Friday, June 23, 2017 – 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Roughly six years ago while marching in the streets of Manhattan at the Trans Day of Action march, the idea of Trans Justice Funding Project was born! The birthplace of TJFP!
We know it takes an incredible amount of love and work to bring our people together to create sites of inspiration. We are so grateful for everyone, everywhere fighting and surviving each day.
Feel free to look for the Trans Justice Funding Project banner today and join us!
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Just two weeks ago the 2017 TJFP Fellowship team made their way to New York city to meet for the very first time in person. Since March, each of them have dedicated their days, nights and weekends to carefully review all 175 applications received. For three days the devoted grant making panelists gave their everything-as they selected grantees and award amounts.
Because of this team, the amazing projects and organizations that applied for funding and our dedicated donors, this year we were not only able to DOUBLE our grant amounts, we also distributed half a million dollars to grassroots, trans-led, trans justice organizing! As we celebrate our 5th anniversary, we can’t think of anything more celebratory then being able to fund 153 groups!
Congratulations TJFP friends and family and to everyone who’s kept trans justice close to your heart!
***Please check out this year’s list of grantees below***
Allgo, Austin, TX
API Equality – Northern California (APIENC), San Francisco, CA
Area 425, Minneapolis, MN
Arianna’s Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Arkansas Transgender Equality Coalition, Little Rock, AR
Beyond These Walls, Portland, OR
bklyn boihood, Brooklyn, NY
Black Excellence Collective, Philadelphia
Black Trans Media, Brooklyn, NY
Black Transmen Inc, Dallas, TX
Black Transwomen Inc, Dallas, TX
Bois of the SIppi, Corinth, MS
Bold & Beautiful, Memphis, TN
Brave Space Alliance, Chicago, IL
Bridgewalkers Alliance, Portland, OR
Brutha’s Rising,Inc., Pittsburgh, CA
Camp Born This Way, Tucson, AZ
Center for Community Healing, Madison, WI
Central Texas Transgender Health Coalition, Austin, TX
Cicada Collective, Austin, TX
Colectivo intercultural TRANSgrediendo / CITG, Jackson Heights, NY
Collective of Geniuses, Seattle, WA
Community Ele’te, Richmond, VA
Community Kinship Life (CK Life), Bronx, NY
Comunidad Estrella, Brookhaven/Atlanta, GA
CVille Peer Group, Troy, VA
Detroit REPRESENT!, Detroit, MI
Durham Gender Alliance, Durham, NC
East Coast Two Spirit Society, Lewes, DE
Four Direction Fire Keeper – Eagle Evolution, Long Beach, CA
FTM Foundation, Atlanta, GA
Fuerza y Union Multiple, Henderson, NC
Garden of Peace Project, Pittsburgh, PA
Gender Benders, Piedmont, SC
Gender Infinity, Houston, TX
Gender Justice LA, Los Angeles, CA
Gender Justice League, Seattle, WA
Gender Justice Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
GenderNexus, Indianapolis, IN
Good Sense Farm & Apiary, Washington, DC
Green Mountain Crossroads, Brattleboro, VT
Greensboro Community Care Collective, Greensboro, NC
Heartland Trans Wellness Group, Cincinnati, OH
Hearts on a Wire, Philadelphia, PA
Idaho Transgender Healthcare Advocacy Coalition, Boise, ID
Immigrant Youth Coalition, Los Angeles, CA
Ingersoll Gender Center, Seattle, WA
Interfaith Working Group, Philadelphia, PA
Jacksonville Transgender Action Committee Inc., Jacksonville, FL
Jays House, Woodbourne, NY
Kaffir Bois, Brooklyn, NY
Kansas Statewide Transgender Education Project, Topeka, KS
Kentucky Health Justice Network and TSTAR, Louisville, KY
Kinetic Collective, Tampa, FL
La Oportunidad, Los Angeles, CA
LaGender Inc., Eastpoint, GA
Las Vegas TransPride, Las Vegas, NV
Latinas Trans Dallas, fort worth, TX
Live It Fully Empowered (LIFE), Long Beach, CA
Louisiana Trans Advocates, Metairie, LA
Lynchburg Transgender Alliance, Lynchburg, VA
MaineTransNet, Portland, ME
Mariposas Sin Fronteras, Tucson, AZ
Metro Trans Umbrella Group, St. Louis, MO
Mid Missouri Transgender Support, Columbia, MO
Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Minneapolis, MN
Montana Two Spirit Society, Missoula, MT
Nationz Foundation, Richmond, VA
NC Queer TROUBLMakers, Greensboro, NC
NC Trans Leadership Council, Asheville, NC
New Legacy Ministries\Media, New Orleans, LA
New York City Trans Oral History Project, Brooklyn, NY
