GRINGo TAX
CDMX SOLIDARITY FUND
The Gringo Tax Solidarity Fund (GTSF) is a collective organizing in response to inequalities across Mexico City connected to displacement, gentrification, tourism, cost of living, income disparity, cultural shifts, and the influx of affluent newcomers.
OUR MISSION
The GTSF mobilizes people visiting or living in Mexico City (especially foreigners with privilege) through creative solidarity, education, and mutual aid for more equitable communities where neighbors thrive without displacement.
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ABOUT US
The Gringo Tax Solidarity Fund launched in January 2025 after months of conversations and strategic planning with community members, activists, artists, and others.
Our work is rooted in 3 pillars: coalition-building, resource redistribution, and political education.
In our first year, GTSF has redistributed over $20,000 USD in mutual aid, collaborated with dozens of neighborhood movements and community organizations, as well as led monthly praxis groups unpacking urgent topics around community displacement and solidarity.
REDISTRIBUTION
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SOLIDARITY
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EDUCATION
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ACTION
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FUNDS & PROJECTS
The Gringo Tax Solidarity Fund consists of two funds and one political education component:
Address inequality in solidarity with individuals and families in CDMX through a mutual aid fund to meet urgent household needs with financial & in-kind donations.
Fund local activists, artists, and journalists addressing inequality and displacement in CDMX through investigation, art, and innovation.
Engage with an interconnected web of social issues through our GTSF praxis group dedicated to reflection and action, plus other workshops, events, and resources.
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.