2019 Grants

Environmental Justice

Alaska Community Action on Toxins – $35,000

Anchorage, AK

Renewed support for work with tribal villages and other communities in Alaska to eliminate environmental contaminants

Black Mesa Water Coalition – $30,000

Flagstaff, AZ

Renewed support of work on environmental justice and economic development in Navajo and Hopi communities in northeastern Arizona

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

Coastal Communities Collaborative – $25,000

Gray, LA

Renewed support of bayou communities’ efforts to address food security, preserve indigenous culture and impact policy decisions on coastal land preservation

Defend the Sacred Alaska – $25,000

Fairbanks, AK

Support of coalition of women-led organizations that are mobilizing to protect the Arctic

Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition – $30,000

Huntington, WV

Renewed support of regional organizing to stop mountaintop removal mining and protect drinking water from toxic coal sludge

Owe Aku – $25,000

Manderson, SD

Renewed support of grassroots campaigns and cultural revitalization to protect Lakota sacred water and land

RISE St. James – $15,000

St. James, LA

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

Economic Justice

Awood Center – $20,000

Minneapolis, MN

Support of grassroots efforts to build leadership and power in Minnesota’s East African working community

Good Jobs Now – $25,000

Detroit, MI

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 coalition of six workers’ centers in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut organizing to make the Tri-State region sweatshop free

Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance – $30,000

Gloucester, MA

Renewed support to work at the intersection of marine conservation and social, economic, and environmental justice

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 low-wage warehouse workers in Chicago

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 hotel and construction workers in Nashville

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

Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity – $30,000

North Miami, FL

Renewed support of programs to build leadership skills of effectiveness of black community organizing groups

Center for Third World Organizing – $25,000

Oakland, CA

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

Jolt – $30,000

Austin, TX

Renewed support for grassroots organizing and civic engagement activities in Latino communities in Texas

Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative – $25,000

Jackson, MS

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

United We Dream – $30,000

Washington, DC

Renewed support for undocumented immigrant youth organizing