READI Legal Support Fund (Independent Advisory Committee)

Grant for Racial Equity-Focused Nonprofits Facing Legal Threats

$25k–$50k

Amount

Cash

Nov 6, 2026

Deadline

3 days left

United States

Geography

National

Grant

Type

Foundation

Social Justice & Equity
Legal Aid & Access to Justice

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About this grant

Provides timely, flexible grants to nonprofits facing legal, security, or reputational threats related to their diversity, equity, and inclusion or racial justice programming. Funding covers legal counsel, security measures, and communications capacity to help organizations remain operational. Priority is given to organizations with operating budgets of $1 million or less.

What you get

Project grants ranging from $25,000 to $50,000
Funding for legal counsel costs
Funding for security capacity
Funding for communications capacity

How to apply

Online application via SurveyMonkey form
Description of direct legal or security threat
Budget for responding to the threat
Factual and nonpartisan responses with no references to parties or candidates

Eligibility

Must be a nonprofit with 501(c)(3) designation by the IRS, or a fiscally sponsored project of a 501(c)(3) organization
Must be experiencing a direct legal or security threat to the organization or programming that centers diversity, equity, and inclusion, racial equity, or racial justice
Priority given to organizations with an operating budget of $1 million or less

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