The Third Wave Fund is now accepting applications from youth-led groups, nonprofits, & coalitions in the USA – regardless of 501c3 status or fiscal sponsorship for the Mobilize Power Fund.
Donor Name: Third Wave Fund
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/06/2022
Grant Size: up to $20,000
Details:
The Mobilize Power Fund 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.
Through the Mobilize Power Fund, they resource time-sensitive projects including community organizing and mobilization, healing justice work, conflict resolution, community accountability, transformative and restorative justice work, direct action, and more. This fund does not resource general operating support, ongoing or regularly planned programming, or recurring events. That being said, Third Wave Fund has other grantmaking programs that provide long-term general operating and capacity building support.
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, and have a total organizational budget under $500k.
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.
Criteria
There are five main areas of criteria your organization must meet:
- BIPOC Youth Leadership
- Gender Justice
- Rapid Response
- Community Power Building
- Organizational Need
Eligibility Criteria
- 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. Groups may not be granted more than once within a 12-month period.
- 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.
For more information, visit Third Wave Fund.
