The Education Trust—West is seeking applications from organizations that are interested in participating in a two-year subgrant program designed for grassroots organizations that serve and empower students, parents, families, and communities most affected by racialized opportunity and investment gaps in California’s education systems, spanning early learning and care, K-12 education, and higher education.
Donor Name: The Education Trust—West
State: California
Cities: Oakland, Los Angeles, and Sacramento
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/03/2023
Size of the Grant: $35,000 – $45,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Organizations have four goals for the CORE Collective Program:
- Strengthen and improve CA’s educational equity ecosystem
- Support power- and capacity-building activities and collaboration
- Direct resources to emergent BIPOC-led & -serving grassroots CBOs
- Advocate to achieve racially equitable systems change at state and local levels
Benefits for Grantees
Each organization selected to participate will receive between $35,000 – $45,000 per year for up to two years (a total of $70,000-$90,000 per organization) to support the launch or execution of a campaign.
Grantees may use these funds to support endeavors such as:
- Power-building strategies and alliance / coalition-building;
- Community organizing, movement building, and narrative change;
- Efforts to strengthen existing or launch new advocacy campaigns
- Program planning or implementation
- Community, youth, and educator / admin engagement;
- Data-mapping, research, and policy analysis support
- Professional and leadership development.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations are looking for partnerships among organizations that:
- Are emergent: They seek applications from small to moderate scale organizations that are in the process of coming into being or becoming prominent in their respective communities on issues of racial equity in education. They also view emergent in alignment with adrienne marie brown’s definition of Emergent Strategy, “how they intentionally change in ways that grow their capacity to embody the just and liberated worlds they long for.” They seek shared values of collaboration, embracing change, and willingness to let go of the status quo in pursuit of racial equity in education.
- Are BIPOC-led: Ed Trust—West’s commitment to racial equity means they focus on addressing issues that disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous, and other people of color in California’s education systems. They seek to fund organizations where at least 50% of leadership (including the board of directors and executive team) and staff identify as BIPOC.
- Are BIPOC-serving: They seek to fund organizations with a mission statement and programming that prioritize and primarily serve BIPOC communities.
- Are non-profit organizations: Eligible organizations may be an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. They encourage organizations of all sizes to apply. However, organizations must already be in place and not be created for the purpose of applying for this grant opportunity.
- Grants for Racial Equity
- Are racial equity-focused educational advocates: They seek applications from organizations that have demonstrated interest in racial equity and advocacy in education.
For more information, visit CORE Collective.
