Fund Overview
The Richmond Just Transition Fund was established to advance a frontline, community-led just transition in Richmond, California. Housed at East Bay Community Foundation, the fund enables aligned donors to invest collectively in the nine organizations of the Richmond Our Power Coalition, with dollars disbursed cooperatively based on shared priorities rather than competitive grant cycles.
Richmond is not waiting for a just transition. The coalition is building one, from cooperative grocery stores and community land trusts to decarbonized homes, e-bike libraries, environmental justice organizing, and mass liberation work. The fund is how aligned philanthropic partners join that movement.
Mission of Our Power Richmond
The Richmond Our Power Coalition is nine organizations building the infrastructure for a just Richmond. Our four functions are joint fundraising to support just transition work for coalition members, shared narrative and communications to amplify member organizations’ projects, selective and planned coalition coordination, and mutual support among member organizations in crisis and in big moments.
ROPC is not a separate organization. It is a coalition whose strength comes from each member organization’s expertise, base, and vision moving together toward a shared goal: a Richmond where 100,000+ residents own the economy, the land, and the future.
Coalition Members
Urban Tilth, Richmond LAND, Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), Communities for a Better Environment (CBE), Rich City Rides, Safe Return Project, Cooperation Richmond, ACCE, Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA).
Grant Process
The Richmond Just Transition Fund makes annual grants to coalition member organizations and select community organizations for projects that advance just transition priorities including cooperative ownership, environmental justice, housing security, food sovereignty, clean transportation, and community power. To date the fund has distributed over $1.4M into Richmond based community organizations including coalition members.
Multi-year commitments are encouraged and welcomed.
Contact & Questions
Briana Sidney
briana@cooperationrichmond.org
