Fund 4 Democratic Communities

Our Grantees

Announcing Our Second Round of Grantees!

F4DC is excited to announce our newest grantees. In this second grant cycle, we awarded a total of $30,000 to 13 organizations in support of what we believe are outstanding community-focused programs. The following programs received grants for their dedication to strengthening communities through authentic democratic practices:

100 Leaders was awarded a grant to support the work of identifying, developing, and networking community leaders for more effective and sustainable community involvement and advocacy.

Caregiver Village’s grant will support a planning process that culminates in a strategic plan to guide a partnership between the Center for Women’s Health and Wellness at UNCG and the Piedmont Heights community.

Choosing Sides will use their F4DC grant to help expand the Choosing Sides program by one additional independent site, and to provide transportation to assist in bring together participating groups.

Crack Intervention Research Project will use their awarded grant to support a participatory research project by the Harm Reduction Crack Institute and Yale School of Public Health to develop deeper insight as to how to tailor crack intervention so it best suits the needs of local crack users and decreases the incidence of HIV, hepatitis C and other infectious diseases.

Future Leaders will use their awarded grant to provide a part of the living wage stipends for young interns from different countries to learn community organizing and to empower their immigrant communities in getting their rights as tenants and as homebuyers.

Healing the Hurt plans to provide startup assistance for a program to create professionally guided support groups, counseling services and community outreach social programs for families experiencing the physical, emotional and psychological abuses resulting from death of loved ones at the hands of law enforcement.

Health Disparities Public Forums will provide support for planning and implementing public forums to spread information on the outcome of the Cancer Care and Racial Equity Study.

Hive Youth Committee was awarded a grant to provide support for beginning the work of organizing a HIVE Youth Committee and some initial programs and outreach.

Homekeeping plans to use their F4DC grant to provide assistance for training additional counselors and to provide assistance for the work of building a broad and sustainable board of directors for ongoing housing counseling work. Grantee Profile: Homekeeping Mortgage Default Counseling, Inc.

Los Artistas (Greensboro Art Program) was awarded a grant to assist in funding support staff compensation, mileage reimbursement and resources for a Latino/a focused program that promotes self-confidence, motivation, and self expression for Latino/a youth and promote understanding and learning through art.

PJN Next Level plans to uses their grant to fund work to build alliances and reconfigure leadership among progressive organizations in the area as a means of strengthening the organization’s work and the overall work of the Peace and Justice Network.

SURGE Skill Training plans to use their awarded grant to assist in the funding of skills trainings to young progressive activists around the state focusing on campus and community organizing, media engagement, independent media, direct action, creative tactics and other skill.

Truth in Recruiting will use their grant to provide expenses for transportation, food and materials duplication for work to address the lack of truth and honesty in military recruitment practices, increase awareness among youth about alternatives to military.