Soul City Movement
Brooklyn, NY
2019
To empower a diverse collective of artists and youth to explore creativity as a tool for personal and community development.
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...
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...
Her Philly Moves
Philadelphia, PA
2018
Her Philly Moves promotes QTWOC visibility in Philadelphia.
InMyWords
Brooklyn, NY
2018
InMyWords is a youth-led campaign to reimagine justice and healing for all sexual harm survivors and to fight for solutions at the scale of the problem.
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...
Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC)
Woodstock, NY
2019
OLOC promotes the visibility of Old Lesbians, encourages activism and addresses ageism and areas of oppression affecting Lesbians.
P0STB1NARY
Washington, DC
2019
P0STB1NARY is a Washington, DC based arts collective working to destroy all cistems by uplifting the safety, autonomy, wellness, and creative development of trans and gender expansive people.
Palestinian Youth Movement
New York, NY
2018, 2017, 2015
The Palestinian Youth Movement (“PYM”) is a transnational, independent, grassroots movement of young Palestinians in Palestine and in exile worldwide as a, result of the ongoing Zionist colonization...
Pennsylvania Coalition for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (PACFSY)
Philadelphia, PA
2014
The Pennsylvania Coalition for the Fair Sentencing of Youth is a group of individuals and organizations dedicated to ensuring a fair chance for all of Pennsylvania’s children. The...
Queer Detainee Empowerment Project
Brooklyn, NY
2016, 2014
The Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP), an Alternative-to-Detention program for queer, trans, and HIV+ immigrant detainees, asylees, and their families across the United States. QDEP supports folks in...
Queerocracy
Brooklyn, NY
2013, 2012
QUEEROCRACY is an activist organization cultivating the leadership of queer folks and people living with HIV/AIDS in NYC. Through direct action organizing, membership led advocacy campaigns, educational trainings...
The Future Foundation
Washington, DC
2018
Founded in 2012, The Future Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in the Anacostia area of Washington, D.C. We empower and activate “future adults” (13-21 years of age)...