Pooled and participatory funds
A set of pooled funds — including Black-led movement, disability inclusion and racial equity funds — where movement leaders help decide the grants, and where research is funded as a movement tool.
- Indicative award
- $25k–$300k (total award)Fund-specific; typically general operating support at organisational scale.
- Timing
- By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Fund-specific cycles, several by nomination rather than open application.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation
- Eligibility
- Community and movement organisations. Academics generally participate as partners to a grantee rather than as applicants.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- pooled fund · Black-led movement · racial equity · movement research
- Apply at
- https://borealisphilanthropy.org/
- 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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