{"id":244285,"date":"2026-03-31T01:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/244285\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:48:28","slug":"groundswell-fund-consolidates-grantmaking-in-2026-to-focus-on-bodily-autonomy-and-civic-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/244285\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundswell Fund Consolidates Grantmaking in 2026 to Focus on Bodily Autonomy and Civic Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"AA premium, polished collection of objects symbolizes the Groundswell Fund’s new focus on supporting grassroots organizations’ long-term capacity and resilience.Oakland Today<\/p>\n

The Groundswell Fund, a prominent supporter of women’s, girls’ and LGBTQ causes, social justice, and public health initiatives, has announced it will consolidate its grantmaking in 2026 into an invitation-only fund supporting ‘bodily autonomy, civic power, and long-term capacity.’ This shift comes in response to a combination of internal and external factors, including the Trump Administration’s ‘brutal’ crackdowns in Minneapolis and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Why it matters<\/p>\n

The Groundswell Fund has been a crucial source of support for grassroots social justice organizations led by women of color and LGBTQ individuals. Its decision to shift to an invitation-only model reflects the challenging political climate and the need for these groups to build long-term capacity and resilience in the face of ongoing threats to reproductive rights and civic engagement.<\/p>\n

The details<\/p>\n

The Groundswell Fund, based in Oakland, California, was established in 2015 by Vanessa Daniel, a veteran of the Tides Center. The fund has traditionally supported a range of initiatives, from women’s reproductive health to LGBTQ advocacy and public health programs, with a focus on grassroots organizations led by women, women-identifying, and non-binary people of color.<\/p>\n

The Groundswell Fund was established in 2015.In 2026, the fund announced it will consolidate its grantmaking into an invitation-only fund supporting ‘bodily autonomy, civic power, and long-term capacity.’<\/p>\n

The players<\/p>\n

Groundswell Fund<\/p>\n

An Oakland-based funder that supports women’s, girls’, and LGBTQ causes, social justice, and public health initiatives, with a focus on grassroots organizations led by women, women-identifying, and non-binary people of color.<\/p>\n

Vanessa Daniel<\/p>\n

The founder and leader of the Groundswell Fund, a veteran of the Tides Center.<\/p>\n

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\n What\u2019s next<\/p>\n

The Groundswell Fund will begin accepting applications for its invitation-only fund supporting ‘bodily autonomy, civic power, and long-term capacity’ in 2026.<\/p>\n

The takeaway<\/p>\n

The Groundswell Fund’s decision to shift to an invitation-only grantmaking model reflects the challenging political climate and the need for grassroots social justice organizations led by women of color and LGBTQ individuals to build long-term capacity and resilience in the face of ongoing threats to reproductive rights and civic engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a A premium, polished collection of objects symbolizes the Groundswell Fund’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-244285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}