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Max Funding
Up to $30K
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Application Due Date
Rolling
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Funder Details:
Funder Type:
Corporate
Funding Frequency:
Rolling Basis
Use of Funds:
General Operating
Funding Duration:
One-Year Grant, Multi-Year Grant
Application Type
Pre-Application Quiz
Eligibility:
✅ 501(c)(3) Organizations, ✅ Nonprofits with an Affiliate Sponsor
Program Areas:
Community Development, Civil Rights, Leadership, Social Justice, Environment, Advocacy, Grassroots Organizations, Community Outreach
Locations:
Puerto Rico, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Washington DC
About The Grant
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)
Requirements
Be a non-profit 501(c)3 status, or a fiscal agent with this status.
Have an annual operating budget under $350,000.
Use grassroots, base-building organizing campaigns as the primary strategy for creating social change.
Organizations throughout the United States and its territories.
Grantor Information:
Name:
The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
Type:
Corporate
Contact:
Email: info@benandjerrysfoundation.org
Phone: (802) 495-1378
More Info:
Restrictions:
Unrestricted