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2021 Grants

Economic Justice

Awood Center - $30,000

Minneapolis, MN

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


Comité de Apoyo para Trabajadores Agrícolas - $25,000

Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

Support of efforts to empower farmworkers and immigrant workers to organize for safe, fair, and just living conditions


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

Connecticut, New Jersey, New York

Fiscal sponsor: National Mobilization Against Sweatshops

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 - $35,000

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 workers' rights and affordable housing campaigns   


Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy - $35,000

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 - $35,000

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

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  - $30,000

Fairbanks, AK

Fiscal sponsor: Native Movement

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


North Carolina Climate Justice Collective - $25,000

Durham, NC

Fiscal sponsor: NC WARN

Support for efforts to engage low-income and BIPOC communities in North Carolina to advance a just transition to a regenerative economy


Owe Aku - $25,000

Manderson, SD 

Renewed support to protect Lakota sacred water and land


RISE St. James  - $20,000

St. James, LA

Fiscal Sponsor: Earth Island Institute

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


We the People of Detroit - $25,000

Detroit, MI

Support for grassroots efforts to educate and empower Detroit residents to take action on issues related to land, water, and the democratic process

Movement Building

African-American Roundtable - $25,000

Milwaukee, WI  

Fiscal sponsor: Hmong American Women's Association

Support for year-round civic engagement opportunities for Black Milwaukeeans


Black Leaders Organizing for Communities - $30,000

Milwaukee, WI  

Fiscal sponsor: Tides Foundation

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


Detroit Action - $25,000

Detroit, MI

Fiscal sponsor: Tides Center

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


Seeding Change - $25,000

San Francisco, CA

Fiscal sponsor: Chinese Progressive Association

Support to develop Asian and Pacific Islander American organizers and build grassroots organizing infrastructure


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

Jackson, MS

Fiscal sponsor: Children's Defense Fund

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

Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition - $3,000

Fairbanks, AK

Fiscal sponsor: Native Movement

Support for a 4-day retreat for staff, coalition members, and strategic partners
 

For All - $10,000

Phoenix, AZ

Support for non-violent direct action and public education to protect voting rights


Youth Rise Texas - $5,000

Austin, TX

Rapid response support to replace damaged furniture


Workers' Dignity - $8,500

Nashville, TN

Support for new equipment for radio program 

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