“When we identify where our privilege intersects with somebody else's oppression, we'll find our opportunities to make real change.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
How we operate:
Members make $1,000 or $500 annual donations. Members can nominate organizations for funding.
We research, evaluate and discuss organizations members want to support.
We vote on how many organizations we will support each year and how much we will give each organization.
All members get an equal vote on how we distribute our funds.
We strive to be diverse, listen to all opinions, and learn from each other.
2024-2025 Grantmaking
Timeline:
General meeting: October, 2024
Collect donations and nominations: October - December, 2024*
Meet in January to present, vote, and decide on grantees
Make grants to organizations by February 15, 2025
Results since 2017:
Recruited over 65 members who have donated over $300,000 in funds;
Received over 75 nominations from our membership for organizations all over the country;
Made donations to 34 organizations, with grants ranging from $2,500 to $15,000;
Grantees work on issues such as reproductive rights, asylum seekers, LGBTQ rights, anti-racism action, immigrant rights, voter suppression, violence prevention, criminal justice reform, and Covid relief.
