Racial Equity Accelerating Change Fund

Introduction

Welcome to the 2025 Borealis Philanthropy Racial Equity Accelerating Change Fund (REACH) Application. We recommend reading through the Request for Proposals (RFP) and this Instructions page before beginning your application.
Application Instructions:

The deadline for this application is July 24 at 11:00 AM PST/ 2:00 PM EST.

This application has 3 pages in total: Instructions, Eligibility Quiz, and Grant Application.

Any fields marked with an asterisk are required. You will need to provide a response to proceed with the application.

If you would like to save your progress on the application and return to it later, please use the "Save my progress and resume later" checkbox at the top of the application page. When you return to your application, please use the "Resume from a previously saved form" link.

To begin, please complete the eligibility quiz on the next page.

If your organization meets the Fund's criteria for eligibility, you will be automatically redirected to the application.

If you have questions, need technical assistance, or have technology issues in submitting your application please email grants@borealisphilanthropy.org. If you have questions for the REACH Fund Team, please email reach@borealisphilanthropy.org

Based on your responses, your organization is not eligible for funding at this time. Thank you for your interest.

Grant Application

Organization Information

Applicant Name
If you are applying on behalf of an organization, please write your organization's name.

Applicant Legal Status

Other Type of Applicant Legal Status Description

EIN/Tax ID Number
If your organization is fiscally sponsored, please enter your fiscal sponsor's EIN/Tax ID Number OR 00-0000000

Street Address

City

State / Province

Postal Code

Contact Information

Executive Contact: In the event of an awarded grant, the Executive Contact will sign the grant agreement letter, unless the organization is fiscally sponsored. The Executive Contact is also the primary contact for the application.

Executive Contact Full Name

Executive Contact Title

Executive Contact Email

Executive Contact Phone Number

Additional Contact: This may be the person responsible for the grant application, a finance contact, or other.

Additional Contact Full Name

Additional Contact Title

Additional Contact Email

Operating Budget Size

In the field below, please share your organization's 2025 total operating budget size.

2025 Total Operating Budget Size

$

Fiscal Sponsor Information

Is your organization fiscally sponsored?

YesNo

Fiscal Sponsor Information

Fiscal Sponsor Legal Name

Fiscal Sponsor EIN

Fiscal Sponsor Street Address

Fiscal Sponsor City

Fiscal Sponsor State / Province

Fiscal Sponsor Postal Code

Fiscal Sponsor Executive Contact Full Name

Fiscal Sponsor Executive Contact Title

Fiscal Sponsor Executive Contact Email

Fiscal Sponsor Additional Contact Full Name

Fiscal Sponsor Additional Contact Title

Fiscal Sponsor Additional Contact Email

Grant Payment Preference

If your organization is fiscally sponsored, please enter the payment preference of your fiscal sponsor.

If your organization is not fiscally sponsored, please enter the payment preference of your organization.

Payment Preference

Electronic Fund Transfer/ACHMailed Check

Electronic Fund Transfer Details

Name on Bank Account

Type of Account

Routing Number

Account Number

If you selected Mailed Check

We will mail the check to the address above for your organization or your fiscal sponsor (if applicable).

REACH 2025 Grant Opportunity

If you have questions about what type of grant best aligns with your needs, please reach out to the REACH Fund Team at reach@borealisphilanthropy.org.

Grant Type: Which type of grant are you applying for?

Funding Requested: How much total funding are you requesting for the full two-year grant period?

We are offering a range of funding amounts so practitioners can request what actually makes sense for where they are. Applicants may apply for anywhere from $30,000 to $150,000 over two years. An applicant who is in an early exploration phase may choose to apply for funding at the lower end, whereas an applicant who is ready to deepen their practitioner-organizing may request more. Total funding awarded for this round will be approximately $1M.

$

Project Budget: Please provide a project budget breakdown for how grant funds will be spent.

If you are not a 501(c)(3) organization, do you agree to abide by Borealis' policy for Expenditure Responsibility grantees?

YesNoNot applicable (N/A). My organization is a 501(c)(3) or is fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3)

Narrative Questions

Please keep your responses to the questions below to no longer than 500 words each.

If you would like to submit your responses via Word Doc or PDF, please use the upload field below.

Proposal Title

Provide a brief summary of your work & proposed project.

What are the primary goals of this project?

Describe how your work aligns with REACH’s focus on practitioner-led organizing

Describe the specific ways your work builds power, fosters connections, and advances ecosystem-wide change.

Describe the key activities and strategies you will use to implement this work.

Where is this work to take place?

Is there anything else you would like the participatory grantmaking committee to know?

Upload Field for Word Doc / PDF
If you would like to submit your responses via Word Doc or PDF, please upload your document here.

Attachments

Please select your Organization's Legal Status under Organization Information to view the attachments needed for this section.

Attachments for 501(c)(3) organizations

If your organization is a 501(c)(3), please use the fields below to upload:

501(c)(3) Letter
Financial Documentation such as:

Most recent 990
Most recent audited or unaudited financials
Statement of Activities & Balance Sheet

501(c)(3) Letter: Please upload your organization's 501(c)(3) letter here.

Financial Documentation for your organization: Please upload your organization's financial documentation.

If your organization does not have any of the listed financial documentation, please contact grants@borealisphilanthropy.org. We ask that you do not create any documentation specifically for this application.

Please use this additional upload field if you have more than one document.

Attachments for Fiscally Sponsored Organizations

If your organization is fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3), please use the fields below to upload:

Fiscal Sponsor's 501(c)(3) Letter
Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement
Fiscal Sponsor's Financial Documentation such as:

Most recent 990
Most recent audited or unaudited financials
Statement of Activities (Income & Expenses) & Balance Sheet

Your Organization's Statement of Activities (Income & Expenses) & Balance Sheet for the most recent fiscal year

Fiscal Sponsor's 501(c)(3) Letter: Please upload your fiscal sponsor's 501(c)(3) letter here.

Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement: Please upload your fiscal sponsorship agreement here.

Fiscal Sponsor's Financial Documentation: If your organization is fiscally sponsored, please upload your fiscal sponsor's most recent 990 or other financial documentation.

Please use this additional upload field if you have more than one document.

Your Organization's Financial Documentation:

Attachments for Non-501(c)(3)s (such as an LLC, Sole Proprietor, or Worker-Owned Cooperative)

If your organization is a Non-501(c)(3), please use the fields below to upload:

Articles of Incorporation
Financial Documentation such as:

Balance Sheet and Statement of Activities of the current fiscal year
OR Prior Year Tax Return

Articles of Incorporation (for Non-501(c)(3)s Only)

Financial Documentation (for Non-501(c)(3)s Only): Please upload your organization's statement of activities and balance sheet for the current fiscal year OR your organization's prior year tax return.