News & Updates
Dr. King, The Radical — And Lessons for Protecting Today’s Activists
[Photo Source.] “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” – Letter from Birmingham Jail in 1963. When most folks think of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, they consider...
Poverty is violence. Nowhere is that clearer than in our jails and pretrial detention policies.
By Sade Dumas For many of us, January is a time for reflection, taking stock, and thinking about how we’re spending our brief time on this earth. This has me thinking about my own life, my community, and the future I am honored to build with Spark Justice Fund...
NEW TOOLKIT: Policing, Criminalization, and Surveillance of Protesters of State Violence
Vea en español. The Communities Transforming Policing Fund (CTPF), Center for Protest Law and Litigation, CS Fund, Piper Fund, and Funders for Justice are calling on our peer philanthropic organizations to partner with us in defense of the movement. The movement to...
Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund Moves $2.2 Million to LGBT BIPOC-Led Organizing Efforts
Established in 2015, Borealis Philanthropy’s first-ever fund, the Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color (ELLC) Fund, proudly supports young queer and trans leaders of color who envision and implement organizing strategies at the intersection of movements, thus helping these...
Communities Transforming Policing Fund Launches Second Round of Participatory Grantmaking
Haga clic aquí para ver este anuncio en español. January 18, 2023 - The Communities Transforming Policing Fund (CTPF) has launched its second round of participatory grantmaking, releasing a request for proposals to support small and emerging grassroots organizations...
El Fondo de Comunidades Transformando el Sistema Policial lanza segunda ronda de otorgamiento participativo de financiamiento
Click here to see this announcement in English. 18 de enero de 2023- Las Comunidades Transformando el Sistema Policial (CTPF, por sus siglas en inglés) ha lanzado su segunda ronda de otorgamiento participativo de financiamiento publicando una solicitud de propuestas...
What We Learned: Fight Against Surveillance
On November 30, 2022, Borealis Philanthropy’s Spark Justice Fund (SJF) hosted a donor learning session, The Fight Against Surveillance: Our Neighbors, Our Safety, to explore the impact of mass surveillance on marginalized communities, organizing efforts to tackle this...
What We Learned: What It Takes to Advance Racial Equity
At Borealis Philanthropy, we believe that one of the most critical tools for upending white supremacy and anti-Blackness is to ensure that racial equity practitioners continue to be supported and compensated—and that they have the space to be with peers to dig deeply...