Introducing our 2023 Grantees!

We are so excited to announce the 2023 TJFP Grantees!

We’re humbled and blown away by the creative, life saving, and joyous grassroots trans justice work happening across the country. We are very pleased to announce that the 2023 grantmaking team awarded $1,850,000 in grants to 258 trans-led grassroots groups throughout the United States and the U.S. Territories! Now more than ever, it is vital to support our trans communities as much as we can. For the first time since 2017, we’ve increased our grant sizes to $5,000, $7,500, and $10,000.

(From L – R:) 2023 Community Grantmaking Fellows: Mulani Jackson, Octavia Y. Lewis, Jade Lenore, Jardyn Lake, Khloe Rios-Wyatt, José A. Romero (AKA: “o”), 2023 TJFP Staff and Support Team: Cathy Kapua, Zakia McKensey, Gabriel Foster, Nicole Fernandes, Marin Watts, Demian Yoon, Christina Edwards, Brooke-Lynn Rowlands

As always, we are inspired by each and every application that was submitted. We also want to thank our 2023 TJFP community grantmaking fellows, who spent hour after hour over the last few months carefully reading and reviewing applications from 269 trans-led, grassroots groups and projects from around the country. We are so grateful for this year’s team and for the time and energy that was poured into every part of this process. While community-led grantmaking isn’t always quick and easy, it’s always, always worth it for us!

Learn more about our grantees through the list below, and continue to support trans justice in whatever ways you can. You can also learn more about past years’ grantees through our grantee map! Now more than ever, we need each other to show up for our trans communities.

