In this program update, we’re talking about our highlights of the final quarter of the year. Read on for updates on solidarity economy happenings around the network, and Black Solidarity Economy Fund Updates.
News & Updates
2025 Black Solidarity Economy Fund Grantees
The Black Solidarity Economy Fund awarded 32 organizations with a total of $160,000 for the 2025 Open Grant Cycle.
The Rapid Response Fund
The Black Solidarity Economy Fund will redistribute $50k of rapid response funds to nonprofit organizations, entities, and collectives facing emergent needs due to racialized environmental, public health, legal, and economic threats.
Five Takeaways from the Movement Finance Forum
In June, we helped co-convene the Movement Finance Forum, connecting social movement groups, non-extractive investors, funders, movement lawyers, financial technical experts, and other practitioners. NEC member Center for Economic Democracy anchored the forum, gathering around 130 people, many representing other NEC member organizations. Read our latest blog post to learn how we strove towards shared understanding of “Capital Strategies,” and deeper coordination within and across movement-anchored projects and campaigns advancing a Just Transition.
NEC Program Update: Care for the People Series, Our Annual Member Meeting, The Wellness Fund, Black and Indigenous Land Sovereignty, and A New Resource List
This week we’re talking about the campaign to bailout Black mothers and end cash bail, a new community land trust and co-op hub in Santa Ana, what’s next for the Stop Cop City movement, a call to action for Nakba Day, the digital solidarity economy movement in Brazil, how workers are building power through democratic self-organization, and more.
The Wellness Fund
In 2025, in this particular expression of American fascism, we created the Wellness Fund to support the well-being of individuals in New Economy Coalition’s network who are experiencing the impacts of anti-Blackness.
What do we mean by “fire the bosses”?
You might have seen the slogan on NEC’s t-shirts or bumper stickers: “Fire the bosses, Free the Land, Care for the People & Build a Solidarity Economy.” It sounds great, but what do we actually mean — what lineages and struggles do we evoke and build upon — when we use these phrases? We’re here to break it down.
Welcome our Spring 2025 Members!
This year we are excited to welcome 37 amazing organizations into the NEC network!
NEC Program Update: A Letter to Philanthropy, Building Black Solidarity Economy, and the *NEW* Irresistible Newsletter
In this program update, we’re asking philanthropy to fund frontline organizations, sharing updates from our Black-led solidarity economy projects, teasing our upcoming newsletter with Art.coop, and sharing information about our spring office closure.
2024 Black Solidarity Economy Fund Grantees
In 2024, the Black Solidarity Economy Fund awarded $241,500 to 36 organizations through a participatory grantmaking process with former grantees.
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