Deadline: 16 May 2018 Third Wave Fund is inviting applications for Mobilize Power Fund which is a rapid response fund that supports the leadership of young women of color, trans, gender non-conforming, queer, and intersex youth under 35 in social movements. Funding Information Grants can be made for up to $7,500 USD. Larger grants may be made on a case-by-case basis. Coalitions or joint proposals can request up to $7,500 per group. For example, if a joint application is submitted by … [Read more...]
Third Wave Fund’s Flush Transphobia Fund: Supporting the Leadership of Transgender in the United States
Deadline: 16 May 2018 Third Wave Fund is seeking applications for Flush Transphobia Fund that is rapid response fund to support the leadership of transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming youth of color and low-income youth to respond to anti-trans legislation and ballot initiatives. Funding Information Grants can be made for up to $7,500 USD. Larger grants may be made on a case-by-case basis. Coalitions or joint proposals can request up to $7,500 per group. For example, if … [Read more...]
Apply for Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation’s Grant Program!
Deadline: 31 October 2018 The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation (BCSUF) is seeking applications for its grant program to raise awareness of bullying and its long-term, damaging effects. The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation is the world's first foundation dedicated to raising awareness of the long-term, damaging effects of bullying by connecting communities and raising funds to support those doing real-world work to eradicate bullying. Funding Information BCSUF generally prefer to make smaller, more … [Read more...]
ViiV Healthcare: Inviting NGOs & CBOs for Positive Action for MSM and Transgender Small Grants Program
Deadline: 30 April 2018 ViiV Healthcare is seeking applications from eligible organisations for its ‘Positive Actions for MSM & Transgender People’ Small Grants program with an aim to improve sexual health & wellbeing and advance social and economic justice for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people in resource-limited and hostile settings. The Small Grants Programme is the flagship programme of Positive Action for MSM & Transgender People, committing a minimum of … [Read more...]
Voice’s Celebrating Inclusion! Innovate and Learn Grant Program
Deadline: 9 April 2018 Is your organisation adept at facilitating dynamic learning experiences with diverse groups of people? Do you have deep and extensive experience working with civil society groups across Africa and Asia? Do you practice participatory, creative, and transformative approaches to Leave No One Behind? Are you driven by the principle of Nothing About Us Without Us? And, most importantly, do you promote inclusive innovation to catalyse transformative change for the most … [Read more...]
American Psychological Foundation: Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grants
Deadline: 1 November 2018 The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is seeking applications for its Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant that provide graduate student grants (preference given to dissertation candidates) for empirical or applied research that encourages the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) family psychology and LGBT family therapy. Researchers from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences are encouraged to apply. APF is a grant-making foundation … [Read more...]
Connecting Voice(s)/Call for Proposals: Laos Linking & Learning Facilitation
Deadline: 15 April 2018 Is your organisation passionate about and adept at facilitating dynamic learning experiences with diverse groups of people? Do you have deep and extensive experience working with civil society groups, including unusual suspects such as the business sector and techies across Laos? Do you practice participatory, creative, and transformative approaches in linking together communities online and offline? Do you regularly identify opportunities for collaboration and research? … [Read more...]
Call for Proposals: Building Social Base and Embeddedness Program
Deadline: 30 April 2018 The Open Society Initiative for Europe has announced a call for proposals for "Building Social Base and Embeddedness Program" that is open to nongovernmental organizations registered in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. The Open Society Initiative for Europe aims to support key actors of civil society active in the field of human rights, rule of law, anticorruption, and investigative journalism to strengthen the organizational and social base of … [Read more...]
The Other Foundation: Inviting Individuals or Organizations for General Grants
Deadline: 20 April 2018 The Other Foundation is currently inviting individuals or organizations for its General Grants to support work that advances the freedom, equality, and social inclusion of homosexual and bisexual women and men, and transgender and intersex people. Although proposals for innovative work in general will be considered, activities that focus on the following themes will be given priority consideration, because some funds have been ring-fenced for these focus areas: … [Read more...]
AEG Chairman donates $1 million dollars to support EJAF’s LGBT Fund
Chairman of AEG, Philip Anschutz has donated $1 million dollars to support Elton John AIDS Foundation’s LGBT Fund. The Fund, a $10m public-private partnership with the U.S. Government’s President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) initiative, tackles the stigma, discrimination and violence that prevents LGBT people in Sub-Saharan Africa from accessing the health and HIV services they need. The LGBT Fund supports both deep engagement in select countries as well as rapid response grants, … [Read more...]
