About Praxis Project
To build healthy communities by transforming the power relationships and structures that affect lives and communities; centering community power, health equity, and racial justice.
Focus Areas
health equityracial justicecommunity organizingcapacity buildingpolicy advocacycivic participationsocial determinants of healthfiscal sponsorshipsugary drink tax / SSB community investments
Who They Fund
birthing people and new mothers (including postpartum support)Black communities and Black-led organizationsIndigenous women
About Praxis Project
The Praxis Project Inc. has used major grants to move fiscal sponsorship projects into independent organizations, including a $5,771,229 transfer to National Black Food and Justice Alliance in 2024 and a $2,701,775 asset transfer to Undocublack Network Inc in 2023. That pattern sits alongside a broader grantmaking portfolio focused on community power, health equity, and racial justice. The foundation funds birth justice, community land defense, restorative justice, survivor-rooted arts, and organizing infrastructure, often through rapid-response support or general operating grants. Recent awards show a funder that backs both movement-building and service delivery. In birth justice, it has supported organizations such as Healthconnect One, Southern Birth Justice Network, and Black Women Birthing Justice Inc. It has also funded projects tied to prison doula work, breastfeeding networks, and Indigenous women’s health. Beyond reproductive and maternal health, the foundation has supported land justice and dialogue-based restorative justice work, while also making large structural transfers when a formerly fiscally sponsored project exits and becomes independent. The mix points to a funder that supports direct community work, organizational capacity, and transitions in movement infrastructure.
What Praxis Project Funds
A large share of the foundation’s recent giving is tied to birth justice and maternal support. In 2024, it gave $50,000 each to Center of Southwest Culture Inc, Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming, Beauty for Ashes Maternal Wellness Inc, Wild Awake Wellness, and Ttawaxt Birth Justice Center, all as rapid-response grants for general operating and charitable purposes. Its other cause areas include community land defense and restorative justice. In 2023, Maryland Philanthropy Network received $60,000 under the Community Land Defense Grant, while Grow Greater Englewood also received $60,000 for a community land defense year-one payment. For restorative justice, Ahimsa Collective received $90,000 for a victim-offender dialogue project. The foundation also funded Embodiment Project with $100,000 for survivor-rooted documentary theater, showing support for arts-based work connected to violence survivor narratives.
How Praxis Project Gives
Typical grants cluster tightly around a $50,000 middle point: the 25th percentile is $35,714, the median is $50,000, and the 75th percentile is also $50,000. That indicates a strong pattern of standard-sized awards, with occasional larger transfers for organizational transitions. The funder is a regular grantmaker, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Its portfolio shows repeat support across years and across related initiatives, including multiple awards in birth justice and more than one spin-off transfer for former fiscally sponsored projects. Several grants are framed as rapid-response support or general operating support, and some are tied to specific transitions such as asset transfers.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$45K
Total Assets
$20.5M
Total Revenue
$17.3M
Total Expenses
$15.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $36K and $50K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$36K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
National27 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
XAVIER MORALES PHD MRP
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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