Pride Foundation Australia launches Large Grants

Deadline: 30-Aug-2024

Pride Foundation Australia has launched its first large grant round for 2024 with a focus on supporting sexuality, sex and gender-diverse (LGBTQIA+) refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia.

Pride Foundation Australia (PFA) is a national philanthropic foundation specifically focused on funding lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual and other (LGBTQIA+) community issues in Australia. The Foundation advocates for systemic change to advance LGBTQIA+ equity and inclusion and provide direct support to affected communities/individuals. PFA raises awareness of LGBTQIA+ disadvantage and works to increase philanthropic support for the Australian LGBTQIA+ and allied communities through fundraising, grant giving, collaboration and commissioning projects.

The Foundation’s specific LGBTQIA+ priority areas to date have been: healthy ageing, homelessness and disability, asylum seekers and refugees living in Australia as well as visual, literacy and performing arts.

Funding Information

• Grant applications should be to the value of up to $20,000 over two years (if applicable).

Eligible Projects

• PFA encourages projects that are led by LGBTQIA+ refugees, people seeking asylum and/or people of colour.
• Projects that collaborate between refugee and asylum seeker agencies or groups and LGBTQIA+ agencies or groups are also encouraged. Where an LGBTQIA+ refugee-led group is in partnership with another organisation, PFA encourages equal partnership and co-design.
• Projects should aim to support sexuality, sex and gender diverse (LGBTQIA+) people who are refugees or seeking asylum in at least one of the following areas:
  • Improving access to stable housing,
  • Enhancing education and/or workforce participation,
  • Enhancing support for community connection and improving settlement outcomes,
  • Improving health and/or health literacy,
  • Supporting links to LGBTQIA+ services and supports,
  • Enhancing cultural engagement and development,
  • Improving LGBTQIA+ inclusive practice in services.
• Types of projects with a duration of up to two years may include any of the following:
  • Community development, or
  • Education and training initiatives, or
  • Health and wellbeing initiatives, or
  • Applied, community-led research with tangible outcomes in the field, or
  • Events including arts and cultural or conferences.

Eligibility Criteria

• Organisational status that is recognised through incorporation, who are registered as a business or association with an ABN (charity registration and DGR status is not required)
• Individuals cannot apply.

Ineligible

• The following activities will not be funded:
  • Capital and building works, vehicles, furniture or equipment,
  • General fundraising,
  • Travel, books, religious activities.

For more information, visit Pride Foundation Australia.