LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund Grants Program

LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund Grants Program is sponsored by Community Foundation for Southern Arizona. The LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund supports innovative programs and initiatives that benefit the LGBTQ+ community in Southern Arizona, prioritizing projects that embed anti-racist values and practices.

Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSAZ) | Research and Partnerships Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSAZ) Community Foundation for Southern Arizona: LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund Grants Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0 B. Dodge ( LGBTQ+ Institute) Only one application per agency will be accepted. However, if you are a fiscal agent for an organization, these applications will be considered separately.

The LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund is committed to advancing social justice and equity for all persons.

The LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund acknowledges the complex intersections of race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, socio-economic status, national origin, language, disability, and other social identities as experienced by LGBTQ+ persons and commits to grantmaking with an equity lens in pursuit of liberation for all Southern Arizonans.

To advance this aim, the LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund proactively seeks to provide funding to organizations led by and/or centering the voices, needs, and values of BIPOC, disabled, non-citizen, transgender, and gender non-conforming Southern Arizonans. The LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund prioritizes funding for projects that embed anti-racist values and practices in inclusive community and program environments.

Only one application per agency will be accepted. However, if you are a fiscal agent for an organization, these applications will be considered separately. The following are current Alliance Fund priority areas.

LGBTQ+ Community Building, Advocacy, and Collaborations – Projects that bring the LGBTQ+ community together and enhance it as a whole. Programs that work in collaboration with each other to benefit the LGBTQ+ community in Southern Arizona. The Alliance Fund is interested in work that creates equity and solidarity, increases the well-being of LGBTQ+ communities, and advances gender, racial, and economic justice.

Transgender Issues – We seek to support projects that provide information and assistance to help transgender individuals gain access to informed medical professionals and improve their agency, quality of life, and sense of belonging. This may include projects that provide personal development, economic empowerment, education, and training programs.

Elder Issues – We support projects and organizations that aid LGBTQ+ elders in finding satisfactory basic support (housing, nutrition, health), in establishing good social networks, and planning for the future (estate and end-of-life issues.)

Youth Issues – Our support of projects and organizations that aid LGBTQ+ youth include programs that focus on youth who are particularly disenfranchised, e.g., youth of color, rural youth, low-income youth, gender non-conforming or questioning youth, young women, and other youth in need of assistance in the areas of homelessness, education, human service, and safety.

General Operating Support – We recognize that general operating support provides vital support to organizations whose mission/work is to primarily support the LGBTQ+ Community in Southern Arizona may apply for general operating support. https://cfsaz.

org/grants/lgbtq-alliance-fund/#:~:text=Only%20one%20application%20per%20agency%20wil… Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSAZ) Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSAZ): 2023 South32 Hermosa Community Fund Grant Limit: 1 // PI: N. E.

Ruiz ( Cooperative Extension, Santa Cruz County - Nogales, 4-H Youth Development) The South32 Hermosa Community Fund, a fund of the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona and its geographic affiliate, the Santa Cruz Community Foundation, supports nonprofit organizations based in Santa Cruz County.

Supported areas include education and leadership, economic participation, good health and social well-being, and natural resource resilience. South32 is a globally diversified mining and metals company. The South32 Hermosa Project is located in Southern Arizona in the Patagonia Mountains in Santa Cruz County.

The project is approximately six miles south of the town of Patagonia, 50 miles southeast of Tucson, and 15 miles northeast of Nogales, Arizona. The company’s purpose is to make a difference by developing natural resources and improving people’s lives now and for generations to come. Since its inception, the South32 Hermosa Community Fund has awarded 95 grants totaling $801,950.

Up to $80,000 will be available each cycle; requests up to $10,000 will be considered. Community or Outreach Programs https://cfsaz. org/grants/south32-grants/ Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSAZ)