Deadline: 12 December 2022

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

The ITF was created to mobilise sustainable resources to help build strong trans-led movements and support collective action, and to address and eliminate the funding gaps affecting trans organisations around the world. The ITF's aim is to:

• Build and Sustain the Fund | Develop and sustain a mechanism to support trans-led groups of different sizes working on a range of issues at international, regional, national and local levels, with an emphasis on smaller groups with limited resources.
• Resource Trans Movements | Increase and improve access to resources to support trans movements by increasing financial resources dedicated to trans-led organisations and groups; providing access to non-financial resources for trans organisations, such as capacity building, organisational strengthening, leadership development and activist support; and improving advocacy in philanthropy to increase access to new donors.
• Educate Philanthropic Community Educate your peers in the philanthropic community about trans issues and influence other funders and strategic allies on trans-related commitments and strategies.

Your priorities

• The ITF prioritises its donations:
  • Fund a diverse collection of groups, including various identities, strategies and issues, languages and regions.
  • Prioritise trans communities that face higher levels of marginalisation (e.g. racism, classism, ageism, ableism, misogyny and so on).
  • Support trans-led organisations whose work is intersectional and contributes to economic and social justice, movement building and the liberation of trans people.

Types of concession

The ITF has two types of concession:

• SEED grant (1 year)
  • The SEED grant is a 1-year general support and/or project grant for trans-led organisations that have never been funded by the ITF, or that prefer to apply for this grant instead of the THRIVE grant. Grants range from US$ 10,000 to US$ 25,000 per year.
• THRIVE subsidy (1 year)
  • The THRIVE grant is a 1-year general support grant ONLY for trans-led organisations that have previously been funded by the ITF and are in good standing. Grants range from US$ 25,000 to US$ 50,000 per year.

Eligibility criteria

• To be eligible for funding, organisations must meet the following criteria:
• Be trans-leadership:
  • Trans people should be in decision-making roles, including setting the organisation's strategic and financial priorities, and make up 75% the team, spokespeople and Board or decision-making body.
  • If this is not the case, organisations should demonstrate how trans people make budgetary, organisational and strategic decisions.
  • Have an operating budget below US$ 100,000.
  • Be a group of people (i.e. not an individual).
  • The main focus of the work is to benefit the trans community.
  • Contribute to building the movement, not just by providing direct services.
  • Applications that do not meet these criteria will be considered ineligible and will not be analysed by the Donations Panel.

Ineligible

• What they don't finance the ITF doesn't finance next:
  • Individuals.
  • Organisations that are not led by trans people (even if they are working on trans issues).
  • Organisations that do not work specifically to benefit trans people or communities.
  • Organisations with operating budgets above US$ 100,000.
  • Organisations and projects that only provide direct services to individuals without contributing in any way to building the trans movement

For more information, visit https://www.transfund.org/our-grants/apply-for-a-grant/