In December  2022,  the Black Solidarity Economy Fund working group redistributed $300,000 to 51 Black-led solidarity economy projects!  

New Economy Coalition members were prioritized in this process, and we used equity as a guiding principle, awarding the largest grants to organizations with budgets of less than $500,000, and excluding organizations with budgets of more than $1 million. 

BSEF funds not distributed this year will be used as seed funds for next years’ round of re-granting, and support the BSEF working group’s strategic planning retreat to create a long term strategy for the fund. This year, three times more projects applied to the fund than last year. In the future, we would love to be able to ensure every applicant is able to receive some funds, regardless of the strength of their application. However, that will require larger investments from those in philanthropy to ensure there are actually enough funds to be distributed to every organization that needs funding. This year’s granting process revealed there are an abundance of Black-led cooperatives and Black-led organizations who are working on building the solidarity economy. 

MEET OUR 2022 GRANTEES: 

1. #BlackCoopsMatter Membership Community
2. #SmartCohort – COVID ReSet Initiative
3. A Softer Landing Fund : Guaranteed Basic Income
4. Baldwin House Community Collective
5. Black Cooperative Ecosystem Mapping Project
6. Black Homeless Support
7. Black Imagination Districts
8. Black Worker Cooperative Development Project
9. Black/PanAfrican Solidarity Conference & Exchange
10. Brooklyn Packers / Brooklyn Supported Agriculture
11. Calabash & LAMP
12. Chicago Solidarity Collective
13. CMB Co-ops
14. Co-op Dayton
15. Cooperation New Orleans
16. Cooperation Richmond
17. Earthseed Anahuac
18. Economic Justice League (EJL): Collective for Community Scholarship (C4CS)
19. Endstate ATL’s mutual aid programs: Black Power Fund/The Pack Provides
20. Ereba Collective Learning Laboratory
21. Free Store Fridays Network
22. Inclusive Louisiana takes on the Petrochemical Plants of Cancer Alley
23. Kwanzaa Kalimba Virtual Makerspace
24. La Conde
25. Land Legacy and Liberation for Black Farmers in SC
26. Liberty Community Land Trust’s Land Liberation Project
27. Louisiana Just Recovery Network
28. Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid Fund (MAMA Fund) Time bank
29. Mini-Grants for Black Led -Co-ops in Detroit
30. New Generation Scholars Abolitionist Mutual Aid Fund
31. Owning Our Hood
32. Pecan Milk Cooperative
33. Rebel Visionz Ent. Group/All Eyes OG Artists Legacy Program
34. Restore Forward: Healing Retreat Providers Co-op
35. Sankofa Village Arkansas
36. Social Housing & Shared Economy Campaign 2023
37. Solidarity Farms Jamaica
38. Solidarity in Grieve
39. The Energy Justice Law and Policy Center: Storytelling Organizing
40. The Lowjohn Collective
41. The MHEC GAP Fund
42. The Park for Floral Farms
43. The Study Circles Project
44. Together We Thrive: Telling Our Stories, Speaking Our Truth
45. Ujimaa Medics – general operating
46. Visionary Resistance Incubator and Art Festival
47. We Are The Ones
48. We Own This – Campaign
49. Womxnist Liberation Collaborative
50. Worcester Youth Cooperatives
51. Yolo County Underserved Farmer Cooperative

We hope this inspires even more donors to contribute to the Black Solidarity Economy Fund, and Black-led cooperatives and organizations to collaborate with each other. We look forward to continuing this work with you all.