Friends –
As we all experience the significant and unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Campaign for Southern Equality today is launching a $25,000 rapid response grant round to direct immediate resources to individuals, families, and community organizations across the LGBTQ South.
Applications are now open for this special grant round. There are three categories:
Emergency Assistance Grants for Individuals and Families:
LGBTQ Southerners who have been impacted by COVID-19 may apply for immediate financial support of $100. The easy application process is designed to move funds quickly to LGBTQ Southerners who are already experiencing the health and financial impacts of the pandemic, with a focus on those who are at particularly high risk. Applicants can use the funding for basic needs like groceries, rent/mortgage payments, prescriptions or medical bills, prevention supplies, and more. CSE will distribute a total of $10,000 through emergency assistance grants of up to $100, with big thanks to Gender Benders, a longtime partner of CSE, for donating $5,000 for these emergency grants.
Apply for Emergency Assistance
Community Response Grants:
Anyone can apply for a grant of up to $500 to fund a project to respond to the needs of LGBTQ Southerners related to COVID-19. Whether it’s a project focused on connecting LGBTQ elders with meals or tech assistance, an initiative to connect people virtually to build community, an effort to address mental health challenges that will be exacerbated by social distancing, or something else, we’re looking forward to reading applications and providing support as part of this $7,500 grant category.
Apply for a Community Response Grant
Frontline Grants to Direct Service Providers:
Staff from the Campaign for Southern Equality will direct grants to frontline organizations that provide direct services to LGBTQ Southerners at high risk of being impacted by COVID-19. This $7,500 grant category will support at least three grants to direct service partners.
The Southern Equality Fund has always been about responding to our community’s urgent needs while investing in the next generation of Southern LGBTQ organizers, and that’s what’s at the core of this COVID-19 grant round, too: Helping people who are hurting and encouraging innovation for grassroots action that makes a difference.
Learn more about the grant round by clicking here.
Thank you,
Jasmine
P.S. Want to donate to Campaign for Southern Equality’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Round? Click here and your gift will go directly to a grant supporting LGBTQ Southerners impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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