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Third Wave Fund

@thirdwavefund.bsky.social

☄️ Gender Justice fund 💰 Resourcing U.S. youth-led organizing 🎤 Listen to our podcast, “Mic Check!” 🔌 Subscribe to our newsletter linktr.ee/thirdwavefund

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Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 53m ago

The next deadline for our rapid response fund is Sept. 8, 2026 ✨ Is your org doing mobilizations, healing justice, conflict transformation, mutual aid, direct actions, or emergency safety work? MPF might be for you:https://bit.ly/mpf26

Blue background with white text that reads, “Next deadline to apply for the Mobilize Power Fund is Sept. 8, 2026. Grants are available to organizations responding to specific, unanticipated incidents or changes of circumstances that have occurred in the last six months. Youth-led and intergenerational groups, nonprofits, coalitions, and efforts in the U.S., regardless of 501(c)3 status or fiscal sponsorship should apply.” The Mobilize Power Fund logo is in the top left corner.
Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The next deadline for our rapid response fund is July 7, 2026! ✨ Is your org doing mobilizations, healing justice, conflict transformation, mutual aid, direct actions, or emergency safety work? MPF might be for you:https://bit.ly/mpf26

Blue background with white text that reads, “Next deadline to apply for the Mobilize Power Fund is July 7, 2026. Grants are available to organizations responding to specific, unanticipated incidents or changes of circumstances that have occurred in the last six months. Youth-led and intergenerational groups, nonprofits, coalitions, and efforts in the U.S., regardless of 501(c)3 status or fiscal sponsorship should apply.” The Mobilize Power Fund logo is in the top left corner.
Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Last week, the Senate voted to lift a 20-year mining ban near Minnesota's Boundary Waters—putting clean water, tribal treaty rights, and sacred land at risk. That same assault on Indigenous sovereignty is happening now in the Black Hills.

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Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For Black History / Futures Month, we're honoring Black-led organizing that doesn't just imagine liberation—it builds it. 🛠️✨Across the U.S. and Territories, our grantee partners are trailblazing bold, material futures rooted in care, autonomy, and collective power. This month, we're uplifting:

Gray background with yellow and green abstract shapes. Layered on top is an illustration of a Black woman protesting with the trans pride flag behind her and a megaphone in her hand. White text over a black background says, “Grassroots Organizations Building Queer, Black Futures →” and the TWF logo is in the bottom right. Artwork by @grae.idalio on IG
Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"The edges of our movements hold the deepest lessons." This @npquarterly.bsky.social piece follows Katrina Schaffer, who seeded the #DisabilityFrontlinesFund at TWF. Only 6% of disability funding goes to rights & justice. Here's how DFF is closing that gap: https://bit.pulse.ly/xr2dk1t2zd

Giving Bigger, Organizing More Boldly: Centering Disability Justice | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

What does it take to be a donor organizer? It requires vision, persistence, and a willingness to be bold. It also requires making a personal commitment to the cause.

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Gene Takagi@gtak.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Giving Bigger, Organizing More Boldly: Centering Disability Justice - Katrina Schaffer, @npquarterly.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/giving-bigge...

Giving Bigger, Organizing More Boldly: Centering Disability Justice | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

What does it take to be a donor organizer? It requires vision, persistence, and a willingness to be bold. It also requires making a personal commitment to the cause.

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Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 6mo ago

While the timeline debates Bad Bunny, queer & trans organizers in Puerto Rico are building power amidst ongoing colonial violence. Meet our grantee partners centering Black & Indigenous queer/trans people through decolonial justice. ¡QUE VIVA PUERTO RICO LIBRE! 🇵🇷💥

Meme of Bad Bunny stage diving during the Super Bowl that has text over him saying, “RESOURCING QTBIPOC GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING TODAY” and text on the hands catching him that says, “ABUNDANT FUTURES FOR QUEER AND TRANS CHILDREN.” The TWF logo is in the bottom right.Photo of Bad Bunny performing with a text box on top of it that says, “Queer Grassroots Organizations to Support in Puerto Rico Today 🇵🇷” below are bullet points that list out, “La Sombrilla Cuir, Colectivo Ilé, EspicyNipples, Micelio Abolicionista, Taller Lumpen, La Tejedora.” The TWF logo is in the bottom right.
Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We begin 2026 enraged & in grief, but recommitted. We honor lives stolen by state violence & invest in QTBIPOC leaders building revolutionary alternatives grounded in care, joy, and justice. Join us in this necessary work. ❤️🔥https://www.thirdwavefund.org/ 🎨 by Dream Defenders

