| THE NEEDMOR FUND GRANTMAKING |
2006 Core Grants
AISJ - ACORN
New York, NY
$20,000
To support outreach efforts aimed at helping Katrina survivors resolve
housing issues.
AISJ -
Alabama ACORN
Birmingham, AL
$20,000
Organizes unorganized low- and moderate-income families into democratic
community organizations that fight for social and economic justice.
AISJ -
Arizona ACORN *
Phoenix, AZ
$25,000
Organizes democratic, member-run grassroots groups that identify and
research local problems and develop direct-action campaigns aimed at
institutions that are not accountable to the low-income majority.
AISJ -
Louisiana ACORN
New Orleans, LA
$30,000
Statewide organizing focused on increasing voter registration, access to
home loan programs, and lead poisoning prevention efforts. Currently
focused on rebuilding New Orleans.
AISJ - New Mexico ACORN*
Albuquerque, NM
$25,000
Seeks to shift the balance of power in New Mexico toward economically
disenfranchised families by building a powerful, state-wide organization of
low-income families.
Albuquerque
Interfaith
Albuquerque, NM
$30,000
Builds a powerful organization by identifying and investing in leaders,
while researching and exploring strategies around the specific area of
improving the public sector.
American
Institute for Social Justice - Florida ACORN
Miami, FL
$40,000
Organizes the unorganized into democratic community groups that fight for
economic and social justice.
American
Institute for Social Justice - Ohio ACORN
Cleveland, OH
$30,000
Encourages low-income families to organize and fight for economic justice
that will result in long-lasting, concrete changes in their communities.
Amos Network
Jackson, MS
$30,000
Maintains a statewide multi-racial, interfaith organization of poor,
working poor and middle class families that seeks to address systemic issues
related to poverty, education, etc.
Bay Area
Organizing Committee
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Empowers the marginalized by increasing civic participation and leadership
in under-represented communities, to specifically address issues related to
public education, health care, safety, housing and economic justice.
CASA of
Maryland
Takoma Park, MD
$25,000
Organizes the community to improve the quality of life and fight of equal
treatment and full access to resources and opportunities for low-income
Latinos and their families.
Central Coast
Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy
Venture, CA
$30,000
Promotes economic and social justice for working people in the Central
Coast region through policy advocacy, research, organizing, leadership
development and community building.
Citizen
Action of Wisconsin Education Fund
Milwaukee, WI
$25,000
Develops leaders and organizes to increase civic participation and change
the terms of political debate in a systemic way.
Colorado
Progressive Coalition
Denver, CO
$25,000
Maintains a statewide, multiracial, multi-issue coalition that builds
progressive power to win victories for racial justice and civil rights,
health care for all, tax fairness and democracy that works for everyone.
Communities
United for People
Portland, OR
$35,000
A membership organization comprised of low-income, community-based worker
centers and unions at the forefront of organizing low-wage immigrant workers
in the United States and Mexico.
Community
Labor United
Boston, MA
$25,000
Moves strategic campaigns combining the power of community based
organizations and labor unions in order to protect and promote the interests
of low- and moderate-income working families.
Dallas Area
Interfaith
Dallas, TX
$30,000
Engages public officials in conversations and actions with neighborhood
leaders in order to bring about change in low- and moderate-income
communities.
Equal Justice Center
- Southern Poultry Workers
Austin, TX
$30,000
Organizes to promote economic and social justice in the state's poultry
producing region and workplaces.
Faith Action for Community Equity
Honolulu, HI
$25,000
Engages in actions and programs that challenge the systems that perpetuate
poverty and injustice in order to improve the quality of life in Oahu.
Farm Labor Research Project
Toledo, OH
$35,000
Assists migrant farm workers and Latino immigrants to achieve greater economic
and social justice through education and training in the practical methods
and strategies of organizing.
Front Range Economic Strategy Center
Denver, CO
$30,000
Educates, organizes, and empowers the working families of the Front Range to
hold government and corporations accountable for use of public dollars,
leading to the protection of the health and welfare of all low-income
workers and their families.
