Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$24,940,047

Total expenses

$13,479,361

Contributions and grants received

$23,761,268

Grants paid

$3,624,586

Program service revenue

$784,131

Investment income

$394,468

Other revenue

$180

Total assets, end of year

$27,217,593

Total liabilities, end of year

$237,822

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$26,979,771

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$13,188,145

Management and general expenses

$84,546

Fundraising expenses

$206,670

Program service expenses (Part III)

$13,188,145

Program services were 97.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• BASED IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MOVEMENT SUSTAINABILITY COMMONS NOURISHES AND SUSTAINS PEOPLE AND GROUPS WORKING FOR JUSTICE, ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY, AND LIBERATION BY OFFERING AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY SERVICES, PRACTICES, SPACES AND PATHWAYS THAT SUPPORT BOTH INTERDEPENDENCE AND SELF-RELIANCE FOR COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION. MOVEMENT SUSTAINABILITY COMMONS STRENGTHENS PARTNER'S SHORT AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY BY OFFERING AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY SERVICES WHILE CENTERING RELATIONSHIPS AND CONNECTION, ALL AS AN INTENTIONAL FORM OF RESOURCE REDISTRIBUTION BEYOND GRANTMAKING. OUR OFFERINGS IN 2023 HAVE INCLUDED PROVIDING FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO 20 NONPROFITS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND AND NATIONALLY, DYNAMIC CAPACITY BUILDING FOR FUNDRAISERS IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, 2 SEASONAL EVENTS OFFERING RESTORATIVE PRACTICES TO NONPROFIT LEADERS, A FUND FOR HEALING PRACTITIONERS SUPPORTING NONPROFIT LEADERS, AND DEVELOPING AND LAUNCHING A PATHWAY FOR NEW SERVICES TO BE DEVELOPED THROUGH AN "EXPERIMENTS" PROGRAM. ALL MOVEMENT SUSTAINABILITY COMMONS ACTIVITIES AND NET ASSETS, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE FISCALLY SPONSORED GROUPS WE SUPPORT, WILL BE REPORTED AS THOSE WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT THE MOVEMENT SUSTAINABILITY COMMONS'S WEBSITE WWW.SUSTAINMOVEMENTS.ORG.

  Expenses $11,967,657 · Grants $2,834,536 · Revenue $784,131

• RESOURCE REDISTRIBUTION PROGRAM:RESIST MAINTAINS A VIGOROUS GRANTMAKING PROGRAM THAT FUNDS FOUR TIMES 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, WITH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT REQUESTED NOT TO EXCEED $4,000. 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 GRANT, WITH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT REQUESTED NOT TO EXCEED $4,000. 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. GRANT AWARDS ARE $4,000 FOR EACH YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY. 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.

  Expenses $1,220,488 · Grants $790,050

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• BREATH OF MY HEART BIRTHPLACE

  $140,000

  BCE GENERAL OPERATIONS GRANT

• PROJECT MOTHERPATH INC

  $140,000

  BCE GENERAL OPERATIONS GRANT TO KINDRED SPACE LA BIRTH CENTER, MAGNOLIA BIRTH HOUSE

• ATLANTA BIRTH CENTER

  $125,000

  BCE RECOVERABLE GRANT

• LA SEMILLA

  $120,000

  2023 LIFE DISBURSEMENTS

• OPERATION SPRING PLANT INC

  $115,000

  2023 LIFE DISBURSEMENTS

• FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  $100,000

  2023 LIFE DISBURSEMENTS TO CA TRIBAL FUND

• LAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT

  $100,000

  2023 LIFE DISBURSEMENTS - MIDWEST FARMERS OF COLOR

• THE MOVEMENT RETREAT CENTER INC (BENT BIRCH)

  $93,100

  REGRANTING - INVOICES

• LUNA TIERRA CASA DE PARTOS LLC

  $78,000

  BCE GRANT PAYMENT 1 OF 2

• FEDERAL WAY BIRTH CENTER

  $70,000

  2023 BCE DISBURSEMENTS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202433209349304583

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