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Seeding Justice funds primarily grassroots, Oregon-based organizations that believe, like we do, that those most impacted by the pain of injustice are the ones best equipped to come up with solutions to the problems that affect them.
- Type of Award: Grant
- Award Amount and Duration: Up to $5,000 amount over time
- Funding available: Varies
- Proposals due: Rolling
About the Opportunity Overview
Our Rapid Response grants provide mission aligned organizations with quickly deployed small grants to respond to emergencies and opportunities.
Funding can be used for immediate and critical needs. For example, organizing community gatherings/meetings in response to events; unexpected challenges within the organization, or unique and timely opportunities.
No part of these funds may be used to support or oppose any political party or candidate for public office. Funds must be used for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Proposals for Rapid Response grants must clearly articulate the urgency for funds or immediate need of the organization. If the request is not urgent, we encourage groups to apply for our General Fund grants.
Seeding Justice prioritizes funding small, emerging, and grassroots organizations that:
- are led by the people most impacted;
- address the root causes of injustice and focus on changing systems, not just addressing symptoms of problems;
- build collective power by using community organizing, leadership development, base building, policy advocacy, and/or other strategies;
- are intentionally anti-racist, anti-oppression, and intersectional in their thinking, approaches and solutions.
ELIGIBILITY
In order to be eligible for funding, the organization's:
- Work must benefit those who call Oregon home; and
- Have 501(c)(3) tax exemption, be a Tribal Nation or have a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor.
For the full list of eligibility requirements, please visit our website.
GRANT TYPES and AMOUNTS
- Operating support are unrestricted awards to 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations with operating budgets under $700,000 or Tribal Nations unless otherwise requested by the applicant.
- Project support are restricted awards to a specific project or program within an organization with budgets over $700,000 and fiscally sponsored organizations must apply for project support grants
PROCESS + TIMELINE
This opportunity is on a rolling basis.
Organizations may apply for Rapid Response grant funding on a rolling basis provided that funds are available.
REPORTING
A grant report is not required, but we may reach out to schedule a chat to learn more about your grant period (i.e. insights, key takeaways, any lessons learned) or if you have any feedback for us on what we can improve in our grantmaking process.
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