Communities for Just Schools Fund is a national collaborative that links philanthropy with the power of grassroots organizing to transform schools.
Building and sustaining the schools
– and the world – we all deserve
FUND: We fund organizations that change schools and the system of education through community organizing. We fund first. We provide multi-year general operating support grants to 64 grassroots organization groups in 21 states, Puerto Rico, Ontario, Canada, and Washington, D.C. The majority of grants range in size from $100,000 -$400,000. We also mobilize rapid response support.
BUILD: We build the capacity of our partners by supporting their strategic know-how on everything from communications to data analysis.
CONNECT: We are dot-connectors. We foster relationships between our partners and philanthropy, policy, research, advocacy, national movement leaders, and others.
LEAD: We lead efforts, together with our partners, to make community-rooted holistic school safety and positive school climate a priority for philanthropic organizations, policymakers, and national allies. For an example of the ways we lead, see our Do the Harder Work report and Reclaim Social-Emotional Learning radical report ("radport").
We have 23 members that include the Annie E. Casey Foundation, The California Endowment, Ford Foundation, Raikes Foundation, and Hill-Snowdon Foundation.
Our partners include Alliance for Educational Justice, Center for Popular Democracy, Dignity in Schools Campaign, Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network, RYSE Center, Padres y Jóvenes Unidos, Teaching for Change, and more!
Join us.
Contact us at info@cjsfund.org
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