Daily Featured Foundation - 12/19/25

12/19/2025

Here is today’s featured foundation.

The Needmor Fund

Website: https://www.needmorfund.org/

Mission & Purpose: To work with others to bring about social justice. The fund supports people who are working together to claim the power to determine their own future.

Broad Funding Guidelines: Their grantmaking is focused on the Midwest (IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI). They are a specialized funder that supports Community Organizing. They do not fund direct services (like food banks). Instead, they fund grassroots organizations that are building power, led by members, and fighting for systemic change. They provide general operating support, which is highly coveted in the nonprofit world.

Featured Opportunity: Their "Core Grants" are designed for groups that are "building a base" of members to fight for racial and economic justice. If your organization knocks on doors, holds rallies, and pressures decision-makers to change laws, Needmor is one of the few foundations designed specifically to fund that work.

Recommendation: A membership-based community organizing group in the Midwest that is led by low-income residents and is fighting for tenant rights, worker rights, or racial justice.