Deadline: Ongoing
Applications are invited for the Rapid Response Fund to provide support for situations that require immediate response and for proactive activities that pursue strategic opportunities.
Borealis Philanthropy’s Fund for Trans Generations (FTG) invests in trans-led organizing to support a future where transgender, gender non-conforming, and nonbinary people live with freedom, safety, and self-determination.
FTG works to prioritize the needs of trans-led organizations that are grossly underfunded, and create opportunities to access financial resources for their communities. Since 2016, FTG has supported over more than 100 grantees with over $6.7 million in funding.
As they have witnessed recently and historically, the conditions of trans communities can change rapidly due to increased visibility and transphobic attacks by individuals and institutions.
Organizations and communities often need additional resources to respond quickly to organized opposition and to unanticipated events.
Budget Criteria
- Rapid Response
- Project budget should not exceed $600,000; they have no minimum budget requirements. A project based at an organization with a budget larger than $600,000 may apply as long as it is trans-led.
- Organizations or projects may apply for a rapid response grant at any time and may only receive one rapid response grant per every 12-month period.
- Grant amounts will not exceed $10,000 per organization with an average size grant being $3,000 to $5,000.
- Covid-19
- There is no minimum or maximum organization budget criteria.
- Organizations or projects may apply for a COVID-19 response grant every six months, until there is funding available.
- Grant amounts will not exceed $10,000 per organization with an average size grant being $5,000 to $7,000.
FTG’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund supports:
- Mutual aid and care support networks
- Healing and virtual wellness spaces
- Online/virtual programming needs
- Living stipends for members and/or staff
- Survival needs i.e. food, rent support, shelter, utilities
- Organizing and advocacy
They are also offering general rapid support funding to organizations and communities in need of additional resources to respond quickly to organized opposition and unanticipated events.
Eligibility Criteria
- They are only able to fund organizations with their own 501(c)3 status or fiscally sponsored projects based in the United States and US territories.
For more information, visit https://borealisphilanthropy.org/ftg_covid19_rapidresponse_funding_2021/