Public Interest Projects’ partner and collaborative funds offer donors the opportunity to pool their resources and expand their geographic reach. PIP’s funds are multi-year funds that engage private, corporate, family and individual donors.
By working through collaborative funds to achieve its mission, PIP is able to help the field:
- Raise the visibility of key issues and provide a coordinated funding strategy;
- Increase collaborative learning and strengthen capacities in the field among funders (including new donors) and grantees; and
- Enable more flexible, timely and effective grantmaking and programming, both on the ground and across broader networks.
PIP currently manages six collaborative and partner funds, providing them with strategic direction, grant management and fiscal oversight.
Census Community Outreach Fund (CCOF) – seeks to address the challenges of engaging hard-to-count populations in the decennial Census.
Communities for Public Education Reform (CPER): A Fund for Education Organizing – supports groups working to improve student outcomes in low-income communities.
Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) – funds capacity-building, civic participation and policy advocacy by and for immigrants and refugees.
Fulfilling the Dream Fund (FDF) – helps redefine how the U.S. thinks about, talks about and achieves racial and gender inclusion.
State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) – supports state-based organizations working to build and sustain a strong infrastructure for nonpartisan civic engagement and increase voting rates in historically disenfranchised and other underrepresented communities.
U.S. Human Rights Fund (USHRF) – provides strategic, field-building support to the U.S. human rights movement.
