The Social Justice Fund NorthWest has announced the Frontlines Base Building Grant Program.
Donor Name: Social Justice Fund NorthWest
States: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/04/2022
Grant Size: $250,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
In anticipation of their 40th anniversary, SJF launched the initial phase of the Fund 4 the Frontlines campaign in 2018 with the ambitious goal of raising $4 million over three years to grow SJF’s capacity and level-up their region’s grassroots organizing by resourcing powerful, long-term base building for people at the frontlines of struggle. $2 million was allocated for SJF’s growth and $2 million was allocated for the Base Building grants.
What they will fund: SJF’s Base Building Framework
They are 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
- Grant amount: $250,000 total, five year grant ($50,000 a year for five years)
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 Social Justice Fund NorthWest.
