We are looking for organizations whose executive team, or at least 51% of the Board, include representation from one or more of the communities listed:

  • BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color)
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Persons with experience with homelessness, incarceration, or living with mental health and/or substance use challenges either directly or through loved ones

We recognize the unique perspectives, expertise and insights that are possible when organizations are led by or include people who have “lived experience” navigating the issues they are working to address, such as personal or familial experience living unsheltered, with mental health and/or substance use challenges, or have been impacted by incarceration or the broader consequence of the carceral system.

To establish if your organization meets this requirement, look at the demographics of the people in your organization’s leadership, including: board members, program leadership, and executive team members.