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Rockbridge Network
The Rockbridge Network is an American conservative political advocacy group founded by JD Vance and Chris Buskirk. The group has been backed by Silicon Valley investors and become known for its connections to investors in the tech industry, as well as to the second Donald Trump administration.
Rockbridge describes itself as "a kind of political venture capital firm". In 2022, the organization circulated a brochure that read:
Our goal is to bring together investors who are dissatisfied with the status quo of politics and raise capital to fund projects that will disrupt but advance the Republican agenda. We are focused on supporting people and projects that can end the decline and revitalize our country. [...] The Rockbridge Network will replace the current Republican ecosystem of think tanks, media organizations and activist groups that have contributed to the Party's decline with better action-oriented, more effective people and institutions that are focused on winning.
The brochure outlines some of the organization's specific "projects" and plans to achieve their goals. One goal is to "build a political coalition that will win national elections with 55% of the popular vote". Another goal, which it addresses through its "Rockbridge Media Project", involves "building a new conservative ecosystem" by funding various media initiatives. The "Lawfare & Strategic Litigation" project proposes to use "strategic litigation" to "use the law as a weapon" and "identify leverage points where the law allows [it] to hold bad actors, including the media, accountable". The "Rockbridge Transition Project" proposes to "create a 'government-in-waiting' with the people and the plans to staff the next Republican Administration" in order to "govern effectively with conservative goals, from day one". The "Red State Project", which in 2021 had a larger budget per state than any of the other projects combined, was designed to consolidate Republican control in various states. It accused "the left" of investing "heavily in state-level infrastructure to turn red states blue" and said that Rockbridge was "building a centralized, organizing force in each state by hiring staff to coordinate like-minded groups to ensure we win". Another project indicates the group's interest in redistricting, saying, "efforts to influence the new Congressional maps are underway and are [sic] results are trending favorably." The brochure says Rockbridge participated in "bringing together and coordinating the activities of the conservative coalition", including "life groups, Second Amendment groups, free enterprise, immigration, education choice and excellence, [and] faith" groups.
Reuters reported that Rockbridge "seeks to influence U.S. politics through a centrally controlled network of right-wing political groups backed by some of the same deep-pocketed tech investors who helped bankroll Vance's political rise".
According to The New York Times, Rockbridge "steers" eight organizations, "including four dark-money 501(c)(4) organizations, two super PACs, a donor-advised 501(c)(3) fund for nonprofit activity and the Rockbridge Network umbrella organization, an LLC". Buskirk's super PAC, Turnout for America, raised over $25 million in 2024. The Washington Post reported that, as of November 2025, none of the Rockbridge groups had their own websites or much of a public footprint.
Better Tomorrow is a nonprofit organization based in Richmond, Virginia. Reuters characterized it as a "get-out-the-vote operation". In 2023, Better Tomorrow gave grants to American Encore, The Faithful in Action, and Firebrand Action, and received a grant from American Water, which "makes grants to public charities based on matching employee contributions", according to CauseIQ. Members of the organization include president director Buskirk; directors Roger Kimball and Ned Ryun; and treasurer Janna Rutland.
Faithful in Action was incorporated in 2023 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with Buskirk as president. According to Reuters, its mission is to "recruit churchgoers into political activism".
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Rockbridge Network
The Rockbridge Network is an American conservative political advocacy group founded by JD Vance and Chris Buskirk. The group has been backed by Silicon Valley investors and become known for its connections to investors in the tech industry, as well as to the second Donald Trump administration.
Rockbridge describes itself as "a kind of political venture capital firm". In 2022, the organization circulated a brochure that read:
Our goal is to bring together investors who are dissatisfied with the status quo of politics and raise capital to fund projects that will disrupt but advance the Republican agenda. We are focused on supporting people and projects that can end the decline and revitalize our country. [...] The Rockbridge Network will replace the current Republican ecosystem of think tanks, media organizations and activist groups that have contributed to the Party's decline with better action-oriented, more effective people and institutions that are focused on winning.
The brochure outlines some of the organization's specific "projects" and plans to achieve their goals. One goal is to "build a political coalition that will win national elections with 55% of the popular vote". Another goal, which it addresses through its "Rockbridge Media Project", involves "building a new conservative ecosystem" by funding various media initiatives. The "Lawfare & Strategic Litigation" project proposes to use "strategic litigation" to "use the law as a weapon" and "identify leverage points where the law allows [it] to hold bad actors, including the media, accountable". The "Rockbridge Transition Project" proposes to "create a 'government-in-waiting' with the people and the plans to staff the next Republican Administration" in order to "govern effectively with conservative goals, from day one". The "Red State Project", which in 2021 had a larger budget per state than any of the other projects combined, was designed to consolidate Republican control in various states. It accused "the left" of investing "heavily in state-level infrastructure to turn red states blue" and said that Rockbridge was "building a centralized, organizing force in each state by hiring staff to coordinate like-minded groups to ensure we win". Another project indicates the group's interest in redistricting, saying, "efforts to influence the new Congressional maps are underway and are [sic] results are trending favorably." The brochure says Rockbridge participated in "bringing together and coordinating the activities of the conservative coalition", including "life groups, Second Amendment groups, free enterprise, immigration, education choice and excellence, [and] faith" groups.
Reuters reported that Rockbridge "seeks to influence U.S. politics through a centrally controlled network of right-wing political groups backed by some of the same deep-pocketed tech investors who helped bankroll Vance's political rise".
According to The New York Times, Rockbridge "steers" eight organizations, "including four dark-money 501(c)(4) organizations, two super PACs, a donor-advised 501(c)(3) fund for nonprofit activity and the Rockbridge Network umbrella organization, an LLC". Buskirk's super PAC, Turnout for America, raised over $25 million in 2024. The Washington Post reported that, as of November 2025, none of the Rockbridge groups had their own websites or much of a public footprint.
Better Tomorrow is a nonprofit organization based in Richmond, Virginia. Reuters characterized it as a "get-out-the-vote operation". In 2023, Better Tomorrow gave grants to American Encore, The Faithful in Action, and Firebrand Action, and received a grant from American Water, which "makes grants to public charities based on matching employee contributions", according to CauseIQ. Members of the organization include president director Buskirk; directors Roger Kimball and Ned Ryun; and treasurer Janna Rutland.
Faithful in Action was incorporated in 2023 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with Buskirk as president. According to Reuters, its mission is to "recruit churchgoers into political activism".
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