Our Vision

Political Principles

We support Palestinian liberation and the long-term sustainability of the Palestinian freedom movement

We believe in collective liberation

We recognize the structural intertwining & deep roots that all liberation movements share. As internationalists, our guiding values in Palestine and globally include opposing racism, islamophobia, and antisemitism; supporting indigenous struggles, recognizing the harms and impacts of settler colonialism and racialized capitalism on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. We know that funding or defunding one movement impacts the entire ecosystem.

We are anti-zionist

We recognize Zionism as a movement to forcibly establish and maintain a Jewish-majority state in historic Palestine. Zionism is a colonialist ideology built on white supremacy, which denies the indigenous Palestinian people their individual and collective rights and results in ethnic cleansing.  Since the Nakba, when 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their lands, It has been built, in principle and practice, on racial violence. This ongoing structure of oppression includes the theft of Palestinian lands, the destruction of villages and towns, the forced displacement of Palestinians, the exploitation of Palestinian labor, and the denial of the Palestinian people’s right to self determination. We believe in a world where all people can live in dignity, justice and freedom.

We recognize the contradiction inherent in philanthropy

Funders have the responsibility to interrogate their sources and to explore how money generated from extractive capitalism can truly support systemic change. We work toward a philanthropic sector that commits to bringing back resources, land and power to communities.

We recognize the historically harmful role philanthropy has played in undermining liberation in Palestine and globally

Funders should take responsibility for practices that have harmed Palestinian liberation efforts and rectify them by being responsive to the needs of movement partners. Changes in giving practices should include not just adequate long-term funding, but an approach that acknowledges accountability for the specific historical harm of funding on the Palestinian struggle. This includes: fragmentation of Palestinian communities; litmus tests based on language or political frameworks; and depoliticization of Palestinian narrative.

We believe in solidarity based transformative politics and support, including contributions that support community resilience and survival on the way to liberation.

How We Work with One Other

This is a project to organize funders. We believe that funding decisions are political and can be shifted/transformed

We are building a spirit of collectivity rather than competition, among both donors and grantees

We strive to be accountable to movements 

We do this by building transparency and honesty in funding spaces and by creating mechanisms to measure how well  we implement our political principles

We embrace a spirit of experimentation and flexibility

We are feminist

We hold a bold space, in both thinking and action