Borealis Philanthropy Racial Equity to Accelerate Change Fund issues 2025 request for proposals
Borealis Philanthropy is a social justice philanthropic intermediary working to boost grassroots movements for transformative change.
The
philanthropy’s Racial Equity to Accelerate Change Fund (REACH Fund) has
launched a request for proposals for its 2025 grant cycle: accelerating
change through practitioner organizing. Through this year’s RFP, the
REACH Fund will continue an approach to accelerating change, with a
focused eye toward supporting not just practitioners, but
practitioner-led organizing.
According to the REACH Fund,
practitioner-organizers serve as the connective tissue between
movements: they build and define leadership and accountability, develop
shared analysis, and take collective action within and beyond their
respective fields. Proposals should align with REACH’s goal of
supporting practitioner-led organizing in order to build power, take
collective action, and nurture communities of care and solidarity.
Examples of the types of roles grantee partners may hold include:
liberatory tech and data strategists; mutual aid ecosystem builders;
storytellers, cultural workers, and media creatives; community of
practice organizers; healers, somatic practitioners, and movement
chaplains; land stewards, climate justice organizers, and agrarians; and
health workers, doulas, reproductive justice advocates, and disability
justice practitioners expanding accessible, community-defined health
care.
The fund is offering a range of funding amounts so
practitioners can request what actually makes sense for where they are.
Applicants may apply for anywhere from $30,000 to $150,000 over two
years. An applicant who is in an early exploration phase may choose to
apply for funding at the lower end, whereas an applicant who is ready to
deepen their practitioner-organizing may request more. Total funding
awarded for this round will be approximately $1 million.
Eligible
applicants include 501(c)(3)s, fiscally sponsored projects,
cooperatives, social enterprises, LLCs, and other legally incorporated
organizations. Organizations must be based in the United States or U.S.
territories.
For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Borealis Philanthropy website.
