News & Updates
Open Invite! Join the Disability Inclusion Fund’s Participatory Grantmaking Committee
April 24, 2024- The Disability Inclusion Fund (DIF) at Borealis Philanthropy is excited to announce we are accepting applications for disability advocates to join the DIF's participatory grantmaking committee. This is an opportunity to shape the direction of...
Spark Justice Fund Launches Safety & Security Rapid Response Fund! Application Open Until Funds Are Exhausted
ABOUT THE SPARK JUSTICE FUND The Spark Justice Fund (SJF) launched in 2019 and resources grassroots organizing groups that are ending money bail and unjust pretrial detention policies. The SJF focuses on supporting grassroots and power-building groups to decarcerate,...
Borealis Philanthropy Launches the Black Disabled Liberation Project
Jonathan Soren Davidson for Disabled And Here — Three Black friends sit in comfortable chairs and supportive recliners during an evening conversation. In the middle, a friend with narcolepsy falls asleep smiling while clouds drift behind her head. Her girlfriend sits...
Disability Inclusion Fund Grant Opportunity!! Accepting Applications Now Through May 29, 2024
African American student with disability talking to his classmates during break at college April 5, 2024 – The Disability Inclusion Fund (DIF) at Borealis Philanthropy is thrilled to share that we are currently accepting applications from organizations working to...
The Disability Inclusion Fund Launches Second RFP for the DIF x Tech Fund
Black femme presenting person in a wheelchair at a table. April 5, 2024 – For the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis, part of our efforts for disability rights and justice includes the ways disability and technology are working towards shared goals in our...
Beyond Visibility: Building Joyful Trans Futures
International Trans Day of Visibility extends far beyond mere recognition: it’s an affirmation of the existence, beauty, and resilience of trans and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) folks. We also recognize visibility as a double-edged sword - one that has led to...
Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Borealis Women’s History Month Book Club
Source: Sam Mallon/Education Week The National Women's History Month's theme for 2024 celebrates “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.” It’s a fitting theme for a year in which we’ve witnessed escalating attacks on the values of diversity,...
Beyond Dragonhood: Funding Liberated Futures through Participatory Grantmaking
In a 1979 radio interview, Audre Lorde offers an elegant meditation on the dual goals of organizers for liberation: “While we’re surviving in the mouth of this dragon, we also need to be feeding our vision … devising a future where we will live someplace other...