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Grant Applications and Due Dates
International Fund for Sexual Minorities
U.S. Fund (solamente para organizaciones en los EEUU)
Margot Karle Scholarship Fund
Astraea Visual Arts Fund
Lesbian Writers Fund
Due Dates are for receipt of applications at the Astraea office.
For more information, including current criteria, guidelines and application forms, please contact: grants@astraeafoundation.org.
GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS
International Fund for Sexual Minorities
Astraea’s International Fund for Sexual Minorities supports groups, projects, or organizations working towards progressive social change which are led by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) communities and directly address oppression based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity/expression.
We are now accepting proposals through an online application form.
If you have received a grant from Astraea’s International Fund in the last 2 years (since January 2010), you are welcome to submit a renewal application until March 22nd, 2012. Enter here.
If you are a new applicant or if your most recent grant from Astraea was awarded over 2 years ago, you can submit a letter of interest here. Before you begin, please review our criteria and priorities for funding
El Fondo Internacional para Minorías Sexuales de Astraea apoya grupos, proyectos, u organizaciones que trabajan para un cambio social progresista y que estén liderados por comunidades lésbicas, gáis, bisexuales, transgénero, e intersex (LGBTI) y que abordan directamente la opresión basada en orientación sexual y/o identidad/expresión de género.
Estamos aceptando propuesta por medio de un formulario de solicitud en línea.
Si ha recibido una subvención del Fondo Internacional de Astraea en los últimos dos años (desde Enero 2010), puede completar una solicitud de renovación hasta 22 de marzo de 2012. Entre aquí.
Si es un solicitante nuevo o si su última subvención de Astraea fue hace más de dos años, puede someter una carta de interés aquí. Antes de comenzar, por favor repase los criterios y prioridades de financiamiento.
International Movement Resource Fund
Inquiries Accepted Year-Round
Astraea’s Movement Resource Fund provides grants to enhance the capacity and effectiveness of our grantee partners and ally organizations to engage in movement building work. Grants are generally provided in three areas: Technical Assistance, Travel/Peer-to-Peer Learning and Historic Convenings. Although any organization that fits our funding criteria may apply, we prioritize current Astraea grantee partners.
One page inquiries can be sent to Namita Chad, Emergency/Movement Resource Fund Program Officer, at nchad@astraeafoundation.org. Inquiries should include information about your organization, the purpose of the request, and a summary budget of how the funds would be used.
International Emergency Fund
Inquiries Accepted Year-Round
Astraea provides rapid response emergency grants to organizations faced with an unforeseeable organizing opportunity or immediate political emergency. One page inquiries can be sent to Namita Chad, Emergency/Movement Resource Fund Program Officer, at nchad@astraeafoundation.org. Inquiries should include information about your organization, the emergency for which you seek funding, and a summary budget of how the funds would be used.
U.S. General Fund
(solamente para organizaciones en los EEUU)
For Lesbian, Trans, Intersex and LGBTI social change organizations and projects (including film, video, media and cultural projects) that directly address the depth and complexity of critical issues in LGBTI communities.
We will be announcing the application process and due date for this fund as soon as they are available. In the meantime, Please sign up on our email list for updated information on Astraea’s activities. If you would like to let us know about current projects and work you are undertaking or if you have questions about how your work fits into our priorities, please feel free to email us at grants@astraeafoundation.org.
U.S. Fund Guidelines and Criteria
U.S. Movement Resource Fund
Astraea’s Movement Resource Fund provides grants to enhance the capacity and effectiveness of our grantee partners and ally organizations to engage in movement building work. Grants are generally provided in three areas: Technical Assistance, Travel/Peer-to-Peer Learning and Historic Convenings. Although any organization that fits our funding criteria may apply, we prioritize current Astraea grantee partners.
This fund is now closed until January 2012. At that time, one page inquiries can be sent to Namita Chad, Emergency/Movement Resource Fund Program Officer, at nchad@astraeafoundation.org. Inquiries should include information about your organization, the purpose of the request, and a summary budget of how the funds would be used.
U.S. Emergency Fund
Inquiries Accepted Year-Round
Astraea provides rapid response emergency grants to organizations faced with an unforeseeable organizing opportunity or immediate political emergency. One page inquiries can be sent to Namita Chad, Emergency/Movement Resource Fund Program Officer, at nchad@astraeafoundation.org.
GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS
Margot Karle Scholarship Fund
The Margot Karle Scholarship was founded in 1995 to honor the life of Margot, who as a lesbian attorney and the Director of New York's Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, made significant contributions to the struggle for human rights. The Margot Karle Scholarship Fund supports undergraduate women who show a deep commitment to their communities through activism and volunteering.
Astraea will not be awarding a Margot Karle Scholarship Award in fiscal year 2012. Since 1995, we have awarded grants totaling almost $15,000 to women at eight CUNY schools. We will not be making a grant through this fund in 2012 as we take time off to evaluate the impact of the fund and explore how to best align this award with Astraea’s larger mission of supporting lesbians and allied communities challenge oppression and claim their human rights.
Please visit our website in July 2012 for information about the Margot Karle Scholarship in fiscal year 2013.
Astraea Visual Arts Fund
The Astraea Visual Arts Fund promotes the work of contemporary lesbian visual artists who show artistic merit and share Astraea’s commitment to LGBTI visibility and social justice.
We will be announcing the application process and due date for this fund as soon as they are available. In the meantime, Please sign up on our email list for updated information on Astraea’s activities. If you would like to let us know about current projects and work you are undertaking or if you have questions about how your work fits into our priorities, please feel free to email us at grants@astraeafoundation.org.
Lesbian Writers Fund
The Lesbian Writers Fund provides grants to emerging lesbian poets and fiction writers across the U.S.
We will be announcing the application process and due date for this fund as soon as they are available. In the meantime, Please sign up on our email list for updated information on Astraea’s activities. If you would like to let us know about current projects and work you are undertaking or if you have questions about how your work fits into our priorities, please feel free to email us at grants@astraeafoundation.org.