The Scherman Foundation's 2025 Fall Grantmaking

The Scherman Foundation's 2025 Fall Grantmaking is sponsored by The Scherman Foundation. The Scherman Foundation awarded 55 grants totaling $4. 58 million in 2025, focusing on Arts, Democracy, Environmental and Climate Justice, Reproductive Justice, and Strengthening New York Communities.

The Scherman Foundation Awards $5. 85 Million in 2025 Fall Grantmaking — The Scherman Foundation Mission, Vision, Framework Environmental & Climate Justice Grantees Reproductive Justice Grantees Strengthening New York Communities Grantees Collaboratives and Affinity Groups The Scherman Foundation Awards $5. 85 Million in 2025 Fall Grantmaking The Scherman Foundation is pleased to announce $5.

85 million in 2025 fall grants across our core program areas and through our Response and Future Fund. With the completion of the fall grantmaking cycle, the Foundation has made 162 grants totaling $11. 68 million in 2025.

This December, the Scherman Foundation made 55 core grants totaling $4. 58 million across the Foundation’s program areas of Arts, Democracy, Environmental and Climate Justice, Reproductive Justice, and Strengthening New York Communities. These multi-year general operating and project grants reflect our ongoing commitment to organizations working at the intersection of racial justice and systemic change.

Scherman’s grantees use organizing and movement-building to strengthen the power of communities to drive political, economic, and cultural transformation. Earlier this year, the Foundation launched a Response and Future Fund in addition to its core grantmaking.

This new Fund provides rapid, flexible support to organizations on the frontlines working to weather the current political climate and defend civil society and communities under attack. The Fund also supports a small number of organizations driving innovation in movement-building.

The Foundation is funding this additional grantmaking by increasing its annual payout to 10%—up from its regular 6%—resulting in an additional $10 million in grants over the next two years. To date, the Foundation has awarded $4. 7 million through the Response and Future Fund, with $1.

27 million distributed in this fall cycle. The Foundation's December grantmaking reflects its belief that this moment demands both immediate support and long-term investment in movement infrastructure.

By providing critical funding to organizations facing harsh realities—from federal cuts to heightened security needs—while simultaneously investing in creative solutions and organizational resilience, the Foundation aims to resource both urgent needs and future wins.

The full list of grantees in the 2025 fall cycle is as follows: ANHD Preservation Campaign Caribbean Equality Project Center for Community Alternatives Climate & Clean Energy Equity Fund Labor Network for Sustainability New York Communities Organizing Fund, Inc. New Yorkers United for Child Care Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Progressive Multiplier Fund: RJ Cohort Public Policy and Education Fund Tri-State Transportation Campaign We the People NJ Coalition Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice New York Community Organizing Fund, Inc Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Physicians for Reproductive Health Youth Ministries of Peace and Justice Progressive Multiplier Fund The Scherman Foundation invests in the economic, political, and cultural transformation necessary for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to reclaim and build power.

Learn more about our vision and current grantmaking priorities . While our Response and Future Fund grants are by invitation only, the LOI process for our Core Grantmaking will open in February 2026. More information will be posted to our website .

We invite funding partners and press to contact us with questions at info@scherman. org . Sami Stern December 16, 2025