CoThinkk is accepting video grant applications for projects addressing vexing social issues facing BIPOC, African-American, Native and Latine communities. CoThinkk’s grant funds will continue to center systems change and support their network partners to hold this forward stance, take risks, and maintain a future-focused posture to support disruptive innovation as a means to meet each other in this collective work to lead transformational change.

“Leaders in our region continue to move some of the most innovative strategies to address complex social change and position all of us collectively to address some of the most vexing issues of our life-time. Their posture, passion, commitment, and courage to drive transformational work is undeniable and access to critical resources can further amplify their efforts,“ says CoThinkk founder Tracey Greene-Washington.

As a collective network, they recognize that they are one organization in a groundswell of community centered and community-led initiatives investing in a robust ecosystem of change in Western North Carolina committed to collaboration and not competition. 

CoThinkk will continue to support organizations, groups and leaders that are collectively and collaboratively centered in racial equity and doing the heavy lifting within their/our neighborhoods, communities, and region. CoThinkk's membership has allocated $190,000 of investment into WNC communities of color this year; $150,000 for grants - 37 grants to be awarded this cycle + certified coaching support from  Coach Diversity Institute available to ALL applicants, regardless of whether they are awarded a grant. 

The CoThinkk collective will also provide additional capacity building and leadership development opportunities for grant applicants, including a free in-person grant process workshop August 30th from 6:00 – 8:30 PM. Register here: Catching Dreams/Capturando Sueños: CoThinkk Video Grant Workshop 2023.

At its core, CoThinkk focuses on systems change work by shifting mental models and acting as a positive disruptor. CoThinkk is a social change philanthropy organization specifically designed to create supportive networks, accelerate systemic change and seed new initiatives through a shared leadership model that is working to shift the narrative and mental models regarding communities of color in Western North Carolina. As a result of their collective efforts, they understand that access to resources is an essential component to support robust social change that has enough traction and sustained momentum to generate equitable outcomes and impact. 

Community leaders can apply on the website at CoThinkk.org. The CoThinkk Community Leadership Award recipients and grantees will be announced at CoThinkk’s Annual Event that will be held in November.

Source: CoThinkk