Winning strategies.
Building power.  

We’re a fearless partner for people fighting for social justice, helping them mobilize communities, build political power and change policy.

Our focus areas

Dismantling inequities and creating a just society.

Tides Advocacy works with hundreds of partners representing diverse local and national networks and issue areas. We focus on working with and on behalf of communities most impacted by injustice to align political strategies and investments for policy wins and lasting social change.

We promote civic engagement and reversing systemic disenfranchisement of people from exercising their democratic rights.

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Democracy

We build power to advance real justice and defend the rights of those most impacted by discrimination and racism.

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Equality & Human Rights

We tackle inequality to advance a world where every individual can access economic, housing, and educational opportunities to live a life of dignity.

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Shared Prosperity

We advance equitable policies and systems so every community has clean air, water, and land as well as access to quality health systems and comprehensive care.

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Health & the Environment

Our services

Experience matters.

We bring over 25 years of wisdom and experience to provide political infrastructure, capacity building, grant-making support, and advising services to incubate innovative advocacy initiatives. Our partnerships bridge boundaries and spark sustained investment for social change.

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We provide comprehensive infrastructure to build and accelerate the ability of changemakers to use a political strategy to change policies and systems.

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We foster unlikely and resilient partnerships across our network of policy makers, philanthropists, private sector leaders, and activists to drive policy reform.

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Consulting

We provide deep expertise in the areas of legal compliance, infrastructure, grantmaking, landscape research, and political strategy.

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We amplify the giving strategies of donors interested in using advocacy to achieve equity and lasting social change.

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Pro-Black Framework

Dismantling white supremacist and extractive policies, systems and institutions.

We support and uplift Black people by centering the dignity, humanity, and restoration of Black lives which is critical to collective liberation

Our services

Experience matters.

We bring over 25 years of wisdom and experience to provide political infrastructure, capacity building, grant-making support, and advising services to incubate innovative advocacy initiatives. Our partnerships bridge boundaries and spark sustained investment for social change.

Start a Project

We provide comprehensive infrastructure to build and accelerate the ability of changemakers to use a political strategy to change policies and systems.

Consulting

We provide deep expertise in the areas of legal compliance, infrastructure, grantmaking, landscape research, and political strategy.

Capacity Building

We provide training, ongoing personalized advisory services, and connections with other movement leaders so that every question goes answered and no opportunity is missed.

Start a Fund

We amplify the giving strategies of donors interested in using advocacy to achieve equity and lasting social change.

Start a Collaborative

We foster unlikely and resilient partnerships across our network of policy makers, philanthropists, private sector leaders, and activists to drive policy reform.

Grantmaking

Empowering movements to advance equity in underserved communities.

Unmatched wisdom, experience and support for movements

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The Latest from Tides Advocacy.

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A Time of Love, Evolution, and Transition

After seven visionary years as the inaugural full-time CEO of Tides Advocacy, Romy Avila has made the thoughtful –but difficult decision to embark on a new chapter. Under Romy’s leadership, our organization has expanded its reach and deepened its impact, fostering a culture of radical love and unwavering perseverance that has driven us to challenge the increments of change and strive for transformation.

Black History/Black Futures Month | The Blessing of Serving Community: Q&A with Renita Francois, Chief Strategy Officer

Tides Advocacy is proud to be the nation’s first pro-Black fiscal sponsor, steered by dynamic leaders who believe in the value of revolutionary love and building strong, pro-Black movements. To kick off Black History/Futures Month, we chatted with our Chief Strategy Officer, Renita Francois. Check out her reflections on strategy, what funders can learn, channeling the energy of Malcolm X and Fannie Lou Hamer, and her experience advocating for Black folks in New York in the latest installment of our Black Love Rising campaign

Reflecting on 2023

As we approach the end of 2023, we want to take a moment to reflect on the journey we've shared this year. Throughout these twelve months, Tides Advocacy has been dedicated to deepening our commitment to liberation as the guiding principle that energizes our work. As a labor of love, we've taken significant steps towards transforming a 25-year institution through our pro-Black framework in pursuit of justice and centering movements

Organizing Young Latino Power in The Real OC - Hairo Cortes of Chispa

We know that young people are the future of our democracy and our conversation with Hairo Cortes, Founder and Executive Director of Chispa, only further emphasizes how important it is to not just include but center our organizing strategies around the leadership of young people

Love, Liberation, and Reflections from Beyond Impact. #Givemoreeveryday

We are pursuing liberation, and one essential element often overlooked is the profound power of love in building political infrastructure. Love, as James Baldwin fiercely reminds us, can remove the masks we wear and transcend the barriers we've constructed. It is the force that unites, strengthens, and nourishes us in the face of adversity. But supporting love when it's challenging, when it's not recognized as a critical tool for power, and especially when it feels isolating, can be daunting

Listening to Detained Immigrants for the Path to Liberation: Q&A with Maru Mora Villalpando, Founder of La Resistencia

We’re honored to have spent time in conversation with Maru Mora Villalpando, Founder of La Resistencia, one of Tides Advocacy’s grantee partners. Based in Tacoma, Washington, this nonprofit organization is doing incredibly important work to empower those impacted by the immigration enforcement system and end the unjust treatment of undocumented immigrants in this country.

Tides Advocacy has been absolutely critical to our work.

Gladys LimoN

California Environmental Justice Alliance Action