Funding Amount

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Deadline

March 6, 2027

158 days left

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle
Annual
Current deadline
March 6, 2027
Tracked since
April 2026

Deadlines typically fall in: March

Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.

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Geography

  • In Philadelphia region (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Camden counties)

Required status

  • 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
  • Designated as 501(c)(3) or have fiscal sponsor with 501(c)(3) status

Other requirements

  • Meet all basic Bread & Roses eligibility criteria
  • Current with all progress reports from previous Bread & Roses grants
  • Submit complete application before deadline
  • Using community organizing to create sustainable social change

Overview

Focus: Grassroots community organizing for climate justice

Geographic Scope: Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Camden counties

Eligibility Requirements

  • Meet all basic Bread & Roses eligibility criteria
  • Located in Philadelphia region (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Camden counties)
  • Designated as 501(c)(3) or have fiscal sponsor with 501(c)(3) status
  • Current with all progress reports from previous Bread & Roses grants
  • Submit complete application before deadline
  • Using community organizing to create sustainable social change

What Bread & Roses Funds

  • Organizations with long-term vision for social justice
  • Focus on community organizing and activism (not social service or educational programs)
  • Clear understanding of root causes of problems
  • Vision emphasizing systems change
  • Strategy including building local base for collective action
  • Leadership primarily composed of people affected by the issue

What Bread & Roses Does NOT Fund

  • Direct service work/social services
  • Self-help/empowerment programs
  • Educational programs
  • Advocacy
  • Research
  • Schools
  • Capital campaigns or building projects
  • Scholarships, fellowships, or grants to individuals (except Lax Scholarship Fund)

Funding Limitations

  • Organizations can receive up to $50,000 total from Bread & Roses within a 12-month period
  • Organizations can apply for grants in every eligible fund

What Bread and Roses Community Fund actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025
53
Total given
$960K
Median grant
$15K
Range
$7,500–$72K
  • By dollars: Pennsylvania 75%, New Jersey 9%, New York 4%. Top recipient cities: Philadelphia, PA; Camden, NJ; New York, NY.
  • 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 42% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA

    General Operating Support

    $72K

  • Human Rights Coalition · Philadelphia, PA

    General Operating Support

    $66K

  • National Institute for Healthy Human Spaces Inc · Camden, NJ

    General Operating Support

    $50K

  • Juntos · Philadelphia, PA

    General Operating Support

    $36K

  • National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY

    General Operating Support

    $35K

IRS Form 990, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Grassroots
  • Environmental justice
  • Social justice
  • Nonprofits

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