National Grant Program

Our goal is to further racial equity and social and environmental justice by supporting organizations working at the community level to dismantle discriminatory systems to make way for a more just and inclusive society for all.

The National Grassroots Organizing Program (NGO) offers two-year unrestricted, general operating support grants of up to $30,000 per year, with an average grant size of $20,000 per year, to small (budgets under $350,000), constituent-led grassroots organizations throughout the United States and its territories.

While our broad goals are to further racial equity, social justice, and environmental justice, our primary purpose is to support the grassroots organizing strategies and activities of our grant partners, rather than any specific issues the organizations are addressing.

We believe that the people most affected by a problem are in the best position to determine a solution. We look for proposals from organizations led by people working to help themselves and their communities create progressive change through organizing campaigns and movement building efforts aimed at dismantling systems of oppression and the legacies of white supremacy culture.

Some examples of the grassroots organizing strategies we look for may include, but are not limited to:

• Community & ally outreach

• Leadership development of constituents

• Constituent empowerment & decision-making

• Popular education

• Root cause analysis

• Power analysis

• Campaign development

• Mobilizing constituents & allies

• Coalition building

• Non-violent direct action (NVDA)