Q3 Resource Roundup (2025)
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Originally published: June 26, 2025
Last Updated: August 8, 2025
Upcoming Fellowships & Funds
August Deadlines
Last Updated: August 8, 2025
(ADDED 7/17) The Georgia Storytelling Network Grant will support projects that preserve, promote, and perpetuate the art of oral storytelling in the Southeast of the United States. Project grants will be $100 - $500 and organization grants will be $501 - $2,500. Projects eligible for funding include, but are not limited to, performances, festivals, workshops/classes, residencies, camps, and storytelling programs for students. The deadline to apply is August 1, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects by women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia (Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County). The deadline to apply is August 1, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation offers five $10,000.00 grants to artists in Maine (18+) for projects completed within the grant year 2026. The Foundation is interested in supporting bold, compelling, risk-taking work in and outside of the standard exhibition venue. Successful projects value unconventional approaches to art making, critical dialogue, collaboration, and new models of community interface. Applications may address a distinct chapter, aspect, or component of a larger project. Interventions, site-specific installations, publications, curatorial projects, and web or media-based work are all welcome. The deadline to apply is August 1, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
Cleveland Foundation is accepting applications for The LGBTQ+ Opportunity Fund to grant resources to Greater Cleveland 501(C)(3) organizations serving and uplifting the LGBTQ+ community. The fund’s mission is to empower LGBTQ+ communities by leveraging philanthropy to advance queer justice and equity. The deadline to apply is August 1, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
Incite Institute's Global Change Program (GCP) supports activists, scholars, organizers, artists, and others confronting critical challenges in a number of areas, including climate change, education access, interstate conflict, public health crises, and data transparency, by working with communities most directly challenged by these issues and many others. Through the Global Change Program, Incite provides grants ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 to leaders of projects, initiatives, or campaigns that tackle some of the world's most pressing problems. The GCP supports projects that bring innovative, knowledge-based solutions—derived from academic research and/or from experience—to challenges in specific, community-defined contexts. The deadline to apply is August 1, 2025 at 11:59PM ET. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/21) Forge Project is accepting applications from writers for a yearly cohort with a package of two to three story ideas around a unified topic of the writer’s choosing. Possible contributions to Forging may include researched essays or critical reflections tied to a political topic, feature-length news reportage, photo essays, written interviews, analysis of cultural work or popular media, as well as other literary and creative explorations. Articles and essays can range from 800 to 1,200 words, and must include images. Each annual cohort will comprise up to six writers at varying levels of their careers who can successfully pitch, report and/or research, conduct interviews, and produce articles or essays for publication. As part of the Forging journal cohort, writers will have the opportunity to spend up to one week in residence at Forge Project during the late fall or early spring for a self-directed retreat in their library of over 1,000 titles. During their retreat, writers will stay in a private bedroom at Forge Project with shared common spaces. Writers will also receive an additional $1,000 stipend to cover travel, groceries, and other expenses during their stay. Editors will be available during the writing retreat to discuss ideas or make connections with local experts working in their field of interest. The deadline to apply is August 8, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Investing in Artists: Tools & Equipment program will award grants of $1,000–$5,000 to individual craft artists to purchase artistic tools and equipment that support their ability to make object-based work. This program is open to individual craft artists, folk and traditional artists, and craftspeople in the United States and its Territories, with geographic eligibility rotating over the 2024–2026 funding cycle. For the 2025 Round, eligible applicants must reside full-time in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, or Wisconsin. The deadline to apply is August 8, 2025 at 11:59am PT. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/18) We Are Moving The Needle empowers women, trans, and non-binary producers and engineers to succeed at the highest levels of the music industry through scholarships and grants, mentorship, research, and advocacy. Their MicroGrants series is specifically designed to be a flexible fund for rising seniors and recent college graduates that supports smooth transitions into the workforce. Grants will range from $500 to $1,000 to provide immediate assistance to “close the gap” on career development needs. The deadline to apply is August 10, 2025 at 11:59pm. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 8/5) The Trans Journalists Association is offering stipends of $250 and $500 for journalists' professional development. Summer 2025 applications are open until 11:59pm PT on August 11. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/17) Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship is accepting applications from oral tradition culture bearers in counties designated by the Appalachian Regional Commission in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, or North Carolina. The fellowship will provide six (6) $5,000 awards to support experienced practitioners and culture bearers with opportunities to examine, research, develop, perform, and/or document the Black Appalachian storytelling tradition. One fellowship will be awarded to represent each of the six eligible states. The deadline to apply is August 11, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 8/5; UPDATED 8/8) The Trans Wellness Fund offers direct financial assistance to transgender, nonbinary and gender expansive community members who are Virginia residents or surrounding states who need financial support to access gender affirming medical care in Virginia. The fund is intended to cover the spectrum of gender affirming medical care, including hormone replacement treatment (HRT), puberty blockers, surgical care, provider appointments, as well as practical support necessary to access your care, such as travel, lodging, and child care. The deadline to apply for this funding cycle is August 13, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/2) O2 is accepting applications for their O2 Sabbatical Award, which honors dedicated nonprofit executive directors in San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties with a three-month break for essential rest and renewal. The award includes $50,000 toward the cost of the executive director’s three-month sabbatical, $15,000 in flexible funding to support staff professional development, 25 hours of coaching to help organizations prepare for the sabbatical, and more. The deadline to apply is August 14, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/14) The Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism is an award for reviewers, critics, and journalists in the U.S. from under-represented groups (women, people of the global majority, trans, and non-binary) who write about theater and its role in highlighting people from various cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. The Prize includes $1,000 for the recipient and free registration and a stipend to offset some of the travel costs to attend the American Theatre Critics Association annual convening in November in New York City. The deadline to apply is August 15, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
CALI Catalyst provides unrestricted grants of up to $7,500 to California changemakers who are creating tangible impact within the arts and culture sector by shifting power and influence to underrepresented voices. CALI Catalyst applicants can be individuals or teams of individuals (must reside full-time in California). Additionally, applicants must be artists or arts workers (e.g., arts administrators, cultural producers, culture bearers, creatives, cultural practitioners, teaching artists, or specialized technicians). The deadline to apply for this funding round is August 15, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. PT. Learn more and apply here.
