Our Liberation is Bound Together
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.AUDRE LORDE
Grantee Partners
Groundswell Fund supports over 150 organizations across the United States in 49 states and territories.
Our grantmaking focuses on bolstering and scaling organizations that are building a strong grassroots base to win policy and systems change as well as organizations that are reducing poor birthing outcomes by expanding access to community-based midwifery and doula care.
We acknowledge that systems change takes time. Thus, the vast majority of our grants are for general support, and we commit to funding efficient and effective organizations over many years. We award grants through four funds, and through our capacity building programs.
Groundswell's Current Grantee Partners Include:
Black Trans Fund
Birth Justice Fund
- Ancient Song Doula Services
- Birthmark Doula Collective
- Black Mamas Matter Alliance
- Bold Futures NM
- Breath of My Heart Birthplace
- Changing Woman Initiative
- CHOICES. Memphis Center for Reproductive Health
- Commonsense Childbirth Inc.
- Elephant Circle
- Healing Clinic Collective
- The InTune Mother Society
- Mama Sana Vibrant Woman
- Mamatoto Village
- National Association to Advance Black Birth
- National Black Midwives Alliance
- National Indigenous Midwives Alliance
- National Perinatal Task Force
- Native Youth Sexual Health Network
- Queer and Trans Midwives Association
- Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (ROOTT)
- Sista Midwife Productions
- Southern Birth Justice Network
- SURGE Reproductive Justice
- Tewa Women United
- Uzazi Village
Catalyst Fund
- Access Reproductive Care-Southeast
- ACCESS Women’s Health Justice
- ACT for Women and Girls
- Alaska Community Action on Toxics
- Asian American Organizing Project
- Black Women for Wellness
- Bold Futures NM
- Brave Space Alliance
- California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative
- California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
- Chicago Foundation for Women
- COLOR
- Coming Clean
- El Pueblo
- Forward Together
- Freedom, Inc
- Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
- International Indian Treaty Council
- Khmer Girls in Action
- Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
- Miami Workers Center
- Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable
- Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative
- Mothering Justice
- Ms. Foundation for Women
- National Advocates for Pregnant Women
- National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
- National Network of Abortion Funds
- National Women’s Health Network – Raising Women’s Voices
- Native American Community Board
- New Florida Majority Education Fund
- New Voices Pittsburgh, Inc. dba New Voices for Reproductive Justice
- New York Women’s Foundation
- Positive Women’s Network
- Power U Center for Social Change
- Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
- Reproaction Education Fund
- Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples
- SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
- South Alabama Black Women’s Roundtable
- Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Inc.
- The Afiya Center
- The Knights and Orchids Society
- The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
- The Women’s Foundation of California: WPI
- Third Wave Fund
- Trans Queer Pueblo- Semilla de Liberación
- Transgender Law Center
- United for Respect Education Fund
- URGE
- West Fund
- West Virginia Free
- Western States Center
- Women Engaged
- Women with a Vision
- Women’s Voices for the Earth
Rapid Response Fund
- 9to5 National Association of Working Women
- AAPI Civic Engagement Fund
- ACT for Women and Girls
- African Career Education and Resource, Inc.
- Agri-Cultura
- Alaska Community Action on Toxics
- Alaska Public Interest Research Group
- Ancient Song Doula Services
- Arise Chicago
- Audre Lorde Project
- Avenues Early Childhood Services
- Black and Pink, Inc
- The Black Collective, Inc.
- Black Futures Lab
- The BlackOut Collective
- Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project
- Black Liberation and Abolitionist Cohort (BLAC)
- Black Trans Advocacy Coalition
- Black Trans Men Inc.
- Black Transwomen Inc.
- Black Women’s Blueprint
- Brave Space Alliance
- #Brotherhood
- California Coalition for Women Prisoners
- California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative
- Casa Ruby
- Center for Embodied Pedagogy and Action (CEPA)
- Chicago Torture Justice Center
- Chinese Progressive Association
- Choose Yourself
- Coalition of Asian American Leaders
- Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR)
- Community Kinship Life
- Community Ready Corps
- Detroit Heals Detroit
- Healing to Action NFP
- Health Justice Commons
- I Am Human Foundation
- InTune Mother Society
- Jobs With Justice Education Fund
- Ka’ū Women’s Health Collective
- Khmer Girls in Action
- Kuluntu, LLC
- Kween Culture Initiative
- LAAL NYC
- LaGender Inc.
- Lift Our Vote
- Love Her Collective
- Love Me for Life Unlimited
- March for Black Womxn San Diego: Black Womxn Deserve Mutual Aid Fund
- Marsha P Johnson Institue
- Masjid al-Rabia
- Massachusetts Coalition of Domestic Workers
- Miami Workers Center
- Mijente Support Committee
- The Movement for Black Lives Fund
- Movement for Justice in El Barrio
- MS Black Women’s Roundtable
- My Sistah’s House Memphis
- Native Justice Coalition
- New York Transgender Advocacy Group
- NOLEF Turns INC.
