Applications are invited to apply for the Gender Justice Organizing Fund.
Donor Name: Bread & Roses Community Fund
State: Pennsylvania
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
Women, girls, trans, gender nonconforming, and LGBTQI+ people are the targets of systemic oppression based on gender identity and/or gender expression. Gender justice exists when all people— especially women, girls, trans, gender nonconforming, and LGBTQI+ people —are able to identify and express their gender and sexual orientation without fear, discrimination or harm, and have the economic, social, and political power and resources to create thriving, safe, and just communities.
The Gender Justice Organizing Fund makes grants to groups that:
- Have a long-term vision for and engage strategies that focus on gender justice
- Are led by people most affected by gender oppression, and build broad membership and leadership bases that can survive when key leaders step down
- Understand power differences based on identity and can talk about how they are trying to challenge those power imbalances both within their organizations and in their communities
- Prioritize ongoing education/consciousness raising for constituents and allies that broadens their membership base
- Have a plan, including short term and long term goals that are specific, achievable, and relevant to gender justice
- Are knowledgeable about other organizations working on the same issue, and are able to work in coalition across movements, issues, and communities to amplify impact
- Are less likely to be funded by more traditional funders, because of their commitment to challenging power and prioritizing the leadership of marginalized people; therefore, a grant from Bread & Roses Community Fund would be critical to seeding or sustaining their work.
Funding Information
The Gender Justice Organizing Fund makes $10,000 grants.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations must meet all of the following basic requirements to be eligible for a grant from Bread & Roses:
- Must be located in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Camden counties
- Must be designated by the IRS as a 501(c)3 organization or have a fiscal sponsor that is designated by the IRS as a 501(c)3 organization or have documentation of a pending 501(c)3 application with the IRS
- Must be current with all progress reports from previously awarded Bread & Roses grants
- Must submit a complete application prior to the deadline (because of the volume of applications we receive, we cannot make exceptions)
- Must be using community organizing to create sustainable social change.
What do BRCF mean by community organizing?
BRCF defines community organizing as community-led collective action aimed at shifting the balance of power between community members and policy makers and making changes in policies or practices at the institutional or systems level. Examples of community organizing include:
- Civil disobedience
- Mass protest
- Mobilizing community members to voice community concerns by attending meetings with or writing letters, sending emails, and making phone calls to public officials
- Mobilizing community members to pressure individual public officials to change their position on an issue
- Hosting town hall meetings and conducting listening projects or using other methods to gather community input on a particular issue with the intention of building a base of community members and taking collective action to create change at the policy or institutional level
- Training community members to disrupt harmful practices that government or corporate entities are using to maintain the existing system
- Creating alternatives to existing government or corporate systems or practices that are harmful and making those alternatives available in ways that have a measurable impact on the larger community
- Providing space for political education that builds the leadership and skills of members of an affected community, enabling them to analyze harmful systems, develop strategies for social change, and take collective action to create sustainable social change.
Ineligibility
Bread & Roses does not make grants for:
- Direct service work/social services, self-help/empowerment programs, educational programs, or advocacy
- Research
- Schools
- Capital campaigns or building projects
- Scholarships, fellowships, or grants to individuals.
For more information, visit BRCF.
