“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
- Helen Keller
2026 SOAR Grantees:
Border Angels, San Diego, CA. Founded in 1986, BA is a volunteer‑led organization providing direct humanitarian aid and advocacy for migrants and refugees in San Diego County and along the U.S.–Mexico border. The group hikes into remote border canyons to leave water, food, and care packages near migration routes to prevent dehydration and death. BA also organizes “Caravans of Love,” delivering essential supplies to shelters in Mexico, and raises funds to post asylum bonds and repatriate loved ones for burial (who died while traveling). The organization engages the broader community through teach‑ins, school presentations, and fundraisers, fostering education, solidarity, and a culture of love for their neighbors.
Casa Marianella, Austin Texas Founded in 1986, Casa runs the only immigrant shelters in Austin, housing approximately 500 people each year. Most residents arrive directly from detention facilities and 70% are asylum seekers, including many women and children fleeing domestic and other forms of violence. Guests typically stay 3-9 months while securing stable housing. Casa also offers legal and counseling services, English classes, benefits navigation, and job application support, serving more than 1,000 community members annually. The city of Austin just cut $500K in funding (21% of their budget) so our grant could make a real difference. Casa is deeply trusted and committed to treating all residents with dignity and respect.
LUCE Immigrant Justice Network, Massachusetts. LUCE is a coalition of 14 immigrant‑led grassroots organizations working across the state to keep communities safe through rapid response, mutual aid, and organizing. Its flagship program, the LUCE Defense Hotline (617‑370‑5023), operates daily in 7 languages, connecting residents who report suspected ICE activity with trained volunteers who can verify and respond in real time. At a moment of heightened fear and enforcement, LUCE offers a vital lifeline of trust, cultural competency, and multilingual access that no government agency can replicate. Supporting LUCE is a direct investment in frontline, community‑driven immigrant justice—an approach proven highly effective in Minneapolis and credited with preventing secret, unlawful detentions in Massachusetts.
Arizona Native Vote, Arizona Tribal communities. Founded in 2023 by an indigenous woman, ANV builds tribal and rural political power by working with community members to increase voter registration and civic engagement on Navajo, Hopi, White Mountain, Apache, and San Carlos Apache Sovereign Lands, including border towns. Indigenous people are a key demographic: 6% or 440,000 people - who overwhelmingly vote Democratic. FYI, Biden lost AZ by just 10,457 votes. Arizona Native Vote works to overcome deliberate voter suppression efforts targeting indigenous people. This is true community organizing and power building - not outside political organizers parachuting in for important elections.
Community Organizing Alliance, Main. COA is an organization that educates, mobilizes and empowers Black, Brown, and immigrant youth under 30. Founded in 2022 by a young Somali immigrant and former Lewiston City Councilor, COA has engaged more than 5,000 young people through voter education, canvassing, phone banking, youth leadership development, and community events. These actions helped increase voter turnout in Lewiston’s predominantly Black and Brown Ward 5 by 32%. In 2026, COA has defeated a voter‑disenfranchisement bill, mobilized community response to ICE activity, and will increase voter turnout for the Senate and Congressional races, which are key for Democrats to gain control of the Senate and House.
Georgia Youth Justice Coalition GA statewide. GYJC is a youth‑led, grassroots nonprofit building multiracial political power. Since 2021, GYJC has grown to 12,000 members across 126 counties with major wins: blocking the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, flipping 2 statewide Public Commission seats, restoring millions in Title I education funding, expanding early voting on college campuses, and winning ICE safe‑zone protections in school districts. Through media, innovative voter outreach, and youth testimony at the State House, GYJC helped make voters under 30 the only age group with increased turnout in 2024. With pivotal 2026 races ahead, investing in GYJC will expand voter access and turnout in a state critical to Senate control.
2025 SOAR Grantees:
2024 SOAR Grantees:
Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project
2023 SOAR Grantees:
Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund
Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline
2022 SOAR Grantees:
2021 SOAR Grantees:
2020 SOAR Grantees:
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund
2019 SOAR Grantees:
Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute
Boston Immigrant and Justice Accompaniment Network
Families for Justice as Healing
Mothers in Charge (Philadelphia)
2017 - 2018 SOAR Grantees:
We are inspired by the amazing work that our grantees do every day to save lives and give people hope. We will continue focusing on identifying organizations that do critical work, that resist this administration with courage, and that can benefit from our financial support and efforts to broaden awareness.