The IE Black Equity Fund is excited to announce an open call for proposals for its Powerbuilding and Systems Change Grant! This grant is designed to support transformative projects that advance systems change and power-building work in the IE’s Black community. Applicants may apply for funding in one of four tiers, including Learning grants, Emerging grants, and Scale-up grants. Nonprofits that operate within Assemblymember Corey Jackson’s District 60 are also eligible for AD60 grants.
Why Powerbuilding and Systems Change?
Powerbuilding is about creating and sustaining movements that empower communities to influence and reshape the systems that impact their lives. Systems change involves addressing the root causes of systemic inequities and working toward solutions that foster long-term justice and equality. The Black Equity Fund recognizes that real progress happens when communities have the tools, resources, and support needed to drive these changes from within.
Grants of up to $100,000 are available through the Black Equity Fund for Black-led and Black-serving organizations in Riverside and San Bernardino
Counties. Applications are being accepted through September 13, 2024.
The Black Equity Initiative – Inland Empire (BEI-IE) and the Inland Empire Funders Alliance (IEFA) have established a Black Equity Fund, an effort to raise and grant $5 million over 2 years to Black led/Black empowering organizations in the Inland Empire region.
The Fund assists nonprofits that are focused on systems change and power-building work in the Fund’s priority areas of civic engagement, criminal justice transformation, housing justice, health equity, education equity and economic liberation.
Interested organizations can review grant guidelines, determine eligibility and submit their application here. All interested applicants should submit through the online portal as emailed applications will not be accepted.
Applicants with questions regarding their grant requests should send an email with the subject titled “Questions” here.
Together, we can build a more equitable and just region. Apply today and join us in shaping the future!
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