News & Updates
Leading with Community: How the Austin Justice Coalition is Winning Police Reform that Matters
The Austin Justice Coalition (AJC) is a community organization that focuses on improving the quality of life for people who are Black, Brown, and poor, and is a grantee of Borealis Philanthropy's Communities Transforming Policing Fund. AJC's mission is to provide the...
Learn About the Cross-Issue Organizing led by Transforming Movements Fund Grantees
The Transforming Movements Fund (TMF) is excited to announce the fund’s latest grants. In January, the Fund awarded $870,000 in general operating, organizational development, and leadership development support to eight organizations across the country. During this...
Borealis Philanthropy’s 2018 Year in Review
The start of the new year is often a time for reflections and resolutions. For us at Borealis, reflecting on 2018 has reinforced our resolutions for the year ahead: we need to trust and resource communities impacted by injustice and inequity to lead innovative...
8 Key Takeaways from the Grantmakers United for Trans Communities Forum
By Ryan Li Dahlstrom, Program Officer for the Fund for Trans Generations I recently attended the Grantmakers United for Trans Communities funder forum in Oakland, California in December 2018. It was the first of its kind and felt like a powerful, timely, and important...
Building Power to End Mass Incarceration: Reflections from the Art for Justice Convening
Read reflections from Jennel Nesbitt, Program Associate for the Criminal Justice Reform Initiatives, on the Art for Justice Fund 2018 Convening. "In November 2018, I joined over a hundred activists, advocates, artists, and allies at the Art for Justice convening in...
8 Lessons We Learned from Philanthropic and Movement Gatherings in 2018
Throughout 2018 the Borealis team had the opportunity to participate in and attend many conferences, convenings, and gatherings where we learned from and shared knowledge with funders, organizers, advocates, artists, and allies. When used effectively, these...
How the BlackOUT Collective is Taking Direct Action to the Next Level
Chinyere Tutashinda is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the BlackOUT Collective, a grantee of Borealis Philanthropy’s Black-led Movement Fund. The BlackOUT Collective is a Black Direct Action collective that provides on the ground support, training, and the...
Collaboration and Commitment to Community: Reflections on Leadership and Philanthropy from Ana Conner and Kiyomi Fujikawa
We are excited to share that two of our fabulous team members, Ana Conner and Kiyomi Fujikawa, have transitioned out of their roles at Borealis to become the new Co-Directors at the Third Wave Fund! The Third Wave Fund is an activist fund led by and for women of...