The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation makes grants to grassroots groups working to advance racial justice and gender justice.
Donor Name: Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
State: New York and Mississippi
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $75,000
Details:
Funding Information
- Typical grant amounts range from $10,000 to $75,000.
What they fund
Their grantmaking prioritizes organizations that are:
- Led by queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, people of color
- Nonprofits and fiscally sponsored projects based in New York and Mississippi that are creating cross-issue strategies for long-term, systemic change and analyzing power through interconnected justice frames centered on race, gender, equitable development, and Indigenous sovereignty
- Regional collaboratives or organizations working in the Northeast or South with a national reach bridging organizing at the local, state, and federal levels to elevate the power of the grassroots.
Eligibility Criteria
- They only make grants to organizations that meet the US Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) requirements as a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. They do make grants to qualifying fiscal sponsors of organizations that do not hold their own 501(c)(3) status.
For more information, visit Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation.