Borealis Philanthropy

In celebration of #TransAwarenessWeek, we're sharing @MPJInstitute's Starship Artist Fellowship virtual art gallery. Awareness can be dangerous if not accompanied by real support for trans leaders. Programs like the fellowship are incredibly important. 🎨 marshap.artsteps.com/view/659822515…

We’re joined by two remarkable guests who are redefining the media landscape: @uyive_ of @shiftpress, and Giannina Ong of @MochiMag. Both are passionate advocates for amplifying silenced voices, and lead publications that are correcting narratives. youtu.be/Me59Cp4dk70?si…

With deep care and gratitude for our movement partners and their tireless efforts this #election cycle and beyond, we are holding ourselves and the rest of #philanthropy accountable as we consider the question of where to go from here. Read more: borealisphilanthropy.org/2024/11/06/sho…

Setting up National Journalism Funds is a key goal across a world dealing with news media market failure & democracy. This afternoon session @Columbia incl speakers from Egypt, Brazil, Denmark, US & Netherlands @maiagf @Maha_Taki @Linaattalah @Hackette7 @aliciacbell & Peter Smet

Our partners are combating the devastating impacts of #ClimateChange not only in their #ClimateDisaster response, but in their year-round work to provide communities with housing, health, and autonomy in their own relationships to the climate and land. borealisphilanthropy.org/2024/10/22/roo…

Today's National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation. In solidarity with movement orgs taking action across the country to end police violence, we’ve published a collaborative funder call to action. borealisphilanthropy.org/2024/10/21/in-…

Our Black Disabled Liberation Project is proud and honored to support @adaptanita's 'We Were There, Too', a vault of stories and insights from #BlackDisabled activists through history. weweretheretoo.org

Our grantee partners are fighting back against oppressive #BookBans, because education is power and freedom. 📚️ READ: More about Carabiner Collections rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/06/10/thi… #LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTQHistoryMonth

Tune into the new episode of Disability Inclusion: Required with new host @JusticeShorter1, Yolanda Vargas @IEC_IDD and @NikkiBrownBook2 @BorealisPhil on what it means to work while disabled and strategies for inclusive workplaces. #NDEAM View the episode: bit.ly/DIR-Episode-17

“America's abandonment of New Orleans during and after the storm continues to serve as the cautionary tale of how antiBlack racism, negligence, and exploitation determine who receives "relief" in the face of disaster. 🧵

🏳️‍⚧️ We're celebrating the herstory our own @thedommorgan is making this #LGBTHistoryMonth! In partnership with the FTG, @TsMadisonatl1 is repurposing her first home into a program for #BlackTransWomen navigating survival sex work. forbes.com/sites/ashleema…

In this week’s roundup of new #nonprofitleaders: @BorealisPhil named a new program director for its Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund, and the former CEO of @WRNMMC_DHA will take the helm of the HealthWell Foundation. bit.ly/4ePMVDd

This week on Infinite Patterns we invited media titans Cayden Mak of @_convergencemag and Collette Watson of Black River Life to the show. Check out episode 3 below and subscribe now on your favorite podcatcher! google.com/url?q=https://…

At our fourth Pride in Philanthropy, the GUTC Leadership Award was awarded to the Fund for Trans Generations at @BorealisPhil. The GUTC Leadership Award is presented to philanthropic institutions that have demonstrated significant leadership in grantmaking for trans communities.

Our new ep of Infinite Patterns teases out the imposed value system of capitalism, the impact of resistance, and the audacity to do better. We're joined by @KCDefender & @ObjectiveJrn, to discuss media ownership and sustainability outside of capitalism. borealisphilanthropy.org/2024/09/18/res…

BLMF Program Director Julia Beatty joined friends from @ComptonFound, @LatinaInstitute, and @CommonDefense for a panel at the Funders Committee on Civic Participation to answer the question of what funders can do to protect organizers from rising threats comptonfoundation.org/news/rethinkin…

A call in for Hollywood AND philanthropy-at-large! This summer, FTG's @thedommorgan joined Sharon Stone, Charlize Theron, Uzo Aduba, Wilson Cruz, & Julie Bowen at the inaugural @socialimpctfund Summit to talk about the future of Hollywood Philanthropy. hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-n…

Proud to share the @FrontlinesFund's Year 3/Phase I report! DFF’s focus on funding Black-led organizing, funder learning, and working towards a truly multi-racial democracy is an important example of the power of funder collectives. shorturl.at/LlPDE

Read more about how our grantee partners led nonprofits through transformative organizational change in our new report, #MeetingTheMoment, Keeping the Momentum: Stories of #RacialEquity and #LiberatoryPractices from the Field. …ingthemoment.borealisphilanthropy.org

As we witness rising #authoritarianism across our country and world, we’ve been reflecting on what this moment—one in which we just might be on the precipice of all we’ve hoped for and dreamt of—requires of #philanthropy. READ MORE: borealisphilanthropy.org/2024/08/08/see…