News Archives: November, 2018
2019 Community Organizing Grant Cycle Announcement
The Peace Development Fund’s 2019 Community Organizing Grant Cycle Applications Will Be Accepted Between November 30th and December 28th PDF makes grants to community-based organizations working for social justice. We believe that the change in values needed to establish a more just and peaceful world can come about only if it is strongly rooted in local ...Read more
Published on November 8, 2018
It Takes More than a Grant: Building Sustainable Change
Built from the more than 37 years of experience partnering with grassroots community groups, PDF’s capacity building program, THE SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT, was developed in direct response to the articulated needs and aspirations of our grantees and continues to evolve. With their input and recommendations, PDF has developed an integrated strategy to build the capacity of grassroots organizations through a combination of multi-year ...Read more
Published on October 2, 2018
One Year Ago
One year ago, an insurgency of more than 300 white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, VA for the now notorious “Unite the Right” rally. During this two day rally, Alt-right members, Klansman, Neo-Nazis and Neo-Confederates congregated. They spewed hate speech, carried torches, waved swastika flags, flaunted semiautomatic weapons and even wore Klansman attire. A brave group ...Read more
Published on August 21, 2018
Work at PDF
The Peace Development Fund in Amherst, MA is a public foundation that works to build the capacity of community-based organizations through grants, training and other resources as partners in the human rights and social justice movements. If you’re looking for a rewarding career position in a dynamic, successful and progressive organization, helping to raise much-needed ...Read more
Published on August 1, 2018
2018 Community Organizing Grants
This year PDF made Community Organizing grants totaling $80,000 and accepted five groups into The Sustainability Project. In addition, during Grassroots Funding Week, donors gave more than $16,500 for organizations that PDF recommended, but we couldn’t fund by ourselves. ...Read more
Published on May 15, 2018