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Location: 1904 3rd Ave Ste 806, Seattle, 98101 WA
EIN: 91-1036971
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Grant Applicant - applied in 2017
Social Justice Fund is great! If you are applying for the first time, I recommend calling them to talk about your organization and to learn about the funding process. Even if you are a current grantee, you should feel comfortable calling them about your next proposal before you submit it. They are very accessible and willing to talk through things.
Positive leader in the field, Gives more than money, Risk taker, Culturally sensitive, Insightful, Friendly, Builds relationships, Likes site visits, "Gets" nonprofits and issues, Openminded, Responsive
Montana
Current or former grantee
Funded for greater amount
2017
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It's hard to build a relationship with SJF because they have different decision makers for each grant cycle, so you start out describing your work from the beginning with every grant cycle.
Social Justice Fund doesn't hold unreasonable expectations for the scope or pace of an organization's work and the reporting requests are very simple.
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Grant Applicant - applied in 2017
The thing I appreciate the most about Social Justice Fund is that we can talk in the real language we use day to day. There is no need to "code switch" to appeal to funders that don't understand how oppression works or who will get threatened, offended, or shut down with words like "white supremacy", "white nationalism", or even just "racism".
If you are a small, grassroots organization just getting started check out their seed grants. If you generally won't show up on the radar of large funders, but do impactful social justice liberation work you should definitely apply to Social Justice Fund. And call them and talk to staff if you have any questions. This is a funder that I feel like it is authentically possible to build and maintain relationship with. They are accessible like that.
Washington
Current or former grantee
Funded for amount requested
2017
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In my experience, Social Justice Fund takes accountability as a funder very seriously. They recognize and name their power as the people who move money - this includes staff and member organizers (I don't really know the board). I have found them to be very straightforward and easy to approach. I wish they could bottle that and sell to other funders.
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