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Nonprofit Grants For Equity And Empowerment

Nonprofit Weekly Grant Roundup – This week we’re focusing on programs supporting equity, advocacy, and empowerment for women and girls, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other underserved populations. Every week, we gather the latest grant opportunities so you don’t have to. Whether you're looking for funding for programs, operations, or special projects, this list is designed to help you stay on top of what’s available.
Nonprofit Weekly Grant Roundup – This week we’re focusing on programs supporting equity, advocacy, and empowerment for women and girls, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other underserved populations. Every week, we gather the latest grant opportunities so you don’t have to. Whether you're looking for funding for programs, operations, or special projects, this list is designed to help you stay on top of what’s available.
Nonprofit Weekly Grant Roundup – This week we’re focusing on programs supporting equity, advocacy, and empowerment for women and girls, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other underserved populations. Every week, we gather the latest grant opportunities so you don’t have to. Whether you're looking for funding for programs, operations, or special projects, this list is designed to help you stay on top of what’s available.

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!

Aerie Real Foundation

Supports nonprofits focused on building confidence in women and girls through community programs, leadership development, access to resources, menstrual equity initiatives, education, and other empowerment-focused efforts.

Deadline: June 29, 2026

https://www.ae.com/aerie-real-life/aerie-real-foundation-grant-guidelines/

 

Leonard-Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation

Two different funding programs available:

1.    Community Grants support nonprofits whose work advances the interests and well-being of LGBTQ+ people through advocacy, programs, and services.

Next Deadline: September 30, 2026

https://leonardlitz.org/how-our-process-works

2.    LGBTQ+ Advocacy Fund for specific projects rooted in pivotal progress for LGBTQ+ people on a broad scale.

Rolling Deadline

https://leonardlitz.org/lgbtq-advocacy-fund

 

U.S. Department of Justice

The Office on Violence Against Women is accepting applications for the FY26 STOP Formula Grant Program to support initiatives aimed at preventing and responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking across the U.S. Other upcoming grant programs and deadlines as well.

Deadline: July 10, 2026

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/362669

Third Wave Fund

The Mobilize Power Fund supports gender justice groups addressing unexpected challenges in their organizing work. The fund focuses on rapid response mobilizations, healing justice work, conflict resolution and conflict transformation, community accountability, mutual aid, direct actions, emergency safety, and more.

Deadline: July 7, 2026

https://www.thirdwavefund.org/mobilize-power-fund

 

Mildred’s Dream Foundation

Supports nonprofits addressing critical needs in education with an emphasis on access, diversity, and inclusion for children, violence prevention and survivor support addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and abuse prevention, and physical and mental health challenges with a focus on underserved and vulnerable populations.

Deadline: July 17, 2026

https://mildredsdreamfoundation.org/grant-program/

 

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/

 

The 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.

Rolling Deadline

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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