FEATURED ARTICLE September 17, 2024 $300 Million Moved It was only 15 months ago that we announced a major milestone: $200 million moved via the JustFund platform. Today, I’m thrilled to share that we’ve surpassed the $300 million mark! Read More AllBlog PostNews ArticlePress ReleaseResources Blog Post March 6, 2025 Meet the People Behind the Platform | Liz Hoffman Welcome to JustFund’s People Behind the Platform series, where we introduce our incredible team! Meet Liz Hoffman, Senior Product Manager. I started my career with… Read More Press Release October 9, 2024 Amidst Growing Demand for Equitable Grantmaking, JustFund Takes Steps Toward Becoming a Public Utility in Philanthropy with Support from Hewlett Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation awards $2 million to JustFund as the grantmaking platform reaches a critical milestone – moving nearly $320 million to organizations advancing social and racial justice. Read More Blog Post July 15, 2024 JustFund Common Application Why Funders Are Shifting to the JustFund Common ApplicationTM (Part 3) In this multi-part series, we look under the hood of our flagship grantmaking solution:… Read More Blog Post July 8, 2024 JustFund Common Application Calling All Applicants: Why JustFund Just Makes Sense (Part 2) In this multi-part series, we look under the hood of our flagship giving solution: The… Read More Blog Post July 1, 2024 How JustFund Is Using Trust and Technology to Reimagine Philanthropy This article was originally published by PEAK Grantmaking, a member-led association of philanthropy professionals leading the way in advancing equitable, effective grantmaking practices. For over… Read More Blog Post June 27, 2024 JustFund for Foundations Solving Long-Standing Challenges for Foundations and Changing Philanthropy as We Know It For years, I’ve seen the numerous challenges funders face during the grantmaking process… Read More Blog Post June 21, 2024 JustFund Common Application The Origin and Impact of the JustFund Common ApplicationTM (Part 1) In this multi-part series, we look under the hood of our flagship giving solution:… Read More Blog Post February 29, 2024 Introducing JustFund Search – Designed with You in Mind When we started JustFund in 2017, I was eager to build a simple way to share different funding needs with members of the donor network… Read More Blog Post January 19, 2024 Welcome 2023 JustFund Partners In 2023, JustFund welcomed over 20 new partners committed to centering equity in their grantmaking and working together to #resetphilanthopy for good. Values-aligned funders including:… Read More Blog Post January 16, 2024 Meet the People Behind the Platform | Joseph Mercurio Welcome to JustFund’s People Behind the Platform series, where we introduce our incredible team! Today, we are thrilled to introduce Joseph Mercurio, Senior Product Manager…. Read More Blog Post January 4, 2024 Celebrating our collective power to #resetphilanthropy, for good Dear JustFund Community, Thank you for being a valued partner as we work together to change the way we give, so that communities can thrive…. Read More Blog Post November 27, 2023 Meet the People Behind the Platform | Maisha Billingsley Welcome to JustFund’s People Behind the Platform series, where we introduce our incredible team! Today, we are thrilled to introduce Maisha Billingsley, Client Operations Manager…. Read More Blog Post November 1, 2023 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… Read More Blog Post September 26, 2023 The 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… Read More Blog Post September 19, 2023 Meet the People Behind the Platform | Rachel Hyatt 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…. Read More Blog Post August 29, 2023 Updates 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… Read More Blog Post August 14, 2023 JustFund’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… Read More Blog Post July 31, 2023 Let’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… Read More Blog Post July 26, 2023 Meet 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… Read More Blog Post June 30, 2023 JustFund 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… Read More Blog Post May 30, 2023 Measuring Impact Through an Equity Lens Dear JustFund Community, The JustFund Common ApplicationTM consists of two parts: 1) a common profile that applicants fill out once; and 2) any specific questions and… Read More Blog Post April 28, 2023 Time is Power Dear JustFund Community, Our flagship grantmaking solution: the JustFund Common Application™ is the nation’s first — and only — common application platform to move money quickly…. Read More Blog Post March 31, 2023 Celebrating Our JustFund Community Dear JustFund Community, I’ve been reflecting on Women’s History Month and thinking about the many women who broke barriers, in particular in the field of technology. As… Read More Blog Post March 6, 2023 We’ve moved 200 million dollars – together!! “We’ve crossed 200 million dollars moved!” If that isn’t the best message to receive from the team, I don’t know what is. When I launched… Read More Blog Post February 27, 2023 Funding a BIPOC Future Dear JustFund Community, When the Stanford Social Innovation Review released their article on Overcoming the Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding in 2020, it reported what many of us have… Read More Press Release February 6, 2023 JustFund Announces Expansion of Senior Leadership Team Signaling Increased Demand for Equity-Centered Solutions to Grantmaking JustFund, the first and only nonprofit grantmaking solution created by funders and organizers of color, is pleased to announce the hiring of three new senior… Read More Blog Post January 31, 2023 Revolutionizing The Way We Give Dear JustFund Community, I planned to kick off 2023 with joy and celebration, yet the tragic events from the past three weeks are giving us… Read More Blog Post October 31, 2022 Rewriting the Playbook on Philanthropy Dear JustFund Community, It takes, on average, 15-25 hours for an organization to apply for funding. That translates roughly into $5,000 spent every time an… Read More Blog Post September 9, 2022 How Access Changes the Game Dear JustFund Community, Philanthropy and its systems and structures have a racial bias that results in the chronic underfunding of multiple communities, including groups that… Read More Press Release September 1, 2022 JustFund Announces Afi Tengue as Organization First Director of Donor Engagement Tengue Makes Her Move to JustFund from Giving Compass, Marking the First of Several Senior Hires for the Fast-Growing Nonprofit Grantmaking Platform.