Born of frustration.

built for action.

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Trump’s revenge campaign keeps getting worse. DEFIANCE.org was started because people kept asking us:

“What can I do?!”

With a thousand nonprofits and impact groups out there protecting democracy, the answer often feels overwhelming, or worse, like shouting into the void. Someone needed to create a hub to make it simpler.

But “hub” sounds stupid. So we created a club for courageous Americans — people willing to take peaceful, lawful, defiant action to defend democracy from a wannabe dictator.

We provide Members with answers to the above question. That’s it.

For updates on what we’re doing and how we’re taking action, Go to…
www.DEFIANCE.News

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  • We’re focused on moving fast to help where it matters most.

    To be a Member, you pay a monthly Membership fee of your choice — from $1 to $1,000 — to fuel real action. All you do is sign up here.

    Then you’ll get:

    • Invited to a private monthly briefing where you’ll choose what Missions to support with our collective funds.

    • Invited to weekly spotlights with national figures and org leaders.

    • Curated recommendations on actions you can take personally to protect our democracy.

    • Members Only access with all of the above at www.DEFIANCE.News

    • Full access to the latest pro-democracy news, opinion, radio, exclusive interviews, and more.

    All your Members-only updates will be emailed to you and available on the Members platform, www.DEFIANCE.News

    Trouble signing into the Members Page? Just go here for details.

    Need to manage your Membership fee? Just go to Manage My Membership at the bottom of this page — or click here!

  • Things are changing fast. The point of a supporting an array of groups is to make sure we’re going where the fight is — and where support is needed to defend the rule of law and democratic institutions. One month that might be peaceful protests and another it might be an urgent legal defense fund.

    Our recommendations are curated by some of the best, bipartisan democracy experts in the country.

    We’re “keeping it lean.” The bulk of all Membership fees go straight to the causes our Members want us to pursue, including direct action to defy Trump and efforts to track what the regime is doing. We meet once a month in a “Members only” meeting do plan ahead and get feedback on what we should fund.

    If we don’t act together, we’ll be targeted alone.

    NOTE: We do NOT fund candidate, PACs, or political campaigns.

  • Right now, speed and the survival of democracy matter most.

    We launched DEFIANCE as a not-for-profit, social impact organization — NOT a tax-deductible 501(c)(3). So while we’re bound by non-profit rules, our supporters cannot get a tax deduction for contributions and Member fees. If you’re just here for a tax write-off, you’re in the wrong place.

    We did this so we could move fast, take louder stands, and avoid restrictions that limit what traditional nonprofits can say or do. That means we can call out politicians by name, speak the raw truth, and respond instantly to threats by supporting a vast array of groups, whereas traditional 501(c)(3)s have restrictions.

    We still operate as a not-for-profit business entity (what’s called a “non-stock corporation”). That means we are governed by nonprofit ethics and with binding legal rules prohibiting us from profiting. There are no shareholders.

    Make sense?

    All proceeds go directly to mission-driven work. We have zero interest in building a bureaucracy — we’re building a movement.

  • The best way to get involved is to become a Member. See above for details! If you’re not ready to become a Member but want to support what we’re doing, you can make one-time contributions here.

    Our priority will be to support groups that ALSO have ways for you to get involved personally, if you choose, in addition to funding their extraordinary work. That might mean contacting Members of Congress, showing up to protest an unlawful action, writing a personal note to a target of Trump’s revenge, or hosting an event in your community.

    In the near future, we also hope to provide an option for new orgs and projects to propose fresh ideas for the DEFIANCE.org community to fund.

  • Right now, we’re run by a lean, tiny team.

    Two friends — Miles Taylor (a former official targeted by Trump) and Xander Schultz (founder of Defeat by Tweet and One for Democracy) — decided to stop waiting around for someone else to build this and just do it. They’ve put in their own time and money to get it moving.

    Now they’re backed by an amazing group of folks — made up mostly of volunteers — who are lending their time and voices to defy Trump.

    If you’re looking to get more directly involved, we urge you to support the groups that we recommend. DEFIANCE.org itself will remain lean to focus on supporting on-the-ground action.