Assembling Voices is a year-long fellowship that supports activists, artists, scholars, workers, and others with ideas for public initiatives that bring people together to address community-identified issues in novel ways. During the program year, fellows receive $25,000 in income, initiative, and travel support, as well as intellectual, administrative, and professional support from Incite Institute and our vast network. The deadline to apply is August 15, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/28) Disability Culture Lab is accepting applications for their Disability Rising Fellowship, a year-long program designed to amplify the public voice and cultural impact of multi-marginalized disabled leaders. Fellows receive media coaching, social media training, mentorship, pitching and booking, and hands-on support to develop their public presence and use storytelling to shift narratives around disability and ableism. Fellows will receive a $5,000 stipend, personalized coaching, and more. The deadline to apply is August 22, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 8/4) The Charleston Literary Festival Cato Fellowship Prize will be awarded to two writers of fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry who are current residents of North Carolina or South Carolina and demonstrate a commitment to bettering their craft and exhibit a love of writing and reading. Students enrolled in a college or university program in North Carolina or South Carolina are also eligible to apply. Applicants should be in the early stages of their writing careers (i.e. have not published more than one book-length work with a major or independent publisher). Fellows will receive a $7,500 stipendiary, accommodations in Downtown Charleston to stay and write for the 10-day duration of the Festival, a dedicated workspace in Dock Street Theatre, and more. The deadline to apply is August 25, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/28) NC IDEA is accepting applications for their MICRO ($10K) and SEED ($50K) grants to support early stage, growth oriented companies headquartered in and that conduct a majority of corporate operations in the State of North Carolina. NC IDEA MICRO awards $10K project-based grants to young companies looking to validate assumptions and develop a business model - these grants are awarded to companies bringing an innovative product or business model to the market. NC IDEA SEED offers $50K grants to early stage companies, often the critical funding they need to scale faster - these grants are awarded to innovative companies with proprietary intellectual property or other means of sustained competitive advantage that are solving large problems. Please note: Applicants may only apply to either MICRO or SEED (not both) during the grant cycle.* The deadline to apply is August 25, 2025 at 5PM ET. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 8/7) Seeding the Future Grants are general operating funds awarded for one year to organizations with proposals that align with Deaconess’ intended impact. Funding supports organizational and civic infrastructure expansion, advancement of public policies, and/or efforts impacting systems transformation through an intergenerational approach for the improved health and wellness of people in Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois. General operating awards are $20,000 annually per awarded organization. These grants are offered to support efforts that pursue accelerated change in conditions and systems transformation through coalition and base building, grassroots advocacy, civic engagement, community organizing, and public policy development/change that aims to improve conditions for community level well-being. The deadline to apply for the current funding cycle is August 29, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
Lui Shiming Artist Grants is accepting applications to support early career visual artists with funding for the creation or completion of new projects that explore the interplay between traditional cultural or historical influences and contemporary artistic practice. Visual artists who have been working for at least two years (but not more than 10 years) are invited to apply for a grant in support of a current or new project. Up to five artists will be selected to receive a $5,000 grant, which will be disbursed in two payments, with $3,000 by January 15, 2026 and the remaining $2,000 upon completion of the proposed project. To be eligible for consideration, applicants must have either received a degree in studio arts between 2015 and 2023, or had their debut show at a gallery or juried art exhibition between 2015 and 2023. The deadline to apply is August 31, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 8/1) Point of Pride’s Thrive Fund provides small grants to trans folks who cannot afford gender-affirming health and wellness services. The deadline to apply is August 31, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
September Deadlines
Last Updated: August 6, 2025
(ADDED 8/6) Hopelab Early Career Research Grant aims to support early-career researchers by providing access to their data (or, the funds can be used to facilitate analysis of already-collected data that are a fit to Hopelab’s mission) and $10,000 to five early career researchers to accelerate more equitable research on technology and youth mental health and well-being. Hopelab welcomes proposals for this award that address Black, Latinx, and/or LGBTQ+ populations. The grant is open to U.S.-based, post-graduate early- career (up to seven years from awarding of the terminal degree) researchers who are affiliated with a 501(c)3 research organization (such as a university or college), and post-docs are also welcomed to apply. Project proposals are due by September 2, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Emerging Justice Fund will move unrestricted funds to resource grassroots organizing for communities that have been and continue to be targeted by Federal, State and Local policies. Aligned with Social Justice Fund's intention to continue to move resources to groups that are most under-represented in traditional grantmaking, the Emerging Justice Fund will resource organizations that are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color-led. The deadline to apply for this funding cycle is September 4, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 8/1) The Queer Mobilization Fund is open to groups who have 501c3 status, a fiscal sponsor, or groups without any legal designation. Their funding prioritizes moving grants to organizations with budgets under $300,000 that are: LGBTQ, BIPOC-led, grassroots, community-led, new/emergent, and/or rural organizations doing work in the Southeastern US [AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV]. The deadline to apply is September 5, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 8/6) The Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) seeks applications for its 2025–2026 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Research Fellowship. The selected Fellow(s) will explore the intersection of EDI and arts management programs under the guidance of an AAAE Board member. Applicants must 1) be enrolled in, or a recent graduate (within one year) of, a graduate certificate, master’s, or PhD program in arts administration or a related field, 2) demonstrate a strong interest in EDI issues in arts administration, 3) possess solid research skills and/or the potential to complete a rigorous research project, and 4) have excellent writing skills and the ability to transform research into a publishable paper, should an opportunity arise. The Fellowship is conducted remotely, with communication coordinated between Fellow and mentor via mutually agreed formats (e.g., video calls or email) and the fellow should expect to devote approximately 5 hours per week to the Fellowship. Compensation includes a $2,000 stipend, one-year AAAE membership, and registration fee waiver for the 2026 AAAE Conference. The deadline to apply is September 8, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/11) Investigative Reporters and Editors is accepting applications for the Freelance Fellowship, which is intended to support freelance journalists whose work will be primarily published or broadcast in the U.S., or in outlets where the primary audience will be at least a part of the American public. These fellowships are awarded to help independent journalists pursue investigative projects with impact, breadth and significance. Proposals for all types of media, including long-form projects like books and documentaries, are eligible. Cash awards range from $2,000 to $4,000. The deadline to apply is September 29, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/10) The Black School: Design Activism Apprenticeship is a paid 6 month training program where young creatives based in New Orleans, ages 14-24, are taught graphic design through real-world learning with an multidisciplinary approach (which includes graphic design, creative entrepreneurship, and design activism). The purpose of the program is to produce a Black self-directed, civically engaged, hybrid design professional with the ability to identify problems in their own community and present innovative design solutions. The deadline to apply is September 30, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Dairy Arts Center’s Co-Production Program is designed to support presenting bold, original, and collaborative work by expanding access and reducing financial barriers to emerging and innovative artists. The program offers free venue rental, a production stipend of up to $5,000, and an equitable revenue-sharing model. Local, regional, and national artists and organizations to co-produce performances in theater, dance, music, film, and more are invited to apply. The deadline to apply is September 30, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Southwest Virginia Trans Wellness Fund makes direct payments to trans people living in Southwest Virginia to support costs related to transition-related expenses and/or basic needs such as rent and bills. The deadline to apply for this funding cycle is September 30. Learn more and apply here.
July Deadlines
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
We Need Diverse Books is accepting applications for The Revisions Workshop, created to help Black writers edit their stories, learn about publishing, and build a creative community within their cohort. Over a six-month period, workshop participants revise their manuscript with guidance from a dedicated mentor and through faculty-led seminars. Workshop attendees must be U.S.-based writers who identify as part of the African diaspora. Each attendee will also receive $1,000 as a grant to help them on their publishing journey. Upon completion of the program, the attendees’ manuscripts will be submitted to Penguin Random House, which will select two winning manuscripts and that will be considered for publication. The deadline to apply is July 1, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The City of West Hollywood is accepting applications for the Transgender, Gender Diverse, Intersex (TGI+) Arts Grant, a category initiated by the City Council in 2013 intended to support and enhance the presentation of artworks in West Hollywood by artists, artist collectives or groups, and non-profit organizations that have demonstrated a significant commitment to and involvement with the transgender, non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming community. Individual artists, artist collectives or groups, and non-profit organizations with a history of supporting transgender, gender diverse, and/or intersex artists are all welcome to apply. They will award $30,000 total with $6,500 maximum per organizations. The deadline to to apply is July 1, 2025 at 3PM. Learn more and apply here.
The City of West Hollywood is accepting applications for the WeHo Community Arts Grant, intended to support non-profit arts organizations, individual artists, or artist collectives, with a history of supporting LGBQ, BIPOC and/or female artists and audiences. Proposed programs can include art centered presentations or participatory programs (workshops) which enhance the community. They will award $30,000 total with $6,000 maximum per organizations. The deadline to to apply is July 1, 2025 at 3PM. Learn more and apply here.
The Poetry Coalition is accepting applications for their 2025–26 Fellowship Program, open to individuals interested in literary arts nonprofit work and offering hands-on experience in fundraising, programming, and editorial projects. These paid, part-time fellowship opportunities are available at eight host organizations across the country. Individuals aged 21 and older are invited to apply, including those currently enrolled in or recently graduated from MFA programs in creative writing. Fellowship positions require a commitment of 20 hours per week, running from September 2025 through June 2026. Each fellow will receive a $20,000 stipend, plus an additional $1,100 health care allowance. The deadline to apply is July 1, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists is an annual $10,000 grant awarded to provide critical support to Black trans women whose work has often been under-recognized in the visual art field. Winning artists and finalists will receive additional professional development resources and further guidance to bolster their creative development in the field. The deadline to apply is July 2, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Spark Award for Oregon Artists is a three-year pilot program that provides direct support to 60 midcareer individual artists across artistic disciplines. The program supports individual artists in Oregon as a valuable investment in both the artists themselves and the communities enriched by their work through investing in the overall creative development of artists rather than focusing on particular projects. The deadline to apply is July 2, 2025 at 5PM PST. Learn more and apply here.
The Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant will be awarded to lesbians for making visionary moving-image art. The grant includes an award of $5,000, and a series of individual studio visits. There is a $6 application fee to apply for this grant - Queer|Art uses the online application software SlideRoom to organize applications. SlideRoom charges applicants for the Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant a fee of $6 for each individual application. The deadline to apply is July 2, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
BAAITS is accepting applications from Two Spirit, IndigeQueer, Indigenous LGBTQIA+ artists and cultural bearers from the San Francisco Bay Area and living in the West Coast to apply for a grant, up to $3,000 total, for art projects and community offerings addressing Two Spirit identity and cultural expression, queer indigeneity, gender expression and sexuality. They will also consider applications for grants supporting professional development as a Two Spirit/Indigequeer artist or cultural bearer. The deadline to apply is July 6, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Climate Advocacy Lab is accepting application for their 2025 Climate + Health Peer Learning Circle - Western U.S. & Southern U.S. Cohorts, a free, four-week intensive peer learning program designed for experienced leaders at the intersection of climate and health. These free, regional training programs include an in-person kickoff and a series of virtual learning sessions, designed to support health professionals leading climate action in their communities. Through this program, participants will have the opportunity to refine their leadership skills, gain strategies for community engagement, and exchange insights with a network of accomplished peers. The deadline to apply is July 6, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Mobilize Power Fund is a rapid response fund that resources gender justice organizations to adapt or pivot their work when met with unanticipated, time-sensitive opportunities or threats to their movement building work and organizing conditions. The Mobilize Power Fund prioritizes organizations that are responding to specific incidents or changes of circumstances that have occurred in the last six months. This can include rapid response mobilizations, healing justice work, conflict resolution/conflict transformation, community accountability, mutual aid, direct actions, emergency safety, security, and defense needs, and more. The deadline to apply for the current funding cycle is July 8, 2025.
CALI Catalyst provides unrestricted grants of up to $7,500 to California changemakers who are creating tangible impact within the arts and culture sector by shifting power and influence to underrepresented voices. CALI Catalyst applicants can be individuals or teams of individuals (must reside full-time in California). Additionally, applicants must be artists or arts workers (e.g., arts administrators, cultural producers, culture bearers, creatives, cultural practitioners, teaching artists, or specialized technicians). The deadline to apply for this funding round is July 11, 2025, at 11:59 a.m. PT. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/7) Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund is accepting applications for grants for gender-affirming care in the state of Iowa. Applicants must be a resident of Iowa. Application decisions are made at the end of the month. The deadline to apply is 11:55 pm CT on July 13, 2025.
(ADDED 7/1) Healing Justice London (HJL) call for creatives for their Horror and Healing Project is accepting applications from multiple creatives including writers, crew, cast, and other artists. The goal of this project is to explore the lived experiences of neurodivergent, mentally ill, disabled, and mad people within the mental health industrial complex through the creation of a fiction, horror-genre short film. HJL is commissioning creative works that directly engage with and respond to methodologies such as disability justice, grief work, survivor work, politicised somatics, community-led research, narrative power building, community-led health, and health justice. This is a hybrid (in-person in London & online) opportunity with a flat fee structure, which means every role is paid the same hourly rate for their time. The deadline to apply is July 14, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
Start.coop is accepting applications for their Cooperative Business Incubator for Rural Entrepreneurs, an online, 8-week facilitated incubator program designed to help entrepreneurs explore and develop their business ideas into the beginnings of a business. The incubator is open to all kinds of rural projects, including but not limited to those interested in starting child care cooperatives, home care cooperatives, housing cooperatives, and food-related cooperatives. Start.coop will provide a $1,000 stipend per cooperative that meets participation requirements. The deadline to apply is July 14, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/14) The Sundress Microgrant for Trans Writers is open for submissions for grant applications from trans writers with a chapbook or full-length book in progress. Their microgrant will award $500, a one-week residency at the Sundress Academy for the Arts in Knoxville, TN, and the potential for publication to one trans writer with a chapbook or full-length in progress to support the completion of said project. Applicants may apply for any genre. The deadline to apply is July 15, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/7) The current funding cycle for the Artadia Award will provide $15,000 in unrestricted funds to one visual artist living and working in St. Louis, Missouri. The deadline for this funding cycle is July 15, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Quick Grant program awards up to $600 to California artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, cultural producers, and San Francisco/San Jose nonprofit arts administrators to participate in professional development activities that build administrative capacity, hone business skills, and strengthen the financial resilience of the grantee’s practice, area of cultural production, or arts organization. The deadline for this funding cycle is July 15, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The 2025 Pleasure Fellowship aims to provide more tools and skills for 15 fellows so that they can actively and effectively promote pleasure inclusive sexual health initiatives in their communities and around the world. Fellows will have the opportunity to be awarded up to $1,500 USD to develop a project (this could be anything from writing blog posts, developing a podcast, doing research, piloting a project, to interviewing their own organization about pleasure inclusion). The deadline to apply is July 16, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Artist in Business Leadership Fellowship is a yearlong program that supports Native artists in building or growing arts-based businesses. Fellows receive a $10,000 grant, along with access to professional development and networking opportunities to support economic self-sufficiency through their creative work. The deadline to apply is July 16, 2025 at 6pm MT. Learn more and apply here.
The Cultural Capital Fellowship supports Native artists and culture bearers who are deeply rooted in their communities and committed to preserving and sharing ancestral knowledge. This program honors artists who embody generosity, wisdom, and integrity in their cultural work. Each fellow receives a $10,000 grant to support their efforts in cultural preservation, community outreach, and the continuation of traditional practices through the arts. The deadline to apply is July 16, 2025 at 6pm MT. Learn more and apply here.
The Native Performing Arts Fellowship is a year-long program that supports Native artists working in theater, music, dance, and other live performance forms. The fellowship provides $10,000 in funding, along with professional development and network-building opportunities to help artists grow their skills and build sustainable careers. This fellowship is open to Native performing artists at all career stages. It is not project-based—funds should be used to support artistic or career development rather than the production of a specific performance. The deadline to apply is July 16, 2025 at 6pm MT. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/14) Rémy Martin’s This is My City Grant is accepting applications from seeking visionary artists, musicians, designers, DJs, radio personalities, fashion creatives, community space operators, and entrepreneurs who are driving cultural change and creating economic opportunities in their communities. One groundbreaking local leader will receive a $20K grant, paired with one-on-one mentorship from industry leaders, to amplify their community impact. The deadline to apply is July 18, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Maine Food Narratives Work Group is coordinating a zine, a small, creative grassroots publication that centers real voices and inspires action. Submissions are invited from Maine residents that explore themes such as: the meaning of food sovereignty, visions for land, water, and cultural food traditions, hopes for a just, people-powered food system, and the ways food connects people and supports a better future. All submissions must reflect the theme of food sovereignty. Selected contributors will receive a $50 gift card or check and will be credited in the final publication. The deadline to apply is July 18, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Black Feminist Praxis Study Circle is a free, 3 week cohort designed for organizational staff who work in HR, People, Culture, or Operations within their workplaces. AORTA invites workers that are invested in prioritizing the well-being of Black workers within organizations to apply and especially welcomes applications from Black and POC staff. Cohort participants will receive an honorarium to support their participation in the cohort. The deadline to apply is July 18, 2025 or when the cohort fills. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/17) The Lauren Brown Fellowship will provide grants of up to $2,000 to fund projects for U.S. based women and nonbinary journalists from underrepresented backgrounds. The fellowship will support reporting projects or professional development opportunities. The deadline to apply is July 20, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/15) The Critical Pedagogy Lab brings together undergraduate students, faculty, scholars, and software developers in an inclusive space designed and dedicated to research and pedagogical innovation in higher education. Scholars and students studying questions of race, gender, and colonialism, individuals from traditionally marginalized backgrounds, and individuals in HBCUs or MSIs are particularly encouraged to apply. CPL research team members are offered a research stipend, which is based on their role: Undergraduate researchers receive $2000 and Scholars/Faculty researchers receive $10,000. The deadline to apply is July 20, 2025 at midnight EDT. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/5) The Sandbox Fund offers grants, engagement events, and other opportunities for independent artists seeking to explore the intrinsic link between science and culture through innovative storytelling. The fund offers support to projects at all stages of development, production, and post-production - average grant sizes are as follows: Development (up to $40,000), Production (up to $100,000), and Post-Production (up to $100,000). Selection criteria for the Sandbox Fund will emphasize creative narrative techniques and projects that highlight diversity in science, specifically those that feature characters, topics, or disciplines that broaden and redefine what it means to be a scientist or to do science. The Fund offers grants two times a year, with two separate application windows. The deadline to apply for their 2025 fall funding cycle is July 21, 2025 at 11:59PM PST. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/1) The LGBTQ+ Heritage Alliance is accepting applications for their grant program. The grant program will support efforts that advance the recognition, preservation, and interpretation of historic sites related to LGBTQ+ communities in the U.S. and its territories. This opportunity will award grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 to individuals, not-for-profits, and those with fiscal sponsors. The deadline to apply is July 21, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
Building Movement Project’s Solidarity Is Cohort for a 6-week training program on transformative solidarity principles and practices tailored towards emerging activists and organizers ready to sharpen their analysis, deepen their connections, and strengthen their skills for the long struggle ahead. The cohort is designed for community organizers with 1-3 years of experience. This cohort builds on the offerings in their Solidarity Is Practice Guide. The deadline to apply is July 21, 2025 at 12pm EDT. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/7; UPDATED W. new deadline 7/17) FSG Writer’s Fellowship is an annual program designed to give an emerging writer from an underrepresented community additional resources to build a life around writing. The selected fellow will receive $15,000 in funding, editorial guidance, and support from the FSG community. The deadline to apply is July 23, 2025 at 11:59PM EST. Learn more and apply here.
