Funding Opportunities For LGBTQ+ And Social Justice Initiatives

Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

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Looking Out Foundation

Grants to nonprofits include, but are not limited to LGBTQIA2S+ support, disadvantaged youth, public health, women, the arts, those experiencing food insecurity, and the unhoused. 

Deadline: July 1, 2026

https://www.lookingoutfoundation.org/grants/

Gamma Mu Foundation

The Foundation is committed to empowering LGBTQ+ communities by supporting organizations and initiatives that create lasting, positive change and address challenges faced by rural and underserved populations, funding programs that promote health, education, social support, and equality. Grant info webinars in March (see website).

Deadline: March 31, 2026

https://www.gammamufoundation.org/grant-proposal-guidelines---application-info

Sparkplug Foundation

The Foundation prioritizes grassroots organizing and innovation as the key for creating change and supports projects that engage individuals who have been excluded or marginalized. Funding supports U.S. nonprofits for community organizing projects, education initiatives, and music.

Applications Accepted March 1 to May 1, 2026

https://www.sparkplugfoundation.org/apply/

AJ Muste Foundation For Peace And Justice

The Foundation’s Social Justice Fund supports grassroots activist projects confronting institutionalized violence against racial, ethnic, gender-based, and LGBTQ communities.

Rapid Response Grants – No Deadline

Organizing Grants – Check Website Mid-March For Details

https://ajmuste.org/apply/rapid-response-grants/

Impact Fund

The Fund provides grants to legal services nonprofits who seek to confront social, economic, and environmental injustice that affect marginalized groups. Focus areas include LGBT rights, human and civil rights, prisoners’ rights, voting rights, gender equity, and more.

No Deadline – Submit Letter Of Inquiry

https://www.impactfund.org/legal-grants/application-requirements

Health Care Advocates International (HCAI)

HCAI supports organizations and programs that further HCAI’s mission to end discrimination and support healthy lives for the LGBTQ+ community.

Deadline: Check Website For Info On Next Grant Cycle

https://www.hcaillc.com/advocacy-programs/grant-program

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