Bread and Roses Community Fund
Bread and Roses Community Fund is a public charity based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1977, it brings together donors, community organizers, and other allies to fund grassroots community organizing for social, racial, and economic justice in the Philadelphia region.
Bread and Roses Community Fund at a glance
In short: Bread and Roses Community Fund gave $960K across 53 grants in 2025 (avg $18K), mostly in Pennsylvania. 36% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $960,300
- -12.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 53
- -26.4% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $18,119
- +19.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $15,000
- Total assets
- $16,738,574
- +6.8% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 36% first-time grantees (19 of 53, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Pennsylvania (75% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Bread and Roses Community Fund
- How to Apply
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Submit a complete application for the relevant fund before its deadline. Applicants should review both the general eligibility requirements and the specific guidelines for that fund. Previous grantees must have completed required progress reports.
- Review Cycle
- Deadlines vary by program. The Opportunity Fund deadline is 5:00 p.m. ET on the first business day of each month.
- Deadline
- Deadlines vary by program.
- Next open deadline
- November 2, 2026 (Bread & Roses Opportunity Fund Grant)
- Contact
Mailing address: 100 S Broad Street Suite 1600, Philadelphia, PA 19110
Phone: (215) 731-1107
Website: https://breadrosesfund.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
15 open opportunities from Bread and Roses Community Fund
Bread & Roses Community Fund - Opportunity Fund (Rapid Response)
Bread and Roses Community Fund
Amount
Up to $50,000 total per organization within any 12 months (across all Bread & Roses funds)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Bread & Roses Opportunity Fund Grant
Bread and Roses Community Fund
Amount
Up to US $1,000
Deadline
November 2, 2026
Listed date — confirm with the funder
Climate Justice Organizing Fund
Bread and Roses Community Fund
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Expected ~March
Based on past cycles
Who Bread and Roses Community Fund funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Movement Alliance Project ($72K). Together the top 10 received $386K.
Grant Size Distribution
416 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 410 grants of 416 (99%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Bread & Roses’ grant eligibility covers Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania and Camden County in New Jersey. In filing year 2025, 75% of grant dollars went to recipients in Pennsylvania and 9% to recipients in New Jersey; smaller shares went to New York, California, and Washington, D.C.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 53 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Bread and Roses Community Fund open to new grantees?
36%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 19 of 53 grantees (36%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $17K; repeat grants $19K. How we count
Medians: $15K first-time, $10K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $482K (2019) to $1.7M (2022). In 2025 it made 53 grants totaling $960K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Movement Alliance Project Philadelphia, PA | General Operating Support | $71,500 |
| Human Rights Coalition Philadelphia, PA | General Operating Support | $66,000 |
| National Institute for Healthy Human Spaces Inc Camden, NJ | General Operating Support | $50,000 |
| Juntos Philadelphia, PA | General Operating Support | $36,000 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance New York, NY | General Operating Support | $35,000 |
| Federation of Neighborhood Centers Philadelphia, PA | General Operating Support | $27,000 |
| Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living (CR Crum Lynne, PA | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Why Not Prosper Inc Norristown, PA | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Center for Environmental Transformation Camden, NJ | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Clean Water Fund Washington, DC | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The 2025 filing reports 53 grants; the 2024 and 2023 filings report 72 and 55 grants, respectively. The fund’s EIN is 23-2047297.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $16,738,574 | $4,417,880 | $3,549,629 | $960,300 | 53 | $789,315 |
| 2024 | $15,677,149 | $4,919,722 | $3,498,901 | $1,096,400 | 72 | $448,918 |
| 2023 | $14,167,313 | $7,022,262 | $3,442,012 | $711,800 | 55 | $203,151 |
| 2022 | $9,287,715 | $5,052,015 | $3,626,198 | $1,705,500 | 144 | $440,969 |
| 2021 | $8,957,531 | $3,374,785 | $2,832,225 | $1,266,238 | 92 | $203,255 |
| 2020 | $7,668,257 | $2,668,357 | $3,046,702 | $1,587,800 | 82 | $152,515 |
| 2019 | $7,105,936 | $4,024,127 | $1,383,302 | $482,090 | 31 | $113,151 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
Bread & Roses states that it believes in “change, not charity” and organizes donors to support community-based groups building movements for social change. Its work includes grantmaking, fundraising, capacity building, training, political education, and convening.
The fund prioritizes organizing and activism intended to create sustainable social change, rather than direct services, self-help, or educational programs. Its grant programs include funds focused on racial and economic justice, gender justice, climate justice, criminal justice, and rapid-response projects. Its Racial & Economic Justice Fund, for example, makes $10,000 grants to grassroots groups organizing to build power and encourage policymakers or corporations to adopt policies or practices that advance racial justice and a just economy.