The Racial Equity to Accelerate Change (REACH) Fund is accepting proposals from practitioners organizing within and across movements, especially those whose work builds power, deepens solidarity, and shapes new ways of being. Applicants may apply for anywhere from $30,000 to $150,000 over two years. The deadline to apply is July 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM EST. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/23) Trans Justice Funding Project is a community-led funding initiative supporting grassroots, trans justice groups run by and for trans people in the United States, including U.S. territories. The current funding cycle will open on July 25, 2025. Please note: Due to an influx of applications in their previous grant cycles, there are only 103 slots available before the funding cycle closes.
(ADDED 7/15) Evaston Community Foundation is accepting applications for their 2025 Resilience Grants cycle to provide up to $15,000 in funding for local nonprofit organizations and grassroots community groups. The deadline to apply is July 28, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/8) The Grassroots Artists Advocacy Program is a cohort-based fellowship program that supports diverse artists, culture bearers, and creative workers with an artistic or cultural practice who live or work in Oakland or San Francisco. Each fellow will receive a $12,000 fellowship award. The deadline to apply is July 28, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/16) iFundWomen (IFW) is accepting applications for their Honeycomb Hot Streak Small Business Grant to support startups with a $2,500 funding grant and six months of private coaching from the IFW by Honeycomb startup experts. The deadline to apply is July 31, 2025 at 9PM ET. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/7) AXS Film Fund supports documentary filmmakers and nonfiction new media creators of color living with disabilities. Five creators will be awarded grants of up to $10,000 each to assist them in completing their projects in any stage of production. The deadline to apply is July 31, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Black Farmer Fund Rapid Response Fund exists to support Black farmers and food systems folks with established businesses and /or projects across the northeast in emergency situations including but not limited to equipment breakdown, weather damage, loss of crops and animals, stolen and damaged supplies. This fund is for businesses and/or projects working with growing, processing, preparing, distributing, and educating others about farming, food or herbal medicine who is aligned with the values and intentions of the fund. This includes but is not limited to farmers, ranchers, herbalists, caterers, community gardeners and restaurant owners. Please note that in order to be eligible for funding, your business must be operating in the following states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, and New York, Pennsylvania. The deadline for this funding cycle is July 31, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Color Network (TCN) is offering two (2) grants of $100 USD per month for artists of color working in ceramics. The TCN Microgrants aim to support artists of color working in ceramics, at any stage of their career. This grant is best suited for (but not limited to) supporting exhibition application fees, work shipping, artwork documentation, or exhibition-related travel. The microgrants are awarded by lottery. The deadline to apply is July 27, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
(ADDED 7/8) The Trans Health Advocacy Program, a part of Kentucky Health Justice Network, is accepting applications to support Trans Kentuckians seeking gender affirming surgeries. The maximum grant amount is $2,500 and the only requirement for eligibility is that you have completed a consultation with a surgeon and are a KY resident. The deadline for this funding cycle is July 30, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
RUNWAY Magazine is calling in writers, poets, artists, cultural workers, data storytellers, visionaries, historians, documentarians, and dream-weavers to help shape their next issue. The next issue’s theme is SURREAL and they're looking for folks who have something to say about the world as it is and the radically different one you’re reimagining or building in its place. All selected contributors will be compensated for their published work. The deadline to apply is July 31, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
Rolling Deadlines
Last Updated: August 7, 2025
The National Black Disability Coalition is accepting applications from Canadian-based* individuals interested in joining their coalition as a Member-at-Large or an Affinity Group Member (Youth, Entrepreneurship, Research & Policy, or Health). Membership is free and honoraria are provided to members of Affinity Groups. Black-disabled individuals, caregivers, and allies from across the Black diaspora — including 2SLGBTQIA+ folks and those with lived experience in disability, health, and systemic barriers are invited to apply. Members participate in discussions, identify community needs and opportunities, and attend sessions. Youth Affinity Group Members receive $500 and other Affinity Group Members receive $250. *This initiative is led by the Ase Community Foundation for Black Canadians with Disabilities. Waiting to confirm if folks outside of Canada can apply and will circle back once confirmed.
The Black Artists Grant is a no-strings attached financial support to help Black artists based in the United Kingdom. They can spend the grant on whatever they want – be that make new work, buy equipment or materials, travel, research, visit exhibitions or conferences, or to even just cover some life expenses. This grant has been set up because Black artists are systematically under-supported by the art world; by institutions, curators, the artist-led scene, major and minor funding bodies, the market, art schools, and by audiences too. Each successful recipient will receive £500. The grant currently supports 1 recipient per month.
The Disability BIPOC Film Collective is accepting applications for their Short Film Production Grant, a $25k grant created by Alice Wong and Shaina Ghuraya to help a filmmaker or filmmaker team from pre-production to post-production and through the festival submission process. Applications are accepted on a first-come basis and limited to U.S. citizens for now.
The Solidarity Fund is now accepting applications from furloughed USAID staffers (US based) seeking cash assistance. Though the grant size may vary based on household size, it will not be less than $650. There is no deadline to apply.
The First Step Fund provides compassionate financial and emotional support to help survivors begin to move forward in rebuilding their lives after the devastating impact of suicide loss. You may apply to the fund if you are an immediate family member who lives in Ohio and lost someone to suicide or you’re a loss survivor whose immediate family member was an Ohio resident. Grants typically average around $500 but may be as much as $1,000. Approved grants must be used to cover or reimburse expenses incurred in Ohio related to the death of a loved one. Expenses may include funeral and memorial services, cremation, grave markings and urns, obituaries, death certificate copies, and bio-cleaning services.
Mahogany Galore, a documentary focusing on Black Sapphic and Black Trans Men spaces across the United States, is looking for folks (21+) involved in social justice, entertainment, artistry, archival work, and businesses to interview for their docu-series. Learn more and sign up to be interviewed for their docu-series here.
