Approach

    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.

    Funding Style

    direct political contributionselectoral/campaign fundingissue advocacy support

    Notable grantees: CONTEST EVERY RACE PAC, MOVEMENT LABS PAC, TEXTING SOLUTIONS PAC, GEORGIA MOVEMENT LABS, PENNSYLVANIA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS

    Topics

    political campaignscandidate supportparty committee fundingballot measure/election initiativeslobbying/advocacy activities

    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.

    Where Rapid Resist Action Makes Grants

    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.

    Frequently Asked Questions About Rapid Resist Action

    What kinds of organizations does Rapid Resist Action fund?

    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.

    What is the typical grant size?

    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.

    Where does Rapid Resist Action give most often?

    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.

    Does Rapid Resist Action support political infrastructure in multiple states?

    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.

    Does Rapid Resist Action fund individuals or make program-related investments?

    No. The foundation funds individuals is listed as false, and it makes program-related investments is also false.

    Latest 990 Filing

    2025

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.

    Recent Grants

    Most recent grants reported to the IRS.

    RecipientLocationAmountYearPurpose
    CONTEST EVERY RACE PACOMAHA, NE$210,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    PENNSYLVANIA MOVEMENT LABSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    ARIZONA PROGRESS INCUBATORLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    NEVADA PROGRESS INCUBATORLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    ARIZONA MOVEMENT LABSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    MOVEMENT LABS PACLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    NORTH CAROLINA POLITICAL INNOVATIONSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    FLORIDA POLITICAL INNOVATIONSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    FLORIDA MOVEMENT LABSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    MICHIGAN POLITICAL INNOVATIONSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    MICHIGAN PROGRESS INCUBATORLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    NEVADA POLITICAL INNOVATIONSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    NORTH CAROLINA MOVEMENT LABSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    GEORGIA MOVEMENT LABSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    GEORGIA PROGRESS INCUBATORLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    ARIZONA POLITICAL INNOVATIONSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    NORTH CAROLINA PROGRESS INCUBATORLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    PENNSYLVANIA POLITICAL INNOVATIONSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    WISCONSIN MOVEMENT LABSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    POLITICAL INNOVATIONS PACLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    PENNSYLVANIA PROGRESS INCUBATORLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    RAPID RECRUIT PACLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    WISCONSIN POLITICAL INNOVATIONSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    TEXAS POLITICAL INNOVATIONSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    TEXTING SOLUTIONS PACLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    MICHIGAN MOVEMENT LABSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    TEXAS MOVEMENT LABSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
    NEVADA MOVEMENT LABSLOS ANGELES, CA$150,0002025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    CONTEST EVERY RACE PAC

    $210,000
    OMAHA, NE2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    PENNSYLVANIA MOVEMENT LABS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    ARIZONA PROGRESS INCUBATOR

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    NEVADA PROGRESS INCUBATOR

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    ARIZONA MOVEMENT LABS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    MOVEMENT LABS PAC

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    NORTH CAROLINA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    FLORIDA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    FLORIDA MOVEMENT LABS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    MICHIGAN POLITICAL INNOVATIONS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    MICHIGAN PROGRESS INCUBATOR

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    NEVADA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    NORTH CAROLINA MOVEMENT LABS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    GEORGIA MOVEMENT LABS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    GEORGIA PROGRESS INCUBATOR

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    ARIZONA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    NORTH CAROLINA PROGRESS INCUBATOR

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    PENNSYLVANIA POLITICAL INNOVATIONS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    WISCONSIN MOVEMENT LABS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    POLITICAL INNOVATIONS PAC

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    PENNSYLVANIA PROGRESS INCUBATOR

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    RAPID RECRUIT PAC

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    WISCONSIN POLITICAL INNOVATIONS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    TEXAS POLITICAL INNOVATIONS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    TEXTING SOLUTIONS PAC

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    MICHIGAN MOVEMENT LABS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    TEXAS MOVEMENT LABS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    NEVADA MOVEMENT LABS

    $150,000
    LOS ANGELES, CA2025

    POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION