Thousand Currents

Out now: Thousand Currents 2024 Annual Report. This year was marked by profound crises, from genocidal wars and rising authoritarianism to climate disasters and deepening inequality. These very crises fueled our determination to stand with movements defending collective dignity, protecting our planet, and pushing for a more just world. Learn more about our strategy, our partners impact, and the path we made together this year, in our FY2024 Annual Report - The Path We Make. One lesson from this year? We know that when we move together, we can shape the future we want. Join us. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e4PjAYaR

We’re heading to #AWIDForum2024 - will we see you there? Thousand Currents staff and movement partners will be having critical conversations on funding feminist movements, climate justice and collective liberation. Join us: December 2 🔹Opening Plenary: Connect in Struggle and Solidarity 🔹RESISTers Dialogue with LILAK and Focus on the Global South. Ballroom 3, 14:30-15:45: https://ow.ly/8Q0Q50UgEvh 🔹Workshop on the gender-climate-economy nexus with DIVA4Equality and the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG). Room 109CD. 14:30-15:45: https://ow.ly/QnTq50UgEvg 🔹Navigating feminist funding ecosystem with the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) and the Alliance for Feminist Movements. Room 109B. 16:15-17:30. December 3 🔹Workshop on feminist alliances for trade justice with PANG and members of the Gender and Trade Coalition. Room 109GH. 14:30-15:45: https://ow.ly/FbwW50UgEvj 🔹Allyship in Action: Strategising collective liberation for migrant domestic workers with Egna Legna. Room 110C, 14:30-15:45: https://ow.ly/JVoI50UgEvf 🔹Who is funding Global South feminist movements? with APWLD, FEMNET - African Women's Development and Communication Network, Foundation for a Just Society and Thousand Currents. Plenary Room, 16:15-17:30 Stay tuned for more events! ✨

🌳 Forests are one of the most powerful carbon sinks on our planet, absorbing vast amounts of carbon dioxide and regulating Earth’s climate. Yet they face relentless destruction from industrial agriculture, mining, and other harmful practices. The Southern Peasants’ Federation of Thailand (SPFT), one of our movement partners, is reclaiming land from monoculture palm oil plantations and transforming barren lands into thriving, self-managed ecosystems. These new landscapes are a great example of what’s possible when Indigenous and local communities steward the land they rightfully own and claim. Find more transformative stories of action in our 2024 Annual Report: https://lnkd.in/e4PjAYaR

Indigenous communities have long practiced agroecology—a form of agriculture that integrates local wisdom and ecological principles. Agroecology is a proven solution for climate resiliency and food sovereignty, and the antithesis to extractive, corporatized, and industrialized agriculture. Last year, we supported 70 movement partners who are working to end industrial agriculture and advance agroecology. One of them is Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN). AMAN runs a school to teach agroecological practices across Indigenous territories. So far, the school has educated over 20,000 young people, women, people with disabilities, and others about Indigenous practices of agroecological farming. With your help, the lessons and benefits of agroecology can extend even further. Will you make a gift to support agroecology today?

Movements across the world are demonstrating how #agroecology is more than just a way of growing food—it is an approach rooted in eco-consciousness as it helps cool the planet and attain #FoodSovereignty. Kenyan Peasants League (KPL) has been fighting for a legal ban on Genetically Modified (GMO) crops, supporting Indigenous seed systems, building cooperatives, and ensuring that communities have access to healthy, culturally appropriate food. GMOs threaten food systems’ diversity, which is essential for ecosystems to adapt to changing climates, diseases, and pests. Through their work, KPL is not only defending people's cultures and livelihoods but also strengthening food systems and protecting our planet. ➡️ Read more about the impact KPL and other movement partners are making in our latest Annual Report: https://lnkd.in/e4PjAYaR

In 2024, we mobilized unprecedented resources for movements advancing #FoodSovereignty, #ClimateJustice, and #EconomicJustice across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. We aim to resource movements at the scale of their vision. This year, we increased the size of our annual grants; provided crisis funding; and supported a variety of tactics, from strategic litigation to cultural production to grassroots campaigns. Learn more about the transformative work of our partners in “The Path We Make,” our 2024 Annual Report: https://lnkd.in/e4PjAYaR

Social movements do the essential work of calling out abuses of power, organizing against injustice , strengthening communities, and imagining better futures. Now more than ever, philanthropy can be an ally for movements by making sure they have the support they need to thrive, even in challenging political climates. In election years the significance of electoral politics naturally takes center stage, but we must remember that the work of social movements continues, and so must our commitment to them. Read on for how philanthropy must step up in this critical moment, in our latest op-ed by President & CEO Solome Lemma for Alliance magazine: https://lnkd.in/eUPzBUW2

Thousand Currents is guided by one powerful truth: The most profound, lasting, and transformative change comes from social movements. Last year, Thousand Currents made $17.6 million in grants to 148 movement partners across 65 countries this year–making it the biggest year in our nearly 40 years of grantmaking. With our partners’ innovation, Thousand Currents’ long-term, trust-based funding, and the support of generous donors like you, we make the path together. Will you contribute to the path today? Support our work: https://lnkd.in/efxwUanY

Transformative change comes from social movements. Thousand Currents aims to learn from grassroots movement leaders, resource them, amplify their work, and collectively forge a path toward a just future. We know that the work of social movements takes time; that’s why our grantmaking approach centers long-term, trust-based, and movement-led relationships of at least 10 years. We build relationships to accompany the ups and downs of social transformation. In 2024 we are proud to have supported 148 partners in 65 countries through 206 grants. Read more in our 2024 Annual Report: https://lnkd.in/e4PjAYaR 

Grassroots Movements = Lasting Change From abolition to civil rights, movements have shaped history. Yet movements remain underfunded. Thousand Currents is changing this. We provide multi-year, flexible funding—resourcing movements to meet their bold visions. Do you know other organizations supporting movements? Tag them below 👇   And join us in this journey by subscribing to our monthly newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eXnuDFED