Supporting Movements
Moving money
Resource Movement is not a foundation: we don't think that an organization of upper-class people should be distributing a pool of money.
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Through the Praxis program and ongoing workshops, we support individuals to make informed and principled choices about moving money. We also facilitate collective movement of resources through, currently, the Rapid Response List and the Groundswell Giving Circle.
Rapid Response List
The Rapid Response List is a semi-autonomous project started by Resource Movement members in 2020. In response to a need identified by movement partners, it provides an organized source of rapid-response funding for both individual survival needs and mobilization needs. Currently, it moves funds towards a handful of grassroots partner organizations, which distribute within their networks.
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For more information -- including how the project has evolved, how you can become a community partner, and how to make a donation -- you can visit the Rapid Response List website here.
Annual Groundswell Giving Circle
Groundswell Fund is the primary fund by-and-for grassroots social movement groups in Canada. Since 2018, Resource Movement has run an annual "giving circle", which now raises the majority of the funds distributed by Groundswell. Participants receive training in relational fundraising, work to raise money from their community, and organize a public fundraising webinar. In 2025, this process raised nearly $300k!​
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The giving circle typically runs from February-April. If you are interested in participating, reach out!
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Past Fundraising Initatives
2024 #200ChequeCampaign
This initatives encouraged well-off Ontarians to redistribute their one-time $200 support cheques towards grassroots and mutual aid organizations. This succeeded in raising at least $13k.
RAVEN Campaigns
Since launch in 2015, Resource Movement has engaged in two urgent fundraising campaigns in collaboration with RAVEN, an organization that fundraises to support Indigenous nations in their legal battles to maintain and regain territorial sovereignty.
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In Winter 2018/19, a group of Resource Movement members fundraised $28,000 to support the Beaver Lake Cree Nation in taking the Federal Government and the Province of Alberta to court, to fight the government’s approval of tar sands projects on Beaver Lake Cree territory.
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In winter 2019/20, another group of RM members have fundraised $13,000 to support several Indigenous nations in resisting the Trans Mountain pipeline.
COVID-19 Mutual Aid Fundraising Campaign
In spring 2020, 30+ Resource Movement members fundraised their networks in support of 15+ grassroots COVID-19 mutual aid initiatives. The campaign raised $130,000 -- funds that provided direct support to individuals who have been economically impacted by the virus, including: migrant workers, sex workers, Black folks, disabled folks, houseless folks, and others.
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Urgent fundraising campaigns are established based on the capacity of Resource Movement members and are built on members’ relationships with social movements.