Deadline: 01-Apr-2022
The Alaska Community Foundation is now inviting applications for Social Justice Fund grant opportunity to facilitate strategic collaborations that prioritize and promote strong civic engagement, equity and inclusion, access to quality health care and education, and community leadership.
The goal of this grant program is to support Alaskans in their efforts to address the root causes of social justice issues within their communities and across the state.
Priorities
Priority will be given to organizations who:
- Listen to the communities it serves and incorporate community priorities in the proposed project.
- Develop and grow unique partnerships that improve the quality of life in the communities it serves.
- Represent grassroots interests with less opportunity or access to funding sources.
- Demonstrate interest in long-term, fundamental, ideological shifts in relation to social justice issues.
Program Focus Areas Could Include
- Climate Justice
- Food Systems/Agriculture
- Knowledge Systems
- Criminal Justice
- Habitat/Biodiversity
- Reentry/Recidivism
- Economic Justice
- Health Care
- Subsistence/Food Security
- Education
- Homelessness
- Voting Rights
- Energy
- Housing
- Water
- Environmental Justice
- Immigrant Rights
- Workers’ Rights
Funding information
Grant Request Amount: Up to $25,000.
Type of Support Can be Requested in Application
- Program Expansion or Creation– Supports specific projects or programs that serve the community and are linked to an organization’s primary mission.
- Capacity and General Operating Support– Supports operations of organizations and programs directly addressing social justice issues.
Eligibility Criteria
Organization is eligible for funding through this grant opportunity if it is one of the following:
- Public charitable organization with 509(a) (1), 509(a) (2), or 509(a) (3) public charitable status as designated in your IRS Determination letter.
- Faith-based organization providing social services.
- Federally recognized Tribes or Tribal nonprofit organizations.
- City governments or Boroughs.
The following are not eligible for grant funding:
- Individuals
- State or federal government agencies
- For-profit organizations or businesses
- Private nonprofit organizations (those not identified in their IRS determination letter as 509(a)(1), 509(a)(2), or 509(a)(3).
- Requests for support that do not fall within the funding guidelines.
- Activities that improperly discriminate as to race, gender, marital status, sexual preference, age, disability, creed or ethnicity, or grants for religious indoctrination or other religious activities.
For more information, visit Alaska Community Foundation.
For more information, visit https://alaskacf.org/funds/social-justice-fund/