Program: Human Rights

In response to I.C.E. Raids in Hays County, Mano Amiga formed out of a need to organize and campaign against the detainment and deportation of undocumented people in the US. Today, it has expanded its goals to advocate for criminal justice policy reform in Hays County. This grant is for general support.

The Carolina Federation is a statewide organization that brings people together across race to build a new political majority in North Carolina – one rooted in a culture of belonging and strong enough to win elections and wield governing power in the state. This grant is for chapter development across North Carolina.

The Black Migrant Power Fund is a community-led fund that will move immediate, no-strings funding to Black-led, grassroots organizations addressing the urgent needs of Black migrant communities and building power with and for Black migrants in the US. Through the establishment of a community-controlled fund, and a seeding investment of $10 million, Black migrant leaders …

Community Movement Builders (CMB) is a Black member-based collective of community residents and activists serving Black working-class and poor Black communities. It emerged out of a need to respond to encroaching gentrification, displacement, and over-policing. CMB organizes to bring power to Black communities by challenging existing institutions and creating new ones that our people control. …

Justice + Designing Spaces (DJDS) is an architecture and design firm, real estate development firm, and non-profit working to end mass incarceration. Its mission and vision are to use architecture to address the racism, poverty, and unequal access to resources caused by the criminal legal system itself. DJDS’s work counters the traditional adversarial and punitive …

Órale (Organizing Rooted in Abolition Liberation and Empowerment) a powerful intergenerational movement of immigrants abolishing oppressive systems and creating liberatory practices grounded in healing, love, and justice. It envisions a world where immigrant communities live in dignity, feel safe, and have opportunities to thrive. Órale is a project of Community Partners, a fiscal sponsor home …

The mission of LA CAN (Los Angeles Community Action Network) is to help people dealing with poverty create and discover opportunities while serving as a vehicle to ensure they have voice, power, and opinion in the decisions that are directly affecting them. LA CAN’s constituency consists of extremely low-income and homeless people, primarily those living …

The Community Resource Hub for Safety and Accountability works to ensure all people have access to resources and tools to advocate for systems change and accountability in law enforcement. The Community Resource Hub for Safety and Accountability is a project of New Venture Fund, a fiscal sponsor that provides strategic advice and operational support to …

The Mass Liberation Fund (MLF) is fiscally sponsored by Tides Foundation. MLF was launched in 2019 to bolster the growing movement to end mass incarceration and abolish the criminal legal system as we know it. This grant supports the work of MLF, including conducting capacity building efforts among directly-impacted organizers and grassroots non-profit organization leaders …