Deadline: 6 April 2020
The Tegan and Sara Foundation is seeking applications for its Community Grants program to support small non-profits, youth leaders, creators, educators and others assisting the LGBTQ+ community through the pandemic in the U.S. and Canada.
The Tegan and Sara Foundation remains committed to uplifting the LGBTQ+ community, especially as the current times have left queer people uniquely disadvantaged.
From the closing of queer small businesses, strained access to health services for LGBTQ+ people, to the inability for LGBTQ+ youth to attend school, the community is looking for ways to support, heal, gather and strengthen.
The Foundation’s goal is to fund the projects meeting the immediate needs of those most affected, whether through making resources for the community available digitally, creating spaces online for art, positivity and conversation, and more.
The Foundation wants to hear about small, and especially youth-led, initiatives that will impact their communities, and just need a little help. LGBTQ+ people need support and investment in their futures now more than ever. Tegan and Sara Foundation Community Grants can help to start meeting the needs of your community now.
Benefits
- A small grant ranging between $500 – $2000, disbursed quickly to begin creating impact as soon as possible
- Institutional knowledge, resources and guidance from the Tegan and Sara Foundation
- A cohort of fellow grantees to expand your network and reach out to for support and community
- Spotlight on your work via Tegan and Sara Foundation social media
The Foundation is especially looking for:
- Projects and initiatives meeting the needs of the LGBTQ+ community caused by COVID-19
- Youth creators, activists and organizations
- Small nonprofits
- Projects that need starter funding to get off the ground
- Initiatives that specifically benefit inter sectionally marginalized groups inc. LGBTQ+ people of color, trans communities, rurally-based LGBTQ+ populations etc.
Eligibility Criteria
- TSF Community Grant applications are open to LGBTQ+ youth leaders, youth-led organizations and small non-profits with annual operating budgets of under $300,000.
- This opportunity is currently limited to the US & Canada.
For more information, visit https://www.teganandsarafoundation.org/communitygrants
