The Sprouting Fund is designed to support new groups and organizations that are just beginning their journey in racial justice through systems change work.
Donor Name: Diverse City Fund
State: District of Columbia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/20/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Sprouting Fund is dedicated to nurturing new and emerging projects that align with the mission to address systemic injustices. They are looking for innovative ideas and passionate activists who are ready to make a difference in their communities. If your organization fits the criteria above, they encourage you to apply and join us in creating meaningful change.
Sprouting Fund’s Purpose
- Launch work by and for people impacted by systemic harm
- Support new and growing changemakers building community power
- Build connections among DC Fund grantees to strengthen their efforts on common issues
- Build connections among DC Fund grantees to strengthen their efforts on common issues
- Build trust-based relationships between community and DC Fund.
The main goals for the restructuring of the grantmaking and capacity building programs are to:
- Enhance equity and power in the grantmaking process and
- Strengthen the ability to support the emergence and growth of systemic change efforts of DC community organizing, advocacy, and healing justice groups
Foundation Fund
- They Fund mobilizing, organizing, and advocacy for and by young people. They support leadership building that focuses on political education, power analysis, movement building and actions around young people’s issues.
- They Fund mobilizing, organizing, and advocacy for and by previously incarcerated people. They support leadership building that focuses on political education, power analysis, movement building and actions around previously incarcerated people and their families.
- They Fund therapy (or other interventions) for grassroots organizers and community leaders of color who are actively building community power, providing political education, and advocating for progressive changes to the laws, funding, and administration of interventions that keep communities safe from gun violence.
Funding Information
Grant Size: $2,000 – $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Led by people of color and focused on DC residents
- Building a community-led campaign with a clear analysis and plan to address systemic issues affecting their communities
- Transferring power and resources to directly affected communities
- Amplifying the leadership and voices of those directly affected by the issues and needs being addressed
- Employing approaches and strategies (like power building) to tackle problems at the root by engaging affected communities to find solutions, organize against oppression, and create systemic change
- Aligning with DC Fund values and funding priorities (Mobilizing, Advocacy/Organizing, Healing Justice & Liberation).
For more information, visit Diverse City Fund.
