if, A Foundation for Radical Possibility is seeking proposals for the 2023 Community Power Grantmaking Program to support organizations that build the people’s power to demand and achieve justice.
Donor Name: if, A Foundation for Radical Possibility
States: District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
County: Selected Counties
City: Washington D.C.
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $15,000- $20,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Funding Priorities
if will provide funding support for organizations that are:
- committed to racial equity and are operationalizing it
- undertaking community organizing or community engagement, and
- undertaking advocacy
if will support the organizing of low-income patients/clients, workers, community members, immigrants, and others. if will also support community-based organizations and nonprofits that use advocacy strategies with a racial equity lens at the local, state and regional levels.
Advocacy for local, state, and regional policy change and systems reform is essential to achieve the change we envision. if defines advocacy as efforts to create local, state and regional policy change and systems reforms that benefit Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, and people of color communities in the Washington, DC region. Activities could include community engagement and organizing among residents in low-income neighborhoods, development of policy recommendations, policy implementation and monitoring, budget and policy analysis, coalition or network building, convenings, stakeholder engagement and collective problem solving among diverse groups, campaigns, media and communication.
Funding Information
Grant amounts up to $15,000- $20,000 will be awarded for two years. Based on the proposed work, if may award general support grants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations must be:
- committed to racial equity and are operationalizing it
- undertaking community organizing or community engagement, and
- undertaking advocacy.
- Nonprofit organizations with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Must be located in the Washington, DC metropolitan region: District of Columbia, Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties in Maryland, and/or Northern Virginia.
- National organizations and academic institutions may apply in partnership with communitybased nonprofit groups serving as lead organizations/applicants.
- Diversity of organization:
- Board must be composed of 50% or more people of color.
- Staff must be composed of 50% or more people of color.
For more information, visit if, A Foundation for Radical Possibility.