Social Innovation Fund: Seeking Applications for Equality Fund
Deadline: 18 May 2018 Social Innovation Fund is currently seeking applications for its Equality Fund to provide critical supports to social innovations that are aimed at strengthening equality while supporting some of the most marginalised and vulnerable communities in Ireland. The Equality Fund is open to social projects with main beneficiaries who belong to one or more of the following groups: LGBTI persons, migrants, prisoners and former offenders, and persons affected by gender-based … [Read more...]
Applications Open for InterPride 2018 Solidarity Fund Grants Program!
Deadline: 8 April 2018 InterPride is seeking applications for its 2018 Solidarity Fund Grants with an aim to empower Pride organizations worldwide. Injustice and inequality exist around the world for many LGBTI people and communities. In much of the world, accessing funding support for even the smallest public actions and events is an enormous challenge. This fund is designed to address this gap. Grant Information In 2018, InterPride aims to give out up to ten grants of up to USD $2,500 … [Read more...]
PlanetRomeo Foundation: Funding for Grassroots Emerging LGBTI Projects and Initiatives
Deadline: 1 April 2018 PlanetRomeo Foundation is seeking applications to provide funding up to € 5,000 to grassroots emerging LGBTI projects and initiatives, with a focus on achieving societal change in order to improve the position of LGBTI people throughout the world, with an emphasis on the most disadvantaged regions and communities. The Foundation gives high priority to small-scale projects which are initiated and implemented by the LGBTI community itself and/or by emerging LGBTI groups … [Read more...]
Gamma Mu Foundation’s Grant 2018: Making a Positive Difference in the Lives of the LGBT Community
Deadline: 31 May 2018 The Gamma Mu Foundation is seeking applications for its Grants Program with an aim to make a positive difference in the lives of the LGBT community, primarily in rural and other under-served populations of the United States. The Gamma Mu Foundation was established to provide financial grants to organizations that serve clients and communities primarily in the rural and/or underserved United States. The Foundation makes available direct assistance through HIV/AIDS … [Read more...]
Astraea’s Intersex Human Rights Fund: Supporting Organizations, Projects and Timely Campaigns Led by Intersex Activists
Deadline: 6 April 2018 The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice has announced the fourth Request for Proposals of the Intersex Human Rights Fund. The Fund was created to honor the resilience, creativity and growth of intersex activism and ensure the human rights of intersex people. The Intersex Human Rights Fund supports organizations, projects and timely campaigns led by intersex activists working to ensure the human rights, bodily autonomy, physical integrity and self-determination of … [Read more...]
Submit Applications for StandUp Foundation’s Grant Program!
Deadline: 31 March 2018 The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation (BCSUF) is seeking applications for its grant program to raise awareness of bullying and its long-term, damaging effects. The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation is the world’s first foundation who raises funds to support those organisations and people that do real-world work to stop it. Because lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are often targeted by bullies, they give particular attention to this community. Funding … [Read more...]
The Channel: Seeking EOIs from Projects fostering Pride and Resilience in Australian Rainbow Communities
Deadline: 11 March 2018 The Channel is seeking expressions of interest from projects that are fostering pride and resilience in Australian rainbow communities by acknowledging where they’ve come from and celebrating where they’re going together. The Channel is a giving circle that funds lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA+) community projects. The Channel is 'growing the pot of gold under the rainbow' and changing the way Australians experience gender and … [Read more...]
Submit Proposals for “Power to Unheard Voices: Kenya Empowerment Grants Program”!
Deadline: 1 June 2018 Are you an emerging and/or informal group that is led by one of Voice’s target groups? Do you want to work on leadership and/or increasing confidence of and within your group members to work against stigmatisation of marginalised and discriminated groups? Do you have and/or wish to implement home-grown strategies in mobilising key state agencies at national and sub-county level to promote a positive image of your members and fight discrimination? If yes, then apply for the … [Read more...]
Apply for Voice’s Breaking down Silos: Kenya Innovate and Learn Grants Program!
Deadline: 1 June 2018 Voice is seeking proposals for its “Breaking down Silos: Kenya Innovate and Learn Grants” program. This Call for Proposals (CfP) is designed to help Voice in Kenya and its potential grantees to test as well as learn from innovation. There exist many new, interesting and effective methods for supporting the Voice target groups in participating in their own governance and improving access to resources and services. Voice in Kenya hopes to capture and stimulate learning of … [Read more...]
Apply for Voice’s Let’s try something new: Cambodia Innovate and Learn Grants!
Deadline: 16 April 2018 Do you want to try something new and innovative to support your target groups? Have you tested a new approach but haven’t had time or resources to document, reflect and learn? Do you want to try using artivism (art for activism) to amplify the voices of your target groups? Do you want to scale up and disseminate an innovative approach but with a different target group or geographical area? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then apply for Voice's Let's … [Read more...]
