News & Updates
Borealis Philanthropy Launches New Fund to Strengthen Racial Equity in Nonprofits
Borealis Philanthropy announced today the launch of the REACH (Racial Equity to Accelerate Change) Fund to support practitioners who are helping nonprofit organizations integrate racial equity in their institutions. The Fund awarded $1.2 million to eight inaugural...
The Transforming Movements Fund Invests in U.S. South in Latest Round of Grantmaking
The Transforming Movements Fund’s (TMF) latest round of grantmaking focuses on supporting queer organizing in a region often under-resourced by philanthropy—the U.S. South. This spring, the Fund awarded $421,000 in grants to seven organizations, including support for...
Meet the Young Trans Women of Color Grant Recipients
The Transforming Movements Fund's Young Trans Women of Color (YTWOC) grantmaking program helps address the lack of resources supporting women of color leaders who are organizing on trans issues. Learn more about the powerful, brilliant YTWOC grant recipients and the...
Building Networks to Survive and Thrive
Aldita Gallardo, the Program Associate for the Fund for Trans Generations at Borealis Philanthropy, was recently named to the second cohort of the GUTC (Grantmakers United for Trans Communities) Leaders Fellowship. The fellowship, which began in 2018, was designed to...
Finding My People in Philanthropy: Reflections on Funding Forward 2019
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Funding Forward, but I was nervous. I had just started in my new role as a Program Associate for the Transforming Movements Fund, this was my first philanthropy conference, and I was going to be live-tweeting it for my job. But more...
Últimos enfoques de los Becarios del Fondo para Generaciones Trans sobre la Salud, Sanación, y Seguridad
En enero, el Fondo para Generaciones Trans de Borealis Philanthropy (FTG, por sus siglas en inglés) otorgó $1.32 millones en subvenciones para la ayuda general, respuesta rápida, y capacitaciones a 55 organizaciones de todo los Estados Unidos. Iniciado en el año 2016,...
Fund for Trans Generations’ Latest Grantees Focus on Health, Healing, and Safety
In January, Borealis Philanthropy’s Fund for Trans Generations (FTG) awarded $1.32 million in general support, rapid response, and capacity building grants to 55 organizations across the United States. Launched in 2016, the FTG is a donor collaborative fund that works...
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...