Greater
Boston Interfaith Organization
Dorchester, MA
$40,000
Maintains a broad-based community organization that seeks to be an
instrument for social and economic change. Issue areas include
housing, health care, public schools, wages and working conditions and civic
improvements.
Helping
Empower Local People
Charlotte, NC
$40,000
Builds collective, relational power amongst low, moderate and upper-income
people and the institutions they represent through systematic leadership
development.
Illinois
Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights
Chicago, IL
$40,000
Promotes the full and equal participation of immigrants and refugees in the
political, civic, cultural and social life of our diverse society.
Interfaith
Sponsoring Committee (BISCO)
Thibodaux, LA
$25,000
Builds an interfaith, multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multi-issue organization
that serves as a voice for low and moderate income persons in South
Louisiana.
InterValley
Project
West Newton, MA
$35,000
Maintains an organizing network of six regional organizations that combine
citizen action and democratic economic development strategies to build power
for low and moderate income families.
Iowa Citizens
for Community Improvement
Des Moines, IA
$40,000
Unites grassroots people of all ethnic backgrounds to take control of their
communities; involves them in identifying and addressing problems and needs;
and, serves as a vehicle for social, economic and environmental justice.
Jeremiah
Group
Harvey, LA
$30,000
Develops a power base of grassroots leadership in metropolitan New Orleans
that has the capacity to act in the interest of families, congregations,
schools and communities.
Justice
Alliance Education Fund
Spokane, WA
$40,000
Supports the charitable and educational activities of IAF affiliated
organizations in the Northwest.
Kentucky
Coalition
London, KY
$25,000
Maintains a statewide citizens organization that uses direct action to
challenge and change unfair political, economic and social systems.
La Union del Pueblo Entero
Austin, TX
$30,000
Uses a self-help model of community organizing to overcome the barriers that separate
low-income Latinos from the economic and social mainstream of society.
Labor/Community Strategy Center
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
Builds a multi-racial, mass membership organization of low-income bus riders in Los Angeles.
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
Chicago, IL
$25,000
Develops local leadership to identify, strategize and organize around significant community issues.
Maine People's Resource Center
Portland, OR
$30,000
Advances economic, environmental, political and social justice by involving
citizens in the decision making processes that affect their lives.
Metropolitan Congregations United for St. Louis
St Louis, MO
$30,000
Organizes and trains poor and working class people to speak with a unified
voice to decision makers in order to create system change in the
neighborhoods surrounding their homes and churches.
Mexicano Land Education & Conservation
Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
Organizes and provides technical assistance to New Mexico Land Grant
Communities.
Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights
Greenville, MS
$30,000
Fights worker mistreatment through community education and outreach and, most importantly,
through
organizing and the development of indigenous worker leadership.
Mothers on the Move
Bronx, NY
$25,000
Builds a social justice community organization of South Bronx residents where members take
on issues, including housing, education, and environmental justice.
New York Taxi Workers Alliance
New York, NY
$25,000
Seeks to improve the lives and working conditions of taxi drivers through
organizing, political and media advocacy and the provision of direct legal
services.
North
Carolina Latino Coalition
Durham, NC
$25,000
Builds the capacity of low income Latinos and their institutions to jointly
resolve community problems while strengthening their collective power and
visibility in North Carolina.
Northern Louisiana Area Interfaith
Monroe, LA
$50,000
Creates a vehicle of civic participation where persons and communities that have been left
out of the decision making process will have a voice in community affairs.
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
Bronx, NY
$30,000
Unites area residents to identify common problems and then work together to
solve them. Focuses on issues that promote social, economic,
environmental and racial justice for both families and the community.
Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
Seattle, WA
$40,000
Builds strong state affiliate organizations to execute regional and national campaigns that
address economic, racial and social inequities.
Organize Ohio,
Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$25,000
Encourages and advances community organizing as a strategy for progressive
change in Ohio.
