Applicant Case Study
Towards Justice: Reaching New Funders without Added Time and Costs
Key Results
Challenge
Towards Justice’s team was actively seeking rapid response funding to support organizing and mobilizing efforts to raise the minimum wage in Durango, Colorado. The organization faced the common challenge of navigating multiple time-consuming funding applications with a small team.
Solution
The organization valued JustFund’s user-friendly platform and its straightforward application process. A few months after submitting its Common Application, Towards Justice received a notice from JustFund alerting them to a new, invitation-only grant opportunity.
“Without our connection to JustFund, we wouldn’t have learned about this opportunity or been awarded an unexpected grant of $35,000,” said Lindsay Fallon, Operations Director.
Impact
JustFund made it easy for Towards Justice to share their work with funders and has connected the organization with new funding opportunities since it joined the network in early 2025.
Lindsay Fallon, Operations Director, Towards Justice
Towards Justice is a nonprofit law firm that represents workers in litigation and other advocacy in an effort to build worker power and advance economic justice in Colorado and across the country. Towards Justice was looking for new ways to access funders beyond its network, so it turned to JustFund after being referred by a partner.
Key Learnings
JustFund's Common Application helped Towards Justice share their mission and impact with multiple funders.
A few months after submitting its Common Application, Towards Justice received a notice from JustFund alerting them to a new, invitation-only grant opportunity.
With one application, the organization hasn't spent additional time or money on fundraising.
Towards Justice's team didn't have to navigate multiple time-consuming funding applications to raise $35,000.
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