Diverse City Fund

Diverse City Fund (DC Fund) is a community-led grantmaking organization dedicated to racial & social justice that invests financial and social capital that transforms systems in DC. We fund and support efforts in Washington, DC, led by and rooted in communities of color to realize liberation, spark solutions, organize against oppression of all kinds, and create systemic change.

We Value

• Commitment to deconstruct systems of oppression with nonprofit/ philanthropy and construct a sector established with trust-based principles and community-led systems.
• Transparency and accountability philanthropy.
• Intersectionality and how various forms of oppression and privilege overlap, interact and affect experience and outcomes.
• The work of local, grassroots, people-powered, people of color, and immigrant-led groups.