by Borealis Communications | May 10, 2017 | Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates, Uncategorized
The Transforming Movements Fund (TMF) is excited to announce its Spring 2017 grants. The TMF funds cross-movement, intersectional organizing led by LGBTQ young people with an emphasis on police accountability, reproductive and gender justice, and immigrant rights. We...
by Borealis Communications | May 2, 2017 | Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
Borealis Philanthropy is excited to announce the first round of grants for the Fund for Trans Generations (FTG.) As part of this initial grant cycle, the FTG received over 130 letters of inquiry (LOI.) We are thrilled to provide grants to over 50 trans-led groups and...
by Borealis Communications | Mar 13, 2017 | Grantee News & Updates
By Rickke Mananzala, Director of Programs If you are active in social justice movements, you’ve probably heard the term “intersectionality” mentioned more than a few times. Introduced by Black feminist and legal scholar, Kimberlé Crenshaw, intersectionality is the...
by Borealis Communications | Mar 12, 2017 | Grantee News & Updates
Borealis is excited to announce the creation of a revamped Immigration Litigation Fund (ILF), which will provide litigation support grants to projects that focus on ensuring the rights of immigrants are protected in the nation’s immigration enforcement system. ILF is...
by Borealis Communications | Mar 11, 2017 | Grantee News & Updates
In November 2016, the Fund for Trans Generations (FTG) announced its inaugural grantmaking process, during which we received over 130 Letters of Inquiry (LOI). In preparation for this large undertaking, the FTG created an advisory committee of trans and gender...
by Borealis Communications | Mar 10, 2017 | Grantee News & Updates
Following the 2016 election, journalist Brandon Ellington Patterson interviewed seven groups affiliated with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) for an article recently published in Mother Jones magazine. Several of these groups are current grantees of the Black-Led...
