Disability Inclusion Fund — Collaborative Grants
Borealis Philanthropy (Disability Inclusion Fund)
Two-year support for joint projects between two or more disability-led, disability-justice organisations in the US. Grantees are chosen by a committee made up mostly of disability advocates.
- Indicative award
- $75k–$150k (total award)Up to $75,000 per year for two years, $150,000 total, per the RFP. Grants typically do not exceed 25% of the collaborative's total committed budget.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · May, JunNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual RFP. The 2026 round closed 20 May 2026 with notifications 20 November 2026; the 2025 round closed 25 June 2025. No round after May 2026 was posted at the time of checking.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Applicants must be 2+ partnered US 501(c)(3) or fiscally sponsored organisations with combined annual budget under $3M; at least one must be disability-focused and disability-led (>50% of management staff disabled). Universities, hospitals and research organisations may join as collaborators but cannot lead, and the project's primary focus cannot be research alone.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- disability justice · community organizing · cross-movement collaboration · mutual aid · policy advocacy
- Apply at
- https://borealisphilanthropy.org/news-and-views/dif-collabgrant-rfp/
- 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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