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2025 – General operating support for the following organizations:

  • All* Above All – $100,000
    • All Above All is a national women of color-led organization working to promote abortion justice to ensure it is affordable, accessible and available.
  • In Our Own Voice – $100,000
    • In Our Own Voice is a national-state partnership organization focused on lifting up the voices of black women leaders working to educate and mobilize for reproductive justice.
  • National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum – $100,000
    • The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) works to build collective power with AAPI women and girls so they can have full agency over their lives, families and communities.
  • National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice – $100,000
    • The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice works for equal access to reproductive health for Latina communities so that all of us have the power to make informed decisions about our bodies, families and futures.
  • SACReD – $50,000
    • SACReD works to create and equip and network of spiritual communities with liberative religious education and practices that shift our culture to advance reproductive justice.
  • The Lawyering Project – $100,000
    • The Lawyering Project uses the law to improve access to reproductive health care and abortions, and provides legal assistance to uphold the rights of people seeking and providing abortion care.
  • URGE – $100,000
    • URGE mobilizes youth of color to help create a liberated world where everyone can live with justice, love freely and define and create families of their choosing.

2024 – General operating support for the following organizations:

  • Access Reproductive Care – Southeast – $150,000
    • Access Reproductive Care – Southeast works to eliminate the economic barriers limiting access to reproductive care and abortion with financial and logistical assistance in AL, GA, MS, SC, FL, and TN.
  • All* Above All – $200,000
    • All Above All is a national women of color-led organization working to promote abortion justice to ensure it is affordable, accessible and available.
  • Apiary for Practical Support – $75,000
    • Apiary for Practical Support is a national hub for groups that provide logistical assistance – transportation, lodging, childcare, and more – to people seeking abortions.
  • Cobalt Abortion Fund – $125,000
    • The Cobalt Abortion Fund provides direct financial assisstance to individuals seeking abortion care.
  • In Our Own Voice – $300,000
    • In Our Own Voice is a national-state partnership organization focused on lifting up the voices of black women leaders working to educate and mobilize for reproductive justice.
  • Midwest Access Coalition – $125,000
    • Midwest Access Coalition is a practical support abortion fund that helps people traveling to, from and within the Midwest (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MS, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI) to access a safe, legal abortion by assisting with travel coordination and costs, lodging, food, medicine and childcare.
  • National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum – $200,000
    • The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) works to build collective power with AAPI women and girls so they can have full agency over their lives, families and communities.
  • National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice – $300,000
    • The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice works for equal access to reproductive health for Latina communities so that all of us have the power to make informed decisions about our bodies, families and futures.
  • Plan C – $100,000
    • Plan C is a public health creative campaign working to transform access to abortion in the United States by normalizing the self-directed option of abortion pills by mail. They envision a future in which the ability to end an early pregnancy is directly in the hands of anyone who seeks it.
  • SACReD – $50,000
    • SACReD works to create and equip and network of spiritual communities with liberative religious education and practices that shift our culture to advance reproductive justice.
  • The Lawyering Project – $200,000
    • The Lawyering Project uses the law to improve access to reproductive health care and abortions, and provides legal assistance to uphold the rights of people seeking and providing abortion care.
  • URGE – $250,000
    • URGE mobilizes youth of color to help create a liberated world where everyone can live with justice, love freely and define and create families of their choosing.

2024 – Support for the following organizations:

2023 – General operating support for the following organizations:

  • In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda – $350,000
    • In Our Own Voice is a national-state partnership organization focused on lifting up the voices of black women leaders working to educate and mobilize for reproductive justice.
  • National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice – $350,000
    • The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice works in targeted states advocation for policies that improve the reproductive health and well-being of Latinas.
  • URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity – $350,000
    • URGE mobilizes youth across the country to help create a liberated world where everyone can live with justice, love freely, express their gender and sexuality, and define and create families of their choosing.
  • All* Above All – $300,000
    • All Above All is a national women of color-led organization working to promote abortion justice to ensure it is affordable, accessible and available.
  • The Fairness Project – $250,000
    • Two grants to support the organization’s civic engagement education efforts
  • The Lawyering Project – $250,000
    • The Lawyering Project uses the law to improve access to reproductive health care and abortions and provides legal assistance to uphold the rights of people seeking and providing abortion care.
  • Plan C – $250,000
    • Plan C is a public health creative campaign working to transform access to abortion in the United States by normalizing the self-directed option of abortion pills by mail.
  • Resources for Abortion Delivery – $250,000
    • Resources for Abortion Delivery promotes and supports the continued existence and resiliency of the U.S. abortion delivery sector, so that abortion seekers have timely and equitable access to quality abortion care.
  • Access Reproductive Care – Southeast – $150,000
    • Access Reproductive Care – Southeast works to eliminate the economic barriers limiting access to reproductive care and abortion with financial and logistical assistance in AL, GA, MS, SC, FL, and TN.
  • Tides Foundation’s Healthy Democracy Fund – $150,000
    • Support for the Fund’s efforts to promote reproductive justice and a more inclusive democracy.
  • Midwest Access Coalition – $125,000
    • Midwest Access Coalition is a practical support abortion fund that helps people traveling to, from and within the Midwest (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MS, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI) to access a safe, legal abortion by assisting with travel coordination and costs, lodging, food, medicine and childcare.
  • Apiary for Practical Support – $75,000
    • Apiary for Practical Support is a national hub for groups that provide logistical assistance – transportation, lodging, childcare, and more – to people seeking abortions.
  • Mariposa Fund – $40,000
    • The Mariposa Fund helps pay for medical services and other needs for undocumented people seeking abortion services.

