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: 06/21/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
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. The 2024 funding partners are: the Claneil Foundation, the Collective Future Fund, the Homeless Assistance Fund, the Patricia Kind Family Foundation, and the Valentine Foundation.
Priorities
The grantmaking committee will prioritize:
- Groups working in Philadelphia
- Groups serving BIPOC trans communities.
- Groups with trans and/or BIPOC leadership.
- Groups serving trans youth and/or disabled and/or elderly trans individuals.
Funding Information
Applicants may apply for grants of $5,000 or $10,000.
Uses of funds
Organizations/ groups may use funds for different purposes, depending on their size and who they serve.
- Organizations with budgets of under $250,000, 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 $250,000, 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 $250,000, 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.
- 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.
- Traditional nonprofit organizations as well as grassroots groups, including those with non-hierarchical leadership structures can apply.
- Applicants who received funding in 2023 are eligible to reapply but MUST complete a report on their previous grant in order to be considered.
For more information, visit Gender Justice Fund.
