Our Funding Strategy

by working together and pooling funds, CGRE can be bolder, act faster and make a greater impact than any one donor can alone.

Focus Areas

CGRE focuses our funding in three core areas that are essential to advancing equity and defending existing progress:

Cgre movement building

01

state power-building

Building power at the state level by supporting the local organizations and leaders on the frontlines of the fight for gender, reproductive and racial equity, particularly those representing Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities.

Cgre access

02

judiciary

Advancing equity through the judicial system, including pursuing proactive legal strategies that promote a gender, reproductive and racial equity agenda and establishing a nonpartisan judiciary supportive of those fundamental principles.

Cgre legal

03

creating alliances

Uniting movement partners around efforts to respond to and proactively counter attacks by the opposition, including policies and misinformation that threaten the cause of gender, reproductive and racial equity.

Key States

Our support of state-level partners seeks to build power in key states that will help determine the future of gender and reproductive equity nationwide, shore up safe harbors to preserve important victories, and mitigate harm to the most vulnerable people in the states where our partners work.

Our efforts are currently focused in four key states—Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico and Texas. Our grantee partners in these states have helped secure major recent victories for gender, reproductive and racial equity, including the repeal of New Mexico’s antiquated abortion ban and passage of paid leave, record engagement of BIPOC and young voters in the 2020 election in Georgia and Texas, and education around the importance of the state supreme court race in Michigan that enabled a shift to a gender equity-friendly majority.

We balance our state-level investments between immediate opportunities and a commitment to build long-term power and stability, and we invest in infrastructure and capacity to ensure organizations are strong and well-positioned to thrive over the long term.

In support of this aim, CGRE recently launched a Capacity Strengthening Initiative, including optional offerings that can provide resources to address organizational and individual leadership development interests and needs.

Our Grants