The Social Justice Fund NorthWest is pleased to announce the 2024 Base Building Grant, open to grassroots organizations in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and/or Wyoming.
Donor Name: Social Justice Fund NorthWest
State: Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/12/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Focus: Base Building as a community organizing tactic that grows the breadth and depth of people who share a vision for social justice and who develop and execute the organizing strategies to make that vision a reality in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and/or Wyoming.
Priority
- SJF will prioritize organizations in both the prescreening and final decision process that:
- Have leadership (at least 51%) from Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities, and/or
- Conduct most of their work/organizing in reservation communities, and/or rural, small town communities
SJF is looking for organizations that fit their community organizing framework AND whose work demonstrates EACH of the following four areas:
- Collective Power
- Working with a diverse membership to build collective power
- Building a critical mass of collective power that can win changes in policy, culture, or institution-building, and defend those wins
- Widening the Base
- Building authentic relationships with those in the base who are most affected by the issues the organization works on
- Bringing new people into the base who are not already engaged in organizing work
- Using varied methods of recruitment by uplifting differences through tailored communication and outreach
- Engaging in face-to-face (physical or virtual) conversation and relationship building
- Leadership Development
- Provide clear entry points for members to move to leadership positions
- Clear and accessible programs for political education and meaningful engagement
- Continual education and agitation
- Strategy and Long-Term Planning
- Developing, using, and continually adapting a base building plan which includes goals, timelines, infrastructure, leadership, opportunities for engagement, etc.
- Organizing strategies with clear goals
- Structures that hold the leadership accountable to its base
Funding Information
$100,000 for 2 years ($50,000/yr).
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible organizations must meet the following criteria:
- Nonprofit organizations or tribal agencies, or groups sponsored by a nonprofit organization or tribal agency
This grant can fund:- Organizations with 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 status as determined by the IRS
- Federally recognized American Indian tribal government or agency
- Organizations that are fiscally sponsored by 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 organizations or by federally recognized tribal governments
- Unlike their other grants, this grant will not fund organizations which are neither incorporated nor fiscally sponsored
- Organizations that use community organizing as their primary strategy and do base building as described in the section above: collective power, widening the base, leadership development, and strategy and long-term planning.
- Organizations that are led by people who are most directly affected by the problems that the organization or project is addressing
- Organizations that carry out most of their work in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and/or Wyoming.
For more information, visit SJF.
