Recipients of our Fund have succeeded in holding their employers accountable to ethical behavior. Others have launched independent unions, started nonprofits, and co-ops. And some have catapulted their environmental justice leadership into campaigns to run for public office!
Three worker funds have been launched by the Coworker Solidarity Fund to raise and disburse money for workplace activists.
Over 300 workers have received Coworker Solidarity Fund stipends. Many of them have made historic wins in their workplaces.
Over $900,000 have been disbursed by the Coworker Solidarity Fund to support workers democratize workplaces and the economy.
When you donate to our General Fund, you enable us to distribute money to workers under any of our existing Funds, and explore launching new ones. Donations to the General Fund help cover our non-profit platform operations, so we can continue to provide critical infrastructure for workers building democratic power.
Choose how you want to make your impact felt by donating to one of our worker funds. Thank you for your generous support—it’s what keeps us going!
Our Starbucks Workers Fund supports current and former Starbucks activists and organizers.
DonateOur Tech Workers Fund supports worker activists organizing across the tech labor supply chain.
DonateOur Googlers Emergency Fund supports workers impacted by the firings after protests over Project Nimbus.
DonateOur Hurricane Relief Fund will support low-wage workers impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton.
DonateOur Amazon Workers Fund will support workers organizing at Amazon workplaces across all jobs and functions.
DonateNo. Coworker Solidarity Fund is incorporated as a 501(c)(4) organization. Contributions to 501(c)(4) organizations are generally not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. For more information, please refer to the IRS guidelines on Donations to Section 501(c)(4) Organizations.
The Fund will consider the following criteria (developed by the Worker Committees in partnership with the Fund’s staff and board) in deciding whether or not to recommend funding:
At present, the only company-specific fund is the Starbucks Workers Fund.
Donations to the Tech Worker Fund support workers in multiple companies across the tech industry’s labor supply chain.
However, if a worker from a company or industry f0r which we do not have a fund applies for funding, worker committees of current funds may choose to support this worker, pending funding availability.
Coworker Solidarity Fund relies on contributions from individuals and philanthropic institutions. We also received in-kind support from Amalgamated Bank. You can make a donation to support our work here.
No. While Coworker Solidarity Fund, a 501(c)(4), and Coworker.org, a 501(c)(3), share vision and values in supporting worker-activists, the organizations are autonomous, financially and legally independent, and governed by separate Boards of Directors. Each does all of its own fundraising and makes its own decisions.
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