Welcome to f4dc.org!
The Fund for Democratic Communities (F4DC), a Greensboro, North Carolina based private operating foundation, supports community-based initiatives and institutions that foster authentic democracy to make communities better places to live. F4DC makes grants, provides direct technical assistance, conducts research, and produces materials to facilitate this agenda.
In its first year of operation, F4DC is governed by a diverse board of community activists, artists, labor leaders, researchers and educators. We have a new office at The HIVE (a collective community space on Grove Street), and we are beginning to expand our staff.
Announcing our first eleven grantees
Eleven North Carolina efforts to strengthen communities by engaging youth and adults in authentic democracy have won grants in our first grant cycle:
- The Greensboro office of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee
- The Burnsville Land Community
- The Greater Glenwood Neighborhood
- Freshlife Discovery Camp
- El Kilombo
- Homekeeping
- Heirs to a Fighting Tradition
- Just Economics
- The Southeast Guilford Community Association
- The Latino Coalition
- Stone Circles
Read more about these exciting efforts in our news release!
F4DC is hiring!
We're expanding our staff so we can support our grantees and take on more community-based projects of our own. We are seeking to fill three half-time positions – two Community Organizers and one Technical/Community Organizer – who will work closely with current staff (Executive Director, Coordinator, and Operations Director, who also work half-time) and our Board, in order to move F4DC into the next phase of its development.
Our goal is to build a cross-generational team that collectively brings a wide range of experiences, perspectives, styles, and skill sets to our democratic community-building work – within F4DC itself, in our immediate neighborhood, and in a range of communities within Greensboro and the region.
To accomplish this, we expect to hire Community Organizers with differing levels of organizing experience, ranging from "just a little" to "quite a lot." If you are a community-based organizer with a strong democratic focus and who has at least 6 months community organizing experience, check out the Community Organizer Job Description.
Or, if you have at least an intermediate level technical/media skill set plus experience in and an aptitude for community organizing, check out the Technical/Community Organizer Job Description.
The deadline for receiving resumes and cover letters is Midnight, June 22nd.
New Office Hours:
Our new office hours are: Monday 12-4, Tuesday 10-4, Wednesday 10-2, Thursday 10-4, and Friday closed. We hope you'll come by and see us.
