News & Updates
Spark Justice Fund Awards More Than $2 Million to 15 Organizations and Refines Mission to Reflect the Movement
After reflecting on the lessons learned since our launch 2 years ago, the Spark Justice Fund has refined its focus to better meet the needs and momentum of the movement to end mass incarceration. Our original mission centered around ending cash bail and unjust...
The Communities Transforming Policing Fund Launches Participatory Grantmaking Committee & New Request for Proposals
The Communities Transforming Policing Fund (CTPF) is launching a new participatory grantmaking process. The Fund, which started in 2017, is transitioning its grantmaking model to center the leadership of individuals who have been most impacted by policing and...
REJ Fund Field Report: Indigenous Media
Hello from the REJ Fund Field Report, bringing you the latest updates on what we’re learning from our grantee partners about the media landscape. This month we’re looking at Indigenous media and two of our grantee partners, Indian Country Today (ICT) and Buffalo’s...
Meet Borealis Philanthropy’s Visionary Board
Our work calls on us to dream and build a new world into existence—a world built on dignity and liberation for all people. It will take all of us, our movements, and our institutions to create. Within our organizations, it takes the unwavering commitment of our staff...
REACH Storyletter: Decolonizing the Environmental Movement
Note: It's been lovely to connect and share the work of REACH Fund grantees over the past 18 months. The REACH team will be pausing this newsletter for the remainder of 2021 to rest and reflect. We'll be back with a brand new Storyletter and cadence in January....
Meet the Disability Inclusion Fund’s Grantmaking Advocates
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...
How CURE Delivers Organizational Transformation Against the Odds
Hello, Changes are happening everywhere, and they seem to be happening more frequently. Climate change is creating adverse conditions across our nation and globe: heatwaves, flooding, and fires across the West Coast. Organizations are negotiating their...
REACH Fund at Borealis Philanthropy Awards $1.44M to Strengthen Racial Equity in Nonprofits
The national movement for racial justice has dramatically increased the demand for racial equity practitioners as organizations, staff, and communities reckon with the legacy and ongoing effects of racial injustice and white supremacy in this country. The Racial...