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Posted on January 22nd 2022

Advancing Disability Justice Request for Proposals

TRANSFORMING POWER FUND BACKGROUND The Transforming Power Fund (TPF) is a Detroit-based social justice fund committed to transformative systems change. TPF grew out of a city-wide effort, initiated by Detroit’s social justice community, to bring more foundation resources to social justice movements and to demonstrate a more equitable approach to traditional philanthropy. TPF provides funding, […]

Posted on September 22nd 2021

TPF prioritizes rest for social justice organizers responding to the COVID-19 crisis

This month, the Transforming Power Fund awarded 16 Resting Power Grants to local grassroots organizations and individuals who have been responding to the COVID-19 crisis. The Resting Power Grant is grounded in the understanding that, although the urgent issues our communities face have not subsided, we need to create space within our movements for individual […]

Posted on July 13th 2021

Detroiters move $100K to grassroots organizations working towards transformative systems change

The Transforming Power Fund has awarded five grassroots organizations with Movement Building grants to support their community organizing in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park. Each organization will receive a grant of general operating support totaling $20,000 over two years. Our 2021 Movement Building grant partners are helping to build strong social justice movements in Detroit by contributing to […]

Posted on March 24th 2021

You’re invited to a discussion on building power from the ground up

a virtual panel with expert voices in grassroots organizing Tuesday, April 13 @ 5 – 6:30pm | Register Across our beloved city, Detroiters are leveraging an ecosystem of organizing tactics to uproot sources of harm, and nurture new and more equitable systems of care. Join us in exploring some of the ways our communities are cultivating […]

Posted on January 20th 2021

Awards announced for local artists of color to advance racial justice

Seven community artists and arts organizations have each been awarded a $75,000 grant to be distributed over three years. Grants will support artist and organizational endeavors to advance racial justice as part of the Radical Imagination Fund. The Radical Imagination Fund is a $900K investment in the vision and efforts of Black, Indigenous, people of […]

Posted on November 9th 2020

2020 Freedom Fund moves $67K to Black-led organizing in Detroit

The Transforming Power Fund launched the Freedom Fund in solidarity with community groups leading direct action to demand justice for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and those organizing for systemic shifts away from institutions perpetuating violence. The goal of the Freedom Fund is to support community-led efforts that promote the well-being of majority Black Detroit, […]

Posted on October 12th 2020

Appreciations for our COVID-19 Relief Fund Grantees

The COVID-19 Relief Fund was created in Spring 2020 as Detroit experienced our first wave of COVID-19 and pandemic-related impacts. The fund was created to support grassroots and community efforts to meet the evolving needs of their communities during the pandemic. The fund was distributed in two cycles throughout spring and summer. Through this fund, […]