Fund Team

Staff and Consultants

• Nyoka Acevedo, Fund Coordinator
• Cristina Jiménez, Fund Advisor

Grantmaking Guiding Circle

The Grantmaking Guiding Circle is composed of movement leaders, artists, and youth and helps to steer and guide the grant decision making process.

Members:

• Akeria Adams, Student Leader, Urban Youth Collaborative
• Marinieves Alba, Director, Belafonte & Gathering Strength Initiatives, The Action Lab
• Austin Greene, Youth Organizer, Arts Administrator
• Nyeisha Mallett, Youth Member, Climate Justice youth Organizer/Artist
• Tamara Morgan, Community Partnerships, Adaptive Design Association Inc
• Jeannette Rodríguez Píneda, Teaching Artist and Curriculum Consultant
• Al’ Urdun Islam, Youth Member and Community Organizer
• Adilka Pimentel, Organizer and Trainer

Evaluation and Capacity Providers

• Center for Cultural Power
• Universal Partnership
• Victoria Dougherty Consulting

Community of Support

• Andrus Family Fund
• Brisson Family Fund
• David Rockefeller Fund
• Endeavor Foundation 
• Ford Foundation
• JBP Foundation
• Kornfeld Foundation
• Mertz Gilmore Foundation
• New York Foundation
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• Scherman Foundation
• The Pinkerton Foundation
• Trinity Church Wall Street Philanthropies
• Warner Music Group/Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund

Steering Committee Members

• Javier H. Valdés, Director, Civic Engagement and Government, Ford Foundation 
• Katy Clark, Executive Director, Kornfeld Foundation
• Rickke Mananzala, Executive Director, New York Foundation
• Cristina Jiménez, Co-Founder & Former Executive Director United We Dream & United We Dream Action