Across South Carolina, communities are navigating rising costs, safety concerns, shifting policies, and systems that often fail to meet their needs. In moments of disruption, communities have long relied on one another—through mutual aid, organizing, cultural work, healing, and community defense—to keep people safe, fed, connected, and supported. The Interdependence & Solidarity Fund (ISF) recognizes this work as essential community infrastructure and invests in the people and networks building systems of collective care and long-term power.
The Interdependence & Solidarity Fund is focused on South Carolina and prioritizes work that strengthens
- Safety: Physical safety, community defense, protection from surveillance and displacement
- Affordability: Food, housing, childcare, transportation, healthcare, mutual aid networks
- Community: The networks, cultural work, and healing spaces that make survival collective
- Access to Decision-Making: Organizing, leadership development, and political education
ISF supports small organizations, informal groups, and networks—including those in rural communities and smaller towns—meeting immediate needs while building the relationships, leadership, and organizing capacity communities need for the long term.