LGBTQ Fund Grant

The LGBTQ Fund Grant supports organizations focused on enhancing the quality of life for LGBTQ individuals, particularly marginalized groups. Funding is aimed at general operations, programs, advocacy, and capacity building. Priority is given to initiatives that advocate for effective policies and build cultural competency in mainstream organizations. Eligible applicants include nonprofit entities within the Greater New Orleans area that prioritize services for elders, transgender youth, and low-income LGBTQ individuals, ensuring access to essential resources and support.

Supporting equality, fairness, acceptance, and mutual respect for all.
The LGBTQ Fund will support:

• General operations
• Programs
• Advocacy, including legislative, judicial, or executive advocacy; community organizing; campaigns; leadership development; and policy development

Capacity building, including technology needs and support, collaboration, professional development, communications training, organizational effectiveness, and evaluation and research
Priority Areas
Support is available to health, cultural and support organizations, and programs that increase the quality of life and access to opportunity for LGBTQ individuals and families, particularly the most marginalized members of the community, including elders, transgender youth and adults of color, low-income LGBTQ people, and LGBTQ youth of color and LBGTQ persons who are disabled.
Priority is given to work that aims to:

• Advocate for effective policies that will improve the quality of life for LGBTQ individuals and families.

Build the cultural competency of “mainstream” organizations that serve LGBTQ clientele, particularly transgender youth and adults of color, low-income LGBTQ people, and LGBTQ youth of color. This work would provide the staff of “mainstream” organizations with the education, tools, and professional development opportunities that will help improve their knowledge, skills, and attitudes when serving LGBTQ clientele.
Provide LGBTQ individuals and families with high quality, well-coordinated, and culturally competent direct services related to: primary care, behavioral, and preventive healthcare; crisis management and legal support; workforce development; financial literacy and asset building; transportation; housing and safe spaces to congregate, and non-HIV status-related social services

Eligibility

Nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations that serve within GNOF’s 13-parish service area are eligible to apply for funding. Organizations that are not tax-exempt but have a fiscal agent relationship with a 501(c)(3) organization are also eligible.

Ineligibility

Unfortunately, we are not able to support organizations that do not prioritize increasing the quality of life and access to opportunity for elders, transgender youth and adults of color, low-income LGBTQ people, and LBGTQ persons who are disabled.

Tax-exempt nonprofits (or organizations with a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor) serving GNOF's 13-parish service area; priority to organizations providing services within Orleans Parish.