PDF Announces This Week's Grants!

Organization Name, City Location, Grant Amount, Organization Information

Somos Un Pueblo Unido

Santa Fe, NM

$2,500.00

Founded in 1995 with the goal of protecting and expanding immigrants' rights in New Mexico, Somos Un Pueblo Unido believes that the freedom of mobility is a human right. They work to build a community that treats people justly and equally irrespective of national origin or what legal documents they carry. This grant, in particular, will aid the 1,000 Women March, a march in Santa Fe, NM to the state capital under Governor Susana Martinez. The march seeks to mobilize New Mexico's families, empowering their voices in front of the administration.

New Mexico Alliance

Chimayo, NM

$1,000.00

The New Mexico Alliance is a network of grassroots environmental, economic, and social justice groups who work to eliminate the harmful effects of military activity in New Mexico. Founded in 1991, this organization created a structure to allow real democratic participation within Native American and Chicano communities within the United States. The New Mexico Alliance, in conjunction with Somos Un Pueblo Unido and other organizations, are sponsoring the 1,000 Women March, a project that this grant will specifically support.

Women, Action, and the Media

Cambridge, MA

$28,105.75

fiscal sponsorship program support

Women, Action, and the Media connects and supports media makers, activists, academics and funders working to advance women’s media participation, ownership and representation. Their work is part of an advocacy movement for gender justice in the media.

Unity Foundation

San Francisco, CA

$4,700.00

fiscal sponsorship program support

Unity Foundation was founded in 1976 for the purpose of promoting world peace, cooperation, and unity. The foundation accomplishes its non-profit purpose through the presentation of special cultural and education events, creative arts, media campaigns, and the use of interactive communications technologies.

TenThousandMeans

Brooklyn, NY

$1,504.00

fiscal sponsorship program support

TenThousandMeans is the generation, organization, and provision of both financial support and volunteer contribution for groups such as Saathi Nepal and Action Pour Les Enfants, organizations that have proven track records in the fight against the practice of human trafficking and for the furtherance of women's and children's rights. It is also TenThousandMeans' subtextual mission to bring more men into direct support of pressing and current women's right issues, both domestically and abroad.

Prison Birth Project

Northampton, MA

$10,513.57

fiscal sponsorhsip program support

The Prison Birth Project is an organization focused on reproductive justice, working to provide education, support, and resources about pregnancy, birth, and mothering to incarcerated women. Their goal is to provide the tools to help make empowering birth choices and provide continuous care throughout the pregnancy, birth, and postpartum process.

Minding the Arts

Amherst, MA

$1,918.54

fiscal sponsorship program support

Minding the Arts creates and supports art based educational programs both within and outside of the United States. Currently, Minding the Arts helps sponsor The Integrity School located in Namibia, Africa, which is committed to providing quality education at the foundation and primary levels for all children regardless of race, ethnic origin, gender, religion, or social or economic status. Their goal is to fill the gap in the current educational system by providing a positive learning environment that encourages students to develop problem-solving skills through hands-on activities.

Friends of Golden Gateway

San Francisco, CA

$2,553.28

fiscal sponsorship program support

Friends of Golden Gateway seeks permanent protection of recreational space, from the current prospective proposals put forward by this developer and others, thatdeny San Franciscans the kind of neighborhood facilities that make the city a rich and vibrant place for people of all ages and all walks of life.

BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth

Oakland, CA

$3,567.30

fiscal sponsorship program support

BAY-Peace empowers Bay Area youth to resist aggressive military recruiting and war. They focus on fighting back against aggressive military recruiting in our schools-- especially the Oakland public schools where low-income youth of color are specifically targeted. They reach out to youth throughout the entire Bay Area to organize for better alternatives.

afghans for Afghans

San Francisco, CA

$545.20

fiscal sponsorship program support

afghans for Afghans is a humanitarian and educational people-to-people project that sends hand-knit and crochet blankets and sweaters, vests, hats, mittens, and socks to the beleaguered people of Afghanistan. To encourage cross-cultural appreciation, they document traditional Afghan knitting designs and create new knitting patterns based on Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage. They hope to develop micro enterprise to leverage our reputation and help the Afghans earn income, within the difficult circumstances of war and security.