The Third Wave Fund is pleased to announce ‘Mobilize Power Fund’ which is a rapid response fund that resources “gender justice”organizations to adapt or pivot their work when met with unanticipated, time-sensitive opportunities or threats to their movement building work and organizing conditions.
Donor Name: Third Wave Fund
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/05/2022
Grant Size: $20,000
Details:
This fund resources time sensitive projects including community organizing and mobilization, healing justice work, conflict resolution, community accountability, transformative and restorative justice work, direct action,and more.
Gender justice work includes racial justice, economic justice, immigration justice, reproductive justice, health & HIV/AIDS justice, trans/intersex/queer justice, disability justice, climate justice, anti-violence and/or anti-criminalization work.
Funding Information
Grants can be made for up to $10,000 USD. Larger grants may be made on a case-by-case basis. Partnership or coalitions of two or more groups can request up to $20,000 USD.
Grant Criteria
- BIPOC Youth Leadership
- Young women of color (transgender and cisgender), and Trans, queer, gender non-conforming and intersex young people of color under 35 are in leadership and decision-making roles. There is by and for leadership of communities directly impacted by the issues you are responding to. This criteria is for both your group / organization AND the specific work you are applying for.
- Gender Justice
- Your political analysis shows how the issue(s) you’re responding to are connected to patriarchy, transphobia, homophobia, gender inequity, or gender-based violence. This criteria is for both your group/ organization and the specific work you are applying for.
- Rapid Response
- Your proposal is a time-sensitive response to an immediate and unanticipated movement building threat or opportunity that requires your group to significantly pivot from your ongoing and regularly planned work.
- Community Power Building
- The strategies and activities in your proposal strengthen the organizing and movement building power of your communities. In addition, these strategies and activities directly lead to the overall goals of your proposal.
- Organizational Need
- Organizations must have a budget under $500,000 to be eligible to receive a Mobilize Power Fund grant. In addition, they prioritize groups and organizations based in areas with limited access to philanthropic resources and who do not have access to 501c3 status or fiscal sponsorship.
What the Fund Supports ?
The Fund covers Unanticipated and Time Sensitive:
- Community organizing or direct action
- Participatory Action Research
- Healing justice work
- Conflict mediation/resolution
- Legal or bail fees
- Marches or rallies
- Leadership training & skills building
- Mutual aid
- Unanticipated legislative or ballot initiative campaigns
Eligibility Criteria
The Mobilize Power Fund prioritizes organizations that are:
- Led by young women of color (transgender and cisgender), and trans, queer, gender non-conforming and intersex young people of color under 35
- Led by and for communities directly impacted by the issues they focus on
- Have an intersectional gender justice lens
- Have a total organizational budget under $500k
Groups do not need 501c3 of fiscal sponsor status to apply. They only fund within the United States and U.S territories, including American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. They do not make grants to for-profit organizations or individuals.
For more information, visit Third Wave Fund.
