News & Updates
Fund for Trans Generations Awards $1 Million in Field-Building Grants to Trans-Led Organizations
This January, Borealis Philanthropy’s Fund for Trans Generations (FTG) awarded $1,005,000 in grants to 50 trans-led organizations across the country. Launched in 2016, the FTG grows the field of trans-led organizing to support a future where transgender, gender...
Meet Tracie Powell: New Program Officer for the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund
Meet Tracie Powell—the new Program Officer for the Racial Equity in Journalism (REJ) Fund at Borealis Philanthropy. Tracie is the founder of AllDigitocracy.org, which focuses on the media and its impact on diverse communities. She was most recently a Senior...
Meet Ain Bailey: New Program Officer for the REACH Fund
Meet Ain Bailey—the new Program Officer for the Racial Equity to Accelerate Change (REACH) Fund at Borealis Philanthropy. Prior to joining Borealis, Ain was the inaug ural Policy Fund Initiative Officer for the San Francisco Foundation's Partnership for the...
Read About the Visionary, Power-Building Work Supported by the Black-Led Movement Fund
We are excited to announce that Borealis Philanthropy’s Black-Led Movement Fund (BLMF) has awarded $315,000 in renewal grants to seven organizations anchoring the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL). In addition, the Fund is supporting the growing international ecosystem...
Immigration Litigation Fund Awards $2.2 Million to Organizations Fighting Injustices in Immigration Enforcement
The Immigration Litigation Fund (ILF) at Borealis Philanthropy is excited to announce that we have awarded $2.2 million to 36 organizations pursuing impact litigation to challenge discriminatory, dehumanizing, and unlawful immigration enforcement policies and...
Winning Transformative Victories to Address Police Violence and Increase Public Safety: Read About the Communities Transforming Policing Fund’s Grantees
This fall, the Communities Transforming Policing Fund (CTPF) awarded 10 grassroots advocacy organizations $815,000 in renewal grants. CTPF is in its third year of grantmaking focused on one of society’s most pressing and under-resourced issues: addressing police...
How to be an Antiracist: Reflections for Philanthropy
In September, Borealis Philanthropy, the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, and Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) co-hosted an event, Belonging in Practice: How to be an Antiracist, with Ibram X. Kendi, one of America’s leading antiracist voices and...
New Fund at Borealis Philanthropy Raises $3.6 Million to Advance Racial Equity in Journalism
Borealis Philanthropy announced today the launch of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund, which will invest in news organizations strengthening inclusivity in civic news and decreasing disinformation. The Racial Equity in Journalism Fund seeks to bolster the capacity...