The Budding Fund supports growing groups and organizations that have previously received at least two grants from the DC Fund to support their systems change work.
Donor Name: Diverse City Fund
State: District of Columbia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/20/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
DC Fund’s goal is to continue to support the growth of groups building community power and launching community-led campaigns to address issues that are systematically harming the communities.
Budding fund’s Purpose
- Continuity of support for groups already funded by DC Fund as they grow their work and campaigns to achieve and implement systemic change
- Provides resources for groups to stabilize, scale up, and achieve sustainability
- Continue building trust-based relationships between community and DC Fund
- Build connections among DC Fund grantees to strengthen their efforts on common issues
Funding Information
Grant Size: $5,000 – $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Led by people of color and focused on DC residents
- Employing approaches and strategies (like power building) to tackle problems at the root by engaging affected communities to find solutions, organize against oppression, and create systemic change
- Transferring power and resources to directly affected communities
- Amplifying the leadership and voices of those directly affected by the issues and needs being addressed
- Launching and/or implementing community-led campaigns addressing social and racial justice issues harming DC residents OR starting new work to address a new systemic issue.
For more information, visit Diverse City Fund.
