Apply to acab grant

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Our collective fund allows for the awarding of grants every two months to financially support activists, collectives, and social movements active in Belgium. The decisions to award the grants are made every two months by a committee of randomly selected people.

The criteria

The basic criteria for project selection are summarized below. These criteria do not necessarily have to be fully met but serve as a basis to guide the selection.

To contribute to the foundation’s purpose. To fight against all forms of exploitation or domination (whether economic, social, ecological, patriarchal, racist, etc.).
Transformative dimension. To act for social change, addressing the root causes of a problem.
Counter-current initiatives. Bold initiatives or startups that will have difficulty finding funding elsewhere.
Diversity of struggles. To support a diversity of struggles, particularly those that do not often receive support.
Collective emancipation. To experiment with new ways of doing things, different approaches, without the main ingredients of an oppressive system.
Multiplier effect. Inspiring projects that have the potential to create new dynamics or that create or facilitate access to tools available to everyone.
Horizontalism and self-organization. To organize in a self-managed or horizontal manner.

Attribution process

A randomly selected assembly

Grant are awarded by the Assemblée Coopérative d’Attribution des Bourses (ACAB). This committee, which is renewed every 6 months, consists of 9 members selected at random from among the members of the foundation’s general assembly. The committee is partially renewed (3 members) every 2 months.

To limit domination

The process of forming the ACAB aims to limit the participation of privileged individuals. Based on self-identification regarding the systems of domination they are part of, the random selection formula will decrease the chances of being selected the more privileges one accumulates. Members must confidentially identify if they consider themselves as: white, male, cisgender, heterosexual, documented, housed, able-bodied, having a university degree, or having a net income over 1500€.

A transparent process

A schedule of the next three ACAB meetings is provided, with a grant allocation meeting set every two months. Assistance can be arranged to help fill out grant applications (by volunteers from the assembly).

The agenda

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Apply

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