Gender Justice Organizing Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Expected ~October
Based on past cycles
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Current deadline
- October 31, 2026
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Deadlines typically fall in: October
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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 gender 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
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Grassroots
- Social justice
- Nonprofits
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