Event Sponsorship

Event Sponsorship is sponsored by PFund Foundation. Provides flexible event sponsorship grants for community gatherings, conferences, convenings, and events serving LGBTQ+ individuals and communities across the Upper Midwest.

Event Sponsorship – PFund Foundation PFund Foundation offers sponsorship funds for events, gatherings, conferences, and convenings serving a primarily LGBTQ+ audience. Sponsorship applications are open year round January – December. Applications are reviewed on the first workday of each month.

After being chosen to receive sponsorship funds, payment processing typically takes 8 weeks. PFund only reviews applications for events submitted at least 60 days prior to the event date. To apply for event sponsorship, groups must meet the following qualifications: Organizations must be a 501c3 nonprofit organization or fiscally sponsored by a nonprofit organization.

Organizations must primarily serve LGBTQ+ communities within PFund’s five-state service area of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the First Nations therein.

Organizations must be able to provide the following information as part of a sponsorship request: a summary of the event; description of how sponsorship funds will be used; the expected impact of the sponsored event; estimated number of people expected to attend the event; and any sponsorship benefits available to PFund (for example, logo placement on event materials, tabling space at the event, etc.).

Organizations can only receive one grant per calendar year. If your organization applies, but is not awarded a grant, you may apply for subsequent grant rounds as long as your event date is still 60-days out. All sponsorship requests must be submitted using Submittable.

PFund Foundation does not provide funding for events that have already passed, or that will happen before the anticipated payment date. Makes sure to apply at least 60-days before your event. PFund Foundation does not sponsor events held outside its five state service region, fundraisers hosted by an organization on behalf of a different organization, or events for political candidates or campaigns.

If you have any questions regarding sponsorship requests, please send an email to info@pfundfoundation. org. Event Sponsorships are made possible by individual donors like you!

In 2024, PFund awarded $50,000 to more than 50 queer events across the Upper Midwest. 2024 Sponsorship Recipients QUEERSPACE Collective’s Youth Pride Photo Credit: Jason Bucklin In June 2022, PFund Foundation—in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Health—offered eight organizations grants to be able to safely gather during the pandemic.

PFund awarded a total of eight Pride Grants , including one to QUEERSPACE Collective’s Youth Pride, which was held in St. Paul during Pride month.