Strategic grantmaking at Astraea means:
MULTI-YEAR GRANTS
Because social change doesn't happen over night.
EMERGENCY, SAFETY & SECURITY GRANTS
Because egregious human rights violations don't conform to grant cycles.
ACTIVIST PANEL GRANTS
Because people based in the communities we fund are best positioned to identify funding priorities.
GRANTS TO LESBIAN ARTISTS AND WRITERS
Because cultural work is a powerful tool for resistance and inspiration.
Consider the impact your gift can make: A sampling of Astraea grants.
$ 150,000
over 3 years Allows SONG / Southerners on New Ground(Durham, NC)
to integrate work against racism, sexism and
economic injustice into
LGBT organizing and
anti- homophobia work
with other freedom struggles in the U.S. South.
$ 75,000
over 3 years Supports Gender/ Sexuality Rights Association
of Taiwan's interventions
in cases of discrimination, including
organizing legal support for Taiwan's only gay bookstore.
$ 10,000 Promotes the work of individual poets and fiction writers
across the U.S.
$ 8,000 Supports Affinity Community Services' (Chicago, IL)Justice in
Health Initiative to promote improved healthcare for lesbian and
bisexual women of African descent.
$ 4,000 Enables groups like Old Lesbians Organizing for Change
(Athens, OH)to hire a field organizer to start chapters around the
country.
$ 2,500 Provides safety and security options for activists facing
persecution
and abuse by governments and others.
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