Sapelo Foundation Grants: Social Justice

Sapelo Foundation Grants: Social Justice

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Sapelo Foundation Inc
Last Updated: June 04, 2025

Summary

The Sapelo Foundation Grants focus on enhancing social justice in Georgia, particularly for marginalized communities. Their mission includes fostering civic power and environmental protection through effective policies and practices. They prioritize voting rights and criminal justice reforms, aiming to empower more Georgians to engage in civic advocacy. Grants are typically awarded to 501(c)3 organizations committed to serving areas outside metro Atlanta, ensuring broader participation and equitable access to resources.

Overview

Sapelo Foundation Mission We strive for a just Georgia, through partnerships and solutions that increase environmental protection, social prosperity, and civic power. Vision All Georgians – especially marginalized communities, communities of color, and rural communities – live in healthy environments, have access to the resources they need to thrive, and engage in a just democracy. Social Justice Objectives Increase the number of Georgians who: Shape and benefit from civic and social policies, practices, and systems that are just and effective.Prosper with full rights, protections, access, and agency in our democracy. Desired Outcomes By utilizing strategies reflected in our values, practices, objectives, and grant criteria, we seek to contribute to just systemic change that results in the following: Increased Passage & ImplementationIncreased passage and implementation of policies, practices, and systems that advance social justice.Stronger CollaborationStronger collaboration among organizations, collaborations, and networks that pursue social justice efforts.Stronger CapacityStronger capacity of organizations, collaborations, and networks that pursue social justice work, as evidenced by: Stronger policy advocacy, civic engagement, and grassroots community organizing work. Stronger equity and justice lenses across their work. Stronger organizational health, leadership, and membership.More GeorgiansMore Georgians, especially communities of color and rural communities: Participate in policy advocacy, civic engagement, or grassroots community organizing for social justice. Prosper with fuller rights, protections, access, and agency in our democracy. Two Priorities Our trustees approved two long-term priorities for each of our main grant portfolios. For grant portfolio II: Social Justice, they approved: voting rightscriminal justice We often award two-year grants for voting rights in fall of odd years and two-year grants for criminal justice in fall of even years.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Potential grantee partners must:Be a 501(c)3 organization or use fiscal agent who is a 501(c)3 organization.Work in Georgia with significant commitment to areas outside of metro Atlanta.We either support:statewide efforts, with meaningful inclusion and perspectives of those living in more rural communities and smaller cities outside metro Atlanta OR local and regional efforts based outside metro Atlanta.We use the United Way’s 13-county definition for metro Atlanta: Butts, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dekalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Paulding, and Rockdale.

Ineligibility

The Sapelo Foundation does not:Fund capital campaigns or brick-and-mortar building projects.Sponsor events.