FORGE Vision Fund Announces New Grantees
The FORGE collaborative has announced a new slate of grantees focused on worker debt and pandemic recovery.
The FORGE collaborative has announced a new slate of grantees focused on worker debt and pandemic recovery.
The Vision Fund – an initiative of the FORGE collaborative – has announced a new slate of grantees, aimed at addressing the heavy burden that debt places on workers, particularly in the context of pandemic recovery.
FORGE is a collaborative of philanthropic donors, working together towards a global economy that works for all people and the planet, shaped by and accountable to worker- and community-led movements. The Vision Fund supports community and civil society organizations, workers’ rights groups and social movements that work with those most impacted by the economic fallout of Covid-19, while advancing systemic change to shift the economy in a more just and sustainable direction. Humanity United is a founding member of both.
The first cohort of grantees included eight organizations that focused their efforts on building worker power, strengthening accountability and shaping recovery initiatives.
The second cohort included seven organizations working to support the development of a new economic model that works for the people and the planet, focusing on climate, gender, and debt justice.
These two cohorts were part of the “Response” fund, which was focused on directly responding to the pandemic. This current slate of eight grantees is the first from the “Vision” fund, and focuses on sovereign debt burdens in the Global South, which threaten governments’ ability to meet basic needs, realize rights and development goals, and provide social protection in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The newest grantees are:
The Vision Fund was launched by the Ford Foundation, Fundación Avina, Humanity United, Laudes Foundation, Omidyar Network, Open Society Foundations, SAGE Fund, True Costs Initiative, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, and Wallace Global Fund.
For more on each of the new grantees, visit the FORGE website.