The Social Justice Fund makes grants for grassroots activist projects in the US, giving priority to those with small budgets and little access to more mainstream funding sources.
Donor Name: A.J. Muste Memorial Institute
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 10/24/2022
Grant Size: $5000.00
Details:
The Muste Institute is only funding organizations and projects that are based in the United States.
They are especially interested in funding efforts to:
- End the violence of borders and the criminalization of immigrants, shut down CBP and ICE
- Abolish prisons and dismantle and redefine systems of policing and criminal justice
- Confront institutionalized violence against racial, ethnic, gender-based, and LGBTQ communities
- Put an end to economic exploitation, class stratification, systemic poverty
- Stop the war machine, end state sponsored terrorism, and expose the dangers of nuclear power
Focus Areas
- Direct grassroots activism and organizing
- Groups with diverse, representative and democratic leadership structures
- Groups that have or can obtain enough economic and in-kind support to carry out their regular work, but need additional support to carry out a project or build capacity
Funding Information
The maximum grant award is $5000.00.
Eligibility Criteria
They seek proposals:
- For projects with expense budgets under $50,000
- From grassroots organizations with annual income of less than $500,000
- From groups with limited access to more mainstream funding sources
- From groups which have not received Social Justice Fund grants in at least two years
- From groups with or without 501(c) 3 status or a fiscal sponsor: the Social Justice Fund only requires a fiscal sponsor if the group receiving the grant does not have its own bank account. If you cannot receive a grant check made out to the name of your organization, you will need a fiscal sponsor. They cannot issue checks to individuals.
For more information, visit Social Justice Fund.