Peace Development Fund’s 2023 Grantees
The Peace Development Fund (PDF) is thrilled to announce our FY 2023 grantees. We’re supporting 35 organizations, across our four grant funds, in every region of the US, as well as Haiti and Mexico. PDF’s unwavering commitment to driving social change and supporting impactful initiatives is exemplified by the diverse range of grantees on this year’s list. PDF is home to four individual grant-making funds, each with specific criteria and decision making committees. To learn more about our grant guidelines, click here.
Seeding The Movement Fund
The Seeding The Movement Fund is PDF largest grant-making program and provides funding of various amounts to community-led organizations across the US, Haiti, and Mexico.
2023 Grantees:
- The Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice*, Calabasas, CA
- Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Lactation Collaborative of California, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
- Bantu Safe Haven, Philadelphia, PA
- Best Practices Policy Project, Morristown, NJ
- Beyond Trenches, Sanford, NC
- Center for Social Sustainable Systems (CESOSS), Albuquerque, NM
- Communities for Clean Water (CCW), Taos, NM
- Dignity Power, Orlando, FL
- Healing Communities PA, Philadelphia, PA
- Home Roots Foundation*, Washington, DC (Haiti)
- La Colectiva, Benito Juarez, Mexico
- Manasseh Ministry*, Black Jack, MO
- Marijan, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Montana Two Spirit Society, Missoula, MT
- NYCHA Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Arverne, NY
- Root Cause Research Center, Louisville, KY
- Tight Lipped*, Richmond, CA
- Tranzzlation, Seattle, WA
- UnHarming Ohio, East Liverpool, OH
- Washington Fair Trade Coalition Education Fund, Seattle, WA
- Whiteswan Environmental, Bellingham, WA*
- yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective, Seattle, WA
Braiding New Worlds
Braiding New Worlds Fund, established by PDF in celebration of our 40th anniversary in 2021, supports youth-led and youth-focused organizing across the country through grants distributed by a participatory committee of young individuals, aged 18 to 25, who contribute valuable insights and expertise in youth activism and organizing.
2023 Grantees:
- Detroit Area Youth Uniting Michigan, Detroit, MI*
- Queer Youth Assemble, South Easton, MA*
- Fanm Saj, Inc, Miami, FL
- PVUSD Students Deserve, Watsonville, CA
- New Britain Racial Justice Coalition, New Britain, CT*
- Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
- The Queer-Trans Project, Atlantic Beach, FL*
*Past year grantee
De Colores Rapid Response Fund
De Colores Rapid Response Fund (RRF) provides rapid, short-term funding allowing marginalized rural and urban communities to take advantage of movement moments for organizing, with grant decisions made by Peace Development Fund’s staff.
2023 Grantees
- Grow Food Northampton, Northampton, MA
- House of Tears Carvers, Ferndale, WA
- Red Roses Trans Movement, San Francisco, CA
- River Valley Organizing, East Liverpool, OH
- UMASS Dissenters, Amherst, MA
- Western Montana LGBTQ+ Center, Missoula, MT
Pioneer Valley Community Advised Fund
Pioneer Valley Community Advised Fund (PVCAF) resources grassroots initiatives striving for social justice in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties, and is focused on organizations led by people of color, with grant decisions made by a participatory committee of residents of the Pioneer Valley.
2023 Grantees:
- Decarcerate Western Mass Bailout Project, Easthampton, MA*
- Nolumbeka Project, Greenfield, MA*
- Trans Asylum Support Network (TASSN), Greenfield, MA*
*Past year grantee
