Microgrant Alert: Community Reparations for Autistic People of Color

Microgrants are often overlooked by consultancy agencies because the relatively modest amount of funding they provide leaves little room for their client support interventions. In other words, these funds aren't substantial enough to allow those who apply for them to enlist the help of a consultant.

At Solvere, however, we firmly believe that these types of funds are the most accessible to the individuals they are intended for, and are therefore particularly valuable, even if they are often challenging to spot.

For this reason, we will periodically publish funds alerts dedicated to microgrants focused on social inclusion, education, and health. We believe that our role is not only to provide high-quality professional services to our clients, but also to support a better, more inclusive, and just society.

Today, we begin by publishing the first funds alert for a microgrant dedicated to autistic people of color.

“Microgrants are the most accessible to the individuals they are intended for, and are therefore particularly valuable, even if they are often challenging to spot”

The Fund for Community Reparations for Autistic People of Color’s Interdependence, Survival, and Empowerment practices redistributive justice and mutual aid by returning and sharing money directly to and with autistic people of color. They provide microgrants to Black, Brown, Native, Asian, and mixed-race people in the autistic community for survival, organizing, leisure, and pleasure.

They are committed to the principles of Disability Justice, including leadership by those most impacted, intersectionality, anti-capitalist politic, cross-movement solidarity, interdependence, collective access, and collective liberation. The work is grounded in commitment to ending extractive economies and building and sustaining generative economies.

“We believe that our role is not only to provide high-quality professional services to our clients, but also to support a better, more inclusive, and just society.”

The Fund for Community Reparations for Autistic People of Color's Interdependence, Survival, and Empowerment offers one-time microgrants of between $100 and $500 to support autistic people of color. You can use funds for personal, emergency, professional, academic, medical, artistic, or other needs.

This fund is meant for autistic people of color applying for themselves – autistic youth of color and autistic adults of color.

For more info, visit the Autistic People of Color Fund website and read the application form.