Cedar Tree Foundation

Context

Cedar Tree Foundation (CTF) partnered with Rivera Consulting over four years (2022-2023 and 2024-2025) to revamp their civic engagement grantmaking, leveraging Rivera Consulting’s deep democracy research to establish a clear giving criteria for grantee selection.

Process

This included organizations taking a community-informed approach, led by and primarily working with Black, Latino, Asian, and Indigenous people, building long-term political power, and having sound compliance and governance infrastructure in the South. The docket also emphasized supporting youth leadership and promoting environmental justice and health. We also implemented in-depth 1:1 organizational interview, minimal reporting strategies, as well as staff and board engagement to inform decision-making and grantmaking prioritization. 

As a result of the RC and CTF partnership, we have supported over 13 organizations with multi-year grants in the amount of $3.4 million with a geographic impact in Texas, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, and New Mexico.

Impact

As a result of the RC and CTF partnership, we have supported over 13 organizations with multi-year grants in the amount of $3.4 million with a geographic impact in Texas, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, and New Mexico. These organizations included:

• Texas Organizing Project

• Women With a Vision

• Women Engaged

• Muslim Women For

• Native American Voters Alliance Education Project

• Georgia Muslim Voter Project

• Youth Engagement Fund

• Advancement Project

• New Mexico Dream Team

• Center for Civic Policy

• Cypress Fund

• Black Futures Lab

• Beloved Community Center of Greensboro, Inc.

• Florida Rising Together Inc.

Deep Democracy map of CTF organizations

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