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BUILDING COLLECTIVE CULTURAL POWER

The Constellations Culture Change Fund & Initiative sought to build collective power among BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) Artist Disruptors, Culture Bearers, and cultural strategy organizations working at the intersections of art, culture, and social justice from 2021 - 2024.

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UPLIFTING OUR CONSTELLATIONS FELLOWS & PARTNERS

Read about our Constellations fellows and their collaborative partner organizations creating place-based projects, deepening cultural practices that build narrative power in their communites.

Learn more about our Fellowship Cohort
RADICAL INVESTMENT FOR TRANSFORMATIVE NARRATIVE POWER

“We believe in the power of communities to author their own narratives from their own locations and perspectives—and recognize that in order for narrative change to be rooted in community, it must be funded in community.”

Read our featured article for Grantmakers in the Arts

Change is a Process: What If Philanthropy Had the Courage to Take Its Cues From Nature?

Learn how the Constellations Culture Change Fund & Initiative reimagined grantmaking through flexible, community-led approaches inspired by mycelial networks. Read the article by Erin Lynn Williams and Ilegvak here.

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Read our 2025 Love Letter to the Community

After three years of power building, Constellations has completed its journey in this iteration.
Our learnings and lessons will remain integral to the ongoing work of Cultural Power.

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A Field Initiative Built on Trust

Constellations’ Erin Lynn Williams and Cinthia Carvajal were featured in the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project blog, where they shared about building trust and narrative alignment as the initiative resources BIPOC Artist Disruptors and Culture Bearers working to advance narrative and cultural power.

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