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The Uplifting Trans Fund distributes microgrants to projects that support and celebrate transgender, non-binary, and intersex people and communities.
OUR MISSION
The Uplifting Trans Fund provides funding for US-based projects that celebrate and support community, and fall into our one of our 4 grant categories: Advocacy, Creativity, Joy, and Resilience. Each grant cycle also includes one additional microgrant “Priority Area” as determined by our Board of Directors.
Our Priority Grant Area for 2027 is: Rural Communities.
Our standard grant award is $2500. We are particularly interested in funding projects that are not eligible for traditional funding streams. We encourage applications from BIPOC folks, disabled people, and others who experience multiple marginalizations. Applications can be for a brand new project or a project that you have already have in action that needs further support. You do NOT need use a grant writer, have nonprofit status, or work for a nonprofit to apply for a UTF grant. UTF holds one grant cycle per year – learn more about our application process and cycle dates here.
OUR GRANTEES
Here are the organizations and projects that have received UTF microgrants in our 2025 & 2026 grant cycles.
Learn more about these projects here.
FUNDING OUR 2027 GRANT CYCLE
The Uplifting Trans Fund is entirely donor funded. We spend each year fundraising for the next year’s grant cycle, and once we reach our $15,000 threshold, we post the timeline and application process for the upcoming cycle here on our website and make an announcement on our email list.
Thanks to our sponsor, Trans Affirming Training & Consulting and a private donor, all of our operating costs are covered. That means all of our donations go directly towards funding projects that support and celebrate transgender, non-binary, and intersex people and communities!
We are currently about halfway to our meeting our 2027 threshold – if you have the means, we would really appreciate your support in helping us reach our goal, especially in this difficult economic time.
The Uplifting Trans Fund is solely supported by donations.
In addition to support from individuals like yourself,
We also receive funding from organizations including:
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We encourage cisgender people to donate and share our mission as an act of trans solidarity.
These are unprecedented and incredibly scary times for trans people. Cisgender people’s solidarity is absolutely crucial to help trans people to survive and have the opportunity to thrive. When you donate to UTF, your donation goes directly to funding our microgrants, AND you are supporting a trans-centered 501(c)3 nonprofit in redistributing funds to projects that uplift trans community.