Location
San Francisco, United States of America
Institution type
Public foundation
Funding priorities
Agriculture and Food SecurityArts, Culture, Media and/or Cultural Change
Climate/Environmental Justice, Ecosystems
Commons and commoning
Community Organizing and Movement Building
Corporate Power/Accountability
Economic Justice, including economic security, livelihood issues and labor
Gender Justice
LGBTQIA+
Other
Racial Justice
Womens Rights
Other funding priorities
Indigenous rights, land and territory (including ocean, water, air)
Unrestricted Grant Status
All of our grants are unrestricted
Offers support beyond grants
Yes! Supplemental support for security, innovation, spark grants for new experiments, for convenings, exchanges, travel, and advocacy. We also are starting resourcing for shorter term (1-3 yrs) tactical grants for a movement or movement-support group using one or more of the tactics of: strategic litigation, popular education, cultural production (including narrative change), or campaigns to strengthen the work of food sovereignty, climate justice, and/or economic justice.
Grant cycle details
For our long term grants, we only accept proposals by invitation. This year, for the first time, we're experimenting with an open call for our shorter term tactical grants. For this first round, the deadline is 1 April 2024. Details here: https://thousandcurrents.org/call-for-group-profiles/