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.
Donor Name: Third Wave Fund
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/02/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Mobilize Power Fund prioritizes organizations that are responding to specific incidents or changes of circumstances that have occurred in the last six months. This can include rapid response mobilizations, healing justice work, conflict resolution/conflict transformation, community accountability, mutual aid, direct actions, emergency safety, security, and defense needs, and more. This fund prioritizes groups and organizations who are experiencing an unanticipated incident. Because of this, organizations applying on behalf of a budget shortfall or preplanned events or ongoing programming will not be prioritized.
Mobilize Power Fund prioritizes pivots towards unanticipated and time-sensitive community organizing or direct action, Participatory Action Research, healing justice work, conflict mediation/resolution, legal or bail fees, marches or rallies, leadership training & skills building, mutual aid, and unanticipated legislative or ballot initiative campaigns.
Funding Information
Grants can be made for up to $10,000 USD. Partnership or coalitions of two or more groups can request up to $20,000 USD.
Geographical Areas
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.
Eligibility Criteria
TWF will prioritize organizations who demonstrate:
- Accountability: Leadership and decision making structures that reflect accountability to communities directly impacted by gender oppression – including young women of color, trans, queer, intersex, and gender non-conforming youth, and people of color under 35, and that demonstrate alignment between leadership, governance, and the communities served.
- Gender Justice: Your political analysis shows how the issue(s) you’re responding to are connected to patriarchy, transphobia, homophobia, gender inequity, or gender-based violence.
- Rapid Response: Your organization or group is responding to a specific incident or change in circumstance that has occurred within the last 6 months and requires your group to significantly pivot from your ongoing and regularly planned work.
- Community Power Building: The strategies and activities in your proposal strengthen the organizing and movement building power of your communities. In addition, these strategies and activities directly lead to the overall goals of your proposal.
- Organizational Need: Organizations must have a budget under $500,000 to be eligible to receive a Mobilize Power Fund grant. In addition, they prioritize groups and organizations based in areas with limited access to philanthropic resources and who do not have access to 501c3 status or fiscal sponsorship.
For more information, visit Third Wave Fund.
