Resourcing Movements, Redistributing Power

ROP strengthens social justice movements in New England by supporting movement fundraisers and donors.

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WHY IT MATTERS

Our times call for
strong movements.

Our Movements Need Money to Win.

Traditional nonprofit funding models weren’t built for grassroots groups who organize for racial, economic, gender, and climate justice. Too often, movement organizations depend on a small number of funders to pay staff, buy technology and materials, and rent space. Movement leaders end up stuck in a cycle of grant applications that can

  • Pit organizations against each other
  • Pull leaders away from their core work
  • Force choices between bold strategy and keeping the lights on

Our movements are less powerful as a result.

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WHAT WE DO

ROP’s Intervention

Our purpose is to realign funding practices with movement values and expand the pie of resources controlled by movements.

That’s why we work with frontline movement leaders across New England to shift the way we fundraise through a three-part strategy:

  • Build a community of movement fundraisers across the six New England states.
  • Strengthen the fundraising capacity of movement organizations through training, coaching, and popular education.
  • Mobilize resources collaboratively and expand the pie of resources available for movement building.  

GET INVOLVED

Everyone Plays a Role in Resourcing Movements

New England
Movement Groups

Join our network to access tools, support, and solidarity.

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Funders
and Donors

Partner with us to shift philanthropy and resource frontline organizations.

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Community
Members

Join our cross-class community of donor organizers.

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Our Partners

Connecting Power-Builders Across New England

We partner with frontline movement organizations in New England. Our partners are engaged in base-building, led by and for historically targeted communities, and building a stronger local movement ecosystem. Fundraising staff from our partners build community with us, access training and capacity building offerings, and shape our strategy.

Stories from the field

Voices From Our Network

Hear from groups who have grown stronger with ROP:

“The drop-in spaces ROP creates are so warm and welcoming, and the administrative workshops changed how our organization runs entirely for the better.”

Sett Vincent

Resources for Organizing and Social Change

“ROP’s model is very unique. Few organizations focus specifically on movement-building with the intentionality that ROP does.”

Aditi Dholakia

Boston Women’s Fund

“Participating with ROP intrinsically gave me much more confidence in my fundraising ability.”

Jonathan Davis

New Hampshire Youth Movement
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