Queer Texas Crisis Fund (QTCF)
Funding Amount
At least $100,000 total fund (individual award amounts not specified)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- Both urban centers and rural county organizations eligible
Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- Focus on providing direct services to LGBTQ+ communities across Texas
Overview
Geographic Scope: Texas statewide
Focus Areas:
- Emergency relief to LGBTQ+ communities in response to COVID-19
- Critical social justice work at the intersections of race and LGBTQ+ identities
- Direct services addressing:
- Economic strife and job loss
- Lack of medical care
- Food insecurity
- Violence at the hands of law enforcement
- Systemic racism impacts
Eligibility:
- 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations
- Focus on providing direct services to LGBTQ+ communities across Texas
- Both urban centers and rural county organizations eligible
Partners:
- Equality Texas
- Texas Pride Impact Funds
Background:
The pandemic and continued civil rights and racial justice movements created urgent need for emergency support to smaller organizations providing direct services to LGBTQ+ people experiencing economic hardship and systemic oppression. The fund aimed to ensure survival and sustainability of local/regional nonprofits critical to the LGBTQ+ movement in Texas.
Contact:
- Equality Texas, PO Box 2340, Austin, Texas 78768-2340
How to Apply
Application Process
- Application Method: Brief online survey
- Timeline: Survey released mid-July 2020
- Award Announcement: Early September 2020
- Fund Distribution: Early September 2020
Required Materials
- 501(c)(3) non-profit status documentation
- Responses to brief survey (specific questions not detailed in source material)
What EQTX Equality Texas Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2022 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
EQTX Equality Texas Foundation reported $1,000 in grants for 2024 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2022, its most recent itemized filing.
- Grants in 2022
- 2
- Total given
- $75K
- Median grant
- $38K
- Range
- $30K–$45K
- By dollars: Texas 100%. Top recipient cities: Houston, TX; Austin, TX.
Example grants
Texas Pride Impact Fund · Houston, TX
Program support
$45K
Transgender Education Network of Texas · Austin, TX
Program support
$30K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- LGBTQ
- Nonprofits
- Hardship
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