The Trans Resilience Fund is a grant program of Gender Justice Fund to support regional trans communities.
Donor Name: Gender Justice Fund
State: Pennsylvania
County: Bucks County (PA), Chester County (PA), Delaware County (PA), Montgomery County (PA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/23/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Fund uses a participatory grantmaking process in which a committee of trans and non-binary community members sets guidelines and makes funding decisions. The Trans Resilience Fund is a pooled fund supported external funding partners and individuals.
Grantmaking Priorities
- BIPOC TGNC-led groups/organizations
- BIPOC TGNC elders and youth
- Gender affirming care and after care
- Disability justice and accessibility
- Housing opportunities for housing insecure TGNC individuals
- Mutual aid (Direct financial support for trans individuals via food, cash or transportation assistance; covering medical, housing, or utility costs; or payment of other expenses related to health and safety).
Funding Information
Applicants may apply for grants of $5,000 or $10,000 or $20,000.
Use of Funds
Organizations/ groups may use funds for different purposes, depending on their size and focus:
- Organizations with budgets of under $500,000 who also exclusively serve trans communities can apply to use funds for the following:
- Direct financial support for trans individuals via food, cash or transportation assistance; covering medical, housing, or utility costs; or payment of other expenses related to health and safety
- Providing services to trans individuals
- Organizing and advocacy for the trans community
- General operating support
- Organizations with budgets of under $500,000 who DO NOT exclusively serve trans communities can apply to use funds for the following:
- Direct financial support for trans individuals via food, cash or transportation assistance; covering medical, housing, or utility costs; or payment of other expenses related to health and safety
- Providing services to trans individuals
- Organizing and advocacy for the trans community
- Organizations with budgets of over $500,000 can ONLY apply for funds to be used for the following:
- Direct financial support for trans individuals via food, cash or transportation assistance; covering medical, housing, or utility costs; or payment of other expenses related to health and safety
- Organizations applying in this category may use 10% of their grant to cover the cost of administering funds.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be non-profit groups/organizations (two or more individuals working collectively to provide services to the broader community), not individuals or for-profit entities
- Applicants do not have to be incorporated as a 501 (c) (3) organization but must certify that their work meets IRS criteria for funding. Grants to unincorporated groups are made through GJF’s partner, Bread & Roses Community Fund
- Applicants must be located in and serving Philadelphia and/or Chester, Bucks, Montgomery, or Delaware Counties
- Both new and established groups/organizations are welcome to apply
- Applicants who received funding in 2024 are eligible to reapply but MUST complete a report on their previous grant to be considered.
For more information, visit GJF.
