Deadline: 8 July 2019
The A.J. Muste Memorial Institute is seeking applications for its Social Justice Fund to support grassroots activist projects in the US and around the world, giving priority to those with small budgets and little access to more mainstream funding sources.
Priority Areas
The Social Justice fund’s priority is to support:
- direct grassroots activism and organizing
- groups with diverse, representative and democratic leadership structures
- groups that have or can obtain sufficient economic and in-kind support to carry out their regular work, but need additional support to carry out a project or build capacity
Eligibility Criteria
The Muste Institute’s Social Justice fund considers proposals:
- for new and ongoing projects or campaigns, or efforts to expand existing work
- for capacity building, leadership development, and resource sustainability
- for projects with expense budgets under $50,000
- from grassroots organizatons with annual expenses of less than $500,000
- from groups with limited access to more mainstream funding sources
- from groups with or without 501(c)3 status or a fiscal sponsor
- from groups which have not received Social Justice fund grants in at least two years
How to Apply
Applicants must download preliminary application form available on the given website and submit in a prescribed format via email.
For more information, please visit https://ajmuste.org/programs#sjf