Deadline: 15-Jun-22
The Colorado Health Foundation is seeking applications for Advancing Advocacy and Justice with Communities of Color in the US to build power in the advocacy ecosystem with organizations that are most critical and closest to the communities for whom health is furthest from reach.
It will support both long-term movement-building and the ability of advocacy groups to act when high-leverage opportunities to bring about change arise. The Foundation hopes to shift and elevate power and further strengthen a nimble, adaptive, diverse and durable advocacy ecosystem.
This funding opportunity will support:
- A continuum of advocacy efforts focusing on health equity for Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Indigenous/Native American, multiracial communities and groups that engage in intersectional work with communities of color (e.g. focusing on Indigenous women, Black LGBTQ+, immigrants and refugees);
- Long-term movement-building strategies that make decision-makers accountable to communities and strengthen their power to influence policy;
- Efforts for racial and economic justice, which will ultimately support health equity for people of color across the state.
Focus Area
Champion Health Equity
Priorities
- Priority will be given to organizations that:
- Are focused on movement building and strengthening the power of Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Indigenous/Native American and multiracial communities.
- Support people living on low incomes who have unequal opportunities for civic participation
- Are constituent led and have a track record of engaging in advocacy efforts
- Priority will be given to those using tactics that are central to these goals, including, but not limited to:
- Community organizing, base-building and mobilization
- Direct action/protests
- Grassroots calls to action
- Advocacy leadership and training with community members
- Voter engagement and mobilization
- Legal advocacy and impact litigation
- Administrative and regulatory advocacy
- Advocacy and accountability efforts for policymakers
- Neighborhood canvassing and base building
- Advocacy efforts aimed at civic and political reform
- Organizing and mobilization efforts advancing social, racial and economic justice related to health equity
Funding Information
Grants will typically range from $50,000 to $200,000 annually per organization. Grant duration will range from two to five years.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations eligible to apply include 501(c)(3) organizations, government entities and community-based groups that use a fiscal sponsor for project support.
For more information, visit https://coloradohealth.org/funding-opportunities/funding-opportunity-advancing-advocacy-and-justice-communities-color