Grantees

Advocacy Partners Team

• Spring 2019
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•   1st Grant

Surfside, FL

Advocacy Partners Team guides women to develop sustainable roles as small business owners, grassroots organizers, and public policy leaders as they seek justice and pursue their dreams.

MakeShift Circus Collective

• Fall 2018
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•   1st Grant

Atlanta, GA

MakeShift Circus Collective works to connect diverse voices to build a colorful community of inclusion, justice, and entertainment. The accessibility of circus is used to promote social change. In the spring of 2019 MakeShift Circus will offer a program on gender issues and injustices.

KC Mothers in Charge

• Fall 2018
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•   1st Grant

Kansas City, Missouri

KC MIC’s mission is to reduce violent crime and support the families of victims. The Hoping and Healing Support Program provides direct assistance to families as well as providing opportunities to participate in advocacy and anti-violence events happening in their community.

Feminists Act!

• Fall 2018
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•   1st Grant

Nationwide

There are a multitude of issues affecting women and girls in our communities. Many want to do what they can to make a difference but are unsure on how to make their voices heard.

Families & Criminal Justice

• Fall 2018
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•   1st Grant

Los Angeles County, California

Families & Criminal Justice (FCJ) is a group of formerly incarcerated women of color who have organized to work in and around the justice system to serve justice-involved women and their families in Los Angeles County.

Collective Action for Safe Spaces

• Fall 2018
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•   1st Grant

Washington, DC

Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS) uses community-based resources to eliminate public harassment and violence against women and folks in the LGBTQ community.

Centro de Recursos Educativos para Adultos (CREA)

• Fall 2017
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• Fall 2018
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•   3rd Grant

New York, New York

CREA provides educational resources for the Spanish-speaking or a non-written indigenous language adult immigrant community in East Harlem and Upper Manhattan, NYC.

Exodus Lending

• Fall 2017
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• Fall 2018
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•   3rd Grant

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Exodus Lending provides Minnesotans trapped in payday debt with interest-free repayment options, personalized advice and financial counseling.

Soul 2 Soul

• Spring 2018
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•   1st Grant

Denver, Colorado

Soul 2 Soul provides Black women-led, interfaith, racial justice programming that centers Black people and experiences on personal liberation and participation in anti-racist activism.