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Carrying the Legacy Forward: Youth Organizing Across Movements
April marks the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)—a powerful force that, in the face of Jim Crow segregation and white supremacist terror, organized toward a more just and equitable future. From sit-ins to Freedom...
REACH Fund Launches Participatory Grantmaking Committee
The Racial Equity to Accelerate Change (REACH) Fund at Borealis Philanthropy is excited to announce the launch of our first-ever round of participatory grantmaking. Our first step in the process is forming an experienced and informed Participatory Grantmaking...
Black Disabled Organizing: Architects of Liberation, Past and Present
This Black History and Black Futures Month, we are honoring the enduring wisdom of Black disabled organizers who have always been at the center of movements for equity and justice. From Fannie Lou Hamer to Brad Lomax, Audre Lorde, and Harriet Tubman, Black disabled...
Ten Years of Resourcing Movements: Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund Awards Over $2.3 Million to LGBTQ BIPOC-Led Organizations Reimagining Justice and Care
Since its founding in 2015 as Borealis Philanthropy’s first-ever fund, the Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color (ELLC) Fund has proudly resourced the leadership and organizational development of queer and trans organizations of color to build inclusive, effective and...
The Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Welcome Four New Leaders to it’s Young Trans Women of Color Cohort
Borealis Philanthropy’s Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund is excited to welcome four new leaders to its Young Trans Women of Color (YTWOC) cohort—an innovative leadership development program that invests in trans organizers working across movements and issues....
Becoming the Ground: How Philanthropy Must Respond to Escalating Crises
“As the ground shakes underneath us, how do we practice to become the ground?” — Prentis Hemphill, The Embodiment Institute On January 20 – a day when many of our grantee partners would have normally been participating in community-focused events and celebrations...
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[Closed]The Black-Led Movement Fund Launches Request for Proposals
February 6, 2025 - Borealis Philanthropy is pleased to announce the Black-Led Movement Fund’s (BLMF) 2025 Request for Proposals (RFP). The deadline for proposals is March 7 at 9am PST / 12pm EST. This announcement includes background information about the BLMF and...
El Fondo de comunidades para transformar el sistema policial lanza cuarta ronda de proceso participativo para concesión de subvenciones
13 de enero de 2025 - El Fondo de comunidades para transformar el sistema policial (CTPF, por sus siglas en inglés) ha lanzado su tercera ronda de proceso participativo para concesión de subvenciones. Para esta ronda, el Fondo a publicado una solicitud de propuestas...