Action of Greater Lansing
Lansing, MI
2017
Action of Greater Lansing addresses root causes of community problems by organizing for systemic change. We are not a direct service organization, nor are we a political organization...
Grantees
Assata's Daughters
Chicago, IL
2015
Assata's Daughters is a grassroots, intergenerational, organizing collective of Black women who love and support each other. Inspired by the Radical Monarchs, Assata’s Daughters was started to hold...
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...
Chippewa Valley Ex-Prisoners Organizing
Eau Claire, WI
2017
ROC Wisconsin is an urgent call to our state to: Restore communities that have been harmed by mass incarceration; Restore families to wholeness and health; Restore balance, fiscal...
Contact Center
Cincinnati, OH
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
Located in one of Cincinnati's poorest neighborhoods, the Contact Center has a forty one year history of community service and organizing. We work on the local, state and...
Detroit Independent Freedom Schools Movement (DIFS
Detroit, MI
2016
The mission of the Detroit Independent Freedom Schools Movement is to create free, African-centered, loving educational experiences for Detroit children and families by mobilizing community volunteers and resources...
Filling the Gap
Cincinnati, OH
2019
Filling the Gap empowers women impacted by the prison system through advocacy and leadership opportunities.
Interaction Initiative Inc.
Mishawaka, IN
2019
Interaction Initiative Inc. cultivates and advances young people of color and their counter-narratives to build more just and equitable communities through education, activism, and healing.
Kite Line Radio
Bloomington, IN
2018
Kite Line Radio's goal is to amplify the voices of those confined within the prison system, while encouraging dialogue with those on the outside, in an effort to...
Midwest Center for School Transformation
Brooklyn Park, MN
2018
Midwest Center for School Transformation aims to transform schools through the power of collective wisdom, restorative justice, and dynamic narratives.
Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE)
Chicago, IL
2014
PURE exists to support and assure a high quality public education for all children by informing parents about education issues and parents’ rights, bringing parents into the decision...
People's Justice League
Athens, OH
2017
People’s Justice League is a grassroots community organization working to support safe streets, campuses, establishments, and gathering places in Southeast Ohio through community education and activism. We know...
Racial Justice NOW!
Dayton, OH
2017, 2015
Racial Justice NOW! (RJN) is shaping Black parents to become leaders in how their children are educated. We are committed to dismantling structural and institutional racism in all...
Redbird Books to Prisoners
Columbus, OH
2016
Redbird exists to further the abolition of prisons, the prison industrial complex, incarceration, slavery, carceral logics, and cages of all kinds, through prisoner direct-support as well as correspondence...
Switchboard Trainers Network
Minneapolis, MN
2018
Switchboard Trainers Network is committed to training trainers and bringing in trainers that prioritize the principles of equality, empowerment, and solidarity. It is a call for a People...