Solidaire Network 5-Year Retrospective 2018 - 2022
INFRASTRUCTURE TO LIBERATE WEALTH
Since 2018 Solidaire has set its sights on creating the infrastructure to liberate wealth for intersectional social movements and to build lasting progressive power. Our network has moved critical resources to those at the frontlines of emerging and historical movements for racial, gender, and climate justice. We have intentionally built teams that have the experience and analysis necessary to support our donor members as they strive to transform themselves and the consolidation of power through engaging in bold wealth distribution.
Through cultivating meaningful relationships, equitable collaborations with those fighting on the frontlines, and innovating our grantmaking practices, we have become a trusted and supportive partner to grassroots formations. Solidaire aims to organize with our allies and push the sector toward a model of philanthropy that goes beyond charity toward resourcing social movements resources at the scale necessary to transform society and build a multiracial democracy. Solidaire is working with an urgency that matches that of our movement partners to lay the foundation for a new vision of a future rooted in inclusion, equity, and justice.
OUR MEMBERS
The Solidaire membership is the heartbeat of Solidaire. Building a loving, bold, and rigorous community is foundational to who we have become. Solidaire members are the lifeline that allows us to be in right relationship with each other, our communities, and the social movements we are a part of. Through excellent staff and member-led work and programming, Solidaire membership has increased in size as well as in our opportunities for connection within our unwavering commitment to radical giving and intersectional social movements.
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Membership Snapshot
Member Growth
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Program Highlights
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Black Liberation Is for Everybody Series
The Black Liberation Is for Everybody series is a four-part series and a component of Solidaire’s commitment to support Black-led movements and to deepen our members’ engagement in the struggle for Black liberation.
Member-Led Solidarity Circles
Solidarity Circles are member-driven spaces where members educate and organize each other toward taking action. Solidarity circles address varying topics, questions, or aspects of our members’ lives that matter to us and how we show up in solidarity with social justice movements.
Defund the Police for Funders
Defund the Police for Funders was created by the Decarceration Working Group to help donors and foundations understand the call to action, learn how to talk about it within philanthropy, and how to avoid common mistakes among funders.
Power Concedes Nothing Series
This three-session study group is based on the book Power Concedes Nothing: How Grassroots Organizing Wins Elections and is led by the book's editors Linda Burnham, Max Elbaum, and María Poblet.
Solidarity Circle for Exective Directors
This ten-part series supports members in leadership roles to thrive in their philanthropic transformation work. Vini Bhansali and Akaya Windwood lead based on their book Leading with Joy – Practices for Uncertain Times.
Changing Paradigm Series
The 2022 Changing Paradigms Series features three learning sessions to support network members in designing and implementing new paradigms to drive change within and beyond their philanthropic institutions.
OUR MOVEMENT PARTNERS
We believe in the power of social movements to transform our society toward racial, gender, and climate justice. We believe in the power of Black and Indigenous leadership and the efficacy of frontline communities to solve the biggest problems of our time. Solidaire is purposeful in building relationships with our movement partner grantees that inform our grantmaking practices, identify trends, and expand our support of movement ecosystems for the long term.
FISCAL YEAR 2022
Movement Partners Snapshot
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movement partners0%
are multi-year partnerships0%
Black-led organizations in overall grantmaking0%
Indigenous-led organizations in the Movement Infrastructure Fund$0K
average grant to general operating budgets$0M
moved to the frontlines of social changeCURRENT
Grant vehicles
BLACK LIBERATION POOLED FUND
invests in a robust ecosystem of Black-led social change organizations.
JANISHA R. GABRIEL MOVEMENT PROTECTION FUND
protects our movements and leaders through funding urgent security needs.
MOVEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
provides long-term scaffolding for organizations at the frontlines of justice movements.
RAVI KHANNA SOCIAL JUSTICE FUNDS PARTNERSHIPS
advances the impact of social justice funds targeting communities they best serve.
Key Lessons in Grantmaking
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Movement Partner Highlights
OUR CULTURE
We strive to cultivate a sustainable, joyful work culture while centering our commitment to movements. We work to create and promote a workplace where diverse individuals can thrive while advancing Solidaire’s collective goals. Our staff members are a cross-class, multiracial, multicultural group of people rooted in movement work. Since 2018 we have greatly expanded our Finance, Operations & Culture department.
We pivoted from primarily rapid response giving to long-term multi-year general operating support through our pooled funds and became an independent 501(c)(3) entity in 2020. This allowed us to bring on Movement Partnerships and Grantmaking Practitioners to build deeper relationships with our grantee partners. Solidaire runs lean, with supporting services representing 11% of our budget over the last two years. 89% of our budget goes into the frontlines as direct grants.
2018 - 2022
Our Team's Growth
Key Lessons in Our Culture
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Highlights of Solidaire Culture
The New Rules of Old Money
October 17, 2021 | Harper's Bazaar
by Nancy Jo Sales
Philanthropy used to be all about black-tie galas and dedicated wings. But the scions of some of America’s richest families are now partnering with progressive organizations to democratize generational wealth and put their money where the movement is.
"It’s Not Just About Moving Money." How Solidaire Is Challenging Wealth, Power and Privilege
October 26, 2022 | Inside Philanthropy
by Dawn Wolfe
Solidaire is a philanthropy-serving organization whose ultimate goal is to upend conventional philanthropy. Additionally, the organization believes that the systems that have allowed the concentration of power and wealth “must be fundamentally reimagined” to fulfill the group’s vision for social and racial justice.
FINANCE & INVESTMENTS
Finance and Investments

Finance and Investments Highlights

Integrated Capital
