Black Feminist Fund — Sustain Fund and Solidarity Fund

Nontraditional Participatory grantmaking

Two participatory funds resourcing Black feminist movements globally: multi-year core support (Sustain) and shorter solidarity/convening grants. A Grant Review Committee of movement people makes the final funding decisions, not staff.

Indicative award

$20k–$200k (varies by call)Published on the funder's FAQ: Sustain Fund $50,000-$200,000 per year (average $81,000); Solidarity Fund $20,000-$50,000 for up to one year (average $34,000).

Timing

Periodic callsNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Grantmaking is closed as of this check. The funder's own pages state the Solidarity Fund is expected to reopen in late 2027 and give no reopening date for the Sustain Fund; Sustain grantees may not reapply for eight years.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner

Eligibility

Registered AND non-registered groups working from a Black feminist perspective and led by the communities they serve. Universities cannot apply: the fund explicitly does not support academic research or scholarships, and excludes government agencies, religious institutions and individual activists. A researcher's route is as a partner to a grantee group.

SSWR clusters

Topics

black feminist organizing · movement building · gender justice · global south civil society

Apply at

https://blackfeministfund.org/grantmaking/grantmaking-faqs/

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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Black Feminist Fund — Sustain Fund and Solidarity Fund

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