TIDES ADVOCACY

Provides political, legal, financial, and operational infrastructure—including strategy development, compliance support, and grantmaking—to incubate and scale high-impact advocacy initiatives and BIPOC-led movements.

Provides political, legal, financial, and operational infrastructure—including strategy development, compliance support, and grantmaking—to incubate, scale, and sustain innovative advocacy initiatives and BIPOC-led movements.

Strengthens advocacy movements by providing political, legal, financial, and operational infrastructure—including strategy development, compliance support, and grantmaking—to incubate and scale innovative, high-impact advocacy initiatives.

Tides Advocacy utilizes a Pro-Black framework to actively dismantle white supremacist and extractive systems, advance thriving communities, and center the dignity, humanity, and restoration of Black lives as a pathway to collective liberation and systemic change for all.

Tides Advocacy centers policy development on communities most affected by injustice, leveraging their experiential wisdom. They also prioritize frontline wisdom and real-time problem-solving in convening design to strengthen movement sustainability and build equitable solutions.

Uses 501(c)(4) giving circles and strategic grantmaking to enable collective funding of lobbying, grassroots organizing, and advocacy, with a focus on BIPOC-led movements and early investment to build transformative political power.

Uses 501(c)(4) giving circles and strategic grantmaking to pool resources and shift power to BIPOC-led movements, investing early and consistently in civic engagement and transformative advocacy infrastructure.

Deploys high-return advocacy investments—including early funding for BIPOC-led organizations, 501(c)(4) giving circles, and year-round civic engagement—to shift power to underrepresented communities, drive policy change, and build transformative political power.

Tides Advocacy strengthens advocacy infrastructure by convening movement leaders, facilitating collective strategizing, and fostering cross-sector partnerships to build collective power and drive political change.

Strengthens advocacy movements by providing political infrastructure, capacity building, strategic advising, and operational support—centering frontline communities and their experiential wisdom in the design and scaling of high-impact initiatives.

Centers policy development and convening design on the experiential wisdom of communities most impacted by injustice, particularly frontline and BIPOC leaders, to create equitable, sustainable, and high-impact advocacy strategies.

Centers policy development and movement strategy on communities most impacted by injustice, leveraging experiential wisdom, frontline leadership, and real-time problem solving to build equitable, sustainable solutions and strengthen movement power.

Centers policy development and convening design on communities most affected by injustice, leveraging experiential wisdom and frontline leadership to build equitable, sustainable solutions and strengthen movement power.

Centers policy development and movement strategy on communities most affected by injustice, leveraging experiential wisdom and frontline leadership to design equitable, sustainable solutions and strengthen movement power.

Centers policy development and movement strategy on communities most impacted by injustice, leveraging experiential wisdom, frontline leadership, and real-time problem solving to build equitable, sustainable solutions and strengthen movement resilience.

Provides political, legal, financial, and operational infrastructure—including strategy development, compliance expertise, grantmaking support, and convening power—to incubate and scale innovative, BIPOC-led advocacy initiatives and strengthen the broader ecosystem of systemic change.

Provides political infrastructure, legal and financial compliance support, strategic advising, and grantmaking to incubate and scale advocacy initiatives, enabling safe and effective organizing through operational empowerment.

Advances systemic change through high-return advocacy strategies—including ballot measures, candidate support, and lobbying—enabled by rigorous legal, financial, and political compliance that creates safe space for partners to organize and advocate.

Uses strategic grantmaking—including early investment in BIPOC-led organizations, 501(c)(4) giving circles, and support for lobbying and direct action—to shift political power to underrepresented communities and drive systemic change.

Strategically invests in high-return advocacy, including early support for BIPOC-led organizations, year-round civic engagement, and 501(c)(4) giving circles, to shift power, influence policy, and build long-term transformative change.

Deploys strategic grantmaking and early investment through 501(c)(4) giving circles and direct funding to support BIPOC-led organizations, year-round civic engagement, and high-return advocacy tactics like ballot measures and accountability campaigns to shift power and drive systemic change.

Tides Advocacy directs funding towards high-impact advocacy strategies, including ballot measures, candidate support, accountability campaigns, lobbying, and direct action, prioritizing systemic change over traditional charitable services.

Strengthens collective advocacy power by convening movement leaders and fostering cross-sector partnerships among activists, philanthropists, policymakers, and private sector leaders to drive coordinated policy reform.

Strengthens advocacy infrastructure by convening movement leaders and fostering cross-sector partnerships among policymakers, philanthropists, private sector leaders, and activists to drive coordinated policy reform and political change.

Builds collective power by convening movement leaders and fostering cross-sector collaborations among activists, philanthropists, policymakers, and private sector leaders to align strategies and advance systemic policy reform.

Leverages storytelling and narrative power as tools for political influence and movement engagement, combined with unconventional advocacy methods to challenge dominant systems and drive transformative change.

Uses storytelling and narrative power as strategic tools to shift public discourse, influence policy, and deepen movement engagement.

Advances systemic change by wielding narrative power and storytelling to influence political discourse and public engagement, while fostering cross-sector collaborations among activists, policymakers, philanthropists, and private leaders to accelerate policy reform.

Applies a Pro-Black framework to dismantle white supremacist and extractive systems by centering the dignity, humanity, and restoration of Black lives, with the understanding that Black liberation creates pathways to collective liberation. This approach informs all aspects of strategy, grantmaking, and movement support.

Applies a Pro-Black framework to dismantle white supremacist and extractive systems, centering the dignity, humanity, and leadership of Black communities as a pathway to collective liberation and systemic transformation.

Applies a Pro-Black framework to dismantle white supremacist and extractive systems, centering the dignity, humanity, and restoration of Black lives as a pathway to collective liberation and thriving communities.

Applies a Pro-Black framework to dismantle white supremacist and extractive systems by centering the dignity, humanity, and leadership of Black communities as a pathway to collective liberation and systemic transformation.

Applies a Pro-Black framework to dismantle white supremacist and extractive systems by centering the dignity, humanity, and leadership of Black communities as a pathway to collective liberation and thriving, equitable communities.

Tides Advocacy offers strategy development, legal guidance, operational infrastructure, financial expertise, and compliance support to enable the creation, scaling, and effective execution of advocacy efforts, ensuring partners can focus on their mission while adhering to regulations.

Tides Advocacy combines education, collective strategizing, resource allocation, and early investment to support BIPOC-led movements and organizations, fostering equitable movement building and centering them in the political process for long-term transformative advocacy power.

Directs resources toward high-return advocacy strategies—including ballot measures, candidate support, accountability campaigns, and lobbying—prioritizing systemic change over service delivery and supporting year-round civic engagement led by BIPOC movements.

Employs innovative and non-traditional approaches to advance advocacy and drive policy change, complementing traditional strategies with creative tactics.

Combines unconventional advocacy tactics with strict adherence to nonviolence and legal compliance to create safe, effective spaces for lobbying, organizing, and political action—using compliance not as a constraint but as an empowering tool for movement participation.

Advances policy change through unconventional advocacy tactics, narrative power, storytelling, and movement convening to influence politics, engage movements, and build collective power.

Employs unconventional tactics, narrative power, and storytelling to shift public discourse, influence policy, and mobilize movements, while fostering cross-sector collaboration to drive political reform.

Prioritizes systemic change over service delivery by funding lobbying, direct action, ballot measures, and narrative power campaigns, using unconventional methods to advance advocacy and influence political outcomes.

Tides Advocacy employs grantmaking as a mechanism to foster a more inclusive democracy by intentionally shifting power to historically underrepresented communities.