2025 Seed Grant – Round Two & Three Awardees

Social Justice Fund is pleased to announce the round two and three awardees of our 2025 Seed Grant cycles! Seed grants will provide small unrestricted funds to new groups who are in the early stages of building their community work but do not yet meet all of SJF’s community organizing criteria, and may not yet […]

2025 Seed Grant – Round One Awardees

Social Justice Fund is pleased to announce the round one awardees of our 2025 Seed Grant cycles! Seed grants will provide small unrestricted funds to new groups who are in the early stages of building their community work but do not yet meet all of SJF’s community organizing criteria, and may not yet qualify for […]

2026 Seed Grant

Social Justice Fund Northwest (SJF) is pleased to announce the 2026 Seed Grant, open to grassroots organizations in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and/or Wyoming. Please read the following information carefully before beginning your application. Description Seed Grants will provide small unrestricted funds for grassroots groups developing their community organizing work who do not yet meet […]

2025 Seed Grant Cycles

Social Justice Fund (SJF) is thrilled to launch our 2025 Seed Grant cycles! Seed Grants will provide small unrestricted funds to new groups who are in the early stages of building their community work but do not yet meet all of SJF’s community organizing criteria, and may not yet qualify for our regular grants. If […]

Apply for Rapid Response and Seed Grants

SJF’s Rapid Response & Seed Grants are officially open for the year, and will remain open through November or until we have exhausted the funding available for these grants. Rapid Response grants ($3,000) help SJF support organizing in response to urgent situations and Seed grants ($5,000) are for emerging grassroots collectives who might not yet […]

2022 Rapid Response & Seed Grants are open!

Hi community! We’re thrilled to announce that our Rapid Response & Seed Grants have officially reopened for the year, and will remain open through November or until we have exhausted the funding available for these grants. First launched six years ago, these small grants help SJF support organizing in response to urgent situations and emerging […]

Announcing the first round of 2021 Rapid Response & Seed grants!

We are excited to announce the first six grantees of the 2021 Rapid Response and Seed grants! Grassroots organizers have responded to the crises of the past year (plus a few months) with imagination and power. They’ve connected with their communities, asked people what they need, and dreamed up plans of action rooted in collective […]

2021 Rapid Response and Seed grant applications are now open!

We’re excited to announce that the 2021 Rapid Response & Seed grants are now open for applications! These grants allow us to respond quickly to the political climate, attacks, and opportunities, and to support new and emerging groups. Before applying for either of these grants, read our eligibility criteria here. You can email Shardé Nabors with questions or schedule a […]

Announcing the 2020 Rapid Response & Seed Grants grantees!

It’s been nearly four years since we launched our Rapid Response & Seed Grant program in 2016! Last year, we set a goal to increase grantmaking through this program, and with the support of our incredible community, we more than doubled the number of grants made, 34 in total. That’s over $100,000 to resource new […]