Funding Amount

At least $100,000 total fund (distributed to multiple organizations)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Queer Texas Crisis Fund

Status: Historical program (2020)

Funder: Equality Texas and Texas Pride Impact Funds partnership

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 supporting LGBTQ+ people experiencing economic strife

  • Support for organizations addressing systemic racism and related issues (lack of medical care, food insecurity, violence at the hands of law enforcement)
  • Eligibility:

  • 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations

  • Organizations providing direct service to LGBTQ+ communities across Texas

  • Organizations leading intersectional racial justice and LGBTQ+ work
  • Funding Goal: Raise at least $100,000 by August 31, 2020 to support organizations across Texas

    About the Partners:

  • Equality Texas: Largest statewide organization working to secure full equality for LGBTQ+ Texans through political action, education, community organizing, and collaboration

  • Equality Texas Foundation: Works through education, community organizing, and collaboration

  • Texas Pride Impact Funds: Propels the LGBTQ+ movement in Texas by supporting nonprofits, strengthening community organizations and leaders, mobilizing donors and funders, and securing the LGBTQ+ community's future
  • Contact:
    Equality Texas
    PO Box 2340
    Austin, Texas 78768-2340

    How to Apply

    Application Process

    Timeline:

  • Application survey release: mid-July 2020

  • Campaign deadline: August 31, 2020

  • Awards announcement and distribution: early September 2020
  • Required Materials:

  • Brief survey (to be released mid-July)
  • Submission Requirements:

  • For 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations only
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    lgbtqnonprofitshardshipsocial-justice

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