News & Updates
The Racial Equity in Journalism Fund Awards $4.27 Million to 57 News Organizations Led By and Serving Communities of Color
The Racial Equity in Journalism (REJ) Fund remains steadfast in its commitment to resourcing the BIPOC journalism ecosystem and, in 2024, awarded $4.27 million in grants to 57 news organizations serving communities of color across the country. (Columbia Journalism...
Spark Justice Fund Announces $1.1M in Awards to Nine Grassroots Organizations Working Towards Transformative Community-Led Visions of Justice
Established in 2019, Borealis Philanthropy’s Spark Justice Fund (SJF) proudly resources grassroots groups working to decarcerate, redirect resources from jails to communities, and transform our collective vision of community-led safety and justice. This month, the SJF...
The BlackPrint Fellowship: A Bold Investment in Black Leaders, Wellness, and Sustainability
In 2025, Borealis Philanthropy’s Spark Justice Fund (SJF) will launch the BlackPrint Fellowship—a bold, unapologetic investment in directly impacted Black leaders. This isn’t your typical leadership program. It’s a radical commitment to wellness, community, and...
The Disability Inclusion Fund Moves Over $4.75 Million to Disabled-Led Organizations
Since its establishment in 2019, Borealis Philanthropy’s Disability Inclusion Fund (DIF) has been a force in strengthening the disability justice movement, expanding the capacity of grassroots disabled-led organizations, and amplifying its leaders at its forefront....
Introducing the Tenacious Ten: The Visionary Leaders of the Fund for Trans Generation’s Flower Crown Project
It is with immense pride and gratitude that we announce the launch of the Flower Crown Project—a labor of love, and justice from Borealis Philanthropy’s Fund for Trans Generations. Named in honor of Marsha P. Johnson—a queer and trans liberation activist, whose iconic...
Borealis Philanthropy Introduces The Fund for Trans Generations’ Flower Crown Project
At Borealis Philanthropy, we aren’t just envisioning a world where Black trans femmes thrive; we're actively co-creating it. It is with immense pride and gratitude that we announce the launch of the Flower Crown Project—a labor of love, and justice from Borealis...
Infinite Patterns Episode 6 — Building a New Media Landscape
We’ve come to the season one finale of Infinite Patterns, and wow, what a journey it’s been! Thank you for joining us on this exploration of how the media shapes our perceptions of the world and how our grantee partners are working to re-shape the narrative. But don’t...
Meet the 2024 Disability Inclusion Fund Participatory Grantmaking Committee
At the Disability Inclusion Fund (DIF), we believe that all programs, policies, and progress must be informed and led by those affected by injustice. Since the Fund’s inception in 2019, we have used a participatory grantmaking approach to ensure that BIPOC disabled...