Immigrants Belong Fund (I-Belong Fund)
A narrative-change fund for immigrant-led and proximate-led organizations countering xenophobic messaging, paired with a Community of Practice that provides shared curriculum and network events alongside the grant.
- Indicative award
- $100k (total award)$100,000 in general support per inaugural pilot-cohort grantee. The fund states an aim to raise $6 million over three years.
- Timing
- By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.No deadlines. Selection is by invitation; the page invites interested parties to join its email list for future grantmaking updates.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Closed-selection grantmaking; the fund does not respond to unsolicited proposals and invites organizations directly. Invited groups must be led by immigrants or proximate leaders, be engaged in movement and power building, and have existing organizational infrastructure. A university cannot apply, and even community organizations cannot self-nominate.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- narrative change · storytelling · immigrant-led organizations · community of practice
- Apply at
- https://www.tides.org/funds-initiatives/immigrants-belong-fund/
- 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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