About Social Justice Fund Northwest
Social Justice Fund NW is a foundation working at the frontlines of social change. We leverage the resources of our members to foster significant, long-term social justice solutions throughout Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.
Focus Areas
community organizingracial justicetenant and housing justiceemerging justice / rapid responseseed grants / new group supportenvironmental justicegender justiceBlack-led organizingimmigration justicerural community organizing
Who They Fund
Native-led organizations / Indigenous communitiesBlack-led organizing groups
About Social Justice Fund Northwest
Social Justice Fund Northwest channels member resources into long-term social justice organizing across Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, with grantmaking that repeatedly backs base-building groups and movement infrastructure. One of its clearest patterns is sustained support for Rainier Valley Corps in Seattle, which received $1,084,984 in both 2023 and 2024 for general operating and base building. That same multi-year approach appears in other large awards, including repeated support for Na'ah Illahee Fund, Villa Comunitaria, and Chief Seattle Club. The funder also makes room for rapid-response and coalition-based work, as shown by a 2025 grant to RVC that bundles reproductive justice, creative justice, and several named initiatives. Its portfolio reaches Native-led organizations, Black-led organizing groups, immigrant and Latinx women and communities, LGBTQ+ and gender-diverse organizations, rural groups, and environmental justice efforts. Across those relationships, the foundation appears to favor flexible support for organizations already doing the work rather than narrow project-only funding.
What Social Justice Fund Northwest Funds
Social Justice Fund Northwest supports a range of organizing and community-led work through named grants tied to specific causes. In reproductive justice and related community work, it gave $654,000 to RVC in 2025 for a surge package that included reproductive justice, Age UP, ALA Garifuna Women, Alphabet Alliance of Color, Collective Justice NW, Creative Justice, First Five Years & Beyond, Mujer al Volante, and Renton Innov. In Native-led philanthropy, Potlatch Fund received $260,000 in both 2023 and 2024 for general operating support. The foundation also backs housing-related justice work: Lavender Rights Project received $300,555 in 2023 and 2024 for general operating support, and a separate 2025 grant of $150,000 to the same organization was tagged for community wealth building. Environmental justice appears as well, with Nomenus Inc receiving $150,000 in 2025 for environmental justice and DAF support.
How Social Justice Fund Northwest Gives
Typical awards cluster around a $20,000 median, with a p25 of $15,000 and a p75 of $100,000, even as the portfolio includes much larger movement-support grants. The pattern is recurring rather than one-off: several organizations appear in consecutive years, including Rainier Valley Corps, Na'ah Illahee Fund, Allied Media Projects, Villa Comunitaria, Chief Seattle Club, Lavender Rights Project, Potlatch Fund, United Oregon, and Rural People's Voices. The funder is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Many grants are general operating support, often paired with base-building or movement-specific language.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.8M
Total Assets
$16.4M
Total Revenue
$6.3M
Total Expenses
$7.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $100K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Regional18 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
VALERIANA CHIKOTI-BANDUA
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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