The Community Action Fund (CAF) grants support direct actions and organizing efforts that are often urgent and time sensitive. CAF prioritizes frontline, grassroots and community-based efforts that defend Indigenous peoples rights, communities and nations, including responses to climate disasters. Grant awards are up to $20,000. Accepted on a rolling basis until October 31, 2025 5pm Central Time US (or until funds are expended).
Transgender District Rent Stabilization Program helps with a one time payment up to $5000 in rent support for transgender and gender nonconforming residents of San Francisco/County with outstanding balances for their rent. Apply here to request support.
The Helping Hands ChangeMakers Micro Grant Program is for passionate young Canadian between the ages of 15-29 to implement their ideas, create lasting change, and contribute to a more inclusive and volunteer-driven Canada. They are distributing 20 micro-grants up to $5,000 per project to individuals and groups with a community project idea needing funding.
The Creative Growth Fellowship Program will support up to 200 artists living within the City of Sacramento with a $850 monthly payment over the course of 12 months. These payments can be used as a supplement to provide financial support for artists to pursue and advance their career in the arts. Artists from a multitude of disciplines – including craft, performing arts, design, film, music, literary, and visual arts – may apply.
Authors League Fund is an emergency fund to support writers who have financial need due to medical or health-related problems, temporary loss of income or other misfortune. Repayment of this emergency support is not required.
ASJA's Writers Emergency Assistance Fund provides grants to freelancers writers who are temporarily or permanently prevented from continuing with their freelance writing businesses due to illness, disability, natural disaster, or extraordinary professional crisis.
The New York Transgender Advocacy Group is accepting applications for their Youth Advocacy Fellowship Program to provide an opportunity for our next generation of leaders to become civically engaged in their communities. Through a 3 month long program, Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming/Non-Binary (TGNCNB) activists (ages of 16-25) residing in New York City will be guided through 5 training modules to develop their personal & professional advocacy skills, learn about local & national government, & intern at a community based organization. Participants will receive $450 upon completion of the program, paid internship placement for select participants, and more. Learn more and apply here.
One Love Global's Freedom Summer Organizing School is a multi-week summer experience in partnership with multiple organizations for young people, ages 12-25, who identify as Black or African American across Michigan to engage in community organizing and long-term transformative change, ensuring that they are at the table to influence decisions affecting their lives right now. The program runs June 10 - August 5, 2025 with a hybrid of in-person and zoom sessions. Only 20 spots are available. Learn more and apply here.
The Birth Justice Care Fund is intended for Black and other birthing people of color residing in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Florida, especially marginalized communities in need of support during their pregnancy and within one year postpartum. The fund covers costs of prenatal, postpartum support, and essential items, such as diapers, wipes, car seats, strollers, and breast pumps. Learn more and apply here.
Seeding Sovereignty’s Mutual Aid Program is accepting applications for CARE (Community Aid for Renewal and Empowerment), a groundbreaking monthly online herbal remedy training workshop designed to make herbal knowledge accessible, empower community healing, and uplift the work of BIPOC herbalists. This is a compensated position ($450 for all above deliverables) lasting one month.
The Disabled Consultant Futures Fund is currently open to disabled writers, actors, and academics who are currently working in the entertainment industry as disability consultants. Consultants who meet the eligibility requirements can become Approved Consultants. Approved Consultants can submit Qualified Consulting Offers for a $1,500 per project cap on reimbursements from the Fund.
Inevitable Foundation is accepting applications for their Emergency Relief Fund to support disabled writers and filmmakers impacted by the 2025 L.A. wildfires. These impacts include destroyed homes, unforeseen evacuation costs, negative health impacts, and lost employment as a result of the fires.
Leading Like a Lady Blog wants to highlight Black or African women organizing others in social justice and mutual aid. Submissions approved for publication will earn $0.25 per word for a maximum of 500 words.
ARTNOIR is accepting applications for their Love Fund for the Los Angeles creative community to give creatives of color access to funds and resources typically not reserved for them in the mainstream art world. The fund provides unrestricted grants, alleviating financial burdens and empowering artists to create and thrive. The deadline is rolling.
The National Grassroots Organizing Program (NGO) offers two-year unrestricted, general operating support grants of up to $30,000 per year, with an average grant size of $20,000 per year, to small (budgets under $350,000), constituent-led grassroots organizations throughout the United States and its territories. The deadline is rolling.
The Yéigo Action Grant offers grants between $100 and $5,000 for individual Native artists and culture bearers who are in need of quick financial assistance for an artistic opportunity, emergency situation and/or sudden unanticipated expense related to their art practice or business. The deadline is on the 10th of each month at 3PM MT.
TMC Community Capital is accepting applications for their LA Wildfire Relief Fund to offer immediate relief in the form of $5,000 grants to entrepreneurs whose livelihoods have been impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires.
The Rooted in Rights blog launched a new call for submissions, inviting disabled writers to share their survival and perseverance strategies in a 500-word blog piece. This new call focuses on gathering specific resources that can help disabled individuals and communities adapt and survive these turbulent times. Rooted in Rights welcomes pitches that emphasize the disability community’s creativity, resistance and ingenuity, with a focus on specific resource sharing and mutual support. Writers have the option to publish their work anonymously and pitches are accepted from any country. Accepted submissions will be compensated with $400.
Nicolas Gogan Foundation is donating to gofundme fundraisers by trans+* individuals (ages 18+ years old) raising funding for healthcare, housing, education & professional development, and/or legal services, prioritizing those most directly impacted by the new administration. *Trans+ is an umbrella term for anyone who does not identify with their sex assigned at birth. Non-binary, genderqueer, two-spirt, and gender-nonconforming folks are encouraged to apply.
The Knoxville Pride Community Grant Fund provides micro-grants for individuals within the Knoxville community that find hardship or hurdles, via financial or systemic restrictions, to fulfill their quality of life, mission, or values as a LGBTQIA+ person. The grant was created to further lift the queer community, via individuals or small businesses, who are committed to building a stronger environment. Funding from this community grant is available to qualifying applicants for any opportunity between $1-$500. Any member of the LGBTQIA+ community, residing in Knox County, TN is eligible to apply for a micro-grant. Those that live outside of Knox County may also apply if they live within Eastern Tennessee, however Knox County residents will be considered priority.
The Catalyst Fund makes grants between $2,500–$15,000 to anyone, anywhere in the world who has an early-stage idea or project that addresses pressing global challenges. Applications are accepted year-round.
Disability Disaster Access & Resources is accepting applications for The Richard Devylder Disaster Relief Fund to assist individuals with disabilities, impacted by various disasters across the state of California, to help replace lost critical assistive technology, tools and devices, and also covering some motel/hotel stays.
The Mama Glow Foundation is providing pro bono doula services to families affected by the LA wildfires.
Mental health professionals are offering pro bono therapy services, including individual sessions, support groups, and family options to share with individuals impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. If you’re interested in including your services on their growing list, sign up here.
The Black Farmer Fund Rapid Response Fund exists to support Black farmers and food systems folks with established businesses and /or projects across the northeast in emergency situations including but not limited to equipment breakdown, weather damage, loss of crops and animals, stolen and damaged supplies. This fund is for businesses and/or projects working with growing, processing, preparing, distributing, and educating others about farming, food or herbal medicine who is aligned with the values and intentions of the fund. This includes but is not limited to farmers, ranchers, herbalists, caterers, community gardeners and restaurant owners. Please note that in order to be eligible for funding, your business must be operating in the following states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, and New York, Pennsylvania. Applications open quarterly in January, April, July, October. Learn more and apply here.
The Doria Feminist Fund, an activist-driven feminist fund supporting feminist movement building, knowledge production, and collective learning in the Middle East and North Africa, is accepting applications for their 5th Grantmaking Cycle. Doria Feminist Fund supports new and emerging feminist groups, collectives, and individuals with flexible funding in three main areas: Core, Flexible Grants, Knowledge Production Grants, and Collaborative Project Grants. Doria grants are open to any feminist group or collective in the MENA region, however, Doria will prioritize applications from groups that have not received funding or financial support in the past. Learn more and apply here.
iFundWomen is accepting requests for their Los Angeles Fire Relief Fund to provide fire relief grants to LA entrepreneurs in crisis due to the Los Angeles fires.
