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Black Liberation Pooled Fund

INVESTING IN A BLACK MOVEMENT ECOSYSTEM

At Solidaire Network, we believe that Black-led social change is not just about justice for Black communities, but a broad and deep societal transformation for all. Since 2013, our members have moved over $7 million through Solidaire and over $20 million in aligned giving to the Black-led social change ecosystem. Today, we continue to operate in deep solidarity with grassroots organizers in Black communities, working to coordinate deeper and longer-term resource mobilization for a network of Black-led movement efforts.

The Black Liberation Pooled Fund (BLPF) pools resources to then allocate to the powerful ecosystem of Black-led social change organizations around the country. Through multi-year grants, the BLPF will fortify Black resistance organizing, embolden the imagination and creation of liberatory Black futures, and invest in the development of Black movement infrastructure.

Learn more about how Solidaire supports a Black-led Movement Ecosystem here.

The Application and Nomination process has closed for the 2020-2021 grant cycle. If you have applied to the Black Liberation Pooled Fund, we look forward to being in touch with you soon. You can follow the timeline below to stay informed about the review process and timeframes. If you are interested in applying to the fund in the future, please check back this fall for updates about the 2021-2022 grant cycle.

Learn more about Solidaire’s other current funding opportunity, the Movement Infrastructure Fund!

TIMELINE

December 16, 2020
Black Liberation Pooled Fund Announced
Application and Nomination Forms Opened

February 26, 2021
Deadline for Applications and Nominations

April 15, 2021
Applicants/Nominators are notified of application status

May 14, 2021
Confirmed Grantees receive funding

For any questions about the Black Liberation Pooled Fund or the application, feel free to contact Leigh Gaymon-Jones, Movement Partnership & Grantmaking Practitioner at [email protected].

Movement Oversight Committee

The Movement Oversight Committee serves to ground and guide the Black Liberation Pooled Fund. The committee is made up of various movement leaders working across a diversity of fields within Black movement and Black liberation, as well as some funding allies who have worked alongside and funded Black social movements for years. The committee provides the Solidaire staff with regular field assessments on the state of Black organizing as well as feedback on the grantmaking strategy and impact of the Black Liberation Pooled Fund.

Committee Members:

  • Charles Long  – Movement for Black Lives 
  • Chinyere Tutashinda –  BlackOUT Collective 
  • Deseree Fontenot – Movement Generation 
  • Devon Turner – Grow Dat Youth Farm 
  • Hakima Abbas – AWID 
  • Ingrid Benedict – Daphne Foundation 
  • Leila Tamari – Formerly ArtPlace America 
  • Monica Atkins – Climate Justice Alliance 
  • Nwamaka Agbo – Kataly Foundation 
  • Paris Hatcher – Black Feminist Future 
  • Solome Lemma – Thousand Currents 
  • Tamieka Atkins – Pro Georgia 
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