News & Updates
The Origins of the Environmental Justice Movement + the BLMF Grantees Carrying This Legacy
As Black communities in the U.S. once again battle lead exposure and water supply issues—and climate change intensifies occurrences of drought, wildfires, heat waves, and flooding across the world–we at the Black-Led Movement Fund (BLMF) are reflecting on...
The Communities Transforming Policing Fund Announces Request for Proposals
The Communities Transforming Policing Fund (CTPF) has launched a request for proposals to support rapid response and emerging learning opportunities for organizations addressing police violence, and criminalization, campaigns to invest in communities and divest from...
The Black-led Movement Fund Announces Request for Proposals
Borealis Philanthropy is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Black-led Movement Fund’s (BLMF) next round of grantmaking. The deadline for proposals is October 28, 2022 at 9pm PST / 12 am EST. Please note this RFP is open to all Black-led...
Digging Deeper: Where Disability Justice x Technology
On Thursday, September 15, Borealis Philanthropy’s Disability Inclusion Fund (DIF) launched a Disability x Tech Request for Proposals (RFP) to fund work at the nexus of technology, disability rights, and disability justice. The newly launched initiative, supported by...
Meet the Disability Inclusion Fund’s 2022 Grantmaking Committee
Our work is built on the belief that policies and progress must be informed and led by those affected by injustice. That's why the Disability Inclusion Fund practices a participatory grantmaking model. Alongside funders, our grantmaking committee has equal...
What We Learned from Black August
Activist, author, and former political prisoner Angela Davis giving a speech to a crowd of protestors during a 1974 demonstration. Source: African American Intellectual History Society. As you may already know, part of our practice at Borealis is to reflect as much as...
How Are You Caring For Your Community? Part 2 Racial Equity in Journalism Fund Grantees Answer
Today's news is filled with grief, and for BIPOC journalists, the mental toll this work can take is extraordinary and often unrelenting. We asked Racial Equity in Journalism Fund (REJ) grantee partners, St. Louis American, South Seattle Emerald, and La Noticia to...
Meet Bianca Carter, the new Program Officer of the Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund
The Racial Equity in Philanthropy (REP) Fund is thrilled to share that we’ve welcomed Bianca Carter to our team as Program Officer! Bianca comes to Borealis with over eight years’ experience working in the philanthropic sector. Most recently, she was Program Officer,...