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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: COVID-19, Social Change, Social Justice, Community, Grassroots Support
Deadline: Ongoing
“Common Counsel’s Grassroots Exchange Fund is a rapid response small grants program designed to support networking and collaboration between grassroots social change and environmental justice organizations throughout the United States. GXF prioritizes grants to small community-based groups seeking to meet face-to-face with other grassroots organizations, to build collaborative campaigns, and to benefit from technical assistance opportunities.
The program strives to meet four central goals:
- To strengthen the ability of community organizations to participate in public debates
- To strengthen key cross-region and cross-sector movements
- To contribute to collaborative policy victories in the realms of social, environmental
and economic justice - To support community organizations if they need to adjust their networking, collaboration, or organizing strategies in response to the COVID19/coronavirus pandemic. Examples include but are not limited to support for online meeting or online organizing technology and training, language translation and interpretation, emergency stipends for organizers/grassroots leaders, PPE (personal protective equipment) or other supplies to enable safer in-person meetings, etc).”
Funder: Common Counsel Foundation
Eligibility: “The Fund typically makes grants to grassroots community-based organizations working on social, racial, economic, and environmental justice initiatives that give voice to the needs of low-income people, women, youth, and people of color.”
Amount: Varies. A typical grant is ~$1,000.
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