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 […]

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 […]

We are so excited to announce our final 2017 TJFP fellow, Mattee Jim! Mattee is of the Zuni People Clan and born for the Towering House People Clan, this is how she identifies herself as a Navajo Person. Mattee currently works as a Supervisor for HIV Prevention Programs for First Nations Community HealthSource in Albuquerque, […]

We are so excited to welcome Que to the 2017 TJFP community grantmaking panel! Quentin “Que” Bell is a Black Trans activist, entrepreneur, and mentor born and raised in historic Selma, Alabama. Que received his Bachelor’s degree from Alabama State University in Business Administration with an Entrepreneurial Concentration. In the fall, Que, will be attending […]

We are so excited to welcome Drew Jones to the TJFP team! Drew is a white trans queer parent who started engaging in community advocacy work 15 years ago, starting with founding the first trans youth support group in Dallas. He received his BA in Anthropology with a minor in Ethnic Studies from the University of […]

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 […]

Thank you Nina Chaubal for saying “Yes!” to joining TJFP’s 2017 funding team! Nina Chaubal is a queer, South Asian trans woman who is the co-founder and Director of Operations of Trans Lifeline – the first national crisis hotline for transgender people by transgender people. Her work focuses on preventing suicide and building a more resilient trans […]

A very warm welcome to TJFP’s second 2017 Community Grantmaking Fellow, Wriply Marie Bennet. Wriply Marie Bennet is a painter and illustrator, born and raised in Ohio. She uses her art to uplift her sisters in the black lives/ black transgender lives movement. She works in ink, watercolor and other mediums, and her art comes from an […]

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, […]

TJFP is so excited to introduce the first of our six Community Grantmaking Fellows, Cathy Kapua! Cathy Kapua hails from O`ahu, Hawaii and has worked with the transgender community since 2003. Cathy started as a Peer Educator and Employment Specialist at a transgender social service organization called Kulia Na Mamo. She then moved on to […]

“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 […]

“I so appreciate the vision of the Trans Justice Funding Project. The idea that small grassroots organizations finally has someone who hears and understands us…”–TJFP Grantee TJFP is about investing in trans communities making decisions by and for ourselves. Over the last four years, we’ve received 486 applications, and raised and given away over 315 […]