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Let’s Keep Building Together
Dear JustFund Community, Our hearts continue to break with the injustices we are experiencing daily around the country and around the world. At JustFund, we exist to ensure communities historically excluded from traditional philanthropy have the resources they need to thrive. The need for philanthropy to change the way it gives has never been more…
Read MoreMeet the People Behind the Platform | Preeti Shukla
Welcome to JustFund’s People Behind the Platform series, where we introduce our incredible team! Today, we are thrilled to introduce Preeti Shukla, Head of Product and Engineering. Before joining this incredible JustFund team, I spent 18 years leading development of B2B products and running a B2C Startup in the home design space. I learned the…
Read MoreThe Power and Lessons from Rest and Renewal
Dear JustFund Community, It took me a long time to realize the importance of rest and renewal, not just as a form of self-care, but as a catalyst for innovation and growth. I have had to learn that taking time off isn’t being lazy and that resting for a period of time isn’t shirking my…
Read MoreMeet the People Behind the Platform | Rachel Haytt
Welcome to JustFund’s People Behind the Platform series, where we introduce our incredible team! Today, we are thrilled to introduce Rachel Haytt, Customer Engagement Manager. Prior to joining the JustFund Team in 2019, I worked in a variety of nonprofit and public interest settings centered around education organizing and advocacy work, and focused on expanding…
Read MoreUpdates to the JustFund Common Application™
Dear JustFund Community, After five years building and refining the JustFund Common ApplicationTM JustFund is launching an even more streamlined common application process to make sure you have a simple and easy way to access multiple funding opportunities on JustFund and share your work with thousands of donors utilizing the JustFund platform to search for new grantees. Log…
Read MoreMeet the People Behind the Platform | Zareen Rahman
Welcome to JustFund’s People Behind the Platform series, where we introduce our incredible team! Today, we are thrilled to introduce Zareen Rahman, JustFund’s Director of Finance and Operations. I grew up in my parents office, where they worked as insurance brokers full-time and served their community and growing family the remainder of the time. Being…
Read MoreJustFund’s Week of Restoration
Dear JustFund Community, With the summer season in full swing, we at JustFund have decided it’s time to embrace rest and restoration. From Monday, August 28 through Monday, September 4 the JustFund team will be taking a break during our inaugural summer Week of Restoration. During this time, our office will be closed, and we…
Read MoreLet’s accelerate change, together.
Dear JustFund Community, Creating systemic change is challenging, but together, it is possible. The groundbreaking innovations taking root in our philanthropic and nonprofit sectors are paving the way for a transformative shift. By supporting these initiatives, we are poised to forge a new normal in the way we approach giving, ensuring a more equitable and…
Read MoreMeet the People Behind the Platform | Katie Branch
Welcome to JustFund’s People Behind the Platform series, where we introduce our incredible team! Today, we are thrilled to introduce Katie Branch, JustFund’s Director of Customer Experience. Before joining the JustFund team in October 2022, I spent the last decade working in philanthropy. I planned national galas at the National WWII Museum, raised funds for…
Read MoreJustFund helps you make a bigger impact
Dear JustFund Community, Collaborative funds allow multiple donors to pool their resources and make a bigger impact. Funds like Decolonizing Wealth, Emergent Fund, Constellations Culture Change Fund, and dozens of other collaboratives run their grant cycles using the JustFund Common ApplicationTM, saving their applicants valuable time, giving their applicants access to additional funding opportunities, and centering equity and…
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