Congratulations to the 2022 winners of the Tzedek Impact Awards! The Tzedek Impact Awards are designed to honor individuals who have engaged in systems change or community healing work in the Asheville…
2022 Impact Award Winners – Round 1
Answering the CALL TO ACT: April 2022 Webinar Series!
Dear Change Agents for Collective Liberation, We hit the pause button and are ready to play it forward! As you may know, Tzedek’s updated mission to redistribute money, resources, and power to…
Celebrating Tzedek Grantees: Youth OUTright
Founded in 2009, Youth OUTright is the only youth advocacy and leadership non-profit organization in Western North Carolina dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer, intersex, asexual and allied (LGBTQIA+) youth. Here’s…
2021 By the Numbers
Congratulations to Tzedek’s Community-Led Grantmaking Grantee Partners
We’re thrilled to announce the grants made through Tzedek’s new initiative–Community-Led Grantmaking. In 2021, a cohort of five Fellows with the support of Tzedek staff moved $250,000 into the hands of Asheville…
Celebrating Tzedek Grantees: Word on the Street/La Voz de les Jóvenes
Since 2011, Asheville Writers In The Schools and Community (AWITSC) has created free arts and culture programming, for youth and families of color who do not have access to such experiences due…
2021 Impact Award Winners Part Two
Congratulations to the 2021 winners of the Tzedek Impact Awards! The Tzedek Impact Awards are designed to honor individuals who have engaged in systems change or community healing work in the Asheville region…
New Grantee Partners Build Models for Land and Wealth Redistribution
Since the completion of Tzedek’s 2021-2025 Strategic Plan, the Grantmaking Team has been exploring ways to use a reparations lens to redistribute a portion of Tzedek funds. Currently, we are focused on…
Introducing the Tzedek Community Grantmaking Fellows
We are so excited to introduce the first cohort of Tzedek Grantmaking Fellows. Clarissa Harris, Anna Marie Smith, Ashley Cooper, Sala Menaya-Merritt, and Ray Hemachandra will be working together to create a…