It’s that time of year again when we have the honor of introducing another fabulous grantmaking team. Kicking off a series of introductions, we’re ecstatic to welcome Sammie Ablaza Wills to the 2019 Â TJFP Grantmaking Fellowship! Sammie will join five other ground breaking, trans, non binary activists and organizers from across the country to select […]
“Sharing space with the other grantmaking fellows and hearing from people from rural Montana to communities in Hawaii helped to open my mind about how differently the work looks for people in different areas. Sometimes when you’re on the ground, it is easy to lose that perspective, and instead think, “This is what’s working for […]
Just as we believe there is no one way to do trans justice, we also believe there is no one way to volunteer or donate! Over the past few years artist and activist Roan Boucher has donated 50% of all proceeds from his Queers Demand prints to the Trans Justice Funding Project! In addition to being a fabulous […]
It really happened! Congratulations to everyone who applied and to this years grantees! Even though we weren’t able to fund all of the incredible trans justice groups who applied, we’re ecstatic that we were able to distribute $200,000 amongst 87 groups! Every year we continue to grow thanks to tremendous community support.  We are always amazed […]
The Trans Justice Funding Project is pleased to announce its 2015 community-led grantmaking panel facilitators! TJFP facilitators are essential to our community-led grantmaking process.  They are committed to guiding panelists towards making grant awards rooted in our core values and work tirelessly to facilitate panelists moving money across the U.S. In 2013 Nico Amador signed on to become TJFP’s very first facilitator. […]
Like many grassroots efforts, volunteers and interns are an essential. It takes a lot of love and people power to make things happen. Allow us to introduce one of our behind the scenes magic makers, Marin Watts. Multi-media artist, Marin Watts first sat down with TJFP in May of 2014 to brainstorm using media to […]
Like many grassroots efforts, volunteers and interns are an essential. It takes a lot of love and people power to make things happen. Allow us to introduce one of our behind the scenes magic makers, Cori Hook. Cori lives in Brooklyn, NY and has been volunteering for TJFP for six months. Â Before becoming a volunteer, […]
Like many grassroots efforts, volunteers and interns are an essential. It takes a lot of love and people power to make things happen. Allow us to introduce one of our behind the scenes magic makers, Becca Wisotsky. Becca lives in Brooklyn, NY and has been volunteering for TJFP for a year. This weekend she’ll be […]