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The Grove Action Fund was created in 2019 by a team of organizers and donors rooted in North and South Carolina. We share a deep belief that the best solutions for our communities are built through people-powered, grassroots organizing and led by Southern folks deeply impacted by the conditions on the ground. Additionally, we have been inspired by the multitude of Social Justice Funds across the country that promote social change through donor organizing and democratizing philanthropy through participatory grantmaking, and we are creating the very first fund of that kind in the U.S. South. We hold a strong belief that in order to sustain social justice movements, we must work toward the redistribution of wealth and power. We are working to create visible alternatives to traditional philanthropic practices that keep power in the hands of the wealthy and redistribute resources so movements can be fully self-determined rather than reliant.