Gender Justice Organizing Fund is for women, girls, Trans, gender nonconforming, and LGBTQI+ people are the targets of systemic oppression based on gender identity and/or gender expression.
Donor Name: Bread & Roses Community Fund
State: Pennsylvania
County: Philadelphia (PA), Bucks (PA), Chester (PA), Delaware (PA), Montgomery (PA), or Camden (PA) counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/17/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
The core role of Bread & Roses is to bring together donors, community organizers, and other allies to move money into grassroots community organizing groups in the Philadelphia region. 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.
All of the decisions on where the money goes are made by members of the community. They believe it is the people doing the work and impacted by injustice who know best where the money needs to go.
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
Bread & Roses makes grants to organizations that have a long-term vision for social justice and engage in strategies that promote sustainable social change, including:
- A focus on community organizing and activism (not social service, self-help, or educational programs)
- A clear understanding of the root causes of the problem or issue that they are working to resolve
- A vision that emphasizes changing the systems that create or perpetuate the problem or issue being addressed
- A strategy that includes building a local base for taking collective action by the community affected by the problem or issue and results in concrete outcomes at the neighbourhood, city, state or national level
- Leadership that is primarily composed of people most affected by the problem or issue that is being addressed
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 (except through the Lax Scholarship Fund)
For more information, visit Bread & Roses.
