Social Justice Fund NW

06/03/2026

Applications are open for the final round of our 2026 Emerging Justice Fund Grants! ✊🏾⚖️

These 1-year grants of $10,000 (each) are for organizing around urgent and emerging needs in ID, MT, OR, WA and WY.

There will be three rounds of EJF funding in 2026. Deadline to apply for the third round is July 30.

You can watch an informational session on our YouTube channel

Learn more at the bio link or socialjustticefund.org 🔗



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06/01/2026

At SJF, we've been renewing our commitment to showing up in the spaces and communities where our grantee partners organize, lead, and build power 🤲🏾

Recently, members of our team traveled to Spokane, WA, where we spent time with Manzanita House, Həłmxiłp Indigenous Birth Justice, and Mujeres In Action. These incredible organizations are advancing immigration justice, reproductive justice, and anti-violence work while strengthening their communities every day.

We're grateful for the opportunity to learn from our grantee partners, deepen relationships, and witness firsthand the powerful work happening across our region. Every visit is a reminder that movements for justice are led by brilliant, resilient, and deeply committed community leaders.

Thank you to these organizations for welcoming us into your spaces and sharing your work with us 🖤

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Photos: Sharon Ho Chang

05/27/2026

What is a SJF Giving Project? Swipe to learn more about this unique, participatory model of funding.

This year’s Tenant & Housing Justice Giving Project is focusing on funding movements led by those most impacted by our current housing crisis in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West. 🏘️

Our upcoming Rural Organizing Momentum Giving Project is now accepting applications from SJF Giving Project alums! This alumni-only giving project is focused on resourcing grassroots community organizing across Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. Link in bio to apply. 🌾

Learn more about SJF Giving Projects at socialjusticefund.org

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05/20/2026

Join our info session on the Rural Organizing Momentum Giving Project 🌾✊

This an alumni-only giving project will focus on resourcing grassroots community organizing across ID, MT, OR, WA, and WY. Participants will reconnect with other SJF Giving Project alums, deepen their fundraising skills, and participate in democratic grantmaking.

Event Details:
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM MT
Location: Virtual (Free)
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFYCpaChlw8

[Image: Promotional graphic for Rural Organizing Momentum Giving Project informational session. Large black text overlays a faded rural landscape with rolling green hills and trees.]

05/19/2026

We had a beautiful time connecting with our grantee partners in Spokane, Washington. From anti-violence and immigration justice to LGBTQ+ organizing, our grantees are doing incredible frontline work—and are also just really great people to be in community with.

Sometimes building collective power looks like sharing delicious food from Indigenous Eats, enjoying each other’s company, and making space for laughter, joy, and connection together.

Deep gratitude to our co-host Pride Foundation and to everyone who joined us:

• The Carl Maxey Center https://bit.ly/4fvZIy8
• Manzanita House
• Mujeres In Action https://bit.ly/44eYz8E
• North Idaho Pride Alliance
• Spectrum Center Spokane
• Spokane Alliance https://www.spokanealliance.org/

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photos by Sharon Ho Chang

05/14/2026

Who gets to decide which social justice movements deserve funding?

Right now, a handful of billion-dollar financial institutions hold enormous power over movement money.

Our latest blog breaks down how commercial donor-advised funds (DAFs) are reshaping philanthropy, why the freezing of grants to Southern Poverty Law Center matters, and why community-controlled funding is critical in politically dangerous moments.

Movements can't depend on Wall Street to protect justice work.

Read and share “Funding Power: Who Controls Movement Money?” below👇🏾 https://bit.ly/3R9fRj6

As the wealthy get wealthier, a handful of major financial institutions are gaining enormous and disproportionate power over which social justice movements get funding and which don’t. Following a recent widely criticized federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center by the Trump administr...

05/13/2026

Register to join our info session on the 2026 Carceral Systems Organizing Grant.

This $25,000 one-year grant will support organizations working to eradicate carceral systems, creative alternative justice solutions, or pursue system reform by addressing systemic criminalization that disproportionately targets Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and low-income/poor communities in ID, MT, OR, WA, and WY.

Event Details:
Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM PT / 5:00 PM MT
Location: Virtual (Free)
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP-TKeurxhE

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05/12/2026

Rural communities are organizing for justice every day and deserve deep investment 🌾✊

Applications are now open for SJF’s 2026 Rural Organizing Momentum Giving Project, an alumni-only giving project focused on resourcing grassroots community organizing across Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.

Participants will:
• Reconnect with other Giving Project alumni
• Deepen fundraising skills
• Participate in democratic grantmaking
• Help move resources to rural organizing efforts across our region

The project runs September 2026–January 2027 and will be held virtually.

Apply by August 6: https://bit.ly/437NyUI

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05/08/2026

Three generations of women of color leadership in conversation ✨

Former Social Justice Fund Northwest (SJF) executive directors Mijo Lee and Bookda Gheisar visited our office to meet with current ED Valériana Chikoti-Bandua Estes. Together, they reflected on the history of our organization, the political moment we’re in, and what it means to build accountable philanthropy rooted in community and collective power.

In nearly 50 years, SJF has only had three women of color serve as executive director. It was inspiring to see so much knowledge, strategy, and lived experience at one table.

We're proud of where SJF has come from, and excited about we're going next.

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05/05/2026

SJF is excited to announce our 2026 Carceral Systems Organizing Grant ⛓️ 🧱

This $25,000 one-year grant will support organizations working to eradicate carceral systems, creative alternative justice solutions, or pursue system reform by addressing systemic criminalization that disproportionately targets Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and low-income/poor communities in ID, MT, OR, WA, and WY.

Virtual info session:
May 14, 4:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. MT

Deadline to apply: June 19

Learn more and register for our info session at https://bit.ly/42fj4Qs

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