2022 – To support organizations working to ensure access to reproductive health care for women across the country.

2021 – To support organizations working to ensure access to reproductive health care for women in Texas.

Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) – $500,000

2021 – To support ARC’s work to end mass incarceration in California and transform the criminal justice system so that it is more just and equitable for all people.

Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley – $250,000

2021 – To support several key programs including the Civic Engagement and Narrative Change Initiative and the Network for Transformational Change. 

Community Justice Reform Coalition – $250,000

2021 – To support efforts to build power for and with communities of color to end gun violence.

American Civil Liberties Union – $709,229

2020 – To support the ACLU’s mission to protect, defend and extend the civil rights and civil liberties of all people.

Equal Justice Initiative – $500,000

2020 – To support the mission of EJI to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenge racial and economic injustice, protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American Society. 

Know Your Rights Camp – $500,000

2020 – To support the mission of Know Your Rights Camp to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders.

Boys & Girls Club of Boston – $200,000

Boston, MA
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to help young people, especially those who need it most, build strong character and realize their full potential as responsible citizens and leaders.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio – $200,000

Cleveland, OH
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to inspire and enable young people who need us most to reach their full potential as productive, responsible, caring citizens.

Good Shepherd Services – $200,000

New York, NY
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to help strengthen communities so that all New York City children, youth and families succeed and thrive.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Baltimore – $175,000

Baltimore, MD
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities – $150,000

Minneapolis, MN
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Chicago Youth Centers – $150,000

Chicago, IL
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to invest in youth in under-served communities to help them discover and realize their full potential.

Entrepreneurship for All – $150,000

Longmont, CO
2020 – To help launch the EparaTodos Accelerator, a free program offered in Spanish for people interested in developing a business or non-profit.

Girls. Inc. – $75,000

Chicago, IL
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold.

Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe – $50,000

South Lake Tahoe, CA
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to empower all young people to reach their full potential.

Boys & Girls Club of Metro Denver – $50,000

Denver, CO
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to provide a safe, supportive, fun and enriching environment that inspires and empowers youth to achieve their greatest potential.

Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe – $50,000

North Lake Tahoe
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to inspire and empower youth to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

Boys & Girls Club of Salt Lake City – $50,000

Salt Lake City, UT
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to inspire and empower youth to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre – $50,000 (USD)

Whistler, BC
2020
– To help launch the Cultural Sensitivity and Indigenous Leadership Program Development Initiative, which will develop a culturally rooted approach to Indigenous leadership.

Zero Ceiling – $15,000 (USD)

Whistler, BC
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to end youth homelessness.

New Venture Fund – Fund for a Safer Future – $150,000

2018 – To work with other donors to support organizations working on common-sense policy reform to reduce gun violence.

Anti-Recidivism Coalition – $25,000

2017 – To support ARC’s work to end mass incarceration in California and transform the criminal justice system so that it is more just and equitable for all people.

2022

  • Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) – $250,000
    • To support the removal of barriers that Black people experience getting access to or staying connected with emotional health care and healing through education, training, advocacy, and the creative arts.
  • The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation – $300,000
    • To support the eradication of the stigma around mental health issues in the African-American community.
  • The Confess Project – $130,000
    • To support building a culture of mental health for Black boys, men, and their families through capacity building, advocacy, organizing and movement building through activating barbers with mental health awareness and resources.
  • Drug Policy Alliance – $400,000
    • To support research, policy and other alternatives to the war on drugs which disproportionately criminalizes communities of color and compounds the harms of co-occurring mental and behavioral health disorders.
  • Latinx Therapists Action Network – $150,000
    • To support a platform and network of Latinx mental health practitioners honoring and affirming the dignity and healing of migrant communities marginalized by criminalization, detention, and deportation.
  • Mental Health Liberation – $50,000
    • To connect Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BI&POC) with quality therapy, support clinicians of color, and help dismantle systemic inequity and reclaim healing for melanated, marginalized and displaced Peoples.
  • National Queer and Trans People of Color Network – $130,000
    • To support the transformation of mental health for queer and trans people of color (QTPoC).
  • Native American Connections, Inc. – $300,000
    • To support the improvement of the lives of individuals and families through culturally appropriate behavioral health.
  • The Sky Center/New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project – $200,000
    • To support meeting the challenge of youth suicide in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico through lasting solutions that encourage resiliency, courage, connection and hope.
  • The Steve Fund (Stephen C. Rose Legacy Foundation) – $250,000
    • To support programs and strategies that build understanding and assistance for the mental and emotional health of the nation’s young people of color.

2021

  • Asian Health Services – $150,000
    • To support mental and behavioral health services for the Asian communities in Oakland, California.
  • The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation – $100,000
    • To support their work to eradicate stigma around mental health issues in the African American community.
  • The Confess Project – $100,000
    • To support the expansion of the organization in California with a goal to train 500 new barbers to be mental health advocates.
  • Instituto Familiar de la Raza – $250,000
    • To increase access to community-based mental healthcare for Latinx communities and enable learning and collaboration among local leaders to scale community driven mental and behavioral health practices. 
  • Native American Connections – $200,000
    • To provide culturally appropriate and responsive behavioral health care to Native American communities.
  • The Sky Center/New Mexico Suicide Prevention Project – $100,000
    • To meet the challenge of youth suicide by building lasting solutions that encourage resiliency, courage, connection and hope in New Mexico.
  • The Steve Fund – $150,000
    • To support narrative change and education to eliminate stigma against those with mental illness and increase access to community-based mental healthcare for BIPOC communities and students.

Katz Amsterdam Grants

Key Focus Areas

Additional Grants

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