The mission of Rural Community Alliance is to empower rural communities to effect change by creating opportunities in education, economic development and youth empowerment to improve quality of life and place. This grant provides general operating support.
Alabama Arise is a statewide, member-led organization advancing public policies to improve the lives of Alabamians who are marginalized by poverty. It is made up of over 150 member groups and over 1,700 individual members united in our belief that people in poverty are suffering because of state policy decisions. Through Arise, groups and individuals join together to promote state policies to improve the lives of people suffering because of poverty. Through policy analysis, advocacy and organizing, Arise provides a structure in which Alabamians can engage in public debates to promote the common good. This grant provides general operating and organizational development support.
Alabama Forward is a coalition of grassroots organizations that aims to enhance the ability of members to shape public narrative, build political power of historically marginalized communities, and break down barriers to civic participation. This grant provides general operating support and regranting.
Appalachia Funders Network seeks to accelerate an equitable Appalachian transition by convening and connecting funders for learning, analysis and collaboration. This grant provides general operating support.
The Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center is a nonprofit law firm that fights for justice in the coalfields by representing coal miners and their families on issues of black lung and mine safety and by working with grassroots groups and individuals to protect the land and people from misuse and degradation caused by extractive industries. This grant provides general operating support.
Founded in 1997, Appalachian Voices brings people together to protect the land, air and water of Central and Southern Appalachia and advance a just transition to a generative and equitable clean energy economy. This grant provides project support.
Appalshop’s mission is to enlist the power of art to document, interpret and revitalize the traditions and contemporary creativity of Appalachia; to tell stories the commercial cultural industries don’t, challenging stereotypes with Appalachian visions and voices, to support communities’ efforts to achieve justice and equity; to promote cultural diversity, pluralism and human rights as positive social values, and to participate in regional, national and global movements towards these ends. This grant provides general operating support.
Arkansas Public Policy Panel is a statewide organization dedicated to achieving social and economic justice by organizing citizen groups around the state, educating and supporting them to be more effective and powerful, and linking them with one another in coalitions and networks. The Panel seeks to bring balance to the public policy process in Arkansas. This grant provides general operating support.
Rooted in the dreams of immigrants and inspired by the promise of opportunity, Asian Americans Advancing Justice advocates for an America in which all Americans can benefit equally from, and contribute to, the American dream. Its mission is to advance the civil and human rights for Asian Americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all. This grant provides general operating support and regranting.
Athens Land Trust's mission is to improve quality of life for all by preserving, protecting and strengthening the fabric of the community through education and the stewardship of land for purposes of affordable housing, conservation, agriculture and economic development. This grant provides general operating support.
The Census Equity Initiative is dedicated to ensuring the Census Bureau and its partners accurately and fairly count historically undercounted populations for the purposes of enumeration and equitable resource distribution. It is an initiative of the New Venture Fund. This grant provides general operating and regranting support.
The Center for Heirs' Property Preservation aims to protect heirs’ property and promote the sustainable use of land to provide increased economic benefit to historically underserved families to build wealth through education, legal services and forestry technical assistance. This grant provides general operating support.
Center for Rural Strategies is a national organization that uses media and communications to frame the public discourse that centers on the voices and stories of rural people and communities. This grant provides general operating and organizational development support.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is committed to increasing economic opportunity across the country, especially for low- and moderate-income individuals. CBPP’s state fiscal work leverages expertise in state budget and tax policy, strategic communications and partnerships with state allies – particularly the State Priorities Partnership – to create modern, equitable and sustainable revenue streams needed to fund investments that grow economies, expand opportunity and extend economic security. This grant provides project and regranting support.
The mission of Coalfield Development Corporation is to support a family of social enterprises that inspire the courage to grow, the creativity to transform perceived liabilities into assets, and the community needed to cultivate real opportunity in Appalachia through mentorship, education and employment. This grant provides general operating support and funding for data research.
Founded in 2008, CommunityWorks is a statewide nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution loan fund in South Carolina. CW is committed to building a brighter and more equitable future for underserved families and communities through financial education, lending and investing. CW has a dual focus on affordable housing and small business lending. This grant provides general operating support.
Deep Center’s mission is to empower Savannah’s young people to thrive as learners, community leaders and agents of change. Through creative writing, cultural productions and art, DC creates platforms for the city’s youth and village of supports around them, including their families and adult allies, to share stories, engage in debates and make Savannah and the state of Georgia a more equitable place. This grant provides general operating and organizational development support.
Democracy North Carolina is a nonpartisan organization that uses research, organizing, training and advocacy to increase voter participation, reduce the influence of big money in politics and achieve a government truly “of, by and for the people.” This grant provides general operating and regranting support.
El Pueblo's mission is to build collective power through leadership development, organizing and direct action so the Latin American community and other marginalized communities control their own stories and destinies. Leadership development activities are limited to Wake County, but El Pueblo’s civic engagement and advocacy work is statewide. This grant provides general operating support.
GALEO’s mission is to increase participation of the Latino community and to develop prominent Latino leaders throughout the state of Georgia. This grant provides general operating support.