People Acting for Community Together
Miami, FL
$30,000
Unites, organizes and trains leaders from diverse congregations, schools and
community groups to build a powerful community voice and to hold elected
officials accountable and achieve systemic change.
Pima Co.
Interfaith Council
Tucson, AZ
$35,000
Develops an institutional strategy for identifying and training leaders,
attacks immigrant abuses, and addresses anti-immigrant policies.
Power U Center for Social Change
Miami, FL
$20,000
Advances social change through grassroots organizing, leadership development, and
neighborhood campaigns in low-income communities in Miami.
Pueblo Education Fund
Santa Barbara, CA
$30,000
Builds a sustainable community-based economic justice organization dedicated to building
power and leadership among low-income Santa Barbara County residents.
Sacred Alliances for Grassroots Equality
Albuquerque, NM
$25,000
Impacts the social, economic and political decisions that affect Native
American communities by using
the spiritual and political values that respect Mother Earth, the Petroglyphs and all people.
Save Our Cumberland Mountains
Lake City, TN
$25,000
Works for environmental, economic and social justice through grassroots
community organizing at the local level and building a powerful multi-racial
democratic organization to tackle critical issues at both the local and
state policy level.
South Carolina Fair Share Education Fund
Columbia, SC
$20,000
Enables a powerful role for the public in public life, develops leaders and
promotes racial, ethnic and social-economic inclusion.
Southwest Community Resources, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$15,000
To supply funds (as requested by Grassroots Global Justice) in support of
the US Social Forum.
Southwest
Community Resources - SWOP
Albuquerque, NM
$30,000
Empowers low-income and working class communities to strive for racial and
gender equality, as well as social and economic justice.
Southwest Workers Union
San Antonio, TX
$25,000
Organizes and empowers grassroots communities of color and low-income workers in San Antonio.
Valley Interfaith
Weslaco, TX
$40,000
Builds power for sustainable social, economic and political change through institution-based
leadership development and action.
VOICE-Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
$20,000
Builds the capacity of low- and moderate income people to improve the
quality of their lives by breaking down the barriers of race, geography and
economics that divide Buffalo.
Working Interfaith Network
Baton Rouge, LA
$40,000
Empowers people of faith to achieve justice by organizing thirty-one congregations to work for equality through compassion and political accountability.
2005 Core Grants
Albuquerque Interfaith
Albuquerque, NM
$30,000
Builds a powerful organization by identifying and investing in leaders, while researching
and exploring strategies around the specific area of improving public education.
American Institute for Social Justice – Florida ACORN
Miami, FL
$40,000
Organizes the unorganized into democratic community organizations that fight for social and economic justice.
American Institute for Social Justice –
LA ACORN
New Orleans, LA
$30,000
Statewide organizing focused on increasing voter registration, access to the
Earned Income Tax Credit and health care.
American Institute for Social Justice – New Jersey ACORN
Newark, NJ
$40,000
Addresses issues of concern to low- and moderate income neighborhoods through direct
action, negotiation, legislation and voter participation
American Institute for Social Justice – Ohio ACORN
Columbus, OH
$30,000
Empowers low- and moderate-income households to come together to fight economic
injustice by organizing grassroots community organizations.
Amos Network, Inc.
Jackson, MS
$30,000
Maintains a statewide multi-racial, interfaith organization of poor, working poor and middle
class families that seeks to address systemic issues related to poverty, education, etc.
Arizona Institute for Public Life
Phoenix, AZ
$60,000
Proposes to provide training of local grassroots leaders from existing Arizona Interfaith
Network organizations, create similar organizations in Arizona rural communities, and
build the institutional infrastructure needed to drive voter turnout.
Bay Area Organizing Committee
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Organizes 33 member institutions to empower the marginalized through increased civic
participation. Specifically addresses issues related to public education, social justice
and increasing leadership capacity.
CASA of Maryland
Takoma Park, MD
$25,000
Facilitates the self-development, organization and mobilization of the Latino community to
gain full participation in the larger society.
