Change, not Charity.

Funding Exchange is a national membership organization of regionally based social justice foundations.  Sixteen member funds and a national office comprise the Funding Exchange Network of progressive public foundations.  These grantmaking entities are situated across the US from major metropolitan cities to multi-state regions, from Appalachia to Honolulu, New York City to San Diego.  FEX foundations are unified in our commitment to supporting community-based progressive social change and to maintaining a democratic grantmaking process that shares decision-making power as well as monetary resources.

A Powerful Mission

Now in its 32nd year, the Funding Exchange is a unique partnership of activists and donors dedicated to building a permanent institutional and financial base to support progressive social change through fundraising for local, national, and international grant-making programs.

Because we support programs that foster long-term structural or political change, we tend to fund projects that other foundations may perceive as too controversial, too political, too experimental or too new.  Because community representatives are involved in decision making, we attract a particularly thoughtful and dedicated cadre of donor activists who appreciate the significance of redistributing power as well as money.

With a Vision for the Future

We fund activists working to build a more democratic, economically just, and non-violent country. Through our grantmaking, we support:

• A more equitable distribution of wealth, resources, and power.
• The exercise of political power by historically disempowered peoples and communities.
• Prioritizing people and the environment above profit-making and the accumulation of wealth.
• A dedication to peace, justice, and internationalism.
• Diversity and freedom from all forms of institutional and cultural discrimination, including those based on class, race, gender, and sexual orientation.

Funding Exchange Affiliations:

• Social Justice Philanthropy Collaborative
• National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy
• Philanthropy New York
• Council on Foundations
• Resource Generation
• Neighborhood Funders Group
• GIFT