Deadline: 21-Sep-21
Applications are now open for the Chinook Fund Grant Program to support community organizations working on issues of racial, social and economic justice in the state of Colorado.
Chinook funding supports the most strategic work unfolding at the local level to address globalization, poverty, war, racism and environmental destruction. Chinook Fund’s grassroots grantmaking is unique. They recruit the board and grantmaking committee members from the communities they serve throughout Colorado. With the direct knowledge these grantmakers bring, they are able to respond to new ideas and fresh thinking.
Funding Information
- The fund will give out grants from $1,000 to $10,000 to a range of groups working on human rights, racial justice, economic justice, environmental protection, peace and other social justice issues.
- The fund groups with budgets under $350,000, and look for organizations with diverse funding sources.
Eligibility Criteria
All successful applicants must:
- Be based in communities facing injustice or oppression, including but not limited to: communities of color, low-income communities, LGBTQ communities, disabilities communities, immigrant communities.
- Have democratic leadership, decision-making and organizing that is led by and accountable to people most directly impacted by the issue or injustice
- Demonstrate that the work can lead to permanent progressive change for their community
- Be engaged in efforts to dismantle privilege and oppression within their organization and community
- Be based in Colorado (with possible exceptions made for regional indigenous groups)
- Have an annual budget of $350,000 or less
Priority is given to organizations that are:
- Engaging in Community Organizing Work;
- Collaborative or working in alliance with other progressive groups as a way to build multiple strategies for bringing social change;
- Risk-taking by doing work that may be controversial, marginalized, and/or new and emerging;
- Strategic and working with a long-term vision which clearly links to current plans;
- Achieving concrete success which has positively impacted the community;
- Raise money from multiple sources throughout the community, such as foundations, businesses, individuals, special events, and income generating projects.
For more information, visit Chinook Fund.
For more information, visit https://chinookfund.org/apply/