Center on Policy Initiatives
San Diego, CA
$37,000
Promotes higher standards of living for poor and moderate-income families through research,
policy development, public education and effective advocacy.
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy
Ventura, CA
$30,000
Promotes economic and social justice for working people in the Central Coast region through
policy advocacy, research, organizing, leadership development and community building.
Colorado Progressive Coalition
Denver, CO
$25,000
A statewide, multiracial, multi-issue coalition of individuals and organizations united to
achieve racial and economic justice.
Communities United for People (Enlace)
Portland, OR
$35,000
A membership organization comprised of low-income, community-based worker centers
and unions at the forefront of organizing low-wage immigrant workers in the United States and Mexico.
Community Labor United
Boston, MA
$25,000
Unites the joint power of community-based organizations and labor unions to protect and
promote the interests of low- and moderate-income working families in the greater Boston
area. Affiliated with the Organizing and Leadership Training Center.
Dallas Area Interfaith
Dallas, TX
$30,000
Develops the talent of persons in neighborhoods (through a process of individual and house
meetings, research actions and assemblies) and gives them the public space to bring about
systemic change within local communities, schools and neighborhoods.
El Paso Interreligious
El Paso, TX
$80,000
Organizes churches, schools and community associations to promote and defend the interest
of low-income families in neighborhoods throughout El Paso.
Environmental Health Coalition
National City, CA
$37,000
Organizes and advocates to protect public health and the environment threatened by toxic pollution.
Equal Justice Center
Austin, TX
$40,000
To underwrite costs associated with a conference being organized by the National Poultry Justice Alliance.
Faith Action for Community Equity
Honolulu, HI
$30,000
Represents a constituency of 38,000 that engages in actions and programs that challenge the
systems that perpetuate poverty and injustice.
Farm Labor Research Project
Toledo, OH
$35,000
Assists migrant farm workers and Latino immigrants to achieve social and economic justice
through education and training in the practical methods and strategies of organizing.
Front Range Economic Strategy Center
Denver, CO
$30,000
Builds and sustains a long-term strategic partnership between Colorado labor unions and the
region's progressive community-based organizations.
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Chicago, IL
$35,000
Promotes the rights of immigrants and refugees to full and equal participation in the civic,
cultural, social and political life of our society.
Interfaith Sponsoring Committee
Thibodaux, LA
$35,000
Builds an interfaith, multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multi-issue organization that serves as a voice
for low and moderate income persons in South Louisiana.
InterValley Project
West Newton, MA
$35,000
Maintains an organizing network of six regional organizations that combine citizen
action and democratic economic development strategies to build power for low- and moderate-income families.
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
Des Moines, IA
$40,000
Empowers and unites people of all ethnic backgrounds to take control of their communities
and to be a vehicle for social, economic and environmental justice.
Jeremiah Group
Harvey, LA
$30,000
Develops a power base of grassroots leadership in metropolitan New Orleans that has the
capacity to act in the interest of families, congregations, schools and communities.
Justice Alliance Education Fund
Spokane, WA
$40,000
Supports the charitable and educational activities of IAF affiliated organizations in the Northwest.
Kentucky Coalition
London, KY
$25,000
Builds a statewide citizens' organization that uses direct action to challenge and change unfair
political, economic and social systems.
La Union del Pueble Entero
San Juan, TX
$30,000
Uses a self-help model of community organizing to overcome the barriers that separate
low-income Latinos from the economic and social mainstream of society.
Labor/Community Strategy Center
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
Builds a multi-racial, mass membership organization of low-income bus riders in Los Angeles.
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
Chicago, IL
$25,000
Develops local leadership to identify, strategize and organize around significant community issues.
Maine People's Resource Center
Portland, ME
$30,000
Uses grassroots community organizing and systemic leadership development to empower
low- and moderate-income individuals to more effectively participate in democracy.
Metropolitan Congregations United for St. Louis
St Louis, MO
$30,000
Trains poor and working class people to speak with a unified voice to decision makers in
order to create system change in neighborhoods.
