Application Form - Financial Futures Fund

Application Form - Financial Futures Fund

Financial Futures Fund hopes to support building a more resilient financial movement infrastructure for movements at risk of being targeted or financially de-platformed, with the following focus areas: 1) emergency financial assistance, 2) organizational transition support, 3) diversified organizational structures, 4) strengthen the financial and banking infrastructure of movements, and 5) legal service support.
Application deadline is Wednesday, November 26 at 11:59pm PT. Applications received after this deadline are not guaranteed to be reviewed. We expect that this application will take between 30-45 minutes to complete and note that there is no ability to save your progress.

Once applications are received, you may be asked to engage in a 20-30 minute follow-up call in early December to gather more sensitive or additional context that can help us better understand your application.

Applicants should expect to hear back about the status of their application sometime the week of December 15. If your application is successful, we will need to collect payment information to process your grant award, so please be ready to provide that.

The expected average grant size will be $15,000 to $75,000 for this first round, and will be prioritizing affirmative strategies. Applications will be reviewed on the following criteria: organizational readiness & scale, movement impact & reach, risk & threat, and financial infrastucture. More background about Financial Futures Fund is available upon request.
Basic Information
Organization Name*
Fiscal Sponsor (if applicable)
EIN (or that of fiscal sponsor)*
Mailing Address (street address)*
Mailing Address (city, state, zip)*
Contact Name*
person who will be contacted for following up and status updates
Contact Phone*
Contact Email*
Application Questions
Requested Amount*
expected grant range is $15,000 to $75,000
Organizational Budget Size*
based on current year expense total
Who referred you to this fund?*
person and/or organization
Do you have an imminent need for these funds, and by when?*
if not applicable, type 'n/a'
Focus Area: Which of the following best categorizes your application?*

Emergency Financial Assistance -- immediate funding to cover staff salaries, health insurance, and essential, benefits if an organization is targeted and its assets or bank accounts are frozen.Organizational Transition Support -- resourcing groups stepping in to manage programmatic work and services if a targeted organization is unable to continue operations.Diversified Organizational Structure -- identifying and establishing alternative fiscalsponsorships or creating new nonprofit or for-profit entities.Strengthen Financial and Banking Infrastructure of Movements -- infrastructure connecting groups to trusted banks, finance professionals, community bookkeepers, and individuals in the finance sector who can help support and fortify the financial infrastructure.Legal Services Support -- funding to attorneys supporting organizations facing legal challenges and restrictions to financial access, such as debanking/unbanking, derisking, freezing of assets, and protection of movement assets.
Proposal Purpose: Briefly describe the proposed request and provide any context of the challenge faced. What financial challenges or burdens are you facing?*

0/6000
Movement Support: Briefly describe how this grant would help support your organization and the broader movement ecosystem.*

0/6000
Proposal budget: Briefly provide a breakdown of how the funds will be used - bullet points, copy & paste, or upload of a document are fine. Please also include who you have approached for funding so far.*

0/6000
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Application Form - Financial Futures Fund

Basic Information

Application Questions