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Borealis is made up of nine funds that work collaboratively to enhance our collective impact within movements across the country. Collaborative funds offer funders an opportunity to work together on central issues and combine our resources, energy, attention, and expertise to exponentially increase the impact of our work together. Our donor collaboratives focus on a range of social justice issues including Black-led movement work, disability inclusion and justice, uplifting the dignity and respect of queer and trans communities, and more. We support grassroots organizing and movement building led by those most impacted by the issues they are working on.
Black-Led Movement Fund

The Black-Led Movement Fund supports the Movement for Black Lives and other values-aligned organizations to better shape policy agendas for Black communities, create alternatives to institutions that have been harmful to Black people, and build local Black community power.

Communities Transforming Policing Fund
The Communities Transforming Policing Fund resources local communities impacted by deadly and discriminatory policing practices to build power, increase police accountability and transparency, and redefine safety by advocating for investment in community-based programs and services as alternatives to police, jails, and prisons.
Disability Inclusion Fund

The  Disability Inclusion Fund seeds and expands the capacity of the disability justice movement by resourcing powerful grassroots leaders at the forefront of dismantling ableism through policy advocacy, community organizing, art, and narrative change.

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The Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund supports young, BIPOC, queer and trans leaders who organize at the intersection of issues like community safety, reproductive justice, and immigrant rights—and whose existence and leadership push movement spaces to become more connected, inclusive, and thus more powerful.

Fund for Trans Generations

The Fund for Trans Generations resources BIPOC, trans-led organizations working to advance community safety, supportive community housing, decarceration, and access to health care and mental health—to build a world in which all people can live with self determination, safety, and joy.

Racial Equity to Accelerate Change Fund

The Racial Equity to Accelerate Change Fund invests in capacity builders, organizational strategists, field builders, and other variations of racial equity practitioners whose work supports the nonprofit ecosystem to pursue inclusive governance, transcend the limits of the existing nonprofit model, and arrive at more equitable outcomes for all.

Racial Equity in Journalism Fund

The Racial Equity in Journalism Fund invests in, connects, and threads the BIPOC journalism ecosystem, disrupting harmful narratives and increasing civic engagement for communities of color by reaching them with vital, relevant information.

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Since its inception in 2018, the Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund has invested in philanthropy-serving organizations to inform, educate, and equip funders to integrate racial equity policies and practices into their grantmaking programs. This Fund will formally sunset in 2025. We look forward to sharing our learnings about the existence and sunset of this portfolio of work with the sector in the coming months.

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The Spark Justice Fund resources grassroots groups working to decarcerate, redirect resources from jails to communities, and transform our collective vision of community-led safety and justice.