GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE

What GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE does

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ) is a U.S.-based nonprofit national alliance founded in 2002 after a delegation of U.S. organizers returned from the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with 13 employees, GGJ convenes more than 60 U.S.-based grassroots base-building organizations led by working-class communities and communities of color — including Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian Pacific Islander, and Arab constituencies — focused on climate justice, gender justice, anti-militarism, and a just transition to a feminist, anti-racist, regenerative economy. The alliance operates as a movement-building intermediary rather than a product company, translating its proprietary Transformative Organizing Model into training schools (Feminist Organizing Schools, Transformative Organizing School), campaigns (the People's Care Agenda, DemilitaRISE), publications (Just Transition Primer, Chasing Carbon Unicorns, A People's Orientation to a Regenerative Economy), and international delegations (UNFCCC COP summits since 2009, World Social Forums, the Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organizing School across nearly 60 countries).

GGJ's revenue model is a traditional nonprofit structure composed of institutional philanthropy grants, individual donations collected through its online donation platform, and resource mobilization programs that channel pooled funds to the broader grassroots organizing sector. Programs and resources are distributed through direct engagement with member organizations, international delegations, political education schools, online resource platforms, and coalition participation (It Takes Roots, Rising Majority, May Day Strong). Pricing is not applicable as GGJ does not sell products or services; member organizations contribute through participation and the alliance is funded primarily by external philanthropy. GGJ is governed by a Board of Directors (Board Chair Kandi White of Indigenous Environmental Network; Action Fund Board Chair Alma Santana of Mujeres Unidas y Activas) and recently underwent a leadership transition in 2025, with Cindy Wiesner stepping down after 14 years as Executive Director and Marcia Olivo serving as Interim Executive Director.

Name

GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE

Legal name

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance

Website

https://ggjalliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance is a U.S.-based nonprofit national alliance of 60+ grassroots base-building organizations advancing climate justice, gender justice, anti-militarism, and a just transition through training schools, campaigns, and international solidarity work with frontline communities.

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Product category

Social Movement Organizing and Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN), Youth Leadership, Civic Education & Service-Learning Nonprofits (BPAGADAI), Global Health Advocacy, Policy & Rights Organizations (HLAJAKAO)

Keywords

• Grassroots organizing alliance
• Community organizing coalition
• Political education training
• Movement leadership development
• Social justice organizing

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Philanthropy: GGJ receives funding from institutional foundations and donors to support alliance operations, programs, and resource mobilization to the broader grassroots organizing sector.
2. Individual Donations: The organization accepts individual donations through its online donation platform to support organizational work and leadership transitions.
3. Resource Mobilization Programs: GGJ grows base of resource support for grassroots social movements from institutional philanthropy, individual donors, and other forms to support the alliance's work and move greater resources to the grassroots organizing sector.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance is a national membership alliance of over 60 U.S.-based grassroots organizing groups that delivers movement-building programs, political training schools, anti-militarism and climate-justice campaigns, and international solidarity coordination. The organization provides training programs (Feminist Organizing Schools, Transformative Organizing School), runs advocacy campaigns (The People's Care Agenda, DemilitaRISE, Global Well-being), and produces policy toolkits and reports for member organizations and grassroots organizers.

Product overview

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance is a national alliance of over 60 U.S.-based grassroots organizing groups that functions as a movement-building organization rather than a technology company. The organization offers a portfolio of political education programs, training schools, and advocacy resources centered on four key work areas: DemilitaRISE (anti-militarism), Grassroots Feminisms (gender justice), Global Well-being (climate justice), and Movement Building. Core training programs include the Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organizing School (IFOS), National Feminist Organizing Schools, and Transformative Organizing School (co-hosted with Right to the City Alliance). The organization produces publications and toolkits including the Just Transition Primer, Chasing Carbon Unicorns report, and A People's Orientation to a Regenerative Economy toolkit. The People's Care Agenda serves as a major campaign framework for resisting authoritarianism and advancing local legislation. All offerings are delivered through their website platform and are not technology products in the traditional sense.

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Brands

• Grassroots Global Justice: Full organizational name; GGJ is the common abbreviation

