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Rank and File Project
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 921491162 · Form 990EZ · FY2023 · Micro (<$100K) · rankandfileproject.com
revenue
$85K
expenses
$32K
net assets
$52K
employees
—
mission · from form 990

We host educational events about the labor movement and working in unionized industries.

profile · synthesized from sources

The Rank and File Project is a socialist activist organization that recruits and trains individuals to take unionized jobs and build worker power from within. It runs educational programs, particularly its Rank & File School, to develop a new generation of labor organizers committed to democratic, militant unions. The organization operates in New York City, California's East Bay, and Philadelphia, with a focus on long-term movement-building through workplace organizing.

named programs · 1 · from sources

What they call their work

Rank & File School
Training program for activists committed to taking union jobs, providing mentorship, education on workplace organizing and union democracy, and support through job application and onboarding processes.
activities · 1 group

What they do

  • Union Member Training & Leadership Development 1 activity
    • Operating the Rank & File School for worker organizing
      Provides education, mentorship, and on-the-job support to workers in organizing, union democracy, and strategic confrontation with employers, including assistance with job applications and employment retention. The program serves participants through a structured school model with ongoing guidance.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2023
revenue
Total revenue$85K
Contributions & grants$85K100%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$32K
Program expenses—
Admin / overhead—
Fundraising—
Salaries & benefits$0
Grants paid out$0
balance sheet
Total assets$52K
Cash—
Investments—
Liabilities—
Net assets$52K
1 years on record · 2023–2023
strategies · 4

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Labor Power as a Vehicle for Social Change
    methodology: labor_power_for_social_change
    By strengthening democratic, member-led unions, we generate working-class power capable of advancing broader social change—including climate justice, peace, and equality—because organized labor has unique structural leverage in the economy and society.
  • Rank-and-File Organizing to Transform Unions
    methodology: rank_and_file_organizing
    By placing activists in union jobs, we build militant and democratic unions from within, because grassroots worker leadership generates greater member engagement and structural power than top-down union models.
  • Socialist Workplace Organizing for Systemic Change
    methodology: socialist_workplace_organizing
    By training workers and activists in union democracy and workplace organizing, we build collective power to replace capitalist exploitation with a system that guarantees basic needs, because sustained worker control of workplaces is foundational to economic justice.
  • Union-Based Political Alternative
    methodology: union_based_political_alternative
    By organizing through unions, we can build an independent political force that represents working-class interests, because electoral power rooted in workplace organizations is more accountable and transformative than party politics dominated by capital.