The Democratic Socialists of America Fund makes grants to support 501c(3)-compliant educational projects that further the DSA Fund’s mission and follow the guidelines below.
The DSA Fund welcomes proposals for projects that will increase the knowledge of people in the United States about the history and principles of democratic socialism; promote greater public understanding and appreciation of the history, achievements, and traditions of democratic socialism in the United States; grow U.S. Americans’ knowledge of democratic socialist movements elsewhere in the world and vice versa; and support the exchange of information, experience, and ideas among democratic socialists.
Such projects can include, but are not limited to conferences, films, books, webinars, study guides, and other formats of education and exchange. Representative recent DSA Fund grant awards include:
- Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) for its annual student conferences, including spring 2023 (Socialism is the Future);
- YDSA for projects including a Jane McAlevey reading group and a YDSA history project;
- DSA committees for need-based travel reimbursement for speakers at conferences like Socialism and attendees at workshops like the 2022 MROC (Multiracial Organizing) Institute;
- Support for the creation of a graphic biography on Eugene Debs and a graphic interpretation of W.E.B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk;
- The AfroSocialist Caucus of DSA to put on viewings of the film $16,000 Dollars in partnership with the film’s director;
- Dissent and New Press to support publication of the book We Own the Future — Democratic Socialism American Style.
Because DSA Fund is a 501(c)(3) organization, it cannot and does not make grants for participation or intervention in any electoral candidate campaign or electoral political party activity.
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