Racial & Economic Justice Fund

Racial & Economic Justice Fund

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

Status: Applications for 2026 funding cycle are closed. Next application will open in early 2027.

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

Contact: grants@breadrosesfund.org | 215.731.1107