Grassroots International works in partnership with social movements to create a just and sustainable world by advancing the human rights to land, water, and food through global grantmaking, building solidarity across organizations and movements, and advocacy in the US.
Grassroots International envisions a world in which a universal commitment to the health and well-being of the earth and all its peoples, fueled by successful global movements for economic and climate justice, has transformed production practices, consumption patterns, and economic and social relations to ones based on sustainability, equity, and the rights to land, food, and water.
The foundation provides financial support both to the movements themselves and to the organizations and institutions that help them do their work. It supports community-led initiatives and movements worldwide, with special focus in Brazil, Haiti, Mesoamerica and the Middle East.
Grant Categories
- Sustainable livelihood grants providing seeds and tools” and other basics necessary for communities to have control of their own food systems and other important natural resources.
- Movement building grants nuturing leadership (especially among women and youth) and help our partners organize, advocate and communicate with their constituents, their governments and the world at large.
- Grants for defending human rights to protect the civil and political rights of activists and to provide legal aid during the inevitable clashes with power that activists everywhere must endure.
Work Principles
- The people most affected by the problems should pose the solutions
- Small farmers and other small producers like fishers, foresters and pastoralists are are better for the land, for the community and for the planet than is big agriculture that relies on chemicals, promotes genetic engineering and gobbles up resources
- People are more important than profits
- Long-term partnerships and long-term development are critical to making long-term change
- Informed and committed donors can help support global movements to bring about a more just and sustainable world.
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