- Nuii Waav Brotherhood
- One Fair Wage Inc
- National Perinatal Task Force
- The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)
- Project LETS
- Queer Detainee Empowerment Project
- Re+Birth Equity Alliance
- Rebellion Relief Fund
- Red Canary Song
- Refugee Community Partnership
- Sisters PGH, Corp
- Soulforce, Inc
- Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts
- Southwest Organizing Project
- Southwest Suburban Immigrant Project
- State Voices
- STARR
- Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
- Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas
- Tenants and Workers United – Inquilinos y Trabajadores Unidos
- The Outlaw Project
- The Transgender District
- Trabajadores Unidos Workers United (formerly known as Young Workers United)
- Trans Gentlemen of Excellence Inc.
- Trans Housing Atlanta Program, Inc.
- Trans Queer Pueblo – Semilla de Liberacion
- Trans Sistas of Color Project
- Trans Tech Social
- TRANScend a project of Groundswell Institute
- Transgender Advocates for Justice and Accountability (TAJA’s) Coalition
- The [email protected] Coalition
- Tranzmission, Inc.
- Unique Women’s Coalition
- United for Respect Education Fund
- United Tribes of Bristol Bay
- Uzazi Village
- Voices for Racial Justice
- We Care TN
- Women for Political Change Education & Advocacy Fund
- Women on the Rise GA
- Workers Dignity Project
- Yellowhammer Fund
- Youth Rise Texas
Capacity Building
- Access Reproductive Care – SouthEast
- ACCESS Women’s Health Justice
- ACT for Women and Girls
- Alaska Community Actions on Toxics
- Audre Lorde Project
- Black Women for Wellness
- Cabrini Green Legal Aid
- California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative
- Carolina Youth Action Project (CYAP)
- Centro Por La Justicia
- Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR)
- El Pueblo, Inc.
- Freedom, Inc.
- Gender Justice Nevada
- Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH)
- Khmer Girls in Action
- Miami Worker’s Center
- Mothering Justice
- National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF)
- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
- New Voices for Reproductive Justice (formerly New Voices Pittsburgh)
- Positive Women’s Network
- Power U Center for Social Change
- Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Groundswell Action Fund
- Advance Native Political Leadership Action Fund
- All* Above All Action Fund
- Alliance for Youth Action
- Asian American Advocacy Fund
- Asian Pacific Environmental Network
- Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance (API PA)
- Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC)
- Black to the Future Action Fund
- Black Voters Matter Fund
- Black Youth Project 100 NFP (BYP100 Action Fund)
- BPAC (Black Progressive Action Coalition)
- Californians for Humane Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund (CHIRLA Action Fund)
- Care in Action
- Cultural Engagement Lab (CEL)Dream Defenders Action
- Equality NC
- Fortaleza
- Forward Together Action
- Jobs With Justice
- Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA)
- Make It Work Nevada
- Mijente
- Montana Native Vote
- Mothering Justice
- MPower Change Action Fund
- New American Leaders Action Fund
- New Georgia Project Action Fund
- New Virginia Majority
- NM Native Vote
- One Fair Wage Action
- Organizers in the Land of Enchantment (OLE)
- Our Voice Our Vote
- People Power Action Fund
- Sisters Lead Sisters Vote
- Texas Organizing Project
- The Electoral Justice Project
- The Equity Alliance Fund
- The New Florida Majority
- Trans United Fund
- Voces De La Frontera Action
- Washington Community Action Network (WA-CAN)
- Woke Vote
- Working Families Organization
- WV FREE Action Fund
Through Groundswell Fund We Support Our Grantee Partners With the Following:
The Catalyst Fund
Uses donor outreach and matching grants to leverage and direct new resources to organizations that are led by women of color, low-income women, and transgender people and building an organized grassroots base of support for RJ.
The Rapid Response Fund
Provides the philanthropic community with a vehicle for deploying resources quickly and strategically to Reproductive Justice and social justice organizations during unexpected and critical campaign fights and key opportunities.
The Birth Justice Fund
Supports organizing advocacy, and direct service delivery efforts to make high-quality midwifery and doula care and training accessible to women of color and low-income women: a key strategy in addressing alarming rates of poor infant and maternal health outcomes in communities of color.
The Liberation Fund
Supports the strongest grassroots organizing efforts led by women of color and transgender people of color across social justice sectors.
The Black Trans Fund
Supports Black transgender, gender non-conforming (TGNC), and non-binary communities to build power towards collective liberation.
Capacity Building
The underlying principle of our capacity-building work is to boost the grassroots power and sustainability of our grantee partners, and by extension the social justice movements of which they are a part.
Through Groundswell Action Fund
We provide grants and capacity building support to 501c4 organizations led by women of color, Transgender, and Gender-Nonconforming people of color.
- Data, Digital, and Tech Infrastructure
- Media Amplification
- Political Education
- Legal Compliance
- Lifting Women of Color, Transgender, and Gender Non-Conforming Leadership
- Electoral Plan and Strategy Development