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“THE EMERGENT FUND SUPPORTS THE WORK OF COMMUNITIES UNDER THREAT TO BUILD THEIR OWN REALITY: THE ONE THAT WOULD EMERGE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CRISIS; THE WORK THAT NOT ONLY REACTS TO CRISIS, BUT USES THE ENERGY OF THE MOMENT TO BUILD POWERFUL NEW VISIONS FOR WHAT COMES NEXT.”
Movements have long relied on creative collective responses to crises as strategic opportunities for visionary organizing. Emergent Fund resources rapid response and emergent organizing led by frontline Black, Indigenous, and people of color with trust-based, no strings attached grants. We explicitly fund work grounded in movement values, power-building and organizing in Black, Indigenous and people of color communities.
A nationally recognized philanthropy culture disruptor and praxis leader, Emergent Fund challenges power in who we fund as well as with how we fund. Emergent Fund is a queer women of color-led, movement-aligned participatory grantmaker with intersectional, collective liberation values co-created in 2016 by Women Donors Network, Solidaire Network and others. Our grant decision-makers—all people of color and Indigenous organizers—come from directly impacted communities committed to building movement and transforming crisis into change. From family separation to Muslim bans to uprisings against state violence against Black communities, our grantees drive forth change under extraordinary conditions and work to build new worlds where we all thrive.
Meet the Organizers Driving Emergent Fund’s Grantmaking
Most Organizers Learn About Emergent Fund by Word of Mouth. Our advisory council act as both movement and resource weavers for frontline organizers.
