Black-led Movement Fund – Mar 7

Posted by Borealis Philanthropy on February 25, 2025

Borealis Philanthropy Black-led Movement Fund issues 2025 RFP

Borealis Philanthropy has announced its 2025 request for proposals for the Black-led Movement Fund (BLMF).

BLMF supports the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) and other politically aligned organizations so that it can better shape policy agendas for Black communities, create alternatives to institutions that have been harmful to Black people, and build local Black community power. The fund provides a dedicated vehicle for funders to support the ecosystem of grassroots, Black-led, power-building organizations working toward community safety, justice, and liberation.

The fund is rooted in a commitment to: intersectional feminism and the leadership of Black women/femmes, girls, queer and trans people, as well as Black disabled people; funding organizations addressing the root causes of anti-Black racism, misogyny, ableism, racial capitalism, xenophobia, homophobia, and transphobia; being adaptive, flexible, and responsive; funding work that centers Black joy; resourcing anchor organizations in interconnected movement ecosystems, and solidarity, collaboration, and transparency.

BLMF funding priorities include: proposals from eligible organizations that deeply value and practice intersectional feminism and M4BL Values (which include abolitionist, transformation, and radical realignment of power, anti-capitalist, center those most directly affected, and believe in organizing and organization); build local power through base building/campaign organizing, cultural organizing, mutual aid, and/or movement lawyering; and organize bases and/or constituencies that represent the expertise of, but not limited to, Black LGBTQIA folks—especially Black trans people, Black women + femmes, Black youth, Black disabled people, Black Southerners, and Black Midwesterners.

Through the fund, $183,300 general operating support grants ($91,650 per year) over a two-year period will be awarded.

To be eligible, applicants must be a power-building 501(c)(3) or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) organization that serves and organize with majority Black populations; working within the Movement for Black Lives ecosystem (M4BL); or working in a movement space that is aligned with M4BL values. Organizations must be based in the United States or based or U.S. territories.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Borealis Philanthropy website.

Deadline: March 7, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. PT