Borealis Philanthropy

Borealis Philanthropy directs resources to people building powerful, thriving communities that serve all, with those most impacted by injustice leading the way. The organization invests in leaders, organizations, and movements using diverse and innovative strategies to pursue transformational change. Through work with both funders and grantee partners, Borealis aims to shift power and invest in communities.

The organization operates multiple specialized funds:

• Black-Led Movement Fund: Supports the Movement for Black Lives and values-aligned organizations to shape policy agendas for Black communities, create alternatives to harmful institutions, and build local Black community power.

• Disability Inclusion Fund: Seeds and expands the capacity of the disability justice movement by resourcing grassroots leaders working to dismantle ableism through policy advocacy, community organizing, art, and narrative change.

• Racial Equity in Journalism Fund: Awards unrestricted grants to news organizations serving Black, Indigenous, Latine, Asian, and Southwest Asia and North Africa communities across the U.S.

• Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund: Strengthens safety, power, and self-determination for BIPOC queer and trans folks through organizations increasing access to gender-affirming care, fighting criminalization of migrants, and organizing for protective policy change.

• Communities Transforming Policing Fund: Addresses policing and criminal justice reform.

• Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund: Invests in philanthropy-serving organizations to inform, educate, and equip funders to integrate racial equity policies and practices into their grantmaking programs (formally sunsetting in 2025).

• Racial Equity To Accelerate Change Fund: Supports practitioners guiding movements toward transformational liberatory practices.

• Spark Justice Fund: Awards grants to grassroots organizations working toward transformative community-led visions of safety and justice.