Racial & Economic Justice Fund
Funding Amount
$10,000
Deadline
Expected ~March
Based on past cycles
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Current deadline
- March 2, 2027
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Deadlines typically fall in: March
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Can we apply?
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Other requirements
- Must meet all of the following:
- Meet all basic eligibility criteria
- Have a long-term vision for and engage strategies that promote racial and/or economic justice
- Use community organizing to achieve goals and create social change
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: Cannot apply for both Racial & Economic Justice Fund and Future Fund in same year
- Not eligible: Organizations can receive up to $50,000 total from Bread & Roses within a 12-month period
Overview
Award Size: $10,000 grants
Focus: Grassroots groups using community organizing to build power and create change by pressuring policymakers and corporations to adopt legislation, policies, or practices that advance racial justice and a just economy.
Geographic Scope: Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Camden counties
Eligibility Requirements
Must meet all of the following:
- Meet all basic eligibility criteria
- Have a long-term vision for and engage strategies that promote racial and/or economic justice
- Use community organizing to achieve goals and create social change
- Led by people most affected by injustice with broad membership and leadership bases that can survive when key leaders step down
- Understand power and can talk about how they are trying to challenge power imbalances within organizations, communities, and between community members and policy makers
- Have a plan with specific, achievable short-term and long-term goals that promote racial and/or economic justice through changes in policies or practices at neighborhood, city, state, or national level
- Knowledgeable about other organizations working on same issue; able to work collaboratively across movements, issues, and communities
- Less likely to be funded by traditional funders due to commitment to challenging power and prioritizing leadership of marginalized people; grant from Bread & Roses critical to seeding or sustaining work
Restrictions
- Cannot apply for both Racial & Economic Justice Fund and Future Fund in same year
- Organizations can receive up to $50,000 total from Bread & Roses within a 12-month period
Previous Grantees
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Funding Source: 2026 Racial & Economic Justice Giving Project
How to Apply
Application Process
Application Support Available: Virtual 15-minute appointments for grant application assistance. Schedule at: breadrosesfund.org/grants-scholarships/racial-economic-justice-fund/
Current Status: Applications for 2026 cycle are closed. Next application opens early 2027.
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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