Over £1 million distributed
While recognising ‘the revolution will not be funded’ we understood the responsibility philanthropy had to mobilise its resources to where they are most needed.
We employed the tactic of raising funds from organisations demonstrably committed to racial justice work. Funders had to show a commitment to the changes. A total of £1 million was raised from funders ThirtyPercy and Lankelly Chase to re-distribute, plus £100k+ from the RRJ crowd-funder to bring in accountability to the public. The majority of the £1 million was distributed to 58 beneficiaries within a 4-month time frame, followed up by instalments. An allocation for operating and administrative costs were separately covered by Thirty Percy, Lankelly Chase, Polden and Puckham and John Ellerman Foundation.
Beyond finance, we worked to build a multi-layered strategy to strengthen the power of racial justice work.
The RRJ emergency response funds have now been successfully allocated, utilised or redirected:
Beyond finance, we worked to build a multi-layered strategy to strengthen the power of racial justice work.
The RRJ emergency response funds have now been successfully allocated, utilised or redirected:
- all the original funds have been allocated
- We have worked with our awardees to ensure accountability in how the funding was used towards racial justice
- The remaining Crowdfunder funds have been held, re-allocated and disseminated by Project Tallawah an emerging Black Feminist resourcing and community initiative based in the UK.