Redistributing money. Shifting power. Supporting systems change and community healing.
Celebrating the brilliant and transformative work of movement leaders and social justice organizations in Asheville, NC.
Who We Fund
We invest in movement organizations, non-profit organizations, and leaders. Is this you?
Who We Fund
Social Justice Philanthropy
Social justice philanthropy requires deep, authentic relationships.
Social Justice Philanthropy
Tzedek Social Justice Fund:
Making Change Through Social Justice Philanthropy
The Tzedek Social Justice Fund supports vital social justice organizations and leaders working in the areas of LGBTQ Justice, Racial Justice, and Dismantling Antisemitism.
Rooted in Social Justice
While not religious, Tzedek’s work is grounded in Jewish social justice values. These include justice (Tzedek), equitable giving (Tzedakah), repairing the world through social action (Tikkun Olam), and leadership (Hanhagah). These values call us to action.
Current Grantees
Helpmate
Available in Español
Helpmate works with our community to eliminate abuse and fear by providing safety, shelter, and support for people who have been victimized by domestic violence. All services are provided to people of all genders.
Current Grantees
Hood Huggers International via Asheville Creative Arts
Available in Español
Hood Huggers International, LLC builds greater communication, connection and wealth in systemically marginalized neighborhoods in the Affrilachian region through the arts, environment, and social enterprise.
Current Grantees
Jewish Social Justice Roundtable via Bend the Arc
Available in Español
The Jewish Social Justice Roundtable is a network of 70 organizations that strengthens and aligns the Jewish social justice field in order to make justice a core expression of Jewish life and help create an equitable world. We envision a loving, caring, and equitable world in which power is shared and all are free from injustice. In this world, we live out our Jewish traditions of justice, embrace the beauty and multiplicity of Jewish identities, overcome past and present oppressions, and trust in ourselves, one another, and our partners to pursue justice together.
Current Grantees
JMPRO TV via WNC Workers’ Center
Available in Español
JMPRO TV is a bilingual Grassroots Media in Western North Carolina. Their platform builds connections, shapes narratives, and celebrates culture through a variety of media such as video interviews, reportages, Live event coverage, and radio shows. They fight for a more aware and civic engaged Latinx community able to demand structural changes on the issues that affect them. The JMPRO team is made up of community reporters that reflect the makeup of their audience, they offer bilingual reporting as an alternative media source for Spanish-speakers in this area.
Current Grantees
Movement Advancement Project
Available in Español
MAP’s mission is to provide independent and rigorous research, insight and communications that help speed equality and opportunity for all. MAP works to ensure that all people have a fair chance to pursue health and happiness, earn a living, take care of the ones they love, be safe in their communities, and participate in civic life.
