Community Grants

TSF Community Grants were first launched this spring as an emergency fund to meet immediate needs created by coronavirus within LGBTQ+ populations. We reacted quickly, donating 29K to 23 projects in 16 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces.

In launching our Community Grants, we realized the overwhelming need of grassroots organizations for seed funding to support their communities. We’re committed to additional rounds of Community Grants funding that reach more organizations and activists often overlooked by traditional funding institutions.

We do this by reducing the application burden for grantees, accelerating the pace and volume of giving, partnering with other donors and increasing support and donations to many of our established relationships with LGBTQ+ community organizations.

Join us as we continue to move money to where it is needed most as quickly as possible.

COVID-19

In March, we launched our first Community Grants initiative, offering microgrants ($500-$2000) to individuals and small organizations with projects that are supporting LGBTQ+ community through the COVID-19 pandemic. Inequalities facing LGBTQ+ girls and women before the pandemic have been exacerbated by the crisis and isolation — such as lack of health coverage, provider discrimination, poverty, homelessness and unsafe home environments. To date we have granted $29,000 to grassroots organizations addressing these issues by providing crucial resources, creating spaces online for community and more.  

BLACK LIVES MATTER

To immediately support and center Black lives, Tegan and Sara Foundation has released another round of Community Grants to Black-led, LGBTQ+ organizations – with a focus on women. These first six grantees address systemic racism by organizing to end police violence and providing legal counsel, policy development, and mental health services. TSF’s mission is founded on gender and racial justice, and we are committed to using our resources to directly center those protesting and organizing for real change now.

CANADA

In November, we launched our third round of Community Grants, this time to center grassroots Canadian LGBTQ2S+ organizations making real change at the community level. We are supporting 13 projects in 6 Canadian provinces, including initiatives to preserve Indigenous art, reach Black queer youth with mental health services, bring queer-inclusive books to schools in Canada and more.

Please click here to donate and support! 

We are currently fundraising for additional rounds of community grants.