What The Praxis Project does

The Praxis Project is an independent U.S. non-profit organization, incorporated in California as The Praxis Project, Inc., that operates as a national movement support intermediary focused on centering community-led power for health equity, racial justice, and food justice. Its programmatic surface spans capacity building for community-based organizations through fiscal sponsorship, peer learning via Learning Circles, educational resources hosted on the Praxis Learning Center, the In Praxis podcast series featuring basebuilding organizers, an annual Roots & Remedies Convening, policy advocacy around sugary drink taxes, and a Community Power Building Organization Index that tracks and supports grassroots public health organizations.

The organization's underlying technology stack is modest and oriented toward content delivery rather than proprietary software: a Squarespace-hosted website, podcast syndication across Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher, and publication of research briefs and policy documents. The flagship content artifacts include the 2024 Berkeley SSB Tax evaluation report, the 2022 Network Survey Brief on community power, the Equity in Action brief on declarations of racism as a public health crisis (co-produced with Berkeley Media Studies Group), and a Popular Education brief on dialogue and liberation.

The Praxis Project's revenue model is consistent with a grant- and donation-funded non-profit: foundation grants (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is explicitly named in connection with the Culture of Health Prize), individual donations via its website, and fiscal sponsorship administrative fees for emerging organizations using Praxis as their fiscal umbrella. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, with outreach through partner organizations, convenings, webinars, podcasts, and learning circles rather than traditional commercial sales channels. The customer base is composed of community-based organizations, movement organizations, and emerging social-change initiatives seeking capacity-building support and administrative infrastructure.

Name

The Praxis Project

Legal name

The Praxis Project, Inc.

Website

https://thepraxisproject.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Praxis Project is a national non-profit movement support intermediary providing fiscal sponsorship, learning circles, research publications, and convenings for community-based organizations working on health equity, racial justice, and food justice.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: The organization accepts donations through their website, functioning as a non-profit organization.
2. Fiscal Sponsorship: Movement Building Fiscal Sponsorship services for emerging organizations and projects, providing administrative and financial infrastructure.
3. Grant Funding: Funded by foundations including Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for initiatives like the Culture of Health Prize.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Praxis Project is a national movement support intermediary that provides capacity building, fiscal sponsorship, learning circles, convenings, and research/publication resources to community-based organizations working on health equity, racial equity, and food justice. Its core monetizable service is Movement Building Fiscal Sponsorship, which delivers administrative and financial infrastructure to emerging organizations, complemented by free educational programming, peer learning, and field-building resources.

