In 2004, Rice founded of the Progressive Alliance Foundation which worked throughout the state of Oklahoma advancing progressive, fair-minded and constitutional solutions to public policy problems. He also launched the Red River Democracy Project and was on the board of The People's Opinion Project.
Rice founded the Progressive Alliance Foundation in 2004, a group that worked across Oklahoma to develop pragmatic, balanced, and lawfully based answers to public policy challenges. Additionally, he launched the Red River Democracy Project and was part of the board at The People's Opinion Project.