one is groundswell fund, which is a01c3 and the other is groundswell action fund which is a01c4. they are both a grd experiments in buiing beloved community across race, class, and gender. we have 500, mostly white women, individual donors and 40 private foundations who are giving to us resources that we will distributeo the grassrts. but the people who decide where the resources go, the people who created and run groundswell, we are womenf color and transgender people of color who come out of grassroots organizing. and because we decide, we have created a irrigation system for movement over the last 10 years that now moves those resources to 150 organizations that are doing intersectional organizing and that are mostly led by women of color with a particular focus on folks who are black indigenous and transgender. we're so proud to have but this community it hasn't been easy, it's a very diverse ecosystem. people from all walks of life, we skin our needs together, we all tackle our learning curves together, but together we've been able to do something that i feel like as a micro

one is groundswell fund, which is a 501c3 and the other is groundswell action fund which is 501c4. they are both a and experiments inuilding beloved community across race, class, and gender. we have 500, mostly white wome individual donors and 40 private foundations who are giving to us resources that we will distributeo the grassroots. but the people who decide where the resources go, the people who created and run groundswell, we are women ocolor and transgender people of color who come out of grsroots organizing. and because we decide, we have created a irrigation system for movement over the last 10 years that now moves those resources to 150 organizations that are doing intersectional organizing and that are mostly led by women of color with a particular focus on folks who are black indigenous and transgender. we're so proud to have built this community. it hasn't been easy, it's a very diverse ecosystem. people from all walks of life, we skin our needs together, we all tackle our learning curves together, but together we've been able to do something that i feel like as microc

groundswell fund, which is the only national foundation led by women of color and transgender people of color who come directly out of community, labor and electoral organizing. she also founded the groundswell actioninstitution helping to fund women of color led 501c4 organizations, which also supports a women of color led integrated voter engagement training program. vanessa's and groundswell's work