ABOUT THE RAPID RESPONSE FUND
The Black Solidarity Economy Fund will strive to meet the ever-evolving needs of communities impacted by racialized environmental, public health, legal, and economic oppression by redistributing $50k in rapid response funds to nonprofit organizations, entities, and collectives.
The Black Solidarity Economy Rapid Response Fund is available to organizations facing live and potential risks until December 12, 2025. The fund will reopen in 2026.
What is the Black Solidarity Economy Fund?
Since 2020, the Black Solidarity Economy Fund (BSEF) has democratically distributed over $975,000 to Black-led solidarity economy organizing.
Moved by the 2020 popular uprisings, several dozen Black staff and leaders from our network came together to organize the fund, with the goal of redistributing resources to Black-led organizations building the solidarity economy. The fund is anchored by the BSEF Working Group which collectively makes all major decisions related to the fund.
Eligibility
Our priority is to fund Black-led, Black-serving movement organizations that seek to build and experiment with solidarity economy practices as part of their core organizing strategies.
To this end, we will focus on funding organizations that meet the following criteria:
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- Are members or prospective members of the New Economy Coalition
- The annual organizational budget is less than $500,000
- Funding an unforeseen area of work due to a crisis
How to Apply
We invite organizations that meet the eligibility criteria to apply using this form:
How to fund this work
Nonprofit organizations advocating for abolition, racial justice, solidarity economy, environmental justice, Queer and Trans rights, and a plethora of liberation ideologies are under scrutiny by the current administration. As discussed at our May 2025 funder briefing, these legal threats pose serious obstacles for organizations already mitigating the chilling effect on philanthropic gifts after the Fearless Fund lawsuit and subsequent settlement.
Funding rapid response crisis infrastructure like this can make the difference for an organization choosing between layoffs and sunsetting their programs.
Double down on solidarity by becoming a donor to the Rapid Response Fund today!