Positive Force World seeks to encourage and fuel nonviolent grassroots DIY activism across the globe. Typical grants range from $100 to $2000. The below list of PFW-supported projects can give you a sense of what appeals to us to fund.
However, we are open to ideas far beyond these examples, so please see this list as suggestive but not definitive.
Above all, don’t hesitate to reach out to us with any proposals or suggestions at [email protected], OK? Virtually all our grants thus far have come from individuals reaching out with ideas that grabbed us – you could be the next to do so!
- Food Not Bombs Myanmar: punk-powered project providing healthy, nourishing food to needy people facing violence, displacement and poverty amidst civil war.
- Punks for Palestine 5K: fundraiser for Gaza Soup Kitchen organized by DC punks.
- GoFundMe campaigns for Kilmar Garcia and Bryon Mejia families: emergency support for families facing ICE deportations and family separation in the DC/Maryland area.
- Power station a Ukrainian instrument-maker who needed a power source during blackouts caused by Russian attacks on infrastructure.
- Open Arms: a determined DIY direct action campaign using boats to save immigrant lives in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Mapping Segregation: research and public education campaign about the depth and breadth of racial segregation in the DC area.
- Free DC: grassroots campaign to fight for home rule and human rights for DC residents amid the Trump 2.0 assault on the federal district.
- Reframing Rural: an award-winning documentary podcast that shares stories of rural people and places, celebrating culture, preserving history, and cultivating curiosity and conversation across geographic, class and cultural divides.
- Whittier Elementary Emergency Fund & Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Campaign: grassroots campaigns fighting for immigrant rights and protecting immigrant students amid the brutal ICE invasion of Minneapolis.