News & Updates
The Fund for Trans Generations Receives $2 Million From MacKenzie Scott (formerly Bezos)
Dear FTG friends and family, The Fund for Trans Generations (FTG) is excited to announce a $2 million donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. This is the largest one-time gift FTG has received, and is part of a larger constellation of grants Ms....
Immigration Litigation Fund Announces $2 Million in Grants to Support Impact Litigation Efforts
The Immigration Litigation Fund (ILF) has awarded $2 million in grants to 35 organizations defending the fundamental rights of immigrants. ILF grantmaking recognizes that litigation is an essential tool for ensuring that the nation’s immigration enforcement system is...
REACH Storyletter: Reflections from Ain
Volume 2 Hello REACH community, We have only just reached the halfway mark of 2020, and already it has been such a full and challenging year. COVID-19 has exposed our collective vulnerabilities and made clear that the inequities and injustice that exist throughout...
The crisis in Black-owned media-and how to save it
The crisis in Black-owned media-and how to save it In June, Sara Lomax-Reese told attendees as a keynote speaker of the annual Institute for Nonprofit News conference something that many people intuitively know, but don’t often crystalize into action: “Black media—and...
Criminal Justice Initiatives Newsletter
Dear friend, Welcome to the second quarterly newsletter of Borealis Philanthropy's Criminal Justice Initiatives (CJI). In this newsletter, you’ll hear about the visionary, strategic, grassroots organizations led by People of Color that are intervening at the front...
Intersectional Organizing Is No Longer Optional. In Fact, It Never Was.
Earlier this year, our world came to a slow with the emergence of COVID-19. A few months later, with the murders of Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and countless other Black folks at the hands of law enforcement, protests erupted around the country, calling...
Black Trans Lives Matter
Throughout June, trans, gender non-conforming (TGNC) and non-binary people—especially Black trans women and femmes—played an integral part in the nationwide uprisings for racial justice. Black trans people are showing up and speaking out, despite the disproportionate...
The Disability Inclusion Fund Announces 15 Rapid Response Grants Totaling $210,000
Since the early days of the pandemic, people with disabilities, particularly people of color with disabilities, knew that COVID-19 was going to disproportionately affect their communities. While the pandemic has fundamentally changed daily life for everyone, the...