Membership
Funders for Justice is a national network and organizing platform for grant-makers, donor networks, and funder affinity groups to mobilize resources to grassroots organizing at the intersections of racial justice, gender justice, ending criminalization, and building models for community safety & justice.
FFJ lifts up funding needs and opportunities directly from grassroots organizations, and helps connect its members to partnership opportunities with peer funders. We host a number of program areas for our members to get involved in.
Membership Levels
Please select your membership level based on the amount of your annual grantmaking. These amounts are guidance – we understand that your membership payment capacity may be in between the levels offered here. Once you have selected your membership level, please consider stretching your membership amount based on the extent to which you look to FFJ for guidance on your own grantmaking (both strategy as well as specific grants), and the extent to which FFJ is your political home.
Note: Individual consultants to (s) foundation(s) and/or advisors to wealthy individuals who are actively advising or working with a foundation client and who are interested in joining us, please contact us at info@funders4justice.org.
Following are suggested membership levels for institutions with very large grantmaking budgets. We encourage you to make a grant typical to your usual grant size, which may be larger than the suggested membership grant amount.
Eligibility
Grantmaking institutions (public and private foundations), funder collaboratives, and donor networks that proactively mobilize funding to communities.
We welcome funders committed to learning, building alignment, and taking action with other FFJ members to mobilize resources to grassroots organizing, led by and for people of color, at the intersections of racial justice, gender justice, ending criminalization, and building models for community safety and justice. We understand that each institution may join at a different entry point, and we welcome funders who are on a learning journey. All membership applications are reviewed and approved by the FFJ steering committee.
What Your Membership Supports
FFJ members are the heart and purpose of our work. At Funders for Justice membership is not transactional – it’s transformational.
FFJ membership makes our work possible. Your support ensures we can respond boldly to the rising threats facing movements and philanthropy, offer critical programming free to the field, and remain rooted in political clarity.
While we made the decision to make our webinars free, FFJ members receive meaningful benefits that reflect their deeper alignment with out work:
- 20% off all paid programs – including institutes, organizing intensives, and special trainings
- Discounted access to edited versions of prior webinar recordings
- Access to curated member resource list
- Visibility and connection – opportunities to be featured in newsletter and events, and to build deeper relationships across a national network of funders of movement
Membership helps us move quickly, stay principled, and stand with those on the frontlines. Join us in resourcing this important work.
Already a member? Click here for our membership orientation packet. Please note that you will need a password to open the document. You will receive a password when your institution pays its membership fee. If you don’t know your password, please feel free to contact us at info@funders4justice.org