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In 2012 we will keep our guidelines broad, casting a wide net and seeking new partners, as well as deepening our engagement with a subset of existing partners, to learn how people in the field might enhance our understanding of transformative leadership and courageous storytelling and their relationship to mobilizing collective imagination and action.

Before applying for a grant, please read What We Support.

While we will look across the spectrum of progressive issue areas, we have a particular interest in work happening within and between our traditional areas of work—peace, environment, and reproductive health and rights. Within those fields, we see particular momentum in the areas of sustainable food systems, money in politics, reproductive justice, and climate/energy solutions. We are also interested in exploring the fields of women in peace building and alternative economics.

During this exploratory time we will work with both invitation and inquiry processes. If you believe you have an idea/organization/project that could be a match for our goals, please complete our inquiry form. We expect to have funding available for general support, program/project support, rapid response (within six weeks), and small convening opportunities that can help build relationships across issues. We may have program related investment funds available. If you have a PRI proposal, please outline it in the inquiry form.

We will only support 501(c)(3) organizations based in the United States. For environmental issues, we will fund only domestic activities. We will not fund service delivery programs, on-the-ground restoration projects, or land, water, or easement acquisition. We will not fund ocean or marine work.

If your idea looks like a match to us, we will get back to you to have a conversation about it or request more information. We apologize in advance, but we do not expect to respond to every inquiry, only to those that may be of immediate interest. If we think there may be a future opportunity to work together, we will hold your inquiry for up to a year from the date of submission.

Please create an account or logon to our online grant application system at the link below:

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