Overview
The Power of Pop Fund is a pooled fund supporting organisations using pop culture and creativity to advance justice in the UK. The Fund has a particular focus on migration and racial justice, while acknowledging the deep interwoven causes of climate justice, gender justice, economic justice and democracy.
Collectively, our funded partners use storytelling and cultural methods to amplify the experiences of racialized communities with a view making society more equitable. We champion community leaders, support organisations and foster the development of the field. We support organisations who think outside the box, developing innovative interventions to achieve profound impact.
PoP Fund - At a glance
At a glance
Timeframe:
2022-2027
Number of funded partners:
9
Total Programme Value:
£4.45 million
Location:
United Kingdom
Co-funders:
Unbound Philanthropy, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Oak Foundation and the Linbury Trust.
Goals
The Power of Pop Fund is grounded on three goals
1: Cultivate Community Leadership
We fund organisations led by people from systemically marginalised communities, with an understanding that there is power in who gets to create and influence culture. By supporting community leadership, we hope to leave positive imprints and lasting legacies.
2: Strengthen Organisations
We fund organisations who have identified their unique contribution to social justice and champion their autonomy, integrity, and authenticity. We offer wrap around support to facilitate healthy organisational life spans, in the belief that sustained interventions are essential for systemic change. The concept of organisational strength is subjective, and we work with funded partners to identify what ideal operations would look like for them.
3: Build Infrastructure
We work to strengthen the pop culture for social justice ecosystem by facilitating networks and bridging new connections between industries, sectors and actors. As part of this, we encourage connections beyond borders, bringing our funded partners into relationship with diverse collaborators.
Current Funded Partners
Current Funded Partners
We are partnering with the following organisations, all of whom work at the intersection of pop culture and social change, to implement the work on the PoP Fund:
Skin Deep
We Are Bridge
Counterpoints Arts
Reports and Publications
Case Studies
News and Updates
Recommendations for the sector
The need for long-term core funding is pressing for organisations working at the intersections of arts, creativity and narrative/cultural change.
It is important that the field continues to champion the voices of organisations working across racial and migrant justice.
There is a benefit in proactive knowledge exchange between funders, creatives, corporates and public bodies interested in the social impact of culture and the arts.