LGBTQ+ Grants Coming Up in October

October brings a mix of grassroots arts funding, capacity building for emerging organizations, and support for rural communities. If you've been waiting for the right moment to strengthen a funder relationship in this space, this month's opportunities give you several entry points, whether your work centers arts and culture, organizing, or direct services.

Seattle Pride (Seattle Out & Proud Foundation): Grant for LGBTQIA+ Grassroots Arts & Culture Nonprofits

Seattle Pride's Spark Grant funds grassroots events and programs celebrating LGBTQIA2S+ arts, culture, and community connection across Washington State. The program is designed for smaller-scale initiatives and offers both cash and in-kind support. If your organization has an annual budget under $500,000, you're in the target range. Priority goes to BIPOC-led, women-led, and LGBTQIA2S+-led organizations. The grant is $3,500, and the deadline is October 9. Apply here

Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) / Mellon Foundation: Grant for Nonprofit Collecting Organizations to Digitize Underrepresented Collections

If your organization collects and preserves materials documenting LGBTQ+ communities, this is worth a close look. CLIR and Mellon are funding nonprofits that digitize rare and unique materials deepening public understanding of underrepresented communities, including LGBTQ+ voices. The program centers public knowledge, broad representation, authentic partnerships, sustainable infrastructure, and community-centered access. Awards go up to $300,000, and applications go through a two-stage review process. The deadline is October 20. Apply here

Texas Pride Community Foundation: Grant for LGBTQ+-Serving Nonprofits

Texas Pride provides general operating support to nonprofits delivering direct services to LGBTQ+ persons and communities across Texas. The program prioritizes historically under-resourced areas, including rural and border communities, and funds work advancing equity, justice, and transformational change. This is a rolling deadline, so you can apply whenever your organization is ready. Apply here

Queer Mobilization Fund (Southern Vision Alliance): Capacity-Building Grant for LGBTQ+ BIPOC-Led Grassroots Nonprofits

If you're a BIPOC-led grassroots organization in the Southeast centering power building through organizing and base building, the Queer Mobilization Fund offers $5,000 plus access to a peer power-building cohort with networking and skills-building. Priority goes to new or emergent organizations with budgets under $300,000 that haven't previously received a QMF grant. This is a rolling deadline. Apply here

Acorn Equality Fund: Grant for LGBTQ+-Serving Nonprofits in Downstate Illinois

Acorn funds organizations in downstate Illinois supporting the education, health, or civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons and their allies. Grants support specific projects, and you're asked to request an amount appropriate to your work. This is a rolling deadline. Apply here

PFund Foundation: Grant for Rural LGBTQ+ Nonprofits

PFund supports rural LGBTQ+-serving organizations across the Upper Midwest through grant funding and capacity-building resources including trainings and cohort collaboration. The program focuses on organizations serving LGBTQIA2S+ populations in small and mid-sized communities. Informal groups with a fiscal sponsor are eligible. This is a rolling deadline. Apply here

If any of these funders align with the relationships you're building this quarter, we'd love to hear from you. Let us know which funder relationship matters most to your work right now.

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