Mobilize Power Fund Program (US)

The Mobilize Power Fund Program by the Third Wave Fund is accepting applications for its rapid response fund. This program supports gender justice organizations in adapting or pivoting their work when faced with unanticipated, time-sensitive opportunities or threats to their movement-building efforts.

Funding Information

Grants can be made for up to $10,000 USD. Larger grants may be available on a case-by-case basis. Partnerships or coalitions of two or more groups can request up to $20,000 USD.

Geographic Focus

The fund supports organizations within the United States and U.S. territories, including American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Supported Work

• Community organizing and mobilization
• Healing justice work
• Conflict resolution and transformation
• Community accountability
• Transformative and restorative justice work
• Direct action
• Participatory Action Research
• Legal or bail fees
• Marches or rallies
• Leadership training and skills building
• Mutual aid
• Legislative or ballot initiative campaigns

Eligibility Criteria

• BIPOC Youth Leadership: Leadership by young women of color (transgender and cisgender) and trans, queer, gender non-conforming, and intersex young people of color under 35.
• Gender Justice: Demonstrates how the issue(s) are connected to patriarchy, transphobia, homophobia, gender inequity, or gender-based violence.
• Rapid Response: Proposal is a time-sensitive response to an immediate and unanticipated movement-building threat or opportunity.
• Community Power Building: Strategies and activities that strengthen organizing and movement-building power of communities.
• Organizational Need: Organizations must have a budget under $500,000 and be based in areas with limited access to philanthropic resources.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Budget shortfalls, ongoing or regularly scheduled programs
• Start-up or seed costs, general operating costs
• Fundraising, previously planned or long-term campaigns (beyond 6 months)
• Projects led by individuals or outside the United States and US territories

Important Dates

• Application Deadline: 8 October 2024

More Information

For more details and application guidelines, visit the official page: Third Wave Fund.