Rapid Response Fund
Headwaters Foundation for Justice
Fast, unrestricted general operating grants for Minnesota organizing groups facing an urgent threat or a time-sensitive opportunity. Eight cycles a year with rolling deadlines and money out within 30 days of the application deadline, which makes it usable for documenting or responding to a fast-moving policy or community crisis alongside a research partner.
- Indicative award
- $15k (total award)The page states grants are $15,000 in unrestricted general operating support.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, DecNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Eight cycles per year with rolling deadlines; the inquiry form typically opens about three weeks before each cycle's application deadline. The page states Cycle 1 inquiry opens August 24, 2026, with subsequent cycles roughly monthly through May 2027, but does not publish the specific application dea
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Open to Minnesota-based organizations with annual budgets under $2M that use community organizing to advance equity and justice; groups may apply alone or in coalition. Priority goes to grassroots organizations led by and serving the BIPOC communities most affected by the issue. A brief inquiry form gates the full application. A university is not the applicant; a social work researcher would work through an eligible Minnesota organizing partner. Grantees cannot reapply for 12 months after notification but remain eligible for other Headwaters funding.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- rapid response · community organizing · racial justice · emergency operating support
- Apply at
- https://headwatersfoundation.org/grants/rapid-response-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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