U.S.

Northeast / Mid-Atlantic

U.S. Panel Grants are grants issued to U.S.-based lesbian, trans and LGBTI social change organizations and projects, including cultural and film/video projects. U.S. Panel Grants are determined by a diverse and committed activist Community Funding Panel.

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Meet a Grantee: National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Association (NQAPIA) (Washington, D.C.)

This Astraea movement building– initiative partner is a federation of 32 LGBT Asian American, South Asian and Pacific Islander organiza- tions from 14 cities across the U.S.. NQAPIA has made excellent head- way in strengthening local grassroots groups to develop a national voice challenging invisibility, homophobia, racism and anti-immigrant bias. Accomplishments include an historic national grassroots conference, a leadership training attended by 28 organizations and the first comprehensive report of API organizing.

To meet more of our grantees and learn about their important work, click here

Audre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY)
Collaborative Fund $500
Heller-Bernard Fund $7,500
Movement Resource Fund $13,600
U.S. Movement Building $150,000 over 3 years beginning in 2007
alp.org

Baby Makes Me (Brooklyn, NY)
U.S. Panel $7,000
staceyannchin.com

Casa Atabex Aché (New York, NY)
U.S. Panel $7,000
casaatabexache.org

Different Avenues (Washington, D.C.)
U.S. Panel $7,000
differentavenues.org

Equality Forum (Philadelphia, PA)
Collaborative Fund $2,000
equalityforum.com

FIERCE (New York, NY)
Collaborative Fund $2,000
Movement Resource Fund $3,600
U.S. Movement Building $150,000 over 3 years beginning in 2006
U.S. Movement Building $125,000 over 3 years beginning in 2009
U.S. Panel $10,000
fiercenyc.org

Fire & Ink (Hyattsville, MD)
U.S. Panel, NEWMR Fund for the Promotion
of Women’s Music and Culture $10,000
fireandink.org

Funders for LGBTQ Issues
(New York, NY)
Philanthropic Fund $2,500
lgbtfunders.org

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (New York, NY)
Purple Lady Fund $1,000
glsen.org

Grameen Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Marsha Day Memorial Fund $2,000
grameenfoundation.org

Grants Managers Network (Washington, D.C.)
Philanthropic Fund $250
gmnetwork.org

Grassroots International (Boston, MA)
Collaborative Fund $300
grassrootsonline.org

GRIOT Circle (Brooklyn, NY)
Heller-Bernard Fund $13,500 over 4 years beginning in 2007
U.S. Panel $7,000
griotcircle.org

In The Life Media (New York, NY)
Collaborative Fund $2,500
inthelifetv.org

Kunsi Keya Tamakoce (Huntington, VT)
U.S. Panel $5,000
kunsikeya.org

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund (New York, NY)
Purple Lady Fund $2,500
Roots and Wings Fund $500
lambdalegal.org

Lesbian Herstory Archives
(New York, NY)
Roots and Wings Fund $500
lesbianherstoryarchives.org

MADRE (New York, NY)
Collaborative Fund $500
madre.org

Mautner Project (Washington, D.C.)
Collaborative Fund $500
Heller-Bernard Fund $13,500 over 4 years beginning in 2007
mautnerproject.org

Middle Collegiate Church (New York, NY)
Marsha Day Memorial Fund $2,000
middlechurch.org

National Black Justice Coalition (Washington, D.C.)
Heller-Bernard Fund $2,500
nbjcoalition.org

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Purple Lady Fund $2,250
thetaskforce.org

National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) (Washington, D.C.)
Movement Resource Fund $1,840
U.S. Movement Building $150,000 over 3 years beginning in 2008
nqapia.org

National Women’s Health Network (Washington, D.C.)
Roots and Wings Fund $500
nwhn.org

New Voices Pittsburgh: Women of Color for Reproductive Justice (Pittsburgh, PA)
U.S. Panel $6,000
myspace.com/newvoicespgh

None on Record (Brooklyn, NY)
Collaborative Fund $500
Movement Resource Fund $949
U.S. Panel $7,000
noneonrecord.com

North Fork Women for Women Fund (Greenport, NY)
Marsha Day Memorial Fund $1,000
nfwfwf.org

North Star Fund (New York, NY)
Collaborative Fund $1,000
northstarfund.org

Out of Many, One People (New York, NY)
U.S. Panel $8,000

Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Washington, D.C.)
Purple Lady Fund $500
pflag.org

Paris Press (Ashfield, MA)
Heller-Bernard Fund $2,500
parispress.org

Pride at Work (Washington, D.C.)
U.S. Panel $4,000
prideatwork.org

Project Enterprise (New York, NY)
Marsha Day Memorial Fund $2,000
projectenterprise.org

Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM) (Providence, RI)
Movement Resource Fund $3,500
U.S. Panel $10,000
prysm.us

Q-WAVE (New York, NY)
U.S. Panel $5,000
q-wave.org

Queer Black Cinema (New York, NY)
U.S. Panel $5,000
queerblackcinema.org

Queers for Economic Justice
(New York, NY)
Movement Resource Fund $3,600
U.S. Movement Building $150,000 over 3 years beginning in 2008
queersforeconomicjustice.org

Quiet Come Dawn (Brooklyn, NY)
U.S. Panel $5,000
myspace.com/yalinidream

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (Washington, D.C.)
Purple Lady Fund $500
sldn.org

Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) (New York, NY)
Marsha Day Memorial Fund $1,000
sageusa.org

Sex Workers Project (New York, NY)
U.S. Panel $7,500
sexworkersproject.org

Sylvia Rivera Law Project (New York, NY)
Collaborative Fund $250
Movement Resource Fund $11,600
U.S. Movement Building $100,000 over 2 years beginning in 2009
U.S. Panel $10,000
srlp.org

That All May Freely Serve (Rochester, NY)
Purple Lady Fund $1,500
tamfs.org

The Feminist Press (New York, NY)
Heller-Bernard Fund $2,500
feministpress.org

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
(New York, NY)
Roots and Wings Fund $1,500
gaycenter.org

U People (Brooklyn, NY)
U.S. Panel $7,000
iLoveUPeople.com