The LGBTQ Grants Program, which receives resources from a Fund held at the Community Foundation for Mississippi, provides strategic investments in efforts that align with and support the vision, mission, and beliefs as defined by the LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi.
Donor Name: LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi
State: Mississippi
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Details:
Goal
Purposes
Funding is available to support planning, research, general operations, capacity building, and short-term projects that address priority needs of LGBTQ Mississippians as they strive to live safely, openly and without alienation, isolation, prejudice and/or discrimination.
Funding Information
- An organization can apply for more than one planning grant in a 12-month period by requesting an amendment to the original planning grant, but the total amount received cannot exceed $3,500.
- An organization may submit one or more proposals for general operating funds, and/or capacity building efforts, but the total amount requested cannot exceed $10,000 in a 12-month period.
- An organization may submit one or more proposals for short-term projects, programs, and/or research, but the total amount requested cannot exceed $15,000 in a 12-month period.
Geographic Area
Applicants must be located in Mississippi or provide services that have a positive direct impact on Mississippi’s LGBTQ population.
Special attention will be paid to the following:
- proposals that demonstrate a commitment to addressing the needs of LGBTQ communities that have been most demonstrably underserved, including but not limited to, communities of color, youth, seniors, and persons in rural communities;
- intersectional programs addressing faith and acceptance; and
- efforts serving transgender and gender non-conforming persons.
Eligible Applicants
Applicants for grants from the LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi include the following:
- nonprofit organizations with current tax-exempt status under Section 501c3 of the IRS code and that are in compliance with the Mississippi Secretary of State’s charity registration, fee payment, audit (if required), and reporting requirements;
- units of local government (including schools school districts, public-private partnerships, and quasi-governmental entities);
- research centers (independent and those associated with universities); and, public and private institutions of higher learning; and,
- federally recognized Indian tribes.
(Note: In special situations grants to non-501c3 organizations may be considered, but in order to do this there are special expenditure responsibility requirements that must be met. Therefore, grant requests from non-501c3 entities will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and then only after appropriate due diligence related to the special expenditure responsibilities.)
For more information, visit LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi.
