AJMMI: Rapid Response Grants

AJMMI: Rapid Response Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: A.J. Muste Memorial Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice
Amount: Up to US $5,000
Last Updated: October 02, 2025

Summary

The AJ Muste Foundation's Rapid Response Grants support U.S.-based organizations engaged in grassroots activism for social justice. These grants, up to $5,000, are aimed at addressing immediate needs of groups fighting for equality and liberation. The funding is designed for unexpected opportunities and emergencies, promoting powerful organizing efforts. The foundation prioritizes groups lacking traditional funding sources and those focused on systemic change rather than individual support.

Overview

NOTE: Due to overwhelming demand, our Rapid Response grant applications process will only be open for the first full week of each month (from Monday at 10am until Friday at 4pm eastern time). About For 50 years, the AJ Muste Foundation has supported efforts to attain racial, ethnic and gender equality, economic and environment justice, and immigrants’ and labor rights. We’ve aided actions aimed at curbing or ending capital punishment, the military and prison industrial complexes. Your financial support is an investment in the lives and accomplishments of our grantees, and in the very future of grassroots social change. Rapid Response Grants Rapid Response Grants are only available to organizations and projects that are based in the United States. These grants are for the immediate and/or emergency needs of groups involved in grassroots nonviolent activism for the liberation of all. They are to help groups respond quickly to new unexpected needs and timely political opportunities with powerful organizing and direct actions. Funding The maximum grant award is $5,000. Most grant awards will be around $3,000.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.

Ineligibility

What We Do Not Fund:Individuals or projects that are not based in an organizing group. Direct services, healing or therapy work, or mutual aid, that's not a small component of larger organizing. Projects or organizations with operating budgets exceeding $250,000. Lobbying or political campaigns. Art, films, or dance projects that aren’t a small component of larger organizing. Tuition or scholarships. University supported projects.