A Bold Transition: Future Coalition’s Sunset and the Launch of Future Incubator
After much reflection, thoughtful discussion, and difficult decision-making, Future Coalition has decided to officially sunset as an organization.
The decision to close the chapter of Future Coalition was not made lightly. As an organization dedicated to resourcing young changemakers and driving transformational social and political change, we faced significant fundraising challenges. Unfortunately, our efforts to secure the necessary funding to sustain and grow our work in youth organizing were not enough to meet the demands of our vision. This is not a reflection of the incredible impact we’ve had, but rather a stark reminder of how the current nonprofit and philanthropic structures are limiting and hindering our movements.
Future Coalition has done incredible work in the last seven years of operation. We’ve empowered youth organizers by awarding nearly $2,000,000 in grants through the Youth Direct Action Fund. We’ve contributed to the record number of young people showing up to vote in the last several election cycles through our civic engagement program. We’ve facilitated collaboration and coalition building with hundreds of youth-led groups organizing across a range of issues including climate justice, gun violence prevention, racial justice, and voting. We’ve fiscally sponsored, amplified, trained, and mentored countless young people committed to creating change. Future Coalition’s impact has been profound, and it will continue to reverberate in the communities we’ve touched.
While this iteration of Future Coalition is coming to an end, it is not the end of our mission. Future Incubator, a fiscal sponsorship program tailored to the specific demands of youth and grassroots organizers, one of Future Coalition’s signature programs, has launched as an independent nonprofit organization! This is a continuation of Future Coalition’s commitment to providing resources and support to young changemakers who have developed projects that address the most pressing challenges of our time. We invite you to follow along with them @future_incubator and support their efforts to resource young people pushing for change in their communities.
Future Coalition’s legacy endures in the leaders, campaigns, and communities we helped seed and in the capacities and coalitions that will keep growing long after this chapter closes. While it’s natural to feel bittersweet, social movements move in cycles: organizations rise and recede to make space for new energy, new strategies, and new voices. We don’t mark this transition with sorrow, but with gratitude and determination. We know the work lives on in all of us, and we, the people, remain steadfast in our commitment to building a just, liberated, and sustainable world.
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