Apply For a Grant

Basic Eligibility Requirements:

To be eligible for any Social Justice Fund grant program, an organization must:

• Be a nonprofit organization with 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 status as determined by the IRS, or be a federally recognized American Indian tribal government or agency. Groups sponsored by 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 organizations or by federally recognized tribal governments can also apply.
• Be led by people who are most directly affected by the problems that the organization or project is addressing.
• Carry out most of its work in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and/or Wyoming.
• Satisfy evaluation requirements for all previous Social Justice Fund grants.

How to Apply for a Grant:

1. Review the Social Justice Fund 2012 Grant Guidelines.
2. Optional: Read the SJF Grantmaking Case Statement and the SJF Granting Criteria (used by our volunteer grantmakers to help guide their screening process). Read through those materials carefully and then if you have any questions about these grant cycles, please do not hesitate to contact us. In addition, we will host an optional, open conference call to answer any questions about these grants and our grantmaking criteria and process: Tues. April 17, 3:00-4:00 pm PST (Call 1-888-311-9051 and enter conference entry code 495462).
3. Download the application (linked below) and follow the instructions included in the application. You can apply for multiple grants per year, as long as you meet the eligibility criteria for each grant.  If you have applied for SJF grants before, please note some minor but important changes to the budget instructions.
4. If you have any questions, contact Program Director, Mijo Lee by email or by calling (206) 624-4081.

Also see our list of other funding opportunities.

2012 Social Justice Fund NW Grant Cycles:

Applications due May 11:

Criminal Justice Grant (Region-wide; funding for organizations and projects addressing the systems that criminalize the lives of people of color and poor people)

LGBTQ Grant  (Region-wide; funding for LGBTQ organizations and organizations and organizations whose leadership includes LGBTQ-identified people, and whose work supports struggles for LGBTQ justice in meaningful ways) 

Applications due June 8:

Economic Justice Grant (Region-wide; funding for organizations and projects working for economic justice)

Environmental Justice Grant (Region-wide; funding for organizations and projects working for environmental justice)

Upcoming 2012 grant cycles:

Request for Proposals (RFP) to be released June 4 / Applications due July 13: 

- Montana Grant  (Montana organizations only; no issue focus)

- General Grant  (Region-wide; no issue focus)

To receive email updates about our grant cycles, contact Program Director Mijo Lee at mijo(at)socialjusticefund.org.