Stimpunks Foundation offers mutual aid and human-centered learning for neurodivergent and disabled people. Each month, they issue 4 mutual aid grants of US$500 each to fellow neurodivergent and disabled people to cover anything needed for your welfare and survival and, each quarter, they offer creator grants of US$3,000 to neurodivergent and disabled creators to help fund art, advocacy, or research work. You can apply for both a creator grant and a mutual aid grant.
The Greater Sum Foundation is accepting applications for their 2025 virtual incubator, a free program providing early-stage nonprofits with expert mentorship, essential resources, and a supportive community to help you thrive. The time commitment is approximately two hours per week for 6 weeks. Greater Sum makes grants to graduates of the virtual incubator program through a pitch competition: the grand prize is $10,000 and a cohort of participants are invited to our annual fundraising accelerator, which awards matching grants of up to $5,000. Participants must complete all six modules and attend at least 4 peer chat sessions in order to complete the incubator and be eligible for the pitch competition. Learn more and apply here.
Torch Magazine is open to submissions from Black women writers into Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, or Scripts. Selected submissions will receive $150 and be showcased in our Friday Feature. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis year-round. Learn more and apply here.
Artist Support Grants is a program funded by the N.C. Arts Council to provide the opportunity for regional consortia of local arts councils to award project grants to artists in their regions. These grants support professional artists in any discipline and at any stage in their careers to pursue projects that further their artistic and professional development. Artist fees are also allowable expenses under the new program. Grant amounts vary from region to region. Statewide, most grants are between $500 and $2,000. Learn more and apply here.
Black Lives Matter New Hampshire’s Mutual Aid Fund provides funding to Black, Brown, and Indigenous individuals based within the state of New Hampshire, Essex County of Massachusetts, or York County of Maine. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and BLM New Hampshire will close the application once the funding is completely utilized.
The Digital Impact Alliance Fellowship Program provides an opportunity for curious, passionate mid-career researchers and practitioners to explore frontier questions related to digital public infrastructure (DPI) and data governance. Fellows are invited to bring their own knowledge and research agenda to the Fellowship while contributing to our goals of improving the design, deployment, and governance of foundational digital systems, services, and data sharing innovations. Fellows complete their research over 6-8 months and are supported with a stipend of $5,000 USD. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more and apply here.
The BIPOC Therapy Fund centers Black Women, Femmes, and Nonbinary Beloved. This cycle will prioritize applicants impacted by Hurricane Helene and continues to extend care to those directly impacted by the crises in Palestine, Lebanon, Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Haiti, and Yemen and other violently exploited regions. Learn more and apply here.
We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) provides emergency grants to diverse authors and illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators who are experiencing dire financial need. In response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene, WNDB is committing $10,000 in emergency funds for diverse writers, creatives, and educators who have been financially impacted by the hurricane. Learn more and apply for funding here.
The Action for Transformation Fund, led by Transgender Law Center and Emergent Fund, is a pilot initiative that will move resources to trans-led organizing, healing, and power-building efforts. To be eligible to apply, organizations must be a 501c3 or fiscally sponsored project. Grants to be $5,000-$20,000, on average $10,000. The application is an accessible process with video, phone, and Spanish options. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more and apply here.
The Trans Health Legal Fund provides resources for trans people facing investigation, arrest or prosecution for seeking healthcare.
The Repro Legal Defense Fund provides bail and ongoing legal expenses for people criminalized for abortion (self-managed abortion, in-clinic abortion, or at-home abortion) pregnancy loss such as stillbirths or miscarriages, allegation of drug use during pregnancy, and people who are criminalized for supporting others. Apply here for help with fees and expenses for your case.
The Southwest Virginia Trans Wellness Fund makes direct payments to trans people living in Southwest Virginia to support costs related to transition-related expenses and/or basic needs such as rent and bills. This is a quarterly fund. Applications open each year on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, and close on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31, respectively. Learn more and apply here.
Dem Bois Inc. curates care packages with basic essential items to help take care of trans men of color personal care and hygiene needs. Each care package contains over 18 personal care items (socks, toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, lotion, tissue, towels, etcetera). Learn more and request a care package here.
DR DHT offers Gender Affirming Surgery Grants to trans, non-binary, & GNC people in need of funding. This includes top surgery, bottom surgery and other gender related procedures. Currently their grants are $300 each. Learn more and apply here.
Black Trans Travel Fund offers Black trans women based in the United States financial support to purchase an airline ticket, pay for TSA Pre-Check, to purchase a passport, or renew a passport. Learn more and how to apply here.
The Black & Brown Podcast Collective supports emerging podcasters and content creators of color by providing micro grants to further support the growth of their podcasts and content. Applicants must be a member to apply, but memberships are free.
The Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund applications are open during the first week of the month.
The Roddenberry Catalyst Fund makes grants between $2,500–$15,000 to anyone, anywhere in the world who has an early-stage idea or project that addresses pressing global challenges. Eligible candidates for the Catalyst Fund may be individuals, teams of individuals, non-profit organizations, or social enterprises and will receive funding of up to $15,000. Applications are accepted year-round. Learn more and apply here.
TRUTH is a youth-led program for trans, non-binary, and gender- nonconforming young people to build public understanding, empathy, and a movement for liberation through storytelling and media organizing. Applications are now open for trans youth, ages 13-18 and all council members are eligible for an educational award each quarter of $300, totaling $900 a year. Learn more and apply here.
The Roses Youth Council is for trans and GNC gurls of color to build sisterhood with other trans girls built by and for trans girls! The councile will work as a team to strengthen organizing and leadership skills while holding important conversations about the experiences and demands of our community. Applications are now open for trans youth, ages 14-18 and all council members are eligible for an educational award each quarter of $300, totaling $900 a year. Learn more and apply here.
Cookies U Humboldt offers free, hands-on cannabis training for those who have been historically marginalized and negatively impacted by the War on Drugs. Onsite housing and transportation to participate will be included for those selected. There will also be the opportunity to apply for rent assistance to cover some of your expenses at home while you're away. Learn more about eligibility requirements and apply here.
Barn Raiser is seeking proposals for their upcoming series of arts and culture stories “Reimagining Rural Cartographies.” Stories (including creative nonfiction, reported stories, and photo essays) will explore the work of artists, environmental stewards, community organizers and artistic and social justice movements informing Midwestern creativity and social change, with a focus on reimagined or nontraditional forms of cartography and mapping. Each project comes with a $1,000 stipend. Projects will be accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more and apply here.
Trans Aid Nashville provides financial assistance to transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse individuals residing in Davidson County. Learn more and apply for assistance here.
The North Texas TRANSportation Network provides travel grants to North Texas families seeking out-of-state health care for trans and gender-diverse minors.
The Welcome Project PA (WPPA) can provide a limited number of short-term and immediate assistance for transgender and gender nonconforming folks or the parents of trans kids in need who reside within Greater Philadelphia, PA. WPPA can provide one-time rapid response micro grants that are designed to help people with medical expenses, groceries, housing costs, and transportation/utilities. Learn more and submit a request here.
Max’s Emergency Relief & Resource Fund is a one-time grant of between $500 and $1000 to assist self-employed artists who have a steady work history, but who are experiencing a temporary financial set back. MKCP assistance is designed to resolve this short term crisis, whatever it may be, and the applicant will again gain employment in the near future. Individuals seeking assistance must be residents of New York State, but exceptions are made in some cases if applicant was affiliated with Max’s Kansas City. The deadline is ongoing. Learn more and apply here.
The Welcome Project PA (WPPA) is seeking transgender, nonbinary, and intersex individuals to join their Healthcare Best Practices Cohort. Cohort members have paid opportunities to be part of panels to discuss affirming healthcare with medical students, nurses, and doctors. In addition to their panel programs, there are opportunities to be interviewed as part of a documentary film that follows this movement to improve healthcare outcomes for trans and nonbinary folx. Participants can be anywhere in Greater Philly or farther away for their virtual program. Learn more about the program here.
