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 […]
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! “Being part of the 2016 funding panel had so much meaning for me, […]
“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! As […]
Please spread the word that our call for applications is less than two weeks away! Now is the time to apply or encourage others! Is Your Group Eligible for a TJFP Grant? Are you a group? Are you a grassroots, trans justice group run by and for trans people? Is your group’s total budget less […]
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. 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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Amazing work! Congratulations to all of the organizers on the ground in South Dakota who worked day and night, making several trips to the state capital to lobby and testify against these kinds of dangerous anti-trans bills. A special shout out to Tamara Jean Urban and Kendra Heathscott who TJFP had the pleasure of meeting last November while on our From […]
Last weekend, Transgender Law Center and Trans Justice Funding Project proudly hosted a National Training Institute for a cohort of transgender and gender nonconforming leaders from 11 states facing anti-trans legislation. After two packed and inspiring days of training, strategizing, and connection, we’re excited to continue working with and expanding this cohort to build a […]
After nearly nine hours on the road–heading towards New Mexico from Oklahoma, TJFP arrived to a very warm welcome in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While in Albuquerque we had the pleasure of sitting down with former grantees, the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico. We enjoyed a sweet community dinner with local activists, TJFP friends and […]
TJFP hit the road this week on our Oklahoma and Southwest leg of our From the Ground to the Sky tour! First stop, Tulsa and Oklahoma City! What a honor to meet with trans, gender non-conforming, and intersex activists and organizers about the trans justice work they’re doing locally. Right now, Oklahoma is being faced […]
