International Trans Fund (7th Grant Cycle): Apply for Seed Grants and Thrive Grants

International Trans Fund (7th Grant Cycle): Apply for Seed Grants and Thrive Grants

Deadline: 12-Dec-2022

The International Trans Fund (ITF) is pleased to announce its 7th grant cycle. ITF welcomes applications from trans-led organizations with budgets below $100,000 USD based in any region of the world.

The ITF was created to mobilize sustainable resources to help build strong, trans-led movements and support collective action, and to address and eliminate funding gaps impacting trans organizations across the globe. The purpose of the ITF is to:

Build & Sustain the Fund | Develop and sustain a mechanism to support trans-led groups of different sizes working on a range of issues at the international, regional, country and local levels, with emphasis on smaller groups with limited resources.
Resource Trans Movements | Increase and enhance access to resources to support trans movements by increasing financial resources dedicated to trans-led organizations and groups; providing access to non-financial resources for trans organizations, such as skills building, organizational strengthening, leadership development and activist support; and improving advocacy in philanthropy to increase access to new donors.
Educate Philanthropic Community | Educate their peers in the philanthropic community on trans issues and influence other funders and strategic allies in trans related commitments and strategies.
Their Priorities
The ITF has priorities for their grantmaking:
Fund a diverse collection of groups, inclusive of various identities, strategies and issues, languages and regions.
Prioritize trans communities facing greater levels of marginalization (e.g. racism, classism, ageism, ableism, misogyny and so on).
Support trans-led organizations whose work is intersectional and contributes to economic and social justice, movement building, and the liberation of trans people.
Grant Types
The ITF has two grant types:

SEED Grant (1-year)
The SEED grant is a 1-year general support and/or project grant for trans-led organizations that have never been funded by the ITF, or that prefer to apply for this grant instead of the THRIVE Grant. Grants range from $10,000 to $25,000 USD/year.
THRIVE Grant (1-year)
The THRIVE grant is a 1-year general support grant ONLY for trans-led organizations that have been previously funded by the ITF and are in good standing. Grants range from $25,000 to $50,000 USD/year.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding organizations must meet the following criteria:
Be trans-led:
Trans people must be in decision-making roles, including setting the organization’s strategic and financial priorities, and make up 75% of the staff, spokespeople, and Board or decision-making body.
If this is not the case, organizations must demonstrate how trans people make budget, organizational and strategic decisions.
Have an operating budget under $100,000 USD.
Be a group of people (i.e. not an individual).
Main focus of work is to benefit the trans community.
Contribute to movement building, not just providing direct services.
Applications that do not meet these criteria will be found to be ineligible and will not be reviewed by the Grant Making Panel.
Ineligible
What They Do Not Fund the ITF does not fund the following:
Individuals.
Organizations that are not led by trans people (even if they are working on trans issues).
Organizations that do not do work specifically to benefit trans people or communities.
Organizations with operating budgets above $100,000 USD.
Organizations and projects that only provide direct services to individuals without contributing to trans movement building in some way
For more information, visit https://www.transfund.org/our-grants/apply-for-a-grant/