HCAI provides free chest binders to LGBTQ+ youth and ships throughout the US and Puerto Rico. Request a binder from them here.
The Los Angeles Young Adult Emergency Relief Fund is an unrestricted grantmaking program for disabled and historically underrepresented young adults pursuing careers in writing and filmmaking in Los Angeles. The Fund will provide $500 grants to 18-25 year old disabled writers and filmmakers experiencing financial hardship. Learn more and apply here.
ARTNOIR’s The Jar of Love Fund is a microgrant initiative intended to provide relief for artists, curators, and cultural producers of color. Applications are open to all those 18 years or older working within the arts, living in all fifty states, territories and Tribal Nations. Learn more and apply here.
MaskBloc Long Beach is accepting requests for free masks and test for QTPOC and disabled folks based in the Long Beach area. Learn more and submit a request here.
MaskBloc Waterloo has open applications to request free Personal Protective Equipment (respirator masks, rapid tests, etc) from Mask Bloc Waterloo Region (Canada). Learn more and submit a request here.
FCA offers immediate, project-based emergency grants to visual and performing artists living and working in the U.S. and abroad who have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public or incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completing with committed exhibition or performance dates. Learn more and apply here.
Austin Creative Alliance is accepting applications for their Artists Emergency Fund, offering immediate assistance for individual artists and their families in Greater Austin. Cultural sector workers based in Greater Austin facing verifiable and immediate housing, food or healthcare insecurity (including travel, lodging and procedure expenses related to reproductive care) may apply for up to $1000 in unrestricted funds. Learn more and apply here.
Trans Resistance Network provides resources for those families and individuals who are relocating to a safer state as a consequence of state laws against gender diverse people, criminalization of gender affirming care, or lack of community safety due to one’s gender identity and expression. Requests for relocation support can be submitted here.
The Black Trans Women Inc Sister’s Keeper program provides emergency assistance to trans women in the United States to help cover unexpected emergency needs such as groceries, shelter, safe transportation and phone/utility expenses. Learn more and apply here.
Black Trans Wellness Fund is now open for Black trans people in Philadelphia. 10 grantees will be selected each month to receive $250.00 by check or Cash app. This is a rolling application that will be opened at the beginning of the month for a week. Learn more and apply here.
The Black Trans Wellness Fund recently reopened to support Black trans people residing in Philadelphia. The fund committee will select 10 grantees each month to receive $250.00 by check or Cash App. This is a rolling application that will be opened at the beginning of the month for a week. Learn more and apply here.
The FREE STEM Fund offers up to 50,000 EUR in funding for initiatives and projects in the Global South from registered and unregistered initiatives, groups, collectives, and organisations focused on the rights of girls, women, transgender and non-binary people and STEM. Learn more and apply here.
Emergent Fund is a rolling, monthly rapid response and emergent organizing grant for movement and frontline communities responding to urgent and specific unanticipated crises or opportunities to build power. Applications are due every third Thursday each month. Learn more and apply here.
Black Trans Men Inc. is offering a grant of up to $1000 to assist with the financial obligation for undergoing elective gender affirming top surgery for Black and African American trans men. Learn more and submit a Gender Affirming Surgery Financial Assistance Application here.
Social Impact Labs awards $1,000 to support community projects. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and remain eligible for six months. Apply by the end of a given month to be considered for the following month’s award. Learn more and apply here.
The Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund (BJTRF) provides assistance for Black journalists facing financial hardship who are unable to pay for mental health support. Learn more and apply for funding here.
Gender Affirming Resources and Networks
Last Updated: July 1, 2025
The Black Womxn Need Rest Program prioritizes and honors Black womxn by providing monthly access to rest, restoration, and reflection through coaching* services and quarterly collective rest events at no cost. Submit to the program by filling out their intake form here.
Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network connects workers to free legal support through a network of pro bono attorneys.
This National Resource Hub of professional development content is a project of Artist Thrive, a growing initiative offering activities, practices, language, visions and values of what it means to succeed and thrive as an artist – and what it means to have a thriving arts sector and, eventually, thriving communities.
Transgender Law Center created a A Care Package (Trans Agenda for Liberation), a community-led guide towards the future we deserve. The guide includes guided meditations, poems, photography, music, and short films.
HOLAAfrica is creating a continent wide database of queer & feminist consultants/freelancers (graphic designers, web developers, etc) based in Africa. They're building a pan-African list to be shared in various networks and organisations who are looking for people to partner with across different projects and contexts. Sign up to join their directory here.
USAID Resource Hub is a centralized resource list/database to support professionals, organizations, and advocates affected by the USAID shutdown.
The Liberatory Wellness Network directory is a network of mental health professionals, coaches, and healers dedicated to providing liberatory, anti-oppressive, and justice-oriented care. The directory is designed to help individuals connect with providers who center accessibility, social justice, and community healing. Practitioners and providers interested in joining their network can learn more and sign up to join here.
ArtsforLA has a wildfire relief and resources list for artists and creative workers impacted by the wildfires in Los Angeles.
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Blocs provide masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment to their communities for free.
JLH Fund has a Fire Relief Resources List with emergency services, resources for workers, resources for businesses, and mutual aid funds for people impacted by wildfires in California.
Mutual Aid LA created a resource guide with mutual aid resources for people surviving the wildfires in California.
Advocates of the South has The Fostering Awareness on Support Services for Trans-identifying Individuals (FA.S.T) Help Project, a health promotion and public health campaign designed to connect the Trans, Gender non-conforming, and Intersex community to resources and support services in Georgia.
Yielding Access to Market Solutions (YAMS) is a community-focused mobile app designed to help individuals and organizations capture and analyze retail food purchase data. Powered by the National Black Food & Justice Alliance, YAMS enables users to gain valuable insights into their spending habits while contributing to a larger movement for food sovereignty and justice.
Red Umbrella Fund has an extensive catalogue of resources for sex workers including key publications to introduce them to sex workers’ rights funding, sex worker-led networks, funders for sex workers, allied organisations, participatory grantmaking, as well as resources and initiatives for COVID-19.
Transitional Justice is a grassroots organization created for the express purpose of providing refuge and support for transgender political refugees who are fleeing persecution.
The Southern Trans Collection Guide provides an introductory overview of resources and approaches to collecting transgender and gender diverse archives.
Queer Trans Project offers free gender-affirming care kits and has a partnership with Elevated Access to provide free flights to transgender individuals seeking gender-affirming care.
Inclusive Therapists has a Hurricanes Helene & Milton Mutual Aid Guide with mental health, wellness services and resources.
The Key Bookstore is an interactive bookstore experience globally redefining how we connect with reading culture. They also hosts online book clubs for book lovers everywhere.
North Carolina Housing Coalition has a WNC Recovery Resource Database with information relating to assistance and support for those impacted by Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina.
Highlander Center pulled together a list of Hurricane Helene Resources and Support for folks based in the Southern U.S.
1000 More is an app breaking barriers to civic engagement with compiled information related to tracking upcoming bills, elected officials, and crowdfunding advocacy efforts.
The Trans+ Therapy Library is the world’s largest free mental health resource created by and for the trans+ community
Stay Gold Garments is a free and open closet for transgender people based in the US.
Empower Work has a free, confidential text line that focuses on improving well-being for historically marginalized workers through coaching and resources that support increased confidence, clarity, agency, empowerment, and economic security – all rooted in equity.
SPARK has a Social Purpose Action Resource Kit. Their platform is a vetted hub of resources made by and for changemakers launching social impact initiatives across the U.S.
CultivArt is a free online resource hub for arts leaders of color.
GATE Learning Hub provides open-access courses designed to provide capacity-building training for trans, gender diverse and intersex organizations across the globe.
The People’s Solidarity Hub is a central hub for activists and organizers to build collective power.
The Black & Brown Podcast Collective supports emerging podcasters and content creators of color by providing micro grants to further support the growth of their podcasts and content. Applicants must be a member to apply, but memberships are free.
