The Libra Foundation approves $20.325 million in grants for social justice organizations
San Francisco, CA – In the second half of 2021, The Libra Foundation has approved $20.325 million in unrestricted grants supporting 56 organizations strengthening political power and advancing liberation for communities of color. This slate includes 31 renewing grants, and features Libra’s latest grantmaking initiatives that focus on intermediaries and civic engagement groups that are led by and for directly impacted communities.
“Intermediaries are catalytic to power-building because they reach across issues and geographies”, said Crystal Hayling, the Executive Director of The Libra Foundation. “They build strong partnerships that reflect a deep understanding of groups in the community and their needs.”
The 14 intermediaries the Foundation is supporting are led by and for frontline communities. They provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration, and prioritize trust and relationships (read Libra’s latest blog on intermediaries here). The eight civic engagement groups are laser focused on protecting democracy and fighting voter suppression, never more timely for the health of our society. With both sets of grants, Libra centers grantees that are made up of those disproportionately harmed by systemic injustice, and therefore best suited to design solutions that work for all.
Earlier this year, the Foundation moved $10.2 million in grants with the same intention. Last year, Libra announced it was doubling its grantmaking to $50 million, and launched the Democracy Frontlines Fund, an aligned giving strategy and donor organizing strategy that leveraged $36 million in multi-year, unrestricted support for a slate of 10 Black-led racial justice organizations.
For further information, please contact Virginia Witt ([email protected]).
Renewing
A New Way of Life
ACCE Institute
BVM Capacity Building Institute
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Story-based Strategy
Coalition To Stop Violence Against Native Women
Common Future
Common Justice, Inc.
Community Change
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment
EarthRights International
Environmental Health Coalition
Florida Rising Together
Freedom to Thrive
Global Greengrants Fund
Grassroots International
Green 2.0
Highlander Research & Education Center
Indian Law Resource Center
Justice Funders
Movement Voter Fund
National Advocates for Pregnant Women
Network on Women in Prison
Northwestern University’s School of Law – Children & Family Justice Center at the Bluhm Legal Clinic
OLE Education Fund
Partners for Dignity & Rights
PICO California
Prism
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund
The Opportunity Agenda
WITNESS
Intermediaries
Black Feminist Fund
Black Girls Dream Fund
Black Liberation Pooled Fund
California Black Freedom Fund
Emergent Fund
Gulf South for a Green New Deal
Life Comes From It
Native Voices Rising
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples
Southern Power Fund
Spark Justice Fund
The Solutions Project
Trans Justice Funding Project
United Frontline Table
Civic Engagement
Center for Working Families Fund
Democracy and Power Innovation Fund
Florida Rising Together
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund
Movement Voter Fund
New Georgia Project
People’s Action Institute
State Voices
New
Black Feminist Future
Greenlining Institute
One Arizona