All Grant Recipients
cave canem
Cave Canem Foundation is a home for the many voices of African American poetry and is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets.
coffee house press
Coffee House Press began as a small letterpress operation in 1972 and has grown into an internationally renowned nonprofit publisher of literary fiction, essay, poetry, and other work that doesn’t fit neatly into genre categories.
the freya project
The Freya Project brings people together to celebrate and amplify the voices of women and non-binary people through a fundraising reading series. The Freya Project’s events create a unifying environment of mutual support.
workers’ dignity
Workers’ Dignity is a worker-led center organizing for economic justice and dignity for all. We believe people directly impacted by injustice, especially low-wage workers facing abuse by employers, bus riders confronting transit racism, and immigrants facing increased ICE raids and detention, have the knowledge and capacity to create sustaining and equitable change.
FUERZA LABORAL
Fuerza Laboral is a workers' rights center in Central Falls, Rhode Island whose mission is to shift the balance of power in our economy towards labor by educating, training, and organizing workers to become community leaders; by taking direct action to recover unpaid wages and improve workplace conditions.
oacla
Open Architecture Collaborative - Los Angeles (OACLA) aims to deliver design and architectural services to marginalized communities by working with them to improve their environment.
Bread & Roses Community fund
Bread & Roses believes in change, not charity. They organize donors at all levels to support community-based groups in building movements for racial equity and economic opportunity for all. They support movements and their leaders through fundraising, grantmaking, capacity building, and convening.
ADELANTE ALABAMA WORKERS CENTER
Adelante Alabama Worker Center unites low-wage and immigrant workers and their families in the Birmingham area to defend our rights, promote dignity, and pursue justice for all.
alabama coalition for immigrant justice
The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice is a grassroots, statewide network of individuals and organizations that works to advance and defend the rights of immigrants in Alabama. The coalition consists of six non-profit organizations leading Alabama to a more equitable, multi-ethnic, and multi-lingual future.
project say something
To confront racial injustice through Black history by using communication, education, and community empowerment to reconcile the past with the present.
THE MID-SOUTH PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER
The Mid-South Peace and Justice Center is a multi-issue, multi-race organization whose mission is to engage, organize, and mobilize communities to realize social justice through nonviolent action. They work to educate and train new community leaders to lead campaigns for racial, economic, environmental and social justice.
the nashville freedom school partnership
The Nashville Freedom School Partnership unites community partners and young-adult mentors to teach literacy and life skills that instill cultural pride, self-assurance, and active citizenship among marginalized children and youth of color to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline.
Other Recent Partners:
Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative (Camden, AL)
Dream Defenders (FL chapters)
The Young Women’s Project (Washington, DC)
Miami Workers Center (Miami, FL)
Mitchell-West Center for Social Inclusion at the University of North Alabama (Florence, AL)
Right to the City Alliance (New York, NY)
Justice Arts Coalition (Nationwide)
new immigrant community empowerment
New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable and precarious immigrant workers in New York, with a focus on day laborers, domestic workers, and newly arrived immigrants. NICE offers an extensive set of services, community organizing, and leadership development programs.