Social Justice Fund NW

08/24/2026

In honor of Black August, SJF will be closed August 24-28 ❤️‍🔥 Please consider taking some time to support and donate money to incredible organizations like Black Cultural Initiative and Resource Equity Association. We will be back in the office on Monday, August 31.

[Image: Graphic announcing SJF's Black August Office Closure. The text is brown with a yellow shadow and the background is teal. The text is positioned on top of ripped sheets of paper that are made to look to be taped to the background. The SJF logo is present at the top of the image.]

08/20/2026

What does it take to build Black power and belonging in Portland? The York Collective is reclaiming history and shaping what comes next ✊🏿

For generations, Black Portlanders have built community and belonging in a city that has repeatedly tried to push them out. Today, The York Collective is carrying that legacy forward by preserving Black history, reclaiming space, and building toward Black ownership and collective power.

Named for York, the first Black person known to set foot in what is now Portland, the Collective brings together elders, organizers, and community members imagining a future rooted in belonging.

Read our latest grantee story: https://bit.ly/4giMogV

More than 200 years after York became the first Black person known to set foot in what is now Portland, The York Collective is building on generations of Black Portland resilience to claim space, uplift community stories, and build belonging in a city shaped by decades of displacement. York and the....

08/19/2026

Because strategic plans are always serious 😂🎬 Behind-the-scenes proof that you can agitate philanthropy and still have fun.

Watch all of our new strategic plan videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/

08/18/2026

Join us in honoring Black August and Black Philanthropy Month.

There’s no one path towards liberation. By uplifting historical movements, activists, and Black philanthropists, we aim to show some of the different strategies for defending Black lives, uplifting Black dignity and joy, and supporting Black communities and organizations in creating autonomous futures.

We also invite non-Black people of color and white folks to tangibly support Black liberation movements this month through volunteering, donating, educating yourself and others, and organizing in your community to support this work.

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08/17/2026

Join our info session on the Rural Organizing Giving Project 🌾

This hybrid giving project will focus on funding rural movement work across Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. Come to our info session to learn more about this opportunity and ask any questions you might have.

Event Details:
Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM MT
Location: Virtual (Free)
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mL_Piuw6Q2e9uQbiOX18wA #/registration

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08/13/2026

Our Rural Organizing Giving Project is now open to everyone! 🌾

Become part of a community-led, collective effort to fund grassroots organizing in small towns, rural communities and reservation communities across Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.

From October 28, 2026, to May 2, 2027, you’ll work alongside a cross-class, multiracial cohort to build community, deepen your political education, learn how to fundraise, and practice participatory grantmaking; moving resources directly to rural movements across the Northwest.

Donor organizing is a critical part of social justice giving. It’s how we agitate philanthropy, redistribute wealth, and make sure communities have the unrestricted resources they need to do the work they’re already doing.

Learn more and join the Giving Project: https://bit.ly/4wpY45Y

Deadline to apply is October 15.

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08/06/2026

Investing in the team behind the work 🌱

Meet our Director of Finance and Operations, Rahel Gaguro, as she shares how SJF's new strategic plan will strengthen our foundation over the next five years by investing in staff wellness, holding ourselves accountable, and building the systems we need to keep living our values.

Read about our new strategic plan: https://socialjusticefund.org/why-sjf-is-excited-about-our-new-strategic-plan/

Video by Sharon Ho Chang & Don Farwell

08/04/2026

We're honored to announce the recipients of this year's Tenant and Housing Justice Grant! 🏠

Angolans Community in Washington
Black Cultural Initiative
House Our Neighbors Education Fund
Oregon Rohingya Myanmar Muslim Society
Outreach and Transform Lives (OTL)
Resource Equity Association
ShelterJH
Sovereignty Rises
Treasure Valley Tenants Union
Gem State Housing Alliance

The Tenant and Housing Justice Grant will support organizations working to undo and/or create alternative solutions to exploitative housing systems which were built and are sustained by capitalism, colonialism, classism, racism, xenophobia, and ableism. This grant will fund organizations that meet SJF’s community organizing framework and prioritize communities underrepresented in traditional grantmaking.

Congratulations to our amazing THJGP grantees! Make sure you follow and share these orgs and their critical organizing work.

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07/30/2026

Justice starts with access ✨

Meet our Director of Grantmaking & Impact, Andriana Alexis, as she reflects on the strength of SJF's team, how SJF's new strategic plan will make our grantmaking more accessible, and how we're rising to meet this moment and the moments ahead.

Read about our new strategic plan: https://socialjusticefund.org/why-sjf-is-excited-about-our-new-strategic-plan/

Video by Sharon Ho Chang & Don Farwell

07/28/2026

Want to do philanthropy different? Become an SJF member! 🖤

SJF is building a new, more engaged culture of donor organizers fighting for social change. Our membership is a place to move beyond transactional giving and take strategic action within a values-aligned community.

At a time when many people are looking for meaningful ways to respond to the challenges facing our communities, SJF membership provides a real-world solution to the question, “what can I do?”

Becoming an SJF member means joining a cross-class, multiracial regional community that's resourcing progressive, systemic change. Our membership helps you do philanthropy differently, with an approach that is accessible and rooted in community.

Submit your membership form today: https://bit.ly/4yJQmpN

Questions? Email [email protected]

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