Black Trans Fund, an incubated Groundswell Fund project, is proud to announce over $200,000 in grants and fiscal sponsorship fees to ten Black trans-led organizations in its inaugural round of grantmaking.
Donor Name: Groundswell Fund
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/15/2023
Size of the Grant: over $200,000
Details:
The Black Trans Fund is the first US-based national fund in the country dedicated to uplifting, resourcing, and building the capacity of Black trans social justice leaders.
Black Trans Fund Advisors, seven prominent Black trans-leaders from various social justice movements, recommended over 30 groups for funding. BTF grantees represent some of the most effective and powerful organizations centered in Black trans joy and liberation. All grantees are led by Black transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary people, have budgets under $1 million and represent both the vanguard and future of Black trans-led movement building.
The Black Trans Fund will direct Community Care funding to the following areas:
- Mutual Aid
- Moving resources directly to the community, offering to support the well-being of the community.
- Wellness and Healing
- Offerings of healing sessions, convening, retreats, mental and emotional health support, and gender-affirming care.
- Organizing and Activism
- Community-organized campaigns, educational offerings, and training, leadership development, and movement response.
- Gender Justice for Trans and Gender-Expansive Youth
- supporting organizations and initiatives that protect, support, and advocate for trans youth in schools, sports, health, and wellness amidst current legislative threats and/or bans on body autonomy and affirmation.
- Reproductive Justice
- supporting organizations and initiatives that center body autonomy, birth justice, abortion access, and family building/protections for trans folks across identities.
- Arts and Culture
- Visual Arts, Digital Arts & Media, Performing Arts, and Cultural Preservation Work
Black Trans Fund 2023 CCG Funding Priorities:
- Organizations that center and sustain Black trans Joy and Liberation
- Organizations with strong Black trans politics
- Organizations that intentionally name Black trans communities in their mission and vision
- Black trans organizations in rural areas of the Midwest, Southwest, and South
- Organizations led by Black trans masc identified folks supporting Black trans communities
- Organizations led by Black trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and gender expansive folks supporting Blacktrans communities
- Organizations with a commitment to supporting Black trans folks with disabilities and chronic illnesses
Eligibility Criteria
The Black Trans Fund (BTF) defines Black trans-led organizations as organizations with a minimum of 75% of leadership and decision-making staff identifying as Black and trans and includes:
- organizations with a majority Black trans-led board, staff, and volunteers in decision-making positions;
- a Black trans-led coalition; or
- a Blacktrans-led effort within a majority of people of color-led organizations. Organizations must have Black trans leaders indecision-making positions at the staff and board level, directly benefiting and sustaining Black trans communities
For more information, visit Black Trans Fund.
