Liberation Fund
Groundswell is not funding new organizations in 2025.
Due to restructuring, our team is determining the best way to approach Groundswell’s next phase of grantmaking, and we appreciate your patience as we finalize the details.
We hope to share updates later in the year for the Groundswell of 2026 and beyond, including funding availability, application timelines, and eligibility criteria.
In 2024, we granted $2.4M to 52 grantees.
In the wake of a game-changing election, Groundswell started the Liberation Fund to support the strongest grassroots organizing efforts led by women of color and transgender people of color across social justice sectors.
Groundswell Fund and Groundswell Action Fund are organizations with unique strategies.
501(c)3 organizations must be completely nonpartisan and cannot support candidates. However, they can give donors a tax exemption.
501(c)4 organizations that cannot offer donors a tax exemption for donations but can do unlimited lobbying and direct candidate support.
Liberation Fund Advisors
The Liberation Fund was launched in 2017 to support racial and gender justice organizations led by women of color and transgender and gender-expansive people of color.
A team of 14 of the most respected, impactful women of color leaders across social justice sectors advises and supports the fund, including high-profile thought leaders such as Alicia Garza of Black Futures Lab, Isa Noyola of Mijente, and Ai-jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.