Grassroots Community
Organizing
The Needmor Fund for Social Justice has been proudly funding community organizing for 30 years.
The Needmor Fund for Social Justice
is committed to funding organizations struggling for racial, social, economic, and gender justice.
To date, Needmor has invested more than $51,400,000 in funding community organizing.
Our Impact
Needmor invests in grassroots, membership-based community organizations that are democratically led, engaged in direct action campaigns, committed to leadership development, and that serve Black, Indigenous, and People(s) of Color (BIPOC) or otherwise traditionally excluded communities.
The groups we fund organize to:
1
BUILD LONG-TERM
COMMUNITY POWER
2
STRENGTHEN
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
3
TRANSFORM
COMMUNITIES
4
COMBAT OPPRESSION
& VIOLENCE
Our Commitment to the Midwest
The Midwest is a pivotal region that has a rich tradition of dynamic community organizing and coalition building.
Despite the region’s history and tradition of community, labor, and electoral organizing, there have been limited long-term investments in the Midwest from foundations.
In 2019, Needmor launched its Midwest Strategy, funding organizations across eight states in the region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin). Needmor’s grantee partners build power across the Midwest, bringing together BIPOC communities and communities historically excluded from impactful investments in the region, but who are crucial to the past, present, and future of organizing in the Midwest.
Grantee Partner
News
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The Needmor Fund for Social Justice is committed to funding the grassroots community organizing that brings people together to create a more equitable and just society.
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