Jump to Content
×

BACKYARD GRANTS

The challenges facing our country right now are real—rollbacks on climate protections, threats to civil liberties, and erosion of accountability. We’ve heard from employees who are asking: What can we do?

Across the U.S., organizations are showing up every day to fight for people and the planet. We can fuel that work. This year, World Centric is directing $100,000 to 14 nonprofits on the frontlines of climate, human rights, and independent media.

$100,000
Given in 2025

$100K for Climate, Human Rights & Media

We vetted and selected 14 organizations doing large-scale, high-impact work across three areas that reflect our values: climate, human rights, and media. These groups are already making meaningful moves — our support helps them go further. Much like our Staff Giving program, employees can help direct how the $100,000 is allocated, because we believe values shouldn’t stay abstract. We recognize that not everyone will see this the same way, and that’s okay. What we hope we share is this: a belief that all people deserve dignity, and that the planet we live on is worth protecting.

Climate
Using the law to hold polluters accountable and defend environmental protections for every community: Earthjustice, Surfrider, SELC, and WELC.
Human Rights
Defending civil liberties at a moment when foundational rights face renewed pressure: ACLU, Acacia Center for Justice, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Freedom for Immigrants, and the National Immigrant Justice Center.
Media
Supporting the independent, nonprofit journalism democracy depends on: AP News, NPR, the Guardian Foundation, Democracy Now!, and Common Dreams.
Using the law to hold polluters accountable and defend environmental protections for every community: Earthjustice, Surfrider, SELC, and WELC.

We Stand
for Gaza

The Reality

Millions of people in Gaza are waking up every day not knowing if they’ll survive it — no clean water, no food, no shelter, no safety. This isn’t a distant abstraction. It’s a daily reality that rarely breaks through in mainstream media or our news feeds. The only difference between their lives and ours is geography and circumstance. We don’t have the power to end this. But we have the power to not look away.

Why We Stand

Empathy isn’t about agreement. It’s about recognizing the shared humanity in every person — especially those who are suffering. When soup kitchens operate in crisis zones, they’re not just serving meals. They’re affirming that every human life has value. No one deserves to starve. Compassion transcends borders, politics, and difference. We support this work because we stand for humanity. We stand for those who have nothing. We stand for those whose voices are drowned out by the noise of the world. We stand because if the roles were reversed, we would desperately hope that someone, somewhere, would stand for us. Not as a statement. As practice.

Who We’re Backing

We’re directing funding to two Palestinian-led organizations adapting in real time to shifting needs on the ground. Gaza Soup Kitchen has served over 3 million meals to families facing starvation, along with providing water and shelter. Dalia Association empowers Palestinian communities through grassroots development and civil society strengthening. Both are rooted in the communities they serve. Both are built for the long term. When you transfer funds to them, it reaches real people — like 10-year-old Saleh Sadda, for whom the soup kitchen is his displaced family’s only reliable source of food. “Every day I get food from the soup kitchen for my family. We come here because we have no money. Prices are high. People have no food.”

Our Previous Reports

Funded Projects Throughout the Years

View all of our partners by the year they were funded:

20242022