Unbound Grantee Spotlight: For Freedoms
TIME Magazine featured an Unbound grantee For Freedoms (For Freedoms Federation, LLC) in their reimagining of Normal Rockwell's Vision of the Four Freedoms.
Pop Culture Collaborative Shines at the Frank Conference
At the Frank public interesst communications conference in February 2019, the Pop Culture Collaborative—and the vision that drives it—were gloriously in action.
Unbound's Response to the Refugee Crisis
A learning brief documenting our grantmaking strategy and what we are learning along the way, as well as guiding questions for consideration for interested funders.
Unbound Philanthropy is a founding Managing Partner of the Pop Culture Collaborative, a five-year, multi-million dollar hub for high-impact partnerships and grants designed to leverage the reach and power of pop culture in service to social change goals.
Refugee Week Big Sing for Refugee Week 2017, inspired by a Hayward Gallery project by artist Charwei Tse, created in collaboration with participants from Women for Refugee Women and women at Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre. Refugee Week at Southbank Centre is curated and produced in partnership with Counterpoints Arts.
We are a private grantmaking foundation working to move the needle on immigration, integration, and the well-being of receiving communities, in the United States and United Kingdom.
Aqueela Khuddus, right, who is on the Board of Welcoming Gainesville, lights the candle of Mary Barh, a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church, during the Welcoming Gainesville interfaith candlelight vigil at City Hall in Gainesville, Florida, in December 2016. Gainesville joined Welcoming America’s national network in 2016. (Brad McClenny/ The Gainesville Sun)
Legal Rights
and Protections
We promote policies that treat immigrants fairly, protect them against discrimination and mistreatment, and allow them to contribute to their new communities.
Integration
We seek to empower migrants and host communities and migrants to work together to create welcoming, vibrant, and just communities for newcomers and long-time residents alike.
Building Public
Understanding
We seek to improve people’s knowledge and understanding of immigration, integration, and cultural diversity in society.
JR, Migrants, Mayra, Picnic across the border, Tecate, Mexico - U.S.A., 2017 in Phoenix, AZ. Photo by Josh Haunschild.
We invest in a thoughtful balance of "tried and true" and innovative approaches. We partner and collaborate with other funders to achieve collective impact.
Yosimar Reyes, artist in residence at Define American, speaks at the Educators for Fair Consideration Festival of UndocuInnovation 2017
We are committed to investing in effective learning. As a team, we prioritize dialogue with each other, our grantees, and our funding partners.