The Afiya Center
Dallas, TX
The Path to Freedom
The way to freedom for all people is to follow – and fund – those who know the way. That’s why we’re working to move $80M to grassroots organizing led by women of color and transgender and gender non-conforming people of color by 2026.
Groundswell’s giving looks different.
- $100M in grants have been moved to the grassroots since our inception in 2003
- 90% of the money we move goes to women of color-led organizing
- 214 organizations across 49 states and territories received funding in 2021
Our statement on the leaked Roe v. Wade SCOTUS ruling
The leaked Supreme Court draft decision on Roe v. Wade via Politico confirmed what many of us anticipated, yet it was no less shocking. Our grantee partners are ready and are actively working towards a future of collective liberation – they have the vision and the clarity – regardless of the status of Roe.
Grantee Spotlight
Grant Seekers
We are a channel into which individual donors and foundations can pour resources to reach vital work at the grassroots.
The Catalyst Fund for Reproductive Justice
Uses donor outreach and matching grants to leverage and direct new resources to organizations that are led by women of color, low-income women, and transgender people and building an organized grassroots base of support for reproductive justice
Birth Justice Fund
Supports organizing advocacy, and direct service delivery efforts to make high-quality midwifery and doula care and training accessible to women of color and low-income women.
Rapid Response Fund
Provides the philanthropic community with a vehicle for deploying resources quickly and strategically to Reproductive Justice and social justice organizations during unexpected and critical campaign fights and key opportunities.
Liberation Fund
A joint project of Groundswell Fund and Groundswell Action Fund, the Liberation Fund supports the strongest grassroots organizing efforts led by women of color and transgender people of color across social justice sectors.
Capacity Building
Groundswell Fund Builds Beyond with Adaptive Design Groundswell Fund invests in capacity-building across the movement and throughout the whole organization.
Black Trans Fund
The Black Trans Fund is the first national fund in the country dedicated to uplifting, resourcing, and building the capacity of Black trans social justice leaders.
You have to remember that pregnancy does not need to be pathologized. It is not a sickness.Angela Doyinsola Aina, Executive Director
Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Birth Justice Fund grantee
Atlanta, GA