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Our Instigators
“Together, we will sustain and grow DC’s grassroots justice movements. No matter what.”
Tamira Benitez
Lead Instigator &
Executive Director
Diverse City Fund
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Our Grantee Partners
Niciah Mujahid
Executive Director
Fair Budget Coalition
“DC Fund allows us to compensate our community leaders who bring their lived experitse.”
Robert Warren
Co-Director
People for Fairness Coalition
“People for Fairness, a DC Fund grantee since 2013, uses self-advocacy to protect the housing rights of people living in poverty.”
“Our journalists challenge the status quo and promote community based solutions… It’s about creating real change through the stories we tell together.”
Shani Shih
Core Organizer
Save Chinatown Solidarity Network
“Luxery development is being prioritized over the needs of our working class, long-term communities, and Chinatown is no exception. We are here to make sure that the voices of our community are heard and represented… and also that we are able to keep folks in place.”
Nakia White
Executive Director
BTCC Grand Families United
“Thank you for helping us to fight for healing, empowerment, and strengthening connections.”
Heidi Ellis
Coordinator
DC LQBTQ+ Budget Coalition
“We really feel that when we’re working in community with folks that have the most marginalized communities at the intersection of their work, that we have a greater impact. So it’s been a pleasure to work with the DC Fund, and to be funded by them.”
Our Grantmaking Team
Kristi Matthews-Jones
Grantmaking Team Member & Grantee Partner, Director
DC Girls’ Coalition
“We are able to connect with people doing organizing work, connect with people who are directly impacted and really have them be at the table making decisions around how money is spent in ways that impact their community.”
Herbert Robinson
Grantmaking Team Member & Grantee Partner,
Unlock the DC Box
As a member of the grantmaking team, “I deeply appreciate how every voice is valued.”
Our Movement Partners
“I’ve watched Diverse City fund grow and expand not just as staff, with fantastic hires, but also with grant making capacity and it’s impact. In 2024 alone, DC Fund provided over $1.2 million in grants.”
Ericka Taylor
Facilitator Partner
“What makes me so excited is that they give the power to the community members to decide how funds are distributed. They also give power by giving education on how to identify root causes of the issues that matter to us and our community members most.”
K C Atha
Facilitator Partner
Our Donor Partners
Louis Perwien, DC Fund Donor since 2010.
Lou is committed to racial and social justice in more ways and capacities than being a donor partner! Read Lou’s WaPo article, ‘D.C., please tax me more to fund
recovery for all our residents‘ advocating for an equitable DC budget and sustainable revenue raisers.
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Burke Stansbury, DC Fund Co-founder & Donor Partner
“I really believe in the model, the idea of having a grantmaking team that is made up of organizers and people who really know the community and know what’s going on. And every year, I really look forward to seeing the list of new grantee organizations…”
Reed, DC Fund Donor
“I believe in the power of organizing as a way to build vibrant and thriving communities.”
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