Recent grantees illustrate the range of organizations supported. Movement Alliance Project says it facilitates peer learning, training, and skill building for social justice organizations, primarily in Philadelphia. JUNTOS describes itself as a community-led Latine immigrant organization in South Philadelphia fighting for the human rights of workers, parents, youth, and immigrants. Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living says it organizes around clean air, community health, and environmental justice in Chester and the surrounding region. These are grantees’ descriptions of their own work.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, Bread & Roses reported 53 grants totaling $960,300. Grants ranged from $7,500 to $71,500, with a median of $15,000. The largest listed awards were $71,500 to Movement Alliance Project and $66,000 to Human Rights Coalition, both for general operating support. Other notable awards included $50,000 to National Institute for Healthy Human Spaces Inc., $36,000 to JUNTOS, and $35,000 to National Domestic Workers Alliance, each for general operating support.
Bread & Roses says applicants must be located in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, or Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania, or Camden County in New Jersey; be tax-exempt or have a tax-exempt fiscal sponsor; be current on reports for previous grants; and submit a complete application by the deadline. Applicants should be organizing for systemic change, with leadership primarily composed of people affected by the issue. The fund does not provide general program funding for direct services, research, educational programs, capital campaigns or building projects, or scholarships and grants to individuals, except through the Lax Scholarship Fund.
Funding is offered through separate program applications. As of October 2, 2026, the website lists upcoming application periods for the Gender Justice Organizing Fund, November 16–December 21, 2026; the Phoebus Criminal Justice Initiative, December 14, 2026–January 25, 2027; the Future Fund and Racial & Economic Justice Fund, February 1–March 1, 2027; and the Climate Justice Organizing Fund, February 8–March 8, 2027. The Opportunity Fund is for special projects or emergencies outside an organization’s ongoing work, offers grants of up to $1,000, and has a 5:00 p.m. ET deadline on the first business day of each month.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Casey Cook as executive director and Tracy Jones as director of finance and operations. The listed board officers include co-chairs Patrice Green and Jean Hunt, secretary Andrea Pien, and treasurer Jeri Nutter. Other listed board members are Yahya Alazrak, Pedro Rodriguez, Julia Stone, and Sandra Thompson.
Bread and Roses Community Fund is led by Casey Cook, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 2 of 11 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Casey Cook
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$116K (2019) → $187K (2025)
Tracy Jones
Director of Finance & Operations
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$43K (2024) → $160K (2025)
Jean Hunt
Co-Chair
Co-Chair → Board Member, 2024
Board Member → Co-Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julia Stone
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Yahya Alazrak
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrea Pien
Secretary
Board Member → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeri Nutter
Treasurer
Board Member → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patrice Green
Co-Chair
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pedro Rodriguez
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sandra Thompson
Board Member
Board Member → Co-Chair, 2024
Co-Chair → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tiffany Thompson
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (8)
- Former: Jill Feldstein (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Elicia Gonzales (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Jennifer Jordan (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Nina Wong (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Trina Middleton (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Susan Schewel (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Farrah Parkes (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Denise M. Brown (2019) — Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $187K, to Casey Cook (Executive Director). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Bread and Roses Community Fund
How much does Bread and Roses Community Fund give each year?
Bread and Roses Community Fund gave $960K across 53 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.1M across 72 grants.
What is Bread and Roses Community Fund's typical grant size?
Bread and Roses Community Fund's median grant in 2025 was $15,000, and its average grant was $18,119, across 53 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Bread and Roses Community Fund that year got $17K on average.
Where does Bread and Roses Community Fund give grants?
Bread and Roses Community Fund gives mostly in Pennsylvania: 75% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was New Jersey (9%). The most frequent recipient cities were Philadelphia, PA (34 grants), Camden, NJ (2 grants), New York, NY (2 grants) and Washington, DC (2 grants).
Does Bread and Roses Community Fund give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of Bread and Roses Community Fund's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (53 of 53) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Who are Bread and Roses Community Fund's largest grantees?
Bread and Roses Community Fund's largest 2025 grantees include Movement Alliance Project ($71,500), Human Rights Coalition ($66,000) and National Institute for Healthy Human Spaces Inc ($50,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 20% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Bread and Roses Community Fund?
Bread and Roses Community Fund reported $16.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.4M.
What does Bread and Roses Community Fund fund?
Bread & Roses states that it believes in “change, not charity” and organizes donors to support community-based groups building movements for social change. Its work includes grantmaking, fundraising, capacity building, training, political education, and convening. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Bread and Roses Community Fund?
Submit a complete application for the relevant fund before its deadline. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Bread and Roses Community Fund's EIN?
Bread and Roses Community Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-2047297. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 22, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 5, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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