For All Things Digital has a list of resource-based organizations for Black businesses.
Frontline Doulas has a directory for BIPOC doulas and birthworkers based in California. Learn more and sign up here.
PDX Queer / Death Directory is an evolving list of queer death (and grief!) care workers and organizations.
CT Grapevine is a workplace journal for all workplaces in Connecticut. The platform offers a space for folks to anonymously report workplaces based in Connecticut and provides resources to help folks fight back against their mistreatment or find support for any stress or issues that they might be facing because of their jobs.
Tight Lipped is a grassroots advocacy organization by and for people with chronic vulvovaginal and pelvic pain conditions. They have a resource list to support folks looking for support in finding providers, mental health resources, supplemental healthcare resources, and more.
Gender Dynamix is the first registered Africa-based public benefit organisation to focus solely on trans and gender diverse communities.
Queer in Post, aka QUIP, is a space for 2SLGBTQIA+, non-binary, and gender diverse creatives in film and television post production to network, share stories, and develop opportunities for advocacy in the industry. QUIP recently launched a talent hub and job board. This free-to-use hub allows freelance film and television industry professionals to find and hire post production talent.
Unrestricted Funds is a grant database for cultural producers and organizations, prioritizing BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ grant seekers and unrestricted funding.
Trans Empowerment Project has a variety of digital communities for 2TIGE leaders and organizers, influencers, and mentors and mentees to connect.
The American Trans Resource Hub provides transgender individuals with resources for their social, medical and/or legal transition and offers direct assistance with housing instability, loss of employment, and lack of health insurance.
Trans Queer Fund Kenya organizes mutual aid and relief funds for trans and queer Kenyans.
Savvy Cooperative offers gigs to compensate patients or caregivers to provide their insights and lived experiences to organizations to help shape products and services.
Everywhere is Queer is a public resource (and ever-growing searchable map) created for the LGBTQIA2S+ and ally community to find welcoming, queer-owned spaces to shop, connect, eat, learn, and grow all over the world. Their app is available to download on iOS or Android for free to search their map and learn about queer-owned businesses to visit and/or work with via their job board (also available through the app).
Prevention Meets Fashion (PMF) Sex Education Program provides comprehensive sex education to Black, Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQ+, and non-binary communities. Their programming is currently offering free HIV self-testing and COVID at-home and narcan kits. Learn more about these free offerings here.
Sisterly HQ is a digital community that empowers Nigerian women to tell their stories their way, and connects them with opportunities and resources to succeed.
Portland Outright provides free chest binders to LGBTQ+ young people in Maine (ages 13 & up).
Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD) and US Campaign for Palestinian Rights collaborated to build a No Pride in Genocide toolkit with information on how to research your local pride events, call out complicity, and if needed, creatively disrupt.
Kuluntu Reproductive Justice Center is an organization committed to eliminating the maternal mortality crisis affecting Black families and the erasure of LGBTQ individuals in birthing spaces by advocating for intersectionality in birthwork. Their website includes a resource hub for Black parents/birthing people, birthworkers, and families supporting pregnant people in support of birth justice.
Bela Gaytán is building a comprehensive database of queer folks offering services for hire year-round. To be included in the Pride Month Programming Providers list, complete a form here.
Funding Assistance for Gender-Affirming Care Resource List provides nationwide and local funds for transgender and non-binary people needing support with legal name change, hormone affirmation, surgical affirmation, gender affirming clothing, general transition needs, and other financial needs.
Autism in Black aims to provide support to black parents who have a child on the spectrum, through educational and advocacy services, and are dedicated to bringing awareness to Autism Spectrum Disorder and reducing the stigma associated with ASD in the black community.
Black Liberation-Indigenous Sovereignty (BLIS) Collective’s mission is to spark radical collaboration and narrative alignment between and within Black, Indigenous, and transformative social movements to repair, decolonize, and transform culture.
QueerDoc has a list of organizations funding gender-affirming healthcare for trans folks.
Support & Resources for Student Activists for a Free Palestine
Emergent Fund compiled a list of movement rapid response and community protection funds and resources for movement builders.
NYC People of Color Healing Circle’s energy healing practitioners are offering free private in-person and virtual sessions to Palestinians, non-Palestinian folks impacted by this ongoing genocidal war, frontline organizers, healthcare workers on the ground in Gaza/West Bank, and BIPOCs who organized/participated in rallies here in the USA calling for a ceasefire. Learn more and apply here.
FTM Essentials announced their Free Youth Binder Program for folks 24 and under unable to purchase a binder on their own due to financial circumstances. Binders will be sent out quarterly in January, April, July, and October.
Passion and Power shares weekly emails for justice-driven coaches, founders, & entrepreneurs committed to digging deeper than 'diversity' and creating a community space rooted in RADICAL EQUITY and SAFETY for Black, Latine, and queer people.
Trans Closet of Hudson Valley builds free surgery care packages for trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive community members living in the Hudson Valley who are planning on receiving gender-affirming surgeries. They also have a local transgender resource list with local LGBTQ+ centers, emergency funds & aid, housing resources, gender-affirming healthcare, legal services, and more.
Rainbow Serpent is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to advancing Black LGBTQ culture through the exploration of emerging technologies, innovative healing protocols, African cosmologies, and multimedia art.
African Queer Youth Initiative is a network of youth activists mobilising, supporting and amplifying the voice of LGBTQI+ activists and youths in Africa. Their program, Opportunity Point, is dedicated to helping LGBTIQ+ youth in Africa find opportunities for education, careers, mentorship, and more.
charlie amáyá scott has an Indigenous Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Artist resource list that people can financially support or follow. If you or if you would like to suggest someone to be considered // added, please email dineaesthetics@gmail.com with the information requested on their website.
Queer African Network is a global app for queer people of African heritage to socialize, access queer stories & safe opportunities.
The Free Black Women’s Library is a social art project that features a collection of over five thousand books written by Black women and Black non-binary writers, a virtual Reading Club, a weekly book swap, and a wide array of free public programs that happen in their Reading Room.
Trans Resistance Network provides resources for those families and individuals who are relocating to a safer state as a consequence of state laws against gender diverse people, criminalization of gender affirming care, or lack of community safety due to one’s gender identity and expression.
Alicia Forneret is building a BIPOC Mental Health and Grief resource database, a comprehensive, living digital collection of grief & mental health support resources by & for people of color. To stay tuned for the release, sign up for the PAUSE newsletter here. To offer a resource for the database, submit a listing here.
Marsha’s Web is a national business, community, and resource directory for entities that serve the TLGBQIA+ communities while centering BIPOC Transgender, Intersex, and GNC business owners/organizations. Listings from organizations led by Black Trans/GNC business owners can be submitted here.
Point of Pride provides free femme shapewear (specially-designed compression underwear/gaffs) to any trans femme person who needs one and cannot afford or safely obtain one. Applications are open year-round. Learn more and apply here.
Black Trans Femmes in Art Collective (BTFA)’s Artist/Resource Directory is a living document that allows BTFA to support Black trans femme artists more effectively by connecting them with folks who are looking to support their work. Learn more and sign up for the directory here.
Trans Health and Wellness Center provides free mental health therapy, food voucher, rent and mortgage relief in California.
The Trans Talent #OpenTo Work Database is a spreadsheet exclusively for transgender people who are open to work.
Rooted Respite is an organization striving for a world where all people have the time, space, and support to heal from burnout and other systemic wounds inflicted by capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy. Learn more about their services and offerings here.
Survivor’s Sanctuary is a self guided healing platform created to aid survivors in their healing journeys.
ProjectQ offers scholarships to BIPOC queer folks for therapy and support groups.
Black Transmen Inc. will award Free New & Gently Used binders for transmen of color in low-income communities through the Brother 2 Brother Health Grant program, designed to support a safe and healthy transition, providing binders to those who are in need, and simply cannot afford to purchase a binder on their own. To help as many people as possible, only one binder, per person, can be awarded in a 12-month cycle. To learn more and request a binder, complete their form here.
