Third Wave Fund is currently accepting applications for its Mobilize Power Fund 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The Mobilize Power Fund is a rapid response fund that resources gender justice organizations to adapt or pivot their work when met with unanticipated, time-sensitive opportunities or threats to their movement building work and organizing conditions.
The Mobilize Power Fund prioritizes organizations that are responding to specific incidents or changes of circumstances that have occurred in the last six months. This can include rapid response mobilizations, healing justice work, conflict resolution/conflict transformation, community accountability, mutual aid, direct actions, emergency safety, security, and defense needs, and more. This fund prioritizes groups and organizations who are experiencing an unanticipated incident. Because of this, organizations applying on behalf of a budget shortfall or preplanned events or ongoing programming will not be prioritized.
The Mobilize Power Fund provides different levels of support depending on whether an organization applies individually or as a partnership.
The proposed funding should directly address the specific incident or changing circumstance described in the application.
The fund is intended for organizations working from a clear gender justice perspective and responding to a specific recent incident or change in circumstances.
Eligible organizations must generally meet the following requirements:
Partnerships and coalitions involving two or more organizations may request up to $20,000.
Apply for Third Wave Fund - Mobilize Power Fund