The Libra Foundation has announced grants totaling $20.325 million in support of fifty-six organizations working to strengthen political power and advance liberation for communities of color.

The unrestricted grants include $10 million in support of fourteen intermediaries — public foundations; nonprofits and formations that regrant all or a majority of funds raised; and pooled funds, initiatives, and alliances that are multi-stakeholder, fiscally sponsored, community-accountable, and/or practice participatory grantmaking — as part of the foundation’s latest grantmaking focus. Recipients include the Black Feminist Fund, the California Black Freedom Fund, Native Voices Rising, and the Trans Justice Funding Project.

Grants also were awarded to eight civic engagement groups that are led by and focused on directly impacted communities, including the Democracy and Power Innovation Fund, Mi Familia Vota Education Fund, and the People’s Action Institute.

The foundation also awarded renewal grants to thirty-one organizations including A New Way of Life, the Center for Story-based Strategy, the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, Green 2.0, Justice Funders, Texas Organizing Project Education Fund, and WITNESS.

“Intermediaries are catalytic to power-building because they reach across issues and geographies,” said Libra Foundation executive director Crystal Hayling. “They build strong partnerships that reflect a deep understanding of groups in the community and their needs.”

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