Visionary Resistance: Inside the Rapid-Response Model of the Emergent Fund

Authors: Women Donors Network, Solidaire, Democracy Alliance, Threshold Foundation

The Emergent Fund started as a plane built in mid-air in response to the threats posed by the 2016 election. Resources were urgently needed in many places without much time for deliberation. Then in the summer of 2017, following several rounds of grantmaking that began in January, the Emergent Fund took a pause to evaluate and learn about its model and the impact it had on selected grantees.

Founding partners Women Donors Network and Solidaire, along with partners Democracy Alliance and Threshold Foundation with the support from TCC Group, are happy to share the findings.