FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund
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Get to know FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund.
Young feminist organizing is springing up in all corners of the globe – from Mexico to Morocco to Malaysia – powered by brave women, girls, and trans youth who are creating the change the world needs.
FRIDA believes in the collective power of young feminists to lead and transform their own communities. FRIDA is the only fund run by and for young feminists to support and establish other feminist organizations, collectives, and movements.
What FRIDA does
FRIDA is a fund.
That means it pools donations from a variety of donors (from foundations to individuals like you) and redistributes the money to young feminist groups via grants and technical support. FRIDA provides young leaders with the resources they need to amplify their voices and bring attention to their work.
FRIDA makes grants to over 200 young feminist groups throughout the global South working on various issues, including disability rights, education rights, indigenous rights, LGBTQ rights, and peacebuilding, among others.
Who FRIDA supports
Grants are made to groups that are:
Led by young women, trans, and intersex youth under the age of 30.
Often small, emerging grassroots groups with little or no access to funding from larger donors.
Mostly located in remote, underserved areas.
Focused on working with socially excluded and disadvantaged young people.
Grantee-partners’ work is focused on:
Using creative and innovative strategies to further their activism.
Improving the lives of young women/trans and intersex youth at local, national, regional, or international levels.
Inclusive organizing.
Collective action and feminist movement building.
Why we love FRIDA
FRIDA puts its money where its mouth is. A lot of organizations give lip service to letting young people lead and honoring the ability of young people to make their own decisions. FRIDA actually walks the talk.
Participatory grantmaking
Participatory grantmaking puts the power of decision-making in the hands of those doing the work. Applicants review each other’s proposals and vote on which ones get funding. This means that young feminists, deeply connected to on-the-ground realities and their constituents, decide which projects to fund.
Unrestricted grants
FRIDA provides unrestricted grants to the groups it funds. This allows groups to define their own budget and dedicate funds to where they are needed most. This type of funding is called core support and it’s actually pretty rare.
Many funders do the opposite: they will only make grants to fund specific things and they require line-item budgets that restrict spending. Restricted grants can make it harder for nonprofits to nimbly respond to complex social problems. In addition, nonprofits may sometimes drift away from their strengths in order to satisfy a funder’s requirements.
It’s not just about the money
FRIDA provides technical support by helping groups it funds to hone their skills and build on their strengths, amplifying young people’s voices, connecting groups to one another, and helping young feminist leaders to get them a seat at the table and gain access to important spaces.
How you can help FRIDA
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