The AJ Muste Foundation is now accepting applications for the Social Justice Fund.
Donor Name: AJ Muste Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/21/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Social Justice Fund makes grants for grassroots activist projects in the US, giving priority to those with small budgets and little access to more mainstream funding sources. They are especially interested in funding efforts to:
- end the violence of borders and the criminalization of immigrants, shut down CBP and ICE
- abolish prisons and dismantle and redefine systems of policing and criminal justice
- confront institutionalized violence against racial, ethnic, gender-based, and LGBTQ communities
- put an end to economic exploitation, class stratification, systemic poverty
- stop the war machine, end state sponsored terrorism, expose the dangers of nuclear power.
The Social Justice Fund’s priority is to support:
- direct grassroots activism and organizing
- groups with diverse, representative and democratic leadership structures
- groups that need additional support to carry out a project or build capacity.
Funding Information
The maximum grant award is $10,000.
Applicant Criteria
Foundation seeks proposals:
- from groups with limited access to more mainstream funding sources
- from groups which have not received Social Justice Fund grants in at least two years
- from groups with or without 501(c)3 status or a fiscal sponsor: the Social Justice Fund only requires a fiscal sponsor if the group receiving the grant does not have its own bank account. If you cannot receive a grant check made out to the name of your organization, you will need a fiscal sponsor. We cannot issue checks to individuals.
- For Projects Support: Projects expense budgets under $50,000 and organizational budgets of under 500,000 annually
- For General Operation Support: organizational budgets of $500,000 or less annually.
For more information, visit AJ Muste Foundation.