Giving Infrastructure Fund
We imagine a world where racial equity organizations are abundantly resourced and have the skills, capacities, and a robust network of supporters to carry out their missions.
The Giving Infrastructure Fund is calling on philanthropy to respond to the urgent opportunity to deepen its support of racial equity organizations.
Seeded with an initial $4.5M, we’re recruiting co-funders to test and scale our hypothesis that bolstering giving infrastructure to mobilize everyday givers can be a game-changing funding source for racial equity work.

The Giving Infrastructure Fund is a collaborative fund that builds financial resilience for racial equity organizations with the power of everyday givers.

WHO WE ARE

The Giving Infrastructure Fund operates on the hypothesis that investing in the giving infrastructure — the tools, systems, and capacities that enable organizations to engage, cultivate, and sustain support from everyday givers — creates more financial resilience and ensures that racial equity organizations have sustainable, long-term funding sources.

There are many entry points to abundantly funding racial equity organizations. According to a 2024 report from the Leaders Trust, one area of need that leaders are increasingly lifting up is how to diversify their funding beyond foundation grants and government contracts and generate more flexible funding.

Everyday givers — donors who give under $10,000 annually — are crucial to building a more broad base of supporters for racial equity organizations. Donations from everyday givers generate the flexible funding that organizations need to be nimble and responsive to emerging issues. Additionally, engaging everyday givers builds a stronger, more invested community around an organization’s mission. However, many racial equity organizations lack the visibility, tools, and capacity to effectively mobilize these donors. 

STAFF

DESIGN AND GRANTMAKING COMMITTEE

  • Judy Hatcher (she/her), Executive Director at Biodiversity Funders Group
  • Rashida Petersen (she/her), CEO and Founder 1847 Philanthropic
  • Roberto Tijerina (él/he/him), Interpreter/Trainer/Facilitator/Operations/Logistics Professional
  • Ryan Li Dahlstrom (he/him), Philanthropic Advisor and Resource Mobilizer
  • Jasmine Marrow (she/her), Senior Program Officer at Gates Foundation
  • Tashmica Torok (she/her), Founder & Visionary at Aletheia Coaching & Consulting

GRANTEE PARTNERS

GET INVOLVED

Your institution has the opportunity to address the disparity in financial resources for racial equity organizations and change the landscape of how they become more sustainable with diversified funding streams. 

Let’s build the everyday giving infrastructure needed to abundantly resource racial equity work for the long-term. Contact us to learn more about how you can join the Giving Infrastructure Fund.

Frequently Asked Questions
How is the Giving Infrastructure Fund connected to Moore Philanthropy?

Moore Philanthropy is a collective of two entities: Moore Impact Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity, and Moore Philanthropy, an S-Corp. The Giving Infrastructure Fund is a fiscally sponsored project of Moore Impact.

How can institutional funders get involved?

The Giving Infrastructure Fund aims to raise an additional $4 million from institutional funders in 2025-2026. We are actively recruiting co-funders to join, help shape this collaborative fund’s direction, and increase its resources and reach. Co-funders will support grantmaking, capacity building, learning and evaluation, case studies, and operations. All co-funders will be considered part of the fund and invited to participate in the Giving Infrastructure Fund’s quarterly meetings to share updates, lessons learned, and successes.

What type of work do you support?

The Giving Infrastructure Fund is focused on three aspects of giving infrastructure to mobilize more everyday givers for racial equity organizations:

  • Intermediary Grantmakers: Organizations that distribute resources equitably and strategically to frontline racial equity groups, and provide a centralized way for everyday givers to learn about and donate to racial equity groups
  • Capacity Building Organizations: Groups that equip organizations with the skills, training, and strategies needed to effectively engage everyday givers and respond to shifts in the fundraising landscape
  • Giving Platforms: Digital and community-based platforms that connect everyday givers with racial equity organizations to drive more financial resources to their work
Why focus on everyday givers?
  • Everyday givers support the self-determination and freedom that racial equity organizations need and deserve. Nonprofit and grassroots organizations depend heavily on grant-based income, meaning most of their revenue is restricted. By increasing the number and percentage of dollars coming in from individual everyday givers, with no strings attached, organizations can focus on implementing their missions in the best way they see fit.
  • Everyday giving is key to organizational financial resilience. By increasing the percentage of dollars from everyday givers, organizations are better positioned to withstand shifts in institutional donors’ priorities and practices. 
  • Everyday giving is a critical donor organizing strategy for racial equity organizations’ power building work. It provides an opportunity for donors not to give as an act of charity but an act of love, deepening the civic and political journeys of donors, cultivating their sense of community and expanding their awareness of ways that they can contribute their resources and invest in racial equity work. 
  • Technology advancements via giving platforms have opened new opportunities for racial equity organizations to cultivate and engage everyday givers
How do you select grantee partners?

The Giving Infrastructure Fund is supported by two staff members and a Design and Grantmaking Committee that is composed of leaders who have raised funds for organizations working towards racial equity and have expertise in everyday giving and individual donor infrastructure. Using trust-based philanthropic practices and a participatory grantmaking process, the committee nominates prospective grantee partners and collectively makes funding recommendations. The Giving Infrastructure Fund does not currently accept unsolicited funding requests. 

How much money are you granting?

For the Giving Infrastructure Fund’s inaugural cohort of eight grantee partners, we are providing general support grants of $400,000 over two years. Grantee partners are also receiving additional funds for capacity building to develop and strengthen skills related to giving infrastructure and everyday giving, as well as access to a peer learning community.

What are the Giving Infrastructure Fund’s goals?

Together, the Giving Infrastructure Fund and our grantee partners are working toward the following outcomes: 

  • Institutional funders understand and are investing in everyday giving infrastructure
  • Organizations committed to racial equity have skills, systems, and capacity to engage and retain everyday givers
  • Organizations committed to racial equity are abundantly resourced to meet the needs of this moment and in the future

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