Product overview

The Praxis Project is a national movement support intermediary offering a portfolio of interconnected capacity building products and services for social change. The core offerings include the In Praxis Podcast (a storytelling platform), the Praxis Learning Center (educational resources), Learning Circles (collaborative learning), Movement Building Fiscal Sponsorship (financial infrastructure), the Community Power Building Index (research), Roots & Remedies Convening (annual gathering), Sugary Drink Tax advocacy work, and various reports and publications. These products work together to support grassroots organizing, knowledge sharing, and field development across issues of health, justice, and racial equity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Movement Building Fiscal Sponsorship Financial and administrative support services for grassroots organizations and movement building initiatives, providing infrastructure including back-office, financial management, and compliance support for social change work. Applied for via a Fiscal Sponsorship Inquiry Form.
• Learning Circles Collaborative learning initiatives that bring together community groups to share knowledge, experiences, and strategies for building community power. Participants join facilitated peer learning sessions as part of the network.
• Roots & Remedies Convening Annual convening bringing together community organizers and practitioners to connect, share strategies, and build collective power around health and racial equity. Includes the Roots & Remedies format and movement building tracks.
• Praxis Learning Center Educational platform offering resources and learning materials for capacity building and social change work, accessible to community-based organizations and practitioners.
• Community Power Building Organization Index (CBPH Index) A research and indexing resource that tracks and documents community power building organizations and their effectiveness, supporting field-level analysis of the basebuilding ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• Published comprehensive report on Berkeley's 10-year SSB tax impacts
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Berkeley Media Studies Group (BMSG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA program of the Public Health Institute, BMSG collaborated with Praxis on research examining declarations of racism as a public health crisis, including surveys, Learning Circles, and media analyses.
• ChangeLab SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered on two policy briefs to aid policymakers and changemakers in advancing economic prosperity and racial equity in rural communities.
• Collaborative for Anti-Racism & Equity (CARE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted webinar on 'Equity in Action: How Communities Can Drive Implementation of Declarations of Racism as a Public Health Crisis'.
• Community Justice ExchangeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Praxis on a virtual premiere of 'Getting Free from the Cage Within,' an animated video exploring radical healing, abolition, and popular education.
• Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured on the In Praxis podcast, CIW represents farm workers in Immokalee, FL advancing worker rights through the Fair Food Program and campaign. Their work exemplifies community power building for food justice.
• New Mexico Acequia Association (NMAA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured on the In Praxis podcast, NMAA supports small farmers and youth education around acequia water systems, intergenerational farming, and traditional seed stewardship in Northern New Mexico.
• Gem City MarketcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured on the In Praxis podcast, Gem City Market is a worker-owned cooperative grocery store in West Dayton, Ohio - the first full-service grocery store for 40,000 residents. Represents community-driven food justice transformation.
• Food Youth Initiative (FYI) at Center for Environmental Farming SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth network of seven+ youth groups doing food justice work across North Carolina. Coordinated by Bevelyn Afor Ukah, connected to the Rooted in Community national network.
• Rooted in Community NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network of youth food justice organizations. Food Youth Initiative has been involved for 5-6 years, with youth attending national gatherings.
• Health Resources in ActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAna Maria Delarosa from Healthy & Equitable Communities at Health Resources in Action featured in informational webinar for RWJF 2023 Culture of Health Prize.
• Coalition of Immokalee WorkerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFarm worker organization that has brought 9 federal cases freeing 1500+ workers from slavery. Achieved Fair Food Program agreements with 14 corporations including Taco Bell and McDonald's.
• Local Hospital SystemsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with hospital systems to establish health clinic and teaching kitchen inside Gem City Market cooperative.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Common Counsel Foundation: Fiscal sponsor and foundation incubator that supports grassroots organizations and donor collaboratives. Directly comparable in delivering fiscal sponsorship services and movement-building infrastructure for community-led social change.
• Movement Strategy Center: National movement support intermediary providing capacity building, organizing support, and fiscal infrastructure to basebuilding organizations across racial and economic justice — directly comparable in mission, structure, and target constituents to The Praxis Project.
• New Venture Fund: Large 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor that incubates and administers donor-driven public-interest projects across progressive issue areas. Directly competes with Praxis's Movement Building Fiscal Sponsorship program and serves overlapping movement-building constituents.
• Borealis Philanthropy: Social-justice intermediary functioning as a fiscal sponsor and funder collaborative, with explicit focus on racial equity and movement building. Directly comparable in mission, funder-collaborative model, and constituency served.
• Center for Community Change: National movement-building organization supporting grassroots organizing on economic and racial justice. Comparable in providing capacity building, network infrastructure, and policy/field-building support to basebuilding organizations.
• Ayni Institute: Movement support intermediary offering capacity-building, network weaving, and resource mobilization for grassroots organizing. Directly comparable as a smaller-scale, mission-aligned intermediary focused on supporting frontline organizing ecosystems.
• National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP): Research and advocacy intermediary focused on increasing philanthropic resources for social justice movements and marginalized communities. Comparable as a movement-support intermediary that influences funder behavior and field infrastructure.
• NEO Philanthropy: Fiscal sponsor and intermediary that incubates and supports progressive movements and nonprofits. Closely comparable in providing fiscal sponsorship, capacity building, and coalition infrastructure for social-justice-focused organizations.
• Race Forward: National racial-justice organization that operates fiscal-sponsorship-like infrastructure, publishes research, and convenes practitioners in movement building. Comparable in centering racial equity as the operational frame for community power work.

Emerging players

• Liberated Capital: BIPOC-led fiscal sponsorship intermediary focused on reparations, racial justice, and movement building. Comparable as a smaller, specialized fiscal-sponsorship intermediary operating in an overlapping thematic space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/PraxisProjectOrg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-praxis-project

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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