How much funding does Queer Mobilization Fund (QMF) provide?

Queer Mobilization Fund (QMF) provides $5,000 - $10,000 in funding.

When is the deadline for Queer Mobilization Fund (QMF)?

This grant has a rolling deadline or the deadline has not been announced.

Queer Mobilization Fund (QMF)

Foundation Annual Grants for LGBTQ Nonprofits Grants for BIPOC Grants for Grassroots Organizations Social Justice Grants

Funding Amount

$5,000 - $10,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Queer Mobilization Fund

Program Status: Active (4th cohort announced in 2022)

Geographic Scope: US South, with primary focus on North Carolina and neighboring states

Overview: The Queer Mobilization Fund (QMF) supports QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community organizations and organizers working for freedom and liberation in the US South. Founded in 2016 as rapid response fund.

Award Types:

Biscuits Grant: $5,000

Gravy Grant: $10,000 (invitation-only for previous grantees)

Technical Assistance Only Grant: Support without direct funding

Program History:

Launched in 2016 in response to anti-trans HB2 law in North Carolina

Has served 70+ organizations across North Carolina and US South

Started with $500 grants, now offers up to $10,000

Many grantees became nonprofit leaders and some joined SVA staff

Focus Areas:

Trans and gender non-conforming liberation

BIPOC community power-building

LGBTQ rights and advocacy

Healing and cultural organizing

Community care and mutual aid

Support Provided:

Direct grants

Technical Assistance (TA) for capacity building

Access to peer cohort of organizations

Support for internal and external capacity strengthening

2022 Grantees Include:

Aflorar Herb Collective (Asheville, NC & Louisville, KY)

Asheboro Latinxs Services (Asheboro, NC)

Bigwitch Indian Wisdom Initiative (Cherokee, NC)

Black Life Response (New Orleans, LA)

CAKE Society Co. (Arlington, VA)

Center for Participatory Change (Asheville, NC)

Country Queers (Sandstone, WV)

Durham Community Apothecary (Durham, NC)

Erase Trans Hate Carolinas (Charlotte, NC)

Contact: Ricky Bratz, Queer Mobilization Fund Director, ricky@southernvision.org

What Southern Vision Alliance actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024

Grants in 2024: 36
Total given: $330K
Median grant: $6,750
Range: $5,500–$29K

By dollars: Florida 17%, Georgia 13%, Virginia 12%. Top recipient cities: New Orleans, LA; Atlanta, GA; Orlando, FL.
0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
67% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Orange County Translatinas · La Palma, CA

Qmf and nc collaborative for strong latinx communities grants to asheboro latinx services

$29K
Dubois Institute for Entrepreneurship · Dothan, AL

Grant for south alabama black women's roundtable

$20K
Highlander Research & Education Center · New Market, TN

Qmf grant - southern intermediaries project

$20K
Grimalkin Records Inc · Dendron, VA

Qmf grants - grimalkin records, inc

$16K
Southeastern Immigrant Rights Network · College Park, GA

Nc collaborative for strong latinx communities grant

$15K