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The Phoenix Fund

The New World Foundation

Foundation Workforce Development Grants Community Development Grants Grants for Grassroots Organizations

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

Check your organization against each line. Taken from the listing; confirm with the funder's guidelines.

Other requirements

United States, with particular focus on regions with historically low union density

Overview

Focus Area: Worker and community power, economic opportunity, labor rights
Established: 1996

Program Description

The Phoenix Fund is a philanthropic collaborative of the New World Foundation dedicated to building worker and community power from the ground up. The Fund focuses on supporting a new generation of organizers and leaders rooted in frontline communities, investing in organizing strategies that expand dignity, rights, and opportunity for working people.

Key Focus Areas

Worker and community power building
Labor rights and fair wages
Equitable economic development
Long-term organizing and leadership development
Infrastructure building for worker movements
Intersection of worker power, community power, and future of work
Ensuring workers and communities shape economic transformation
Support for regions with historically low union density

Strategic Evolution

The Phoenix Fund continues to evolve alongside shifting realities of work, power, and communities, originally created to respond to changing economic conditions.

Grantee Types

Frontline organizations
Labor unions
Worker centers
Cross-sector coalitions
Organizations working toward equitable economic development

Geographic Scope

United States, with particular focus on regions with historically low union density

What The New World Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025: 120
Total given: $10.34M
Median grant: $21K
Range: $5,434–$1.5M

By dollars: California 38%, New York 18%, Minnesota 15%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Washington, DC; Boston, MA.
0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
52% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA

Forgiveness

$1.5M
Shared Capital Cooperative · St Paul, MN

Forgiveness

$1.5M
ICA Fund · Oakland, CA

Forgiveness

$800K
Jfflabs Inc · Boston, MA

In support of providing technical assistance and capacity building to jffventures and…

$500K
Project Equity · Oakland, CA

In support of creating quality jobs through employee ownership initiative

$500K