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Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice
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Grants

Grant Applications and Deadlines

Fund for Sexual Minorities
US Fund Panel Grants
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

For due dates, choose the appropriate button.

Current/Activas

Current Astraea (Active) Grantee Partners / Organizaciones Contrapartes Activas



Non-Grantees/Organizaciones No Contrapartes

Non-Grantees and Inactive Past Astraea Grantees / Organizaciones No Contrapartes de Astraea y Contrapartes Inactivas

US Fund Panel Grants

Application Due Date: April 5, 2010 (By Invitation Only)
Notification of Decision: August 2010
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.

Current grantee partners who received a grant last year will be notified by February 2010 of their eligibility to apply for this year’s US Panel Fund and sent a renewal application form. New applications are not accepted. However, organizations that are not current grantee partners may submit compelling movement building projects to the Movement Resource Fund and emergency funding projects to the Emergency Fund (see below for more details).


Movement Resource Fund for US and International Regions

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.

Emergency Fund for US and International Regions

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

Application Due Date: September 7, 2010
Notification of Decision: December 2010

For full-time, undergraduate women students attending a City University of NY (CUNY) school.


Astraea Visual Arts Fund

Application Due Date: October 1, 2010
Notification of Decision: December 2010

Recognizes the work of contemporary lesbian visual artists within the U.S., in the following categories: sculpture, painting in any medium, print, drawing, work on paper, and mixed media. This fund does not include film/video, or photography submissions.


Lesbian Writers Fund

Application Due Date: March 2011

Notification of Decision: TBA

A Note on the Status of the Lesbian Writers Fund — May 2010

Thank you for your interest in the Lesbian Writers Fund, which provides grants to emerging lesbian poets and fiction writers across the U.S. Please note that the grant application deadline for this year has been moved to March 2011. We are pushing back the timeline for this application cycle for several reasons – in order to evaluate the fund to align it more closely with Astraea’s mission and overall grantmaking programs, to implement a technological upgrade to the fund that would enable an online application process, and to leverage additional resources to enable the fund to thrive.  We are deeply committed to the Lesbian Writers Fund as an opportunity for LGBTI women to receive funding for their amazing work, and we will keep you informed of the new application once it is available.

Email grants@astraeafoundation.org with any questions regarding this fund.