News & Updates
Disability Inclusion Fund: 2021 Grants Opportunity
The Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy is now accepting applications from organizations working to strengthen disability inclusion, rights, and justice through August 13, 2021. All eligible organizations are encouraged to apply. Please let us know if...
Fund for Trans Generations Moves $1.88 Million to Trans-Led Organizations in Spring 2021
This past April, Borealis Philanthropy’s Fund for Trans Generations (FTG) awarded $1.88 million in grants to 56 trans-led organizations across the United States. Established in 2016, FTG invests in trans-led organizing to support a future where transgender, gender...
Free the Future: the ELLC Fund Celebrates Visionary LGBTQ Leaders of Color
On June 17, the Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color (ELLC) Fund hosted a special virtual event, “Free the Future: Celebrating Visionary LGBTQ Leaders of Color” with movement leaders, including Co-Director of Freedom, Inc. M Adams, Deputy Director of Mijente Isa Noyola,...
Borealis Philanthropy Receives Millions From MacKenzie Scott to Support Grassroots Movements
This week, MacKenzie Scott announced a gift to Borealis Philanthropy in support of our work to resource and strengthen grassroots movements. We are deeply honored to be among the 286 organizations receiving a total of $2,739,000,000. And we are delighted to see so...
Reflections from AORTA: Turning Radical Possibility Into Action
Please introduce yourself and briefly why you do racial equity and justice work. "One of the big reasons why I do racial justice, liberation work and racial equity work is because it's something that growing up, I was actively encouraged to think about as a mixed-race...
The Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund Announces Young Trans Women of Color Grantees for 2021
The Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund (formerly the Transforming Movements Fund) is celebrating Pride month with a commitment to support young trans women of color building power in the movement for trans and queer liberation. This spring, the ELLC Fund will award...
Fund Safe Futures: Lessons from Organizing Since the 2020 Uprisings
Borealis Philanthropy works to resource grassroots movements for transformative change by building bridges between funders and organizers. We do this in service of a future world that is safe for all communities. Our most recent donor learning event, Fund Safe Futures...
Introducing the Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund
Starting today, the Transforming Movements Fund will now be known as the Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund. We began this fund in 2015 as a collaborative effort with Arcus Foundation, Ford Foundation, and anonymous donors because we saw LGBTQ young people as the...