Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant

The Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant is a privately funded micro-grant program established in memory of Jen Angel, a dedicated social justice activist, writer, and co-founder of Agency. Jen tragically passed away in February 2023 following a violent robbery in Oakland, California. In her honor, Agency, in collaboration with the Institute for Anarchist Studies (IAS), created this grant program to support independent anarchist media initiatives that reflect the core tenets of anarchism: autonomy, mutual aid, voluntary association, and direct action. The program is administered via the IAS’s longstanding grant infrastructure, which has backed hundreds of anarchist writing and media projects over the past 25 years. The grant seeks to empower grassroots media creators working outside of mainstream academic and institutional frameworks. It provides financial support to projects that critically engage with contemporary political and social issues from an anarchist perspective. Priority is explicitly given to applicants who are BIPOC, queer and trans/nonbinary, low-income, incarcerated, or working outside of academia. By prioritizing historically marginalized voices and nontraditional narratives, the grant reinforces Jen Angel’s life mission of fostering inclusive, community-driven activism and media production. Typical award amounts range from $300 to $1,500, allowing the program to support multiple projects each year through micro-grants. While the grant does not specify exact allowable use categories, it is structured to accommodate a broad range of anarchist media forms including podcasts, documentaries, oral histories, online platforms, and experimental media projects. Recent funded initiatives include work documenting Black anarchist history, anti-carceral activism, Indigenous resistance, international solidarity, and anarchist art and philosophy. The variety in recipients underscores the grant’s flexible scope and its encouragement of creative expression and radical analysis. The application for the 2026 grant cycle opened on December 1, 2025, and will close on March 2, 2026. Submissions are accepted exclusively through the IAS application portal. The funder does not require a pre-application phase such as a letter of intent, and there is no mention of matching fund requirements. Evaluation criteria are not explicitly described but are implicitly aligned with anarchist values and the grant’s prioritization criteria. As a micro-grant initiative, the timeline from application to notification is not detailed, nor is the award disbursement or performance period timeline, but awards typically follow within the calendar year. The grant is expected to recur annually, as indicated by its established cycles and phrasing such as “applications for our 2026 grants opened,” suggesting an ongoing cadence. The supporting organizations, Agency and IAS, encourage interested applicants to monitor their websites and social media for future announcements. No contact email or phone is listed for program-specific inquiries, and the fund does not publish downloadable PDFs, guidelines, or application previews on its public site. Applicants must refer to the IAS portal for all submission-related documentation.