Deadline: 1-Jun-23
Applicants are now invited to submit their applications for The People’s Fund, a grant program that aims to advance Mercy For Animals’ work to create a just and sustainable food system, build people power to accelerate change, and achieve racial equity in funding across the movement.
2023 Program Priorities
- Compensating BIPOC staff, contractors, and interns equitably
- Centering the needs, experiences, and backgrounds of BIPOC communities
Funding Information
- All grants are USD $20,000 and unrestricted.
- All previous People’s Fund grantees will be considered for a two-year grant ($20,000 for each year).
Values
- Equity: They believe BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) advocates deserve equitable access to the resources needed to achieve impact for farmed animals, BIPOC communities, and the planet.
- Trust: They strive for transparency to build trust and nurture reciprocal relationships with all program participants and donors.
- Learning: They are committed to active listening, challenging the status quo, and cultivating a collaborative growth practice among program participants, donors, and ourselves.
Eligibility Criteria
- Values: Your organization is aligned with Mercy For Animals’ mission to end industrial animal agriculture by constructing a just and sustainable food system.
- Location: Your organization is based in a U.S. state or territory, including the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
- Leadership: More than 75% of your organization’s decision-makers are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color).
- Budget: Your organization’s annual budget is less than $200,000.
- Practices: Your organization will use these funds in a manner that promotes veganism as a social justice practice.
- Partnership: Your organization will provide a progress update 10 months after signing the grant agreement, and you will allow Mercy For Animals to name your organization as a grantee on The People’s Fund website.
- Unincorporated organizations and individual projects that are wholly owned and operated by Mercy For Animals employees are not eligible for grants from The People’s Fund.
- Preferred: Status as a 501(c)3 nonprofit is favorable but not required. Individuals or organizations that do not have 501(c)3 status can designate a fiscal sponsor or work with Mercy For Animals to identify a fiscal sponsor.
For more information, visit The People’s Fund.