Black Economic Justice Institute
Boston, MA
2018
The Black Economic Justice Institute (BEJI) was created in October 2012 because community advocates and activists saw the need for a voice regarding the unemployment and the under...
Grantees
Black Excellence Collective
Newark, NJ
2018, 2017
The Black Excellence Collective is a black-led grassroots organizing collective that that uses direct action, art, and popular education to uplift and empower queer, transgender and gender non...
Black Lives Matter Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
2019
The mission of Black Lives Matter Sacramento is to end police violence in Sacramento, create spaces of racial healing and Black joy, and build systems that make way...
Black Love Convergence
Durham, NC
2019
Black Love Convergence activates African Diasporic wisdom as a tool for restoration, innovation, and possibility within movements, communities and the lives of those fighting for their freedom.
Blights Out
New Orleans, LA
2018, 2017
Blights Out is a collective of artists, activists, and architects working to imagine and design a new model for housing development centered outside the for-profit market; we generate...
BMORE Awesome Inc.
Baltimore, MD
2018, 2017
Bmore Awesome is an independent, socially conscientious record label committed to music by young Baltimore musicians who are empowering others and inspiring change that: 1. Uses music as...
Boston Mobilization
Boston, MA
2018
Boston Mobilization was founded in 1977 as part of a national movement for workers rights and smart green energy. Since then we have taken leadership and support roles...
Brockton Workers Alliance
Brockton, MA
2019
The Brockton Workers Alliance's mission is to educate, support, organize, and empower immigrant workers to confront long-term workplace abuses and to lead the fight for their rights through...
Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons
Gainesville, FL
2018, 2016
The Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons (FTP) is a collaboration with the Abolitionist Law Center. FTP’s mission is to conduct grassroots organizing, advocacy and direct action to challenge...
Center For Social Equity
Columbia, SC
2019
To decrease the prevalence of homophobia and transphobia within South Carolina’s Black communities, while creating networks of care and support for those experiencing its impacts.
Centro Corona
Corona, NY
2019
Centro Corona is an intergenerational community space which centers the experience, leadership and knowledge of working-class and immigrant communities from Corona, and nearby neighborhoods, to build a self-determined,...
CEPA (Center for Embodied Pedagogy and Action)
San Juan, PR
2018
CEPA offers a physical space of praxis which nurtures our collective and individual capacity to heal from the legacies of colonialism and capitalism. CEPA’s purpose is to build...
Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign
Chicago, IL
2018, 2017, 2015, 2014
The Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign will enforce our human right to housing and continue fighting to stop all economically-motivated evictions in Chicago. We are no longer willing to wait...
Chicago United for Equity
Chicago, IL
2018
Chicago United for Equity works with civic leaders in schools, neighborhoods, and citywide organizations to activate racial equity throughout Chicago. We work with school leaders and local school...
Chocolate Soul Revival
Durham, NC
2019
A healing justice initiative for Black women, femmes, and gender non-conforming people, centering the lives and voices of those most marginalized amongst us, particularly, LGBTQ, low income/ working...