No Labels Clothing Cooperative, Buffalo, NY
North State Trans/GNC Project, Chico, CA
Organizacion Latina de Trans en Texas, Houston, TX
Our Spot KC, Kansas City, MO
Out Of The Box: Helpin’ Tranz Form U, Fayetteville, AR
Outshine NW, Burien, WA
Peacock Rebellion, Oakland, CA
Portland Outright, Portland, ME
Queer Detainee Empowerment Project, New York, NY
RAD Remedy, Chicago, IL
RARE Productions, Minneapolis, MN
Rising Up, Seattle, WA
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
Sankofa Collective NW, Portland, OR
Santa Barbara Transgender Advocacy Network, Santa Barbara, CA
School of Liberation Healing and Medicine/Queering Herbalism, Pittsburgh, PA
Sistas of the “T”, Baltimore, MD
Southern Arizona Gender Alliance (SAGA), Tucson, AZ
SPART*A, Inc, Alexandria, VA
SPIRAL Collective, Minneapolis, MN
Spokane TALL, Spokane, WA
Stonewall Youth, Olympia, WA
Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition, Nashville, TN
Tent City Kweenz, Kailua, HI
TGNC Financial Empowerment Project, New York, NY
The Baltimore Transgender Alliance, Baltimore, MD
The Clearing, Durham, NC
The Eagles’ Nest, Liberty, NC
The Equi Institute, Portland, OR
The Marsha P Johnson Institute, Washington, DC
The Meadow Collective, Liberty, TN
The Spectrum Center, Hattiesburg, MS
The Trans Buddy Program, Nashville, TN
The Trans Queer Flat, St Louis, MO
The Transgender College Fund, San Francisco, CA
Tiger’s Eye Collective, Atlanta, GA
Trans Assistance Project, Portland, OR
Trans Housing Atlanta Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Trans Latina Florida, Victoria Park, FL
Trans Legal Aid Clinic Houston, Houston, TX
Trans Oral History Project, Chicago, IL
Trans Pride Initiative, Dallas, TX
Trans Queer Pueblo, Phoenix, AZ
Trans Student Educational Resources, Monterey Park, CA
Trans United, Washington, DC
Trans Women of Color Collective, Washington, DC
Trans-E-Motion, Fresno, CA
Trans-Generational Oral History Project, Albuquerque, NM
Trans-Latina Coalition DMV, Washington, DC
trans.formation, Charlotte, NC
Trans(forming), Atlanta, GA
Trans*H4CK, Oakland, CA
Trans*ponder, Eugene, OR
Trans*Visible, Columbia, CA
Trans+ (Trans Plus), Duluth, MN
TRANSART program at Unity Coalition|Coalicion Unida, Miami Beach, FL
Transcend Arizona, Paradise Valley, AZ
Transcend Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Transcend Legal, Jackson Heights, NY
TransFamily of NWPA, Erie, PA
Transform Houston, Houston, TX
Transform Ohio, Youngstown, OH
Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Transformers, Asheville, NC
Transgender Advocates Knowledgeable Empowering (TAKE), Birmingham, AL
Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Transgender Education Network of a Texas, San Marcos, TX
Transgender Veterans Support Group-Virginia, Richmond, VA
TransGenerational Theatre Project, Queens, NY
Transgressions/Dorian Corey Project, Buffalo, NY
Transitions Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
Translatina Network, New York, NY
TransOhio, Columbus, OH,
TransSOCIAL, Inc., Miami, FL
Transwoman Empowerment Initiative, Albuquerque, NM
Tranzmission, Asheville, NC
Tranzmission Prison Project, Asheville, NC
Tres Soles, Albuquerque, NM
Upswing Advcoates, Chicago, IL
We Are Family- Trans Love Fund, Charleston, SC
Youth Empowerment Performance Project (YEPP), Chicago, IL
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We are so proud to announce that after countess hours of creation, the TJFP map is finally available!
It’s still a work in progress but now TJFP applicants and grantees are searchable by group name, 
location, focus area, and more.
While we have always had a directory available on our website of the many of the brilliant trans justice groups that have applied for a grant from TJFP over the past 5 years, this directory was never a total hit. So over the last year we re-envisioned how we might make a more useful tool and resource for trans justice groups. This map is a list of grassroots, trans-led, trans justice work happening in the U.S. (with their permission of course!).
TJFP has always hoped that through this directory of past grantees and applicants, we’d be able to help break down barriers and connect folks to one another.
Please feel free to share widely!
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Can we count on you to dream big with us this year?
