by Borealis Communications | Feb 12, 2019 | Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
The Austin Justice Coalition (AJC) is a community organization that focuses on improving the quality of life for people who are Black, Brown, and poor, and is a grantee of Borealis Philanthropy’s Communities Transforming Policing Fund. AJC’s mission is to...
by Borealis Communications | Feb 7, 2019 | Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
The Transforming Movements Fund (TMF) is excited to announce the fund’s latest grants. In January, the Fund awarded $870,000 in general operating, organizational development, and leadership development support to eight organizations across the country. During this...
by Borealis Communications | Jan 31, 2019 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
The start of the new year is often a time for reflections and resolutions. For us at Borealis, reflecting on 2018 has reinforced our resolutions for the year ahead: we need to trust and resource communities impacted by injustice and inequity to lead innovative...
by Borealis Communications | Jan 15, 2019 | Grantee News & Updates
By Ryan Li Dahlstrom, Program Officer for the Fund for Trans Generations I recently attended the Grantmakers United for Trans Communities funder forum in Oakland, California in December 2018. It was the first of its kind and felt like a powerful, timely, and important...
by Borealis Communications | Dec 18, 2018 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
Read reflections from Jennel Nesbitt, Program Associate for the Criminal Justice Reform Initiatives, on the Art for Justice Fund 2018 Convening. “In November 2018, I joined over a hundred activists, advocates, artists, and allies at the Art for Justice convening...
by Borealis Communications | Dec 13, 2018 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
Throughout 2018 the Borealis team had the opportunity to participate in and attend many conferences, convenings, and gatherings where we learned from and shared knowledge with funders, organizers, advocates, artists, and allies. When used effectively, these...