Products and services

• The People's Care Agenda A campaign framework of popular demands for communities to withstand authoritarian attacks, protect communities, and build healthy, resilient futures. It advances local legislation that invests in real solutions and builds power to take back governing power, targeting U.S. communities and member organizations.
• Feminist Organizing Schools Political training institutes for grassroots feminist organizers, encompassing the national Feminist Organizing School (which has trained over 600 leaders) and the Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organizing School (IFOS) conducted with international partners including World March of Women, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Grassroots International. IFOS reaches facilitators and organizers from nearly 60 countries and territories.
• Transformative Organizing School A training program co-developed with the Right to the City Alliance that uses the Transformative Organizing Model to train organizers in building resilient and effective grassroots movements. Has trained nearly 150 organizers from 26 member organizations.
• Movement Building Programs Grassroots movement building initiatives that strengthen collective alignment and power, including relationships of solidarity between U.S. organizations and global movements, political education, skill sharing, and joint action. Targets member organizations and grassroots organizers across the alliance.
• DemilitaRISE Anti-militarism organizing program that engages people impacted by U.S. militarism at home and globally, including war-impacted communities, communities impacted by police violence, immigration enforcement, mass incarceration, and veterans. Focuses on divesting from institutions of harm and investing in economies of care.
• Global Well-being Programs Climate justice initiatives that engage in international climate meetings (COP delegations since 2009), advance the Green New Deal, and develop Just Transition frameworks for communities transitioning from extractive economies. Targets U.S. frontline communities and international movement partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trained over 600 leaders in nearly 60 countries through Feminist Organizing Schools
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• La Jornada ContinentalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2023Continental Alliance against Neoliberalism and for Democracy. Hosted the first in-person Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organizing School in Honduras in August 2023.
• Transnational Institute (TNI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 September 2022Co-published 'From Crisis to Transformation: A Just Transition Primer' with GGJ in September 2022. TNI is a progressive think-and-do tank based in Amsterdam working on global justice issues.
• World March of Women (WMW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGGJ is the 65th National Coordinating Body of the World March of Women, serving as the U.S. chapter of this global feminist action network that started in 1995. The WMW connects grassroots groups across all continents working on Peace and demilitarization, Violence against women, Women's work/economic autonomy, and Common good/public services.
• Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIEN is a key co-development partner for the Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organizing School (IFOS) and the broader feminist organizing work. IEN brings Indigenous environmental justice perspective to the alliance's climate and anti-militarism work.
• Grassroots InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-creator of the Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organizing School project 'La Esperanza Radical' (Radical Hope). Provides international grantmaking and solidarity support connecting U.S. movements with global movements.
• Right to the City Alliance (RTTC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developer of the Transformative Organizing School with GGJ, training thousands of organizers in growing movements to disrupt systems of oppression and achieve lasting change.
• It Takes Roots (ITR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerITR is an alignment across Indigenous Environmental Network, Climate Justice Alliance, Right to the City Alliance, and Grassroots Global Justice Alliance. ITR centers leadership and power of urban and rural communities on frontlines of racial, housing, and climate justice. GGJ coordinates and coheres progressive-left forces through ITR.
• Climate Justice Alliance (CJA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the It Takes Roots alignment. CJA coordinates frontline communities advancing Just Transition frameworks and is a key partner in the People's Orientation to a Regenerative Economy initiative.
• Funders for DemilitarizationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGGJ is a founding partner of this funder organizing project and pooled fund that seeks to increase philanthropic resources for demilitarization work and strengthen engagement between funders and grassroots movements.
• Strategies for Social Change LLCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerA woman of color-owned, nationally recognized capacity building and leadership development practice conducting the executive search and transition process for GGJ's new Executive Director.
• CapireminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazilian feminist media and education organization that produces multimedia content for social movements, featured as an IFOS curriculum partner.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• La Via Campesina: Global movement of peasant and rural organizations spanning 80+ countries. Highly comparable as a grassroots alliance model with similar theory-of-change approach to food sovereignty, climate justice, and anti-imperialism.
• People's Action: National organizing network of 40+ member organizations on economic, racial, and immigrant justice. Directly comparable national alliance structure and political education model, with larger scale and overlapping member organizations.
• Movement for Black Lives: Larger and broader coalition of Black-led organizations pursuing racial justice, including many of the same grassroots constituencies GGJ organizes. Highly comparable on social justice advocacy, mission, and coalition-building, but operates with broader scope.

Emerging players

• Transnational Institute (TNI): Co-publisher with GGJ of the Just Transition Primer. TNI is a progressive think-and-do tank producing analysis that GGJ operationalizes through member organizing — making it an adjacent peer on substantive climate-justice policy work.

Direct peers

• Center for Popular Democracy (CPD): National network organization supporting state-level affiliates of grassroots groups on racial, economic, and immigrant rights. Directly comparable in model, scale, and progressive movement-building focus, with overlapping political education and member alignment work.
• Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN): Core partner in It Takes Roots alignment and co-developer of GGJ's Berta Cáceres IFOS. IEN is a comparable Indigenous-led network of grassroots organizations working on environmental and climate justice, with similar membership-alliance structure and frontline community focus.
• Climate Justice Alliance (CJA): Member of It Takes Roots alignment with GGJ. CJA is a directly comparable national alliance of frontline grassroots organizations advancing Just Transition frameworks, serving overlapping members and funders with mission-aligned base-building organizing.
• Friends of the Earth International (FoEI): Co-publisher with GGJ of the Chasing Carbon Unicorns report. FoEI is the world's largest grassroots environmental federation, directly comparable to GGJ as a federated grassroots network operating across dozens of countries on climate and environmental justice.
• Right to the City Alliance (RTTC): Co-developer of GGJ's Transformative Organizing School and It Takes Roots member. RTTC is a directly comparable membership alliance of grassroots organizations focused on housing, racial, and economic justice, sharing GGJ's coalition and political education model.
• World March of Women (WMW): International feminist action network of which GGJ is the 65th National Coordinating Body. Directly comparable as a membership-based feminist alliance advancing peace, demilitarization, and economic justice across continents.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ggjalliance
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grassroots-global-justice

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