Seeding the Movement

Established in 1981 The Seeding the Movement Fund continues PDF’s long-standing support for grassroots organizations around the nation, organizing for social justice.  All grants are general operating support, allowing the groups flexibility and the ability to use the funds where they are needed most. 

This is PDF’s largest grantmaking fund. With a record breaking 284 grant applications in FY ’24, PDF is proud to have increased our overall funding as well as the average grant size to $8,000 per organization.

Applications open in November of each year, and the deadline is January 30th of the following year.

Check our our Grant Guidelines to see if your organization is eligible to apply.

| 15 Grants | $125,000 | 13 States | 2 Countries |

*FY ’24 Stats

Grantee Highlight:

2025 Seeding the Movement Fund Grant Recipients:   

• America On Trial Inc; New York, NY 

• Best Practices Policy Project*; Morristown, NJ 

• CHAAD; Chicago, IL 

• Common Good Montana; Missoula, MT 

• Communities Creating Opportunity; Kansas City, MO 

• Construyamos Otro Acuerdo; San Juan, PR 

• DecrimSexWorkCA; San Francisco, CA 

• Germantown Residents for Economic Alternatives Together; Philadelphia, PA 

• Huntsville Bail Fund; Huntsville, AL 

• LEAN Lived Experience Advocacy Network/Propel Nonprofits; Minneapolis MN 

• Memphis Tenants Union; Memphis, TN 

• Pro Voice Project; Sandpoint, ID 

• Regional Tenant Organizing Network; Oakland, CA 

• SWOP Hawai’i; Honolulu, HI 

• Trans Income Project; New Orleans, LA