Social Justice Fund is pleased to announce the round four awardees of our Emerging Justice Fund Grant!
The Emerging Justice Fund (EJF) moves unrestricted funds to resource grassroots organizing for communities that have been and continue to be targeted by Federal, State, and Local policies. There will be five cycles of EJF in 2025, moving a total of $500,000. Congratulations to our fourth round of grantees:
Crow Language Consortium | Billings, MT
Crow Language Consortium is a collective of Crow schools, colleges, and educators that are working to preserve Apsáalooke (the Crow language) to ensure it can be passed on to future generations. They work to support Crow learners and teachers by developing language materials, providing access to apps and multimedia, and organizing intensive teacher training and workshops.
East African Community Services | Seattle, WA
EACS is a Black-led, immigrant-rooted organization serving over 650 youth annually through mentorship, education, reentry, and leadership development. Their Youth Justice Department works with court-involved and reentering East African youth to build life plans, reconnect with family, and organize campaigns that challenge the systems harming them.
EmpowerMT | Missoula, MT
EmpowerMT’s youth leadership pathways address the converging crises faced by LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC youth across Montana. Their healing-centered, youth-led approach creates essential safe spaces while building self-advocacy capacity.
Lived Experience Coalition | Federal Way, WA
Founded and led by Black and Indigenous people with lived experience of homelessness, LEC’s work spans housing, labor justice, healthcare access, education, and healing from intergenerational trauma. They are a diverse group of people that lift each other up, advocate for themselves and others, and advance race and social justice.
Mason County Climate Justice | Mason County, WA, & the sovereign Skokomish and Squaxin Island Nations
Mason County Climate Justice is a multiracial, multigenerational, community-based nonprofit. They collaborate to build community food forests, teach workshops, provide a rural perspective on policy, defend legacy forests so that they become old growth, develop a Just Transition, and organize community to take charge of our shared future.
Northern Cheyenne Language Consortium | Ashland, MT
Northern Cheyenne is an Indigenous language classified as “definitely endangered” by UNESCO, with only about 200 fluent speakers remaining. Northern Cheyenne Language Consortium is a collective of Northern Cheyenne speakers, schools, and educators that are working to preserve the language so it can be passed on to future generations.
PCUN (Acción Política PCUNista) | Woodburn, OR
PCUN is dedicated to building Latinx political power through issue-based campaigns, candidate campaigns, voter engagement, and mobilization. They believe that power can be built through the ballot and their voice can change elections and the face of Oregon.
Pro Se Potential | Auburn, WA
Pro Se Potential empowers youth to outperform their environments through mentorship, resource navigation for youth & families, and social emotional learning programming that helps youth stay in school, stay out of the system, and step into their purpose.
Ttáwaxt Birth Justice Center | Wapato, WA
The Ttáwaxt Birth Justice Center, created and led by Native women, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving families on and near the Yakama Nation Reservation. Centering the wisdom of Indigenous life-givers and protectors, they offer pre and postnatal care, reproductive healthcare, breastfeeding support, childbirth education, cultural classes, plant medicine, and other support for families.
Wakulima USA | Kent, WA
Wakulima USA supports the East African immigrant and refugee community with access to farming opportunities, promotion of culturally relevant foods and access to market. They use farming and natural spaces to promote wellness, physical and mental health for all ages.
Western Native Voice Education Project | Billings, MT
Western Native Voice Education Project (WNVEP) addresses the longstanding neglect of Native American issues, such as civil rights, voting access, healthcare, and education, by working directly with Native communities, elected officials, and allies across Montana and nearby states.
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