Gender, Race & Power Program
Fueling the movement for systems change.
Purpose
The Gender, Race & Power (GRP) Initiative takes an intersectional and transnational lens to address deeply entrenched inequities across the Americas. By strengthening a diverse network of grassroots organizations and leaders, we aim to build alignment between movements for racial and gender injustice and catalyze their collaborative and strategic action. We expect our initiative to contribute to larger regional transformations, ultimately reshaping the social, economic, and political landscape of the Americas in a more just way so that our communities can thrive. Through our interconnected activities, HIP will build a robust ecosystem that nurtures leadership, fosters community power, increases civic participation, and drives intersectional progress across the Americas.
Overview
A vibrant new generation of leaders and movements are forging powerful alliances across the Americas to advocate for systems change. These movement leaders have lived experience and a clear understanding of how the intersections of gender, race, and socio-economic exclusion create a complex landscape of inequality and injustice.
By providing strategic grantmaking, capacity building, and holistic healing support to these grassroots organizations and their networks, the GRP Initiative aims to strengthen transnational movements toward racial and gender justice, shifting the balance of power to achieve change from the ground up.
Value Proposition
Our initiative will shift the balance of power in our communities by:
1. Mobilizing Resources: invest long-term, flexible funding and provide learning and training resources.
2. Convening and Building Power: host healing-centered gatherings and webinars to engage racial and gender justice allies and connect them to a larger network while confronting the trauma of working on the frontlines.
3. Advancing Thought Leadership: provide a platform for first-person stories and perspectives.
Impact
We’ve been working alongside social impact projects and promoting generosity in the Americas since 2014
$14M+
in contributions towards gender equity & movement-building organizations
50+
organizations supported
7+
countries
Program Updates
October 25, 2023
Cultivating Belonging and Collective Action: How the Hope CommUnity Center Builds Power
Hope is just one of the 19 organizations that form part of the first cohort of the Power Building & Justice program at HIP.
December 14, 2022
Civil Rights Study Trip Reflection
In November, Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) & ABFE shared a week exploring the Civil Rights movement in a collective journey…
October 28, 2022
Investing $2.5M in Power Building & Justice Across South & Southwest
Over the last few years, there have been powerful, beautiful, and downright inspiring multi-racial movements that have grown from the…
November 18, 2024
Building an Ecosystem of Hope
Across Latin America, Fondo LILAS’ Partner Network is Revolutionizing Support for Young Survivors November 18, 2024 Picture a child in…
August 21, 2024
Reflections on Money, Power, and Philanthropy: A Feminist Perspective in the Defense of Human Rights
The sector should strongly question the responsibility of those who provide the money to transform power dynamics, to consider their role in social and political-economic dynamics that generate violent structures in Latin America and the Caribbean, and not to replicate colonialist practices.
May 21, 2024
HIP presents the LILAS FUND to prevent Sexual Violence against children in Latin America.
The LILAS Fund aims to strengthen grassroots organizations in Latin America that seek to end sexual violence against children and adolescents
Our inclusion processes are open all year. If you want to know more about our work and opportunities to collaborate, please get in touch