Image from @dreamdefenders listing out five major events of state violence that have occurred in the last two weeks.
Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📣 DONATION MATCH ALERT 📣 Before 2025 ends, help fortify our movements. Deepen your solidarity with a matched gift to Third Wave Fund! Thanks to an activist donor, your donation today triggers an extra $250 for gender justice organizers.

Blue background with text that reads, “Deepen your solidarity, let resources flow.” with a wave of water above it and a wave of water at the bottom of the graphic. In the middle is white copy over a navy blue background that says, “Until midnight, every gift to Third Wave Fund of any amount will mean an extra $250 going to gender justice movements + a sticker set for you!”and below it says, “bit.ly/jointhirdwave.” The TWF logo is in the bottom right and at the bottom is a hummingbird and a flower.
Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 8mo ago

How do we sustain liberatory gender justice work? Our answer is always in our people. It will take all of us, boldly channeling resources to frontline QTBIPOC organizers. This is how we resist and build power together. 🌱

Off-white background with black text that says, “When movement leaders asked us to move more boldly, we answered their call. When we asked our community to do the same last year, we received a surge of support.” Over a navy blue block, white text says, “More than half of our grantmaking dollars came from 656 donors like you!” There is a purple flower in the bottom left and the TWF logo is in the bottom right. Water is splashing around the edges of the image.Off-white background with black text that says, “Now in 2025, Third Wave Fund has moved over $3.7 million in grants and sponsorships to over 100 BIPOC, queer, trans, intersex, sex worker, disabled, and youth-led groups leading critical liberation work. Over $655,000 of those funds were rapid response grants, going to 64 groups that organized to meet emergent movement needs.” There is a red berried plant on the right and the TWF logo is in the bottom right. Water is splashing around the edges of the image.
Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“Go Beyond Native ‘American’ Heritage Month. Acknowledge the Land that sustains you. Acknowledge the waters that nourish you.” – Sogorea Te’ Land Trust 💧🌊 As # NationalDayofMourning nears, we name the truth: funding freezes deliberately weaken Indigenous frontline power.

An illustration by @jackiefawn of an Indigenous woman the color of acorns with her hair up, traditional chin tattoos, abalone earrings, and a happy fat baby tied to her back, hands cupped around a mound of soil with a sprout growing in it. She is passing it to a child who is smiling up at her. They are both wearing ribbon skirts and sit on the ground surrounded with plant relatives, blooming California poppies and white sage with amaranth and tobacco on either side of them. The sky is a gentle periwinkle changing to purple with a fading city skyline. Across the top ochre colored text reads Rematriate the Land. Image of person wearing a keffiyeh on their head picking olives. Yellow text at the bottom says, “Indigenous people remain the best caretakers of the land.” From @muchachafanzine.
Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Our liberation is collective. On #TDOR and every day, we recommit to a framework of freedom that is expansive and unapologetic. Gender justice is trans liberation. We fight for a future where all trans folks become thriving elders. 🦋

Image from Sylvia Rivera Law Project that says, “We have to show the world that we’re numerous!” – Sylvia Rivera
Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This Trans Day of Remembrance, we fight for the living. We defend gender-affirming care, protect trans youth, and build communities where trans joy can flourish. We know that true safety comes from each other, not from policing or prisons. #TDOR

Graphic of people protesting with a sign that says, “Respect my trans homies or I’m gonna identify as a fucking problem.”People protesting for trans rights with signs that say, “No apologies, no assimilation!” and “Justice for Marsha.” People protesting for trans rights with signs that say, “Money for hormones not war!” and “We also have rights!” and “Trans rights now!”
Third Wave Fund@thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Today, on Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor our trans siblings—those living and those stolen from us by transphobic violence. We hold their memories close and recommit to the fight for a world where all trans people can live long, thriving lives. 🕊️ #TDOR

Art from @translash that says, “Our transcestors’ lit our path and their fire flows through us.”Poem titled, “a note on the body” by Danez Smith.