TJFP’s 2023 Grantees

Alabama

Black Knightz, Trussville

Arkansas

Be YoUUU Organization, Little Rock

Dots place, North Little Rock

Arizona

Fluxx Productions, Tucson

Kiki House of Majestic, Phoenix

Phoenix Trans Physical Therapy, Phoenix

Red Mountain Queer Housing Collective, Bisbee

California

Astral Productions, Los Angeles

Brooklyn Transcore, Covina

Brother 2 Brother, North Highlands

Call BlackLine, Spring Valley

Deaf Queer Resource Center, San Francisco

Dem Bois Inc, San Pablo

FeedThePeople.LA, Los Angeles

Global Transgender Safety Tasks Force USA Inc, San Francisco

Health Justice Commons, Oakland

HOLISTIC EMPOWERMENT INSTITUTE, Pomona

Invisible Men, Compton

LAGAI — Queer Insurrection, San Francisco

Miss Major Speaks’ Book Tour, San Francisco

Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity, Richmond

Odara Labs, Oakland

Parivar Bay Area, San Francisco

Proyecto Trans Latina, San Diego

QTViệt Cafe Collective, San Francisco

Queer Crush Climbing, Emeryville

Queerchata, Long Beach

QueerPocalypse, Los Angeles

Rainbow youth network, Los Angeles

San Diego Black LGBTQ Coalition, San Diego

San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, San Francisco

Sick in Quarters,  Los Angeles

Somos Familia Valle, Sun Valley

The Brown Building, San Diego

The Transgender Education Foundation, San Francisco

Three Waters Healing Arts, Oakland

Trans Empowerment Community, Oroville

Trans folks, San Francisco

Trans Radical Activist Network, Antelope

Trans Verstehen Initiative, San Pablo

Trans-E-Motion, Clovis

Trans-Embodiment Project, Chico

TransClinique, San Francisco

Transform:  A Trans* BIMPOC Buddhist Anthology, Oakland

TranShout, San Francisco

Unique Woman’s Coalition, Los Angeles

Voluminous Arts, Glendale

Colorado

Bread & Roses Legal Center, Denver

Friends Like Me, Englewood

Trans Outreah Program (TOP), Aurora

Connecticut  

The Children of Marsha P. Johnson, New Haven

Trans Safety Emergency Fund Connecticut, Coventry

District of Columbia

AllowMe, Washington

Angel Rose Artist Collective, Washington

Black & Indigenous Transgender Safehaus (BITS), Washington

Golden Doors Respite Inc, Washington

Halal And Queer Collective (HAQ Collective), Washington

Tamachtiluyan Shuchikisa An Ne Nawat, Washington

The Purple Seahorse, Washintgon

Delaware

Motivational Monday, Camden Wyoming

Florida

Babalu America System Inclusion and Diversity, Kissimmee

Bridging The Gap, Coral Springs

Dignity Power, Orlando

ForCOC (For Caribbeans of Color), Lauderhill

Gators for Gender Affirming Care, Gainesville

Gender Advancement Project, Orlando

Hacking the Workforce, Tallahassee

Men Of Power, Hollywood

Progender, Inc, Miami

RadElDub Community Land Trust- Passionvine Project, Lake Worth

Rooted Resistance, Tallahassee

Social Film Projects LLC, North Miami Beach

T.Aff.Y (Trans Affirming Yearly), Miami

TBUILD, Altamonte Springs

The Lotus Flower Project Inc., Jacksonville

The McKenzie Project, Inc, Miami

The T Market Place Foundation, Miami

Trans Playhouse, Doral

Transgender Awareness Project, Jacksonville

TransONE, Jacksonville

TTHP United, Fort Lauderdale

Unspoken Treasure Society, Inc., Gainesville

Visibility365, Miami

Georgia

Advocates of the South, Inc., Loganville

All-1-Family, Inc, Atlanta

Community EsTr(El-La), Atlanta

Dagbasi Productions, Lithia Springs

Freedom Overground, Cordele

I Am Human Foundation, Ellenwood

JUNK M3D!A, Atlanta

Our Resilient Community, Winterville

Phoenix Transition Program, Conley

Southern Soul Wellness, Atlanta

Speaking 4 Profit University, East Point

The Lewis Project, Atlanta

Trans Housing Atlanta Program, Inc., Atlanta

Trans Women of Color Healing Project, Tyrone

Trans(forming), Atlanta

Ubuntu Incorporated, Atlanta

Hawaii

Ekolu, Kapolei

HI SIS, Honolulu

Ka Hui Hoʻokino Hālāwai, Honolulu

Idaho

Black Liberation Collective, Boise

Chanel Cares Charitable Foundation, Chicago

Illinois

Global Trans Community, Dundee

Pushing Envelopes Chicago, Chicago

Therapy Access Project, Chicago

Trans Pride Foundation, Palos Hills

Youth Empowerment Performance Project (YEPP), Chicago

Kentucky

Abolition House, Louisville

Louisiana 

Amor Y Solidaridad, Hammond

LOUD New Orleans Queer Youth Theater, New Orleans

Louisiana Trans Advocates, Lafayette

Post Cards From Over The Edge Cast, New Orleans

Transcending Women, New Orleans

Massachusetts

Disabled Content Creators Collective, Brookline

sense, Pelham

The Third Hand, Waltham

Maryland

Beyond trans network, Campus way N

CVO, Owings Mills

Eastern Two Spirit Indigiqueer Planning Council, Baltimore

Maryland Trans*Unity, Silver Spring

Onyx Marketplace Collective, Baltimore

Queer Crisis Response Unit, Baltimore

Sistas of the “t”, Baltimore

Trans Women of Color Collective, Chevy Chase

