Deadline: 19-Jan-24
The International Trans Fund (ITF) is pleased to announce its 8th grant cycle to help build strong, trans-led movements and support collective action, and to address and eliminate funding gaps impacting trans organizations across the globe.
The purpose of the ITF is to:
- Build & Sustain the Fund: Develop and sustain a mechanism to support trans-led groups of different sizes working on a range of issues at the international, regional, country and local levels, with emphasis on smaller groups with limited resources.
- Resource Trans Movements: Increase and enhance access to resources to support trans movements by increasing financial resources dedicated to trans-led organizations and groups; providing access to non-financial resources for trans organizations, such as skills building, organizational strengthening, leadership development and activist support; and improving advocacy in philanthropy to increase access to new donors.
- Educate Philanthropic Community: Educate their peers in the philanthropic community on trans issues and influence other funders and strategic allies in trans related commitments and strategies.
Priorities
- The ITF has priorities for their grantmaking:
- Fund a diverse collection of groups, inclusive of various identities, strategies and issues, languages and regions.
- Reach trans communities facing greater levels of marginalization (e.g. racism, classism, ageism, ableism, misogyny and so on).
- Support trans-led organizations who work intersectionally and whose work contributes to social and economic justice, trans movement building and the liberation of trans people.
Funding Categories
- Applicants will be able to apply for either a Seed or Thrive grant.
- Seed Grant (1-year)
- The Seed grant is a 1-year general support and/or project grant for trans-led organizations that have never been funded by the ITF, or that prefer to apply for this grant instead of the Thrive Grant. Grants range from $10,000 to $25,000 USD/year.
- Thrive Grant (1-year)
- The Thrive grant is a 1-year general support grant only for trans-led organizations that have been previously funded by the ITF and are in good standing. Grants range from $25,000 to $50,000 USD/year.
- Seed Grant (1-year)
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for funding organizations must meet the following criteria:
- Be trans-led:
- Trans people must be in decision-making roles, including setting the organization’s strategic and financial priorities, and make up 75% of the staff, spokespeople, and Board or decision-making body.
- If this is not the case, organizations must demonstrate how trans people make budget, organizational and strategic decisions.
- Have an operating budget under $100,000 USD.
- Be a group of people (i.e. not an individual).
- Main focus of work is to benefit the trans community.
- Contribute to movement building, not just providing direct services.
- Be trans-led:
- Applications that do not meet these criteria will be found to be ineligible and will not be reviewed by the Grant Making Panel.
Ineligible
- The ITF does not fund the following:
- Individuals.
- Organizations that are not led by trans people (even if they are working on trans issues).
- Organizations that do not do work specifically to benefit trans people or communities.
- Organizations with operating budgets above $100,000 USD.
- Organizations and projects that only provide direct services to individuals without contributing to trans movement building in some way.
For more information, visit ITF.
