The Haymarket People’s Fund is pleased to announce the Sustaining Grant to strengthening anti-racist movement building in New England.
Donor Name: Haymarket People’s Fund
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Haymarket People’s Fund is an anti-racist and multi-cultural foundation committed to strengthening the movement for social justice in New England. Through grant-making, fundraising, and capacity building, they support grassroots organizations that address the root causes of injustice. Haymarket also organizes to increase sustainable community philanthropy throughout the region.
They fund both start-up groups (emerging) and more established groups (movement building). These categories help us compare and evaluate groups at similar stages of development. They ask that you choose the type that best fits your group.
- Emerging Groups: Grassroots groups that are start-ups or are in the earlier stages of development. Organizations at this stage often focus on self-definition, understanding the root causes of the problems they are facing, leadership development, and capacity building. Emerging groups are typically less than five years old; however, groups coming out of a dormant phase or going through a period of transformation or rebirth may also fall into this category.
- Movement Building Groups: More developed organizations with a well-established identity and position within their community, a clear track record, and actively working to strengthen the social justice movement. Effective organizations at this stage have a clear vision and mission, a solid understanding of the root causes of the problems they face, strong constituency leadership, well developed organizing strategies, and a demonstrated commitment to anti-racist movement building.
Funding Information
Grant awards range up to $20,000 for grassroots, social change organizations that meet funding criteria.
Eligibility Criteria
Tax-Exempt Status: You do not have to have 501(c)3 tax-exempt status from the IRS or a fiscal sponsor to get a grant from Haymarket. You can apply if your work falls within what the IRS defines as charitable or educational tax-exempt activities.
Evaluation Criteria
They evaluate all applications for funding according to the following criteria:
- Self-determination and Accountability – Is the organization or project led by and accountable to their constituency or community? Do constituents have real leadership band voice in all aspects of the organization?
- Leadership development – Is the group strengthening the skills and experience of their constituency in all aspects of their work? How is leadership development built into their process?
- Anti-racism and anti-oppression values and practice – Does the organization understand racism, and is it working to develop an anti-racist vision, values, and practice internally and externally in the community? Is it helping its members and leadership develop a clear understanding of racism and white privilege? Do they understand how racism and white privilege impact their community and the issues they are facing? Is their organization changing as a result of this work? Do they understand other areas of oppression and how they intersect with racism?
- Organizing for Systemic Change – Does the group understand the underlying causes of the problems they are addressing, and do they have plans and strategies which address these root causes? Is the group working to create systemic change – that is, are they working to change the culture, institutions, and structures of power in their community? Does the organization have a power analysis?
- Movement building – Is the organization building relationships and unity with other groups working on issues both similar and different from theirs? Can the group see its work as part of a larger struggle for change?
- Diversified funding base – Is the group working to build a strong, diverse, and sustainable funding and resource base in their community? Does a group have a good mix of funding sources (i.e., grants, grassroots, etc.)?
- Limited access to traditional funding – Haymarket is committed to funding groups that, because of their analysis and vision, have limited access to traditional funding sources (such as government and corporate funding). They have a history of funding start-ups and smaller grassroots organizations across the region. They do not fund groups with budgets over $400,000.
For more information, visit Haymarket People’s Fund.