__ SAN FRANCISCO, September… Read More Blog Post August 30, 2022 Technology’s Growing Role in Philanthropy Dear JustFund Community, We know that technology is starting to change the way we give, yet the impact is still slow to take hold at scale…. Read More Blog Post July 30, 2022 Changing the Way Money Moves Dear JustFund Community, A few years ago, I remember reading an email about a (then) new initiative called “Black Mama’s Bail Out Day.“ Organizers… Read More Blog Post June 30, 2022 Resetting Philanthropy Together Dear JustFund Community, When I started JustFund back in 2017, there was one goal in mind: to move more money to movements. Back then, I was… Read More Blog Post, Press Release June 28, 2022 Find And Fund Urgent Need: Abortion Access Dear JustFund Community, Today is a devastating day for our country as the Supreme Court reverses nearly 50 years of precedent overturning Roe v. Wade,… Read More Blog Post May 31, 2022 The Role of Trust in Grantmaking Dear JustFund Community, You’ve heard us say that Money Moves at the Speed of Trust™ and undoubtedly you’ve been in a meeting or read a piece… Read More Blog Post April 30, 2022 Changing the Way Nonprofits Apply for Funding Dear JustFund Community, Did you know that JustFund is the nation’s first – and only – national common application grantmaking solution? We launched the common proposal… Read More Blog Post March 31, 2022 Equity in Philanthropy Dear JustFund Community, It’s happening! There are so many more dynamic conversations in motion today about how to truly center equity in philanthropy. The most… Read More Blog Post February 28, 2022 Funding Historically Excluded Organizations Dear JustFund Community, JustFunders are off and running in 2022 as they center equity in their grantmaking and work to move more resources to historically… Read More Blog Post December 9, 2021 What a year 2021 was… Dear JustFund Community, I continue to be struck by the exclusionary and expensive nature of traditional philanthropy, which makes funding accessible to only select nonprofits… Read More Blog Post, Resources November 15, 2021 Collaborative Funding What is Collaborative Funding? Collaborative funding is the practice of grantmakers coming together to learn, share information and knowledge, and sometimes, align resources for organizations… Read More News Article November 15, 2021 Challenging Inequity: Collaborative Funding and Participatory Grantmaking in Action Read More Blog Post November 9, 2021 Philanthropy Built on Trust Dear JustFund Community, JustFund was developed a few years before the revolutionary trust-based philanthropy movement came to be, as a way to operationalize best practices… Read More Blog Post, Resources October 21, 2021 Participatory Grantmaking What is Participatory Grantmaking? Participatory grantmaking is the practice of ceding grantmaking power to the very communities affected by funding decisions. In action, participatory grantmaking… Read More Blog Post October 12, 2021 We’ve Reached A Major Milestone! 🎉 When we first launched JustFund in 2017, our mission was to simplify grantmaking and build a solution rooted in equity, trust, and transparency. By disrupting old models of giving and offering new… Read More Press Release October 12, 2021 Nonprofit Grantmaking Platform JustFund Announces Major Milestone of $100M Moved to Chronically Underfunded Communities JustFund announced a major milestone in its mission for equitable grantmaking. Read More Blog Post September 30, 2021 The Mission to Reset Philanthropy Dear JustFund Community, At JustFund, we understand the systemic problems in philanthropy that prevent money from moving to the chronically underfunded— like the $141.95 billion… Read More Resources September 20, 2021 The Case for Equitable Grantmaking At JustFund, we know philanthropy is far from perfect. But we also know it’s immense power and possibility, when deployed effectively and with an equity lens. Download… Read More Blog Post July 13, 2021 Philanthropy: Let’s “Fail Forward” Together If you are a funder who wants to reset philanthropy and explore what it can be, consider adopting any or all of the following practices as you prepare for your next grant cycle. Read More News Article February 22, 2021 Defending the Dream Fund Announcement As the nation welcomes a new Administration and a new decade, the Defending the Dream Fund (DDF) has decided to suspend our grantmaking at this time. Read More News Article February 20, 2021 Learning to Listen: What BIPOC Groups Say They Need in This Moment [Part 2] Read More News Article February 12, 2021 The Intersection of Philanthropy, Tech, and Equity Read More News Article December 10, 2020 Matchmaker: Inside a Quest to Make Social Justice Funding Easier Read More News Article December 10, 2020 A transformative moment for philanthropy Read More News Article December 10, 2020 Learning to Listen: What BIPOC Groups Say They Need in This Moment [Part 3] Read More News Article December 10, 2020 Learning to Listen: What BIPOC Groups Say They Need in This Moment [Part 1] Read More News Article November 30, 2020 Breaking the Norms of Giving in This Unprecedented Moment [Case Study] Read More News Article November 30, 2020 Transforming Philanthropy Through Technology Read More Join our movement to reset philanthropy. Let's JustFund, together. I'm a Funder Power your giving. I'm an Applicant Do the critical work, not paperwork.
