Join us for a discussion on Wednesday, March 20.
PDF offices will be closed from December 22, 2025 to January 2, 2026. We will all be back in the office on January 5, 2026. PDF is not currently accepting applications for our De Colores Rapid Response Fund. We will announce when the fund is open again on this web page and our social media accounts. Be sure to follow us for updates! Thank you for your grace and patience with us during the holiday season!
Our gala recognized outstanding social justice organizers and organizations making a significant impact in our communities with the Truth Awards. Congratulations to Aramis Sundiata, Springfield No One Leaves, and Paul Haible; our award recipients!
Thank you to our sponsors:
Access Strategies Fund
Beveridge Family Foundation
Cypress Fund
Dean's Beans Organic Coffee
Greenfield Savings Bank
Krupp Family Foundation
Peoples Bank
Accepting applications until January 31, 2026.
Our small grants provide between $3,000 and $7,000 for community organizing projects in the US, Mexico, and Haiti. Applicants can apply to one of our three community organizing funds: Seeding the Movement, Braiding New Worlds, or the Western Mass Transformation Fund.
Join us on Friday January 16th at Four Phantoms Brewing Co in Greenfield MA for a ~Wicked~ night of Drag Bingo! Proceeds support the Western Massachusetts Transformation Fund. $20 for 10 rounds, winners each round! 7:00-9:00PM
Discover how PDF is prioritizing vulnerable groups, shifting its rapid response fund, and building collaborations to support grassroots partners during these uncertain times. If you would like to be mailed a copy of the newsletter, email us at peacedevfund@gmail.com
“With financial support from PDF, we organized large-scale teach-ins and demonstrations alongside labor unions, trade-displaced workers, diaspora communities, international solidarity activists, digital privacy activists, public health groups, and climate activists to halt a trade deal that would have had disastrous impacts on jobs, wages, labor rights, climate action, consumer privacy and monopoly power” -Julie Bouanna, Executive Director, Washington Fair Trade Education Coalition
The Peace Development Fund is more than a grantmaker: our model of philanthropy involves direct funding, advocacy where appropriate and partnerships built around mutual respect, sharing of resources, and transparency of planning and decision-making. We endeavor to be a key “go-to” foundation on issues of peace, human rights, social justice and environmental protection. We work to counter-balance dominant power structures by moving resources and sharing decision-making with activist groups and communities. Learn more…
