Changemakers

We create connections to reimagine politics

Whether you’re an activist, innovator, entrepreneur, or funder, it takes support to take bold action and challenge power. Multitudes Foundation exists to provide the financial, relational and emotional resources necessary to commit to the long term project of reimagining politics across Europe. We work to ensure that political changemakers are equipped with confidence, capability and community.

  • Iniciativa nájemníků a nájemnic

    Grantees

    Iniciativa nájemníků a nájemnic
    Mission

    An initiative to defend tenants' rights in the Czech Republic and to build political power for this collective by changing the media perceptions and training leaders from local communities to run for office.

    Location

    Czech Republic

  • Bravo Novi Sad

    Grantees

    Bravo Novi Sad
    Mission

    Bravo Novi Sad is a group of activists working to empower local communities and to build a new generation of political leadership in the Serbian city of Novi Sad. 

    Location

    Serbia

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    Bravo Novi Sad →

  • The School of Public Life team

    Grantees

    The School of Public Life
    Mission

    The School of Public Life is a grassroots civic education center founded in Hungary in 2014. They help citizens, especially members of marginalized communities and those working on their behalf, to organize themselves and stand up for their rights and interests effectively.

    Location

    Hungary

  • Grantees

    Démocratiser la politique
    Mission

    Démocratiser la Politique documents the underrepresentation of the working-class in politics and support their mobilisation towards their representation in electoral and political spaces.

    Location

    Martigues, France

  • Grantees

    Wir für Demokratie
    Mission

    Wir für Demokratie eV is committed to ensuring that everyone can participate in democracy at a low level in Germany. Together with Brand New Bundestag, an independent and non-partisan grassroots organization that supports people who bring a breath of fresh air to Parliament, the association operates its own platform to promote democracy.

    Location

    Berlin, Germany

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    Wir für Demokratie →

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    Fantapolitica
    Mission

    Fantapolitica support and educate a national network of young local councillors and potential candidates so that they are the bearers of innovative methods and radical change in their communities

    Location

    
Italy

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    Fantapolitica →

  • Green New Deal Rising

    Grantees

    Green New Deal Rising
    Mission

    GND Rising is a movement of young people from every part of the UK working to influence and build political power towards a  Green New Deal.

    Location

    United Kingdom

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    Green New Deal Rising →

  • Maryan Abdulkarim

    Grantees

    Maryan Abdulkarim
    Mission

    Maryan wants to address the lack of representation and political power among political minority groups in Finland. She will start by identifying the existing obstacles and then create a first set of tools to remove them.

    Location

    Finland

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    Maryan Abdulkarim →

  • Omotade Omotosho

    Grantees

    Omotade Omotosho
    Mission

    Omotade is laying the foundations of a platform and infrastructure to support people of African descent in Poland to be politically aware and participate in political processes.

    Location

    Poland

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    Omotade Omotosho →

  • Fatima Soualhi

    Grantees

    Fatima Soualhi
    Mission

    Fatima is addressing deep-seated societal and political issues that have marginalised women of colour in Italian politics for far too long. Her project aims to challenge the status quo by equipping young women with the tools they need to overcome existing barriers.

    Location

    Italy

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    Fatima Soualhi →

  • Jana Degrott & Victoria Hasson

    Grantees

    Jana Degrott & Victoria Hasson
    Mission

    Jana and Victoria are testing a constellation of political wellbeing support with young women politicians. This includes hosting one-on-one political wellbeing sessions and designing the outline of a political wellbeing course targeting the pain points of being a young female politician

    Location

    Europe

  • Mohammed Afridi

    Grantees

    Mohammed Afridi
    Mission

    Mohammed is going to identify new ways to foster collaboration across the UK democracy space and to develop mechanisms for existing democracy institutions to engage with communities that they have historically failed to engage or represent meaningfully.

    Location

    United Kingdom

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    Mohammed Afridi →

  • Beatrice Bucht

    Grantees

    Beatrice Bucht
    Mission

    Beatrice is starting “Icebreakers”, a political leadership incubator for young people aged 18-25 from the European Arctic in Sweden.

    Location

    Sweden

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    Beatrice Bucht →

  • Kiza Magendane

    Grantees

    Kiza Magendane
    Mission

    Kiza is creating a training program aimed at assisting youth political organizations in the Netherlands in recruiting and retaining more members of African descent.

    Location

    The Netherlands

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    Kiza Magendane →

  • Rudi and Dounya from The Parliament of Exiles

    Grantees

    Rudi Osman & Dounya Hallaq
    Mission

    Rudi and Dounya are using their ideation grant to set into motion “The Parliament of Exiles”, a project designed to give a voice to exiles so that they can represent themselves and enter into dialogue with the state and all the players in society, and to create new generations of leaders among this community.

    Location

    France

  • SEEK Feminist Network

    Grantees

    SEEK Feminist Network
    Mission

    This migrant women-led organisation is working on the project “Rise and Shine”, which aims to support feminist leadership among migrant and refugee communities in the cities of Amsterdam and The Hague.

    Location

    The Netherlands

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    SEEK Feminist Network →

  • Greek Forum of Refugees

    Grantees

    Greek Forum of Refugees
    Mission

    This organisation started as a grassroots movement in 2001. Their plan is to explore mechanisms to increase awareness among migrant and refugee communities regarding their political rights, focusing on empowering and facilitating connections for individuals who are already enthusiastic about participating in political campaigns.

    Location

    Greece

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    Greek Forum of Refugees →

Funders collective

Multitudes provides a bridge between funders who wish to get involved in fostering democratic renewal in Europe, and this new, burgeoning ecosystem of changemakers.

We bring together a community of like-minded funders operating at a local, national or regional level, who are ready to start experimenting with innovative and collaborative funding mechanisms. The overall objective is to increase the scale of support available for this work. Whether you are looking for co-funding opportunities,  organisations to support, or you want to join us as an initial partner, we would love for you to join our funders collective.

 

Daniel Sachs Foundation

Logo Democracy & Media Foundation

Logo for Robert Bosch Stiftung

Logo Fondation de France