Mexicano Land Education & Conservation Trust
Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
Advocates on behalf of Chicano Land Grant Communities of Northern New Mexico to
guarantee land and water rights protected under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights
Greenville, MS
$30,000
Fights worker mistreatment through community education, outreach and, most importantly,
organizing and the development of indigenous worker leadership.
Montgomery Transportation Coalition
Montgomery, AL
$30,000
Empowers leaders and organizes people to obtain their human right to quality,
non-discriminatory transportation options.
Mothers on the Move
Bronx, NY
$25,000
Builds a social justice community organization of South Bronx residents where members take
on issues including housing, education, and environmental justice.
New Orleans Interfaith Sponsoring Committee
New Orleans, LA
$30,000
Develops grassroots leaders to fight for pro-family policy changes in New Orleans, with
a focus on early childhood education and environmental cleanup.
New York Taxi Workers Alliance
New York, NY
$25,000
Builds a multi-ethnic membership organization to improve working conditions for New York taxi workers.
Northern Louisiana Area Interfaith
Monroe, LA
$60,000
Creates a vehicle of civic participation where persons and communities that have been left
out of the decision making process will have a voice in community affairs.
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
Bronx, NY
$30,000
Unites nine neighborhood organizations and a youth organization in joint efforts to solve
common problems, including affordable and safe housing, education, and community development issues.
Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
Seattle, WA
$40,000
Builds strong state affiliate organizations to execute regional and national campaigns that
address economic, racial and social inequities.
Organize! Ohio
Cleveland, OH
$25,000
Builds a system of support for community organizing efforts across the state by bringing
together groups to enhance communication, broaden impact and address training needs.
People Acting for Community Together
Miami, FL
$30,000
Organizes and trains leaders from diverse congregations, schools and community groups to
build a powerful community voice for holding officials accountable and achieving systemic change in Dade County.
Power U Center for Social Change
Miami, FL
$20,000
Advances social change through grassroots organizing, leadership development, and
neighborhood campaigns in low-income communities in Miami.
Pueblo Education Fund
Santa Barbara, CA
$30,000
Builds a sustainable community-based economic justice organization dedicated to building
power and leadership among low-income Santa Barbara County residents.
Riders of Vermont
Montpelier, VT
$15,000
Works through informed citizen action to improve public and community transportation so
all Vermonters have access to the services they need.
Sacred Alliances for Grassroots Equality
Albuquerque, NM
$25,000
Impacts the social, economic and political decisions that affect our communities by using
the spiritual and political values that respect Mother Earth, the Petroglyphs and all people.
San Diego Organizing Project
San Diego, CA
$37,000
Develops leaders who are building a powerful community organization capable of improving
and transforming the quality of life in their communities.
Save Our Cumberland Mountains
Lake City, TN
$25,000
Works for environmental, economic and social justice in Tennessee through grassroots
community organizing and building a powerful multi-racial community that tackles issues
at both the local and state policy levels.
South Carolina Fair Share Education Fund
Columbia, SC
$20,000
Challenges injustice and empowers people in poor and low-income communities to address
issues that affect the quality of their lives.
Southwest Community Resources, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$30,000
Empowers low-income and working class communities to strive for racial and gender
equality, as well as social and economic justice
Southwest Workers Union
San Antonio, TX
$25,000
Organizes and empowers grassroots communities of color and low-income workers in San Antonio.
Valley Interfaith
Weslaco, TX
$40,000
Builds power for sustainable social, economic and political change through institution-based
leadership development and action.
Wisconsin Citizen Action Fund
Milwaukee, WI
$27,500
Unites the power of individuals with the power of a diverse coalition to win improvements
that matter, give people a sense of their own power, and alter the relations of power to favor
people over wealthy special interests.
Working Interfaith Network
Baton Rouge, LA
$40,000
Empowers people of faith to achieve justice by organizing thirty-one congregations to work for equality through compassion and political accountability.