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2020 Grants

Civic Engagement

Arizona Center for Empowerment - $30,000

Phoenix, AZ

Support for nonpartisan civic engagement efforts


Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote - Michigan - $10,000

Hamtramck, MI

Support to build civic engagement infrastructure in Asian and Pacific Islander communities in Michigan 


Comunidades Organizado El Poder y La Acción Latina - $20,000

Minneapolis, MN

Support for civic engagement efforts in Minnesota's Latinx communities


Faith in Florida - $30,000

Orlando, FL

Support for interfaith coalition-building and civic participation


Leaders Igniting Transformation - $30,000

Milwaukee, WI

Support of youth-led efforts to build political power for social, racial, and economic justice


Michigan Coalition on Black Civic Participation - $10,000

Lansing, MI

Support to help efforts that mobilize Black residents to participate in a fair, just, and barrier-free democracy


One Love Global - $10,000

Lansing, MI

Support to build political power and collective agency among high school and college students across Michigan


One Pennsylvania - $30,000

Pittsburg, PA

Support the alignment of social justice movement organizations to promote civic engagement in Pennsylvania


Siembra NC - $25,000

Graham, NC

Support efforts to expand civic participation opportunities for Latinos across North Carolina


Economic Justice

Awood Center - $25,000

Minneapolis, MN

Renewed support of grassroots efforts to build leadership and power in Minnesota's East African working community


Detroit Action - $25,000

Detroit, MI

Renewed support to build the economic, social, and political power of low-income Detroiters


Immigrant Workers & Families Rise Up Against Wage Theft - $25,000

New York, NY

Renewed support to a coalition of six workers' centers in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut organizing for workers' rights in the Tri-State region


Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance - $30,000

Gloucester, MA

Renewed support for organizing and advocacy efforts in fishing communities


Sunflower Community Action - $30,000

Wichita, KS 

Renewed support of community organizing for good jobs in Kansas 


United Workers Association - $30,000

Baltimore, MD

Renewed support of the Fair Development Campaign   


Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy - $30,000

Richmond, VA

Renewed support to build and strengthen state policies to stop wage theft and promote good jobs with living wages


Warehouse Workers for Justice - $30,000

Chicago, IL 

Renewed support of efforts to improve working conditions for warehouse workers 


Workers Center for Racial Justice - $30,000

Chicago, IL 

Renewed support of efforts to promote sustainable and living wage employment for Black workers in Chicago


Workers' Dignity - $30,000

Nashville, TN 

Renewed support for efforts to improve wages and working conditions for construction workers in Nashville 


Environmental Justice

Black Mesa Water Coalition - $5,000 

Flagstaff, AZ 

Support for environmental justice and economic development in Navajo and Hopi communities 


Center for Earth, Energy, and Democracy - $30,000 

Minneapolis, MN 

Renewed support of work to strengthen grass roots environmental justice organizing in Minnesota and the Midwest


Defend the Sacred Alaska - $25,000

Fairbanks, AK

Renewed support for a coalition of women-led organizations that are mobilizing to protect the Arctic


Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition - $30,000

Huntington, WV 

Renewed support of grassroots environmental justice organizing 


Owe Aku - $25,000

Manderson, SD 

Renewed support to protect Lakota sacred water and land


RISE St. James - $20,000

St. James, LA

Renewed support for St. James Parish residents in their efforts to protect the air, water and health of their community 

 

Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment (SOCM) - $30,000

Knoxville, TN 

Renewed support of statewide, grassroots organizing on environmental justice issues

 

Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services - $25,000

Houston, TX  

Renewed support for grassroots environmental justice organizing in Texas and the U.S. gulf region


Movement Building

Black Leaders Organizing for Communities - $30,000

Milwaukee, WI  

Renewed support to ensure freedom, equity, opportunity and a dignified life to members of the Black community in Milwaukee and across Wisconsin 


Center for Third World Organizing - $25,000

Oakland, CA 

Renewed support for training programs to expand and strengthen organizing in communities of color


Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative - $30,000

Jackson, MS

Renewed support of efforts to improve the long-term economic outcomes for Black women, children, and families in the rural South


Youth Rise Texas - $25,000

Austin, TX

Renewed support for youth organizing and civic engagement efforts in Texas


Discretionary Grants

Awood Center - $5,000

Minneapolis, MN

Support for community members impacted by COVID-19
 

Defend the Sacred Alaska - $2,500

Fairbanks, AK 

Support for the distribution of care packages to women, children and families impacted by COVID-19


EX-incarcerated People Organizing - $8,000

Milwaukee, WI

Support for civic engagement and grassroots organizing 


Hmong American Women's Association - $5,000

Milwaukee, WI

Support for civic engagement and organizing efforts 


Immigrant Workers & Families Rise Up Against Wage Theft - $5,000

New York, NY 

Support for outreach, organizing and advocacy efforts to help vulnerable workers impacted by COVID-19 


Kentucky Civic Engagement Table - $7,500

Lexington, KY

Support for nonpartisan civic engagement and grassroots organizing for racial justice 


Metcalfe Park Community Bridges - $7,500

Milwaukee, WI

Support for efforts related to civic engagement, racial justice, and COVID-19 support


National Family Farm Coalition - $5,000

Washington, D.C

Support to provide coalition members with technology upgrades and internet access 


Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition - $3,000

Huntington, WV

Support for technology upgrades


Sunflower Community Action - $4,000

Wichita, KS  

Support to purchase equipment for radio station


United Workers Association - $5,000

Baltimore, MD 

Support for food storage, technology and staffing to aid community members impacted by COVID-19


Workers' Dignity - $5,000

Nashville, TN  

Support for interns addressing workers' concerns related to COVID-19 health and safety issues


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