January 12, 2026
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Press Release
January 12, 2026
Today, Decolonizing Wealth Project (DWP) announced $1.5M in grants awarded in 2025 through its Case4Reparations Fund, bringing the organization's total investment in the reparations movement to over $12M since 2021. Powered by Liberated Capital, DWP's giving community and funding vehicle, this latest round supported 22 Black-led organizations advancing reparative advocacy and economic justice initiatives across the U.S. The Fund has now supported 57 organizations.
The Fund provides flexible funding to support Black-led organizing and advocacy for economic repair and solidarity across the United States. Since its inception, Case4Reparations grantee partners' work has resulted in significant policy and community-level wins including the permanent creation of the Cook County Promis Guranteed Income with a $7.5M budget allocation; the establishment of Chicago's first municipal Reparations Task Force with $500,000 budget allocation; the introduction of reparations legislation in California and a $12 million budget allocation for state-based efforts; the City of Lakeland, MD directing $400,000 towards reparative initiatives; the establishment of New Jersey's Reparations Council; and most recently, the passage of New York State's Reparations Bill.
"Economic solidarity is at the heart of our work at DWP—the understanding that our economic futures are interconnected and that we must resource movements working to dismantle exploitative systems and build shared prosperity," said Edgar Villanueva, Founder and CEO of the Decolonizing Wealth Project. "Reparative giving is the cornerstone of our 10-year, $1 trillion Moonshot strategy, and this fund demonstrates this commitment in action by investing in the Black reparations movement doing transformative work for economic justice."
"What we're seeing across cities and states is undeniable: local reparations wins are building the foundation for national transformation," said Katelyn Johnson, Executive Director, BlackRoots Alliance and Advisory Committee Member of Decolonizing Wealth Project's Case4Reparations Fund. "The Case4Reparations grantee partners are igniting social change by demonstrating what's possible when our leaders are resourced and when organizations invest in the healing and economic justice needed for everyone to thrive."
The 2025 grantee partners for the Case4Reparations Fund are:
- Black Lives Matter Minnesota
- Black Wall Street Business Center/Power Group
- Blackroots Alliance
- California Black Power Network
- Chicago Torture Justice Center
- Conrad Worrill Community Reparations Commission
- Descendants of the St. Louis University Enslaved, Inc.
- Equal Justice Society
- Equity And Transformation (EAT)
- FirstRepair
- Get Free
- Joanne M. Braxton Institute for Sustainability, Resiliency, and Joy!
- Justice for Greenwood
- KC Reparations Coalition
- National Black Cultural Information Trust, Inc.
- National Conference of Black Lawyers
- New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
- Racial Justice NOW!
- Reparation Education Project, Inc.
- Reparations Stakeholders Authority of Evanston
- Reparations United
- Why We Can't Wait (WWCW) Reparations Network
For more information, please visit: https://www.decolonizingwealth.com/initiatives/case-for-reparations
ABOUT DECOLONIZING WEALTH PROJECT Decolonizing Wealth Project (DWP) transforms wealth into collective wellbeing. Established in 2018 and led by Edgar Villanueva, an Indigenous, award-winning author and expert on wealth, spirituality, and social justice, DWP operates through three key strategies: sector transformation, storytelling and culture, and reparative giving. DWP's work has radically transformed the philanthropic sector and has facilitated the distribution of nearly $1 billion for social justice efforts. Through Liberated Capital, DWP's giving community and funding vehicle, it granted over $30 million to support economic solidarity, wellbeing, and earth and climate efforts.
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