4ward Miami, Inc
Miami, FL
2018
4Ward Miami was founded in 2015 to promote LGBTQ+ diversity, economic status and civil rights through the creation of the Gay8 Festival and other programs that promote community...
Grantees
Black Excellence Collective
Newark, NJ
2018, 2017
The Black Excellence Collective is a black-led grassroots organizing collective that that uses direct action, art, and popular education to uplift and empower queer, transgender and gender non...
Black Love Convergence
Durham, NC
2019
Black Love Convergence activates African Diasporic wisdom as a tool for restoration, innovation, and possibility within movements, communities and the lives of those fighting for their freedom.
BreakOUT!
New Orleans, LA
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
BreakOUT! seeks to end the criminalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth to build a safer and more just New Orleans.We build on the rich...
Center for Artistic Revolution
Little Rock, AR
2012
Center for Artistic Revolution is a LGBTQ/SGL centric statewide organization working with diverse communities and allies on Fairness and Equality for ALL Arkansans.
Center For Social Equity
Columbia, SC
2019
To decrease the prevalence of homophobia and transphobia within South Carolina’s Black communities, while creating networks of care and support for those experiencing its impacts.
Chocolate Soul Revival
Durham, NC
2019
A healing justice initiative for Black women, femmes, and gender non-conforming people, centering the lives and voices of those most marginalized amongst us, particularly, LGBTQ, low income/ working...
Desiree Alliance
Fort Smith, AR
2015
The Desiree Alliance is a diverse, sex worker-led network of organizations, communities and individuals across the US working in harm reduction, direct services, political advocacy and health services...
For the Gworls
Brooklyn, NY
2019
For the Gworls hosts monthly community events — such as healing spaces, panel discussions, and rent parties — to fundraise to assist Black transgender people with rent and gender-affirming surgeries.
Garden of Peace Project
Pittsburg, PA
2018
Garden of Peace Project was created to uplift, uphold, and empower the narratives and lived experiences of queer and/or trans folks of color. We work to manifest spaces...
Gays and Lesbians Living In a Transgender Society
Brooklyn, NY
2018
Gays and Lesbians Living In a Transgender Society (G.L.I.T.S.) approaches the health and rights crises faced by LGBTQ sex workers holistically using harm reduction, human rights principles, and...
Gender Benders
Piedmont, SC
2018
Gender Benders is a grassroots organization for transgender and gender diverse folks in the Southeastern US. We are based in Upstate, SC and we have chapters and partner...
Her Philly Moves
Philadelphia, PA
2018
Her Philly Moves promotes QTWOC visibility in Philadelphia.
Interlocking Roots
Brooklyn, NY
2018
Interlocking Roots is a group of queer and transgender Black Indigenous People of Color (QTBIPoC) who understand food and land work as anti-oppression work and a pathway to...
LGBTQ Freedom Fund
Tampa, FL
2018
Each day, tens of thousands of LGBTQ people are held in jail or immigration detention because they cannot afford bail, often $25 or $100—for charges like sleeping in...