Racial Justice & Equity resources organizations that build power and thriving communities. Our grantmaking process is both collaborative and strategic across issues enabled by racial capitalism. RJE joins collaborative funds and memberships that resource movement infrastructure + healing justice, as well as sponsoring aligned organizations with flexible funding to fuel self-determined solutions to local struggles across Atlanta, Chicago, and D.C.
Walking in our values meant the development of our Racial Justice & Equity strategy could not be siloed within philanthropy. The RJE team partnered with Coactive Change to facilitate a seven-month participatory process with our partners and HU staff to shape our path forward. During the initial phase of this process, one grantee partner affirmed that, “We have to address the cracks in the container of U.S. democracy—if it shatters, then so do all other institutions.” Working within pods facilitated the opportunity to flex our muscles across Vision, Fundraising, Grantmaking, Non-Financial Resources, and Learning Processes, fueling a visionary approach to sustaining movement for the long-haul.