We Build a Diverse and Inclusive Community
The Texas Panhandle is a particularly harsh environment for funding for LGBTQIAP+ focused organizations. In 2023, the Board of Directors authorized a portion of revenue to be disbursed to organizations who are focused on our impact areas for specific programs that help individuals.
We prioritize funding for LGBTQIAP+ groups and organizations that are
Serving the LGBTQIAP+ Community, and within these groups, we will especially prioritize those focused on:
- Trans women and femmes
- Non-binary/non-conforming/gender diverse
- Black, Indigenous and other People of Color (BIPOC)
- Immigrants
- Disabled people/People with Disabilities
- Elders
Innovatively supporting people when or where nobody else is, especially:
- Grassroots organizations and groups that were started with love, energy, and resources by the people who the organization is set up to serve. We believe in supporting the people closest to the issues to be empowered to create the solutions for themselves.
- Work that is creatively reimagining what it means to provide direct services.
- Organizations and groups that are not exclusively LGBTQIAP+ focused, but are led by queer and trans people who are leading inherently from an intersectional perspective.
Smaller, grassroots, and who don’t have access to mainstream funding sources, especially organizations and groups that are focusing on issues that are impacting LGBTQIAP+ folks at the intersection of social identities, including work that is focused on:
- Youth support
- Anti-violence
- Supporting people living with HIV/AIDS
- Housing and homelessness
- Senior and elder support
- Immigration
- Supporting and decriminalizing sex workers
- Incarceration/criminal injustice and restorative justice
- Healing justice
- Disability justice
If your organization would like to apply for funding for the 2024 calendar year, applications will open on July 1, 2023, and will end on August 31, 2023. Awards will be announced in October, 2023 and funds distributed in December, 2023.
