Making Grants

October 4, 2018 Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) supports Mexico-based migrant workers in defending and protecting their rights as they move between their home communities in Mexico and their workplaces in the United States. With its binational, multilingual staff and geographic reach, it seeks to overcome the border as a barrier to

October 3, 2018 New Media Ventures invests in entrepreneurs and activists wrestling with the biggest challenges facing the country’s democracy. It believes that by changing where capital is invested, it can shift the structures of power to benefit more people. Thanks to support from Voqal, it expanded its reach and effectiveness through increased thought leadership,

September 27, 2018 Beginning this month, Voqal will be featuring a monthly blog series by Voqal’s Director of Grantmaking, Brenda Sears, focused on topics that are important to Voqal’s grantmaking team.  When Katy ISD schools removed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas from their bookshelves, Nyshira Lundy, a 15-year-old freshman, started a petition and

September 20, 2018 Washington Won’t Discriminate was a broad coalition of more than 500 businesses, labor unions, faith organizations and safety groups, that urged voters to say no to discrimination by working to defeat I-1552, an initiative that would repeal parts of Washington state’s long-standing non-discrimination laws protecting transgender neighbors, family and friends from discrimination.

September 13, 2018 Voqal is pleased to announce five grants to organizations working in the Chicago area to strengthen the community through progressive organizing and independent, local media. The grants of $50,000 to City Bureau, $50,000 to Grassroots Illinois Action, $25,000 to ONE Northside, $25,000 to Hoodoisie and $50,000 to The People’s Lobby reflect Voqal’s

September 7, 2018 Voqal is pleased to announce five grants to organizations working in the Twin Cities area to strengthen the community and promote social equity. The grants of $40,000 to Alliance for a Better Minnesota, $20,000 to Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Accion Latina (COPAL), $15,000 to Minnesota Youth Collective, $30,000 to TakeAction

August 21, 2018 Formerly the PICO Network, Faith in Action supports grassroots organizing that enables people of faith to build the power needed to reshape their lives and communities. Its network trains leaders and equips them with tools to fight racism and make society more equitable. Thanks to support from Voqal, Faith in Action built

August 17, 2018 The People’s Lobby trains leaders to build bases in communities, organize support for progressive legislation, endorse candidates and take direct action to pressure elected officials and other powerful people to put the interests of people and the planet first. It seeks to build an inclusive people’s movement to reclaim democracy from the

August 13, 2018 ONE Northside builds collective power to eliminate injustice through bold and innovative community organizing. It accomplishes this by developing grassroots leaders and acting together to effect change. With support from Voqal, ONE Northside organized vulnerable and struggling community members around social justice issues. It accomplished this goal through the organizing of local

August 8, 2018 TakeAction Minnesota is a statewide network of people working to realize racial and economic equity across Minnesota. It does this by connecting people and organizations to each other, turning the individual desire for change into the broad public action that makes change happen. With support from Voqal, TakeAction Minnesota used traditional and