Trans Yoga Project, Greenbelt

Michigan

BIPOC Beyond the Binary, Highland Park

Escape AYA Cancer, Lansing

Mirkin Electrology, Lansing

Modulation Institute, LLC, Grand Rapids

Salus Center, Lansing

The Omni Studio, Lansing

The Relaxation Depot, Lansing

TMOC Liberation, Ypsilanti

Transformative Therapy & Consultation Services, Lansing

Tree of Life Sexual Wellness Center, Lansing

Minnesota

SPIRAL Collective, Saint Paul

Telling Queer History, Minneapolis

Transmission Ministry Collective, Minneapolis

Missouri

Feed the People Garden Project, Saint Louis

Kansas City Center for Inclusion, Kansas City

St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline (SQSH), St. Louis

The Shades Project, St. Louis

Trans artist collective, Kansas City

Transformations Youth Group, Kansas City

Mississippi

Bois of the Sippi, Corinth

Love Inside For Everyone, Ridgeland

Love me unlimited4life, Jackson

The TRANS Program, Amory

Montana

The UBU Initiative, Kalispell

TransFusion, KALISPELL

North Carolina

“The Paris LaBelle Project”, Gastonia

Asheboro Latinnxs Services, Asheboro

Greensboro Mutual Aid, Greensboro

H2afrO, Greensboro

Rainbow Collective for Change, Durham

Raleigh United Mutual Aid Hub, Raleigh

STATE OF EMERGENCY, Charlotte

New Jersey

Best Practices Policy Project, Morristown

Breaking the Binary Theatre, Princeton

New Mexico

Accessible Trans Wellness, Albuquerque

Authentic Creations Artistic Apothecary, Pueblo Territory, Albuquerque

Jess Jones Education & Consulting, Albuquerque

SW Two Spirit Society, Albuquerque

Trans Youth Together, Albuquerque

Nevada

Uncloak, Las Vegas

New York

#DorianCoreyProject/TRANSgressions, Kenmore

Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice, Brooklyn

ATLS (Advocates for Trans* Law Students), New York

Bluestockings Community Conservatory, New York

Colectivo Intercultural TRANSgrediendo, Jackson Heights

Community Kinship Life, New York

F2L, New York

Gentle Time Farm, Chatham

Greenwich Village Film Collective, NY

IGMC, Ithaca

Kreative Haus, NY

Lion’s Tooth Project, Newburgh

Mirror Trans Beauty Coop, Brooklyn NY

MLKY Productions, NEW YORK

P.R.I.D.E inc, New york

Reunion of African Descendants, New York

Strategic Trans Alliance for Radical Reform, Schenectady

T.R.A.N. for NY, New York City

The HAF Project, Bronx

Trans Resistance Through Media, Queens

TRANSBRATIONS arts collective, Bronx

Transcenders, New Paltz

Transilient, Brooklyn

WAVE Women Inc., Rochester

Xchange For Change, Poughkeepsie

Ohio

Black Trans Project, Columbus

We are trans, Lakewood

Autonomy Recovery Self-Defense, Portland

Oregon

BI2S Artists, Portland

Cyborg Support Group, Portland

Thesperience Productions, Albany

Pennsylvania 

Bantu Safe Haven, Philadelphia

BLAQ5683 LLC, Philadelphia

KICKING OUT TRANSPHOBIA, Lansdale

La Semilla Del Sol, Philadelphia

No More Dysphoria, Philadelphia

Proud Haven, Pittsburgh

Transology Association, York

Visible Truth 365, Philadelphia

Puerto Rico

Alpha Trans Puerto Rico, Caguas

CASA YAMOCA OPIA, San German

EspicyNipples, Guayama

Euphoria Project, San Juan

Gastro Mia!, Trujillo Alto

La Otra Laboratoria, San Juan

Plataforma Eje, Guaynabo

Puerto Rico Transgender Wellness Center, Bayamon

Sembrando Resistencias, San Juan

Trans Goofy Games, San Juan

South Carolina

The Ladies Room, Greenville

South Dakota

South Dakota Youth Activism, Sioux Falls

Two Spirit Nation, Rapid City

Tennessee

Breathwood Collective, Liberty

Idyll Dandy Arts, Dowelltown

Nashville Gender & Sexuality Alliance, Nashville

Tennessee Transgender Task Force, Cottontown

Texas

Black and Brown Biennale, Houston

Chicos Trans Masculinos Oltt, Houston

Color Splash Out, Princeton

Drag Haus of Trans, Austin

Latinas Trans Dallas/Oltt, Houston

Organizacion Latina Trans in Texas, Houston

Rainbow collective, Houston

Trans Network Houston, Houston

TransNation, College station

Utah

Revolutionary Love Media, Salt Lake City

SafeZone Utah, Salt Lake City

Virginia 

CVille Trans Peer Group, Troy

Diversity In Recovery, North Garden

Empowering Transgender Services, Hampton

Grimalkin Records, Dendron

LBL Productions, Franklin

Southeastern Transgender Resource Center, Norfolk

THRIVING TRANSMEN OF COLOR, Newport News

TRANS BALLROOM INITIATIVE, Norfolk

Trans Thrive Foundation, Richmond

Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia – TAP VA, Virginia Beach

Vermont

Crystal Ledge Farm, Bethel

Tender Fruits Collective, Derby

Washington

Bellingham Queer Collective, Bellingham

FREEDOM MATCH, Seattle

Hope Development Practice, Puyallup

Queer Mountaineers, Seattle

Red Cedar Community Network, Monroe

Tranzzlation, Seattle

Wisconsin

Lovell-Lepak Queer Outreach, Madison

Sun Seeker MKE, Milwaukee

Wyoming

Casper PRIDE Trans Fund, Casper