Nonprofits development folks looking to build community advocacy for trans people have a new source to tap. The Fund for Trans Generation (FTG), created by Borealis Philanthropy, just gave out its first round of grants, with an initial deployment of over 50 grants ranging from $15,000 to $30,000.
Borealis Philanthropy reports that it received 130 letters of inquiry for this initial grant cycle. 69% of these grantees has a budget of $75,000 or less, so these grants are going to make a huge contribution to the overall funding of these essential community groups.
The grants will focus on improving the quality of life for trans people in a variety of ways, and sought to include those facing multiple forms of exclusion, such as “girls and women, youth of color, rural activists, people with disabilities, from indigenous groups, elders, incarcerated and/or formerly incarcerated,” according to a press release announcing the grants.
A wide range of strategies are being employed by these organizations, including challenging the criminalization, incarceration, and deportation of trans people, seeking to change the public discourse around gender, offering trans people access to healing and support, and leadership development in the sector.
An Advisory Committee of 5 trans and gender non-conforming organizers was created as part of the grantmaking process, so that leaders and activists from across the country could contribute to the grantmaking decisions.
The Fund’s page on the Borealis website provides more information on the grantmaking process, as well as information about FTG’s “Rapid Response” fund, which deploys grants to respond to “unanticipated events and strategic opportunities.” Download the FTG Rapid Response FAQ for details. For additional updates on FTG, you can follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
Here is a full list of the grantees with links to more information about the projects:
- Audre Lorde Project
- Baltimore Transgender Alliance
- Black Trans Media
- Black Transwomen Inc
- Brave Space Alliance
- BreakOUT!
- Community Ele’te
- Destination Tomorrow
- Disability Community Project at Equality New Mexico
- El/La Para TransLatinas
- Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement
- Gender Justice LA
- Gender Justice League
- Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network
- Global Action Project
- Green Mountain Crossroads
- Interfaith Working Group (aka Trans Faith)
- Kansas Statewide Transgender Education Project
- LaGender, Inc
- Life Foundation – Kua’ana Project
- Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition
- National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
- Peacock Rebellion
- Queer & Trans People of Color Birthwerq Project
- RARE Productions
- Reconciling Ministries Network
- Stonewall Youth
- TGI Justice Project
- The Spectrum Center
- The Knights & Orchids Society
- Trans Pride Initiative
- Trans Queer Pueblo, Trans Queer Migrant Community Defense Project
- Trans Sistas of Color Project
- Trans Student Educational Resources
- Trans United
- Trans(forming)
- Transgender Youth Project
- Trans*Ponder
- Trans*Visible
- TransAction South Dakota
- Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois
- Transforming Hearts Collective
- Transgender Advocates Knowledgeable Empowering TAKE
- Transgender Law Center
- TransLatin@ Coalition
- Translatina Network
- Transwoman Empowerment Initiative
- United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance (U.T.O.P.I.A.) Seattle
- Wage Love Apothecary
- Wisconsin Transgender Health Coalition
- Youth Empowerment Performance Project
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