Grant support where it’s needed most.
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
- St. Augustine
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Opportunities for a better future begin with clean, accessible water. For 2 billion people that opportunity is denied.
We are working towards a day when everyone, especially those who are most marginalized, can live with justice, equity, and dignity.
Around the world, people are under attack for who they are. We all deserve to live authentically without fear of discrimination or persecution.
Tens of millions of people are trapped in modern forms of slavery, from forced labor to sexual exploitation. It exists in every country—including yours.
Statelessness (being denied any nationality) is an extreme form of exclusion affecting 15 million+. A child is born stateless every 10 minutes.
Historically marginalized communities face the worst consequences of climate change despite being the least responsible for it.
Access to sufficient, nutritious food is a human right. The structural barriers to that right need to be dismantled.
We work to support Indigenous leaders and organizations as they fight for justice, rights, and sovereignty.
Blue Sky Social Justice Fund currently provides grants in the areas of statelessness, climate justice, LGBTQI+ rights, modern slavery, human rights, water justice, and Indigenous peoples’ development and justice. We focus on these critical social justice issues because they are less often supported by philanthropy and government donors than causes like humanitarian relief, education, and healthcare. Likewise, we focus primarily on places in the Global South and East where, despite great need and opportunity, there is very limited giving.
We believe frontline activists and those personally affected are often in the best position to identify and implement solutions. Typically, we seek to provide the long-term resources that enable local leaders to protect and promote the rights of their communities. We know enduring and substantive change cannot be achieved with short-term resource commitments.
We see risk-taking as essential to effective philanthropy. If every grant we make and group we support is successful, we will have failed because it means we are making only safe bets. Few of the pressing issues the world is facing can be solved with only safe bets.
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Read about the limited funding that goes toward human rights in the Global South and East—and within that, the limited amount that supports frontline activists.
The Trust Gap: The Troubling Lack of Direct, Flexible Funding for Human Rights in the Global South and East
Blue Sky Social Justice Fund does not accept unsolicited grant proposals.