GRINGo TAX
CDMX SOLIDARITY FUND & POLITICAL EDUCATION
The Gringo Tax Solidarity Fund mobilizes gringos* and foreigners to engage, redistribute resources, and support more just communities across Mexico City.
This project responds to increased inequalities locally connected to displacement, gentrification, tourism, increased cost of living, income disparity, cultural shifts, and the influx of affluent newcomers.
Rooted in solidarity, critical reflection, and collective action, the Gringo Tax Fund seeks to:
increase local civic engagement
strengthen grassroots support networks
foster more just communities
*While gringo typically refer to folks from the United States, this project invites ALL foreigners and locals with resources and/or privileges to examine their impact on local communities and join us in action.
REDISTRIBUTION
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SOLIDARITY
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EDUCATION
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ACTION
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our vision
To promote more just communities across Mexico City through solidarity, critical reflection, and collective action where neighbors thrive without displacement.
FUNDS & PROJECTS
The Gringo Tax Solidarity Fund consists of three funds and one political education component:
Address inequality in solidarity with individuals and families in CDMX through a mutual aid fund to meet household needs with financial & in-kind donations.
Fund local activists, artists, and journalists addressing inequality and displacement in CDMX through investigation, art, and innovation.
Share the wealth by supporting grassroots projects and organizations building more just communities across CDMX.
Engage with the interconnected issues of displacement, inequality, and gentrification through events, workshops, resources, and praxis groups.
Did you know?
The minimum wage in Mexico’s formal economy is around $164 MXN — about $8 USD per day.[source]
In 2024, the average monthly salary in Mexico City was $6,100 MXN — about $297 USD.[source]
In 2024, the average monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the city center of Mexico City was $18,773 MXN — about $914 USD.[source]
According to a study prepared by the Sheinbaum administration, the number of temporary homes tripled between 2000 and 2020, from 22,122 to 71,780.[source]
That same study reports more than 20,000 families from the lowest-income brackets are forced to leave the city every year due to a lack of affordable housing options.[source]
As of September 2024, there were 23,022 listings active on Airbnb across Mexico City.[source]
WHY PAY A GRINGO TAX?
Redistribute wealth.
If you earn significantly more than the average salary in Mexico, the Gringo Tax Solidarity Fund is an opportunity to literally share the wealth and advance efforts to dismantle oppressive systems together.
Redistribute privilege.
Resist avoidance, guilt, or shame, and instead confront privilege— including our shared legacy of colonization and unequal power distribution— by learning about and engaging with the interconnected challenges affecting the diverse communities of Mexico City.
Redistribute power.
Relinquishing power means embracing active solidarity, rejecting hierarchical charity models, and therefore giving up decision-making power related to resource redistribution. Instead, embrace mutual aid and reparations as praxis: action taken in alignment with shared, cross-class goals.
JOIN US
The Gringo Tax Fund is an anti-racist, anti-xenophobic, anti-displacement, anti-gentrification, and anti-colonialist initiative based in Mexico City dedicated to resourcing resilient communities through solidarity, critical reflection, and collective action.