The Phoenix Fund

The Phoenix Fund

Funder: New World Foundation
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

Contact Information

New World Foundation 627 West End Avenue New York, NY 10024