Social Justice and Resiliency Fund Grant

Social Justice and Resiliency Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Community Foundation for Southwest Washington
Last Updated: November 01, 2025

Summary

The Social Justice and Resiliency Fund offers vital support to nonprofits addressing systemic inequities in Clark, Cowlitz, and Skamania counties. By providing flexible, unrestricted funding, the fund empowers organizations led by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to implement impactful changes. Grants focus on capacity building and systemic change, ensuring communities are equipped to respond to future crises. This initiative fosters equity and social justice, creating a more resilient and diverse nonprofit landscape.

Overview

NOTE: There is no deadline for the Social Justice and Resiliency Fund; we will accept and review requests on a rolling basis. Who We Are We weave the work of communities, connecting and uplifting passionate people, critical resources and transformational ideas. Working side by side with every corner and sector of our region, we have identified social and economic justice as the most critical elements to a thriving community. We serve to advance efforts in these areas by fostering impactful giving, trusted partnerships and authentic engagement for a more equitable southwest Washington. Social Justice and Resiliency Fund Nonprofits are essential to any crisis response. Locally, our grantees responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with creativity and resilience. Yet, the long-term impacts of community divestment put Black, Native and people of color at greater risk. The Social Justice & Resiliency Fund was created to address these inequities by providing sustained funding for historically under-resourced communities. Grants support capacity building and systemic change efforts that are building a more robust and diverse coalition of community-based organizations to respond when the next crisis hits. The Social Justice and Resiliency Fund provides rapid-response funding to address emerging challenges that continue to impact historically marginalized and underserved communities in Clark, Cowlitz, and Skamania counties. These grants focus on: Operating support for organizations led by Black, Indigenous, or People of Color, culturally specific organizations and coalitions seeking to reimagine the systems they work in.Investments in organizations focused on systemic change, policy and advocacy efforts; and/orCapacity-building support to organizations that are investing in equity work and addressing disparities in their organization and/or programming. Types of Grants Flexible, unrestricted funding creates greater impact. Here are the two ways we award Social Justice and Resiliency Fund grants: Proactive Grants – Awarded based on outreach and ongoing conversations with our program team.Responsive Grants – Awarded based on a simple, brief application process through our website.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The Social Justice and Resiliency Fund provides rapid-response funding to organizations that address emerging challenges that continue to impact historically marginalized and underserved communities in:Clark, Cowlitz, and Skamania counties. Based upon the charitable structure of the Social Justice and Resiliency Fund, our grants are limited to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, groups fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, or other charitable organizations able to receive a tax-deductible contribution, such as schools, faith-based organizations, and other public entities. If your organization is a 501(c)(4), please directly reach out to a Program Officer to discuss your programmatic request.These funds are designed to address emerging and unanticipated needs, as well as building the long-term capacity of culturally-specific organizations. If you have already received a Social Justice and Resiliency Fund grant in the calendar year, please reach out to a Program Officer to discuss your funding needs.

Ineligibility

We are not able to fund individuals or businesses directly, labor unions, or other 501(c)(5) and 501(c)(6) organizations.