The Community Organizing Grants program contains PDF’s annual grantmaking docket which consists of four grant programs: the Seeding the Movement Fund, Pioneer Valley Community Advised Fund, The Braiding New Worlds Fund and the De Colores Rapid Response Fund. Any organization that fits PDF’s guidelines is eligible to apply for a grant. PDF currently only funds organizations in the United States, Haiti and Mexico through the Community Organizing Grants docket.

Each year PDF receives hundreds of proposals from grassroots community organizations seeking funding. Through a careful review and interview process, PDF selects those organizations that will have a significant impact in their geographic and social justice focus area, or are working on issues that are not yet recognized by progressive funders.

Grant Eligibility

Please read our Grant Guidelines to see if your organization is eligible to apply. Review this FAQ for additional clarity.

What We Fund:

• Organizing to Shift Power
• Working to Build a Movement
• Dismantling Oppression
• Creating New Structures

Application Dates & Deadlines

The Application period for PDF’s 2024 Community Organizing Grants will reopen November 15, 2023. The application deadline will be in early January 2024.

The De Colores Rapid Response Fund is on an as need basis, so there is no deadline to apply for De Colores.

• Finalist Grant Round Notifications: End of February
• Final Grant Decision: End of April

The average grant is $5,000.

Our Community Organizing Grant cycle for the 2023 Fiscal Year has closed! Thank you to all those who applied! To learn about the grantees, click here.

To learn more about this program, view the zoom recording of our info session or check out the slides from a Community Organizing Grants Information Session.

Questions? You can email us or call 413-256-8306.