It’s TJFP’s 5th year and our community grant making fellowship team is finishing up reading ALL 176 applications before arriving in New York to make final decisions by the end of this month.
We’re so close to the $10,000 mark and we still believe that with your help, we can make our $50k by 5/25 goal.
No donation is too big or too small-so even if you can donate $1, it really does make a difference.
Let’s show these groups what support looks like, especially in 2017. Together, we got this. Trans justice NOW!
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It’s here!
Check out the ONE HUNDRED AND TWO fabulous 2016 grantees, review articles, interviews, infographics and so much more. This report is filled with groups and information you just can’t find anywhere else. Please enjoy and feel free to share widely!
Cover art by Micah Bazant, www.micahbazant.com
“Being part of the 2016 funding panel had so much meaning for me, far beyond the honor of being asked to serve. I’m not sure how TJFP did it, but the mix of lived experiences in this group of panelists seemed like it had been orchestrated with great skill. We worked together — we agreed, we disagreed, and we agreed to disagree. But I don’t believe there was a moment in which I didn’t see the dedication and commitment from each of the panelists.”
-Stephanie Mott, TJFP 2016 Panelist
And don’t forget, this year we’re hoping to spread the love through resources more then ever. If you can, please make your donation today to help us raise 50K by 5/25 for trans justice! Even $1 matters!
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“It is my hope that our people have a fighting chance-that those of us
that are able, continue to use our strength to pursue life and ensure
that all of us have a chance at the lives we dream of” -Elle Hearns, 2016 Grantmaking Panelist
176. That’s the unbelievable number of applications we received this year!
TJFP’s 2015 grantmaking team feeling it!
As we enter our fifth year, TJFP is seriously committed to moving more money
then ever before to our communities.
Many of you have been long time supporters of TJFP and believed in us
from the very beginning and we want you to know that we have always
believed in you! By truly trusting in trans leadership to make funding decisions by and for our communities, we are
able to do what some thought was impossible.
So once again we invite you to join us–however you can–to ensure
grassroots groups have the resources they need to continue organizing,
supporting, advocating, and fighting for trans justice and liberation.
Please stay tuned, more exciting news is on the way!
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Please spread the word that our call for applications is less than two weeks away! Now is the time to apply or encourage others!
You do not need to be a 501c3 non-profit or have a fiscal sponsor to apply!
Click here to apply in English
¡No necesitas estatus sin ánimo de lucro 501c3, ni necesitas patrocinio fiscal tampoco para solicitar!
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We are tremendously saddened to share the passing of trans activist, Ms. Cheryl Courtney-Evans. Ms. Cheryl joined the TJFP team in 2013 as one of our very first community grant making panelists.
TJFP Community Grant Making Panel and Staff, 2013
In 2014, TJFP interviewed her about the work of Trans Individuals Living Their Truth (TILTT).
The interviewer writes, “TILTT is dedicated to creating visibility. For the first time, they were able to represent and participate in Atlanta Pride by having their own booth at the festival. Ms. Cheryl used some of the TJFP funds to make TILTT their very first banner which they marched proudly with in the Trans March. For many members it was their first time being in a pride march. She proudly told me, “At the end of the two days, I felt like we really accomplished something and that it was critical that we were there.”
Ms. Cheryl’s vision and boldness is a gift to us all and it was absolutely critical that she was here. We survive because of her and TJFP will forever hold Ms. Cheryl in our hearts.
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“Transgender, gender nonconforming, and LGB Latinx communities and communities of color have always protected each other — and the stories from Orlando will tell you the same. In this moment of increased policing and militarization of our community spaces, we continue to build community and develop ways to extend our conversations about the many real threats we face in our homes and community spaces.”
Dear TJFP family and community,
For those of us who are struggling with holding the complexities of grief, pain, and fear with a desire to stay close during such devestatingly violent times, here is a wonderfully smart article (in English and Spanish) offering thoughts and resources for community safety. Please read and share, Safety in the wake of Orlando — community, not police written by Collette Carter in coordination with the ACLU, The Audre Lorde Project, The New York City Anti-Violence Project, Mijente, Southerners On New Ground, National Lawyers Guild, Vision Change Win, BYP100, and Transgender Law Center.
Thanks to so many of you we are now just $2,800 away from meeting fundraising goal of $25,ooo!
Tomorrow our community funding panel will arrive in New York to meet to give money away. If we meet our goal by midnight tonight, the funding panel will be able to give away $200,000 to grass roots, trans-led, trans justice groups across the country. So this is your last change to give to this year’s fundraising campaign.
It’s a powerful feeling to redistribute money and fund such import work so let’s raise $$$ we’ve never seen before!
There’s no such thing as a donation too small because every $1 matters.
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