Rapid Response Grant

Rapid Response Grant is sponsored by Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism. Rapid Response Grant is a grant from Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Movements that funds frontline feminist activists facing immediate safety threats or urgent organizing opportunities.

Grantmaking – Urgent Action Fund Flexible. Fast. Activist-Driven Funding.

Flexible. Fast. Activist-Driven Funding.

Feminist movements have been under-resourced for generations. The majority of grantmaking globally is slow-moving: public and private funders alike continue to favor lengthy application timelines, burdensome requirements and longer-term outcomes.

Through our grants, Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism provides fast, flexible resources to frontline feminist movements to support women, trans, and non-binary activists so that they can respond to unexpected risks and opportunities, protect and care for themselves and one another, and nurture feminist movements that are creating a more just and equitable world.

Photo Credit: Rucha Chitnis Urgent Action Fund’s support has been a lifeline for our feminist organization, allowing us to continue our critical work in the face of numerous challenges and obstacles. Your commitment to supporting women’s rights and gender equality has made a real difference in the lives of those we serve.

Urgent Action Fund Grantee, The Women for the Future The Urgent Action Sister Funds The Urgent Action Sister Funds Collectively, the Urgent Action Sister Funds support feminist activism led by individuals, organizations and movements in more than 160 countries through rapid response grants, coalition-building, collective care and protection, and feminist advocacy.

Since our founding, the Sister Funds have together provided tens of millions in rapid response funding to thousands of frontline movements supporting women, trans, and non-binary activists around the world. Your gift today provides support for those aiming for a brighter tomorrow.

Chinyere Ezie is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she advocates for racial justice, gender justice, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) rights, and challenges governmental abuses of power. Chinyere previously worked at the Southern Poverty Law Center where she brought cases defending the rights of LGBTQI+ Southerners.

She also served as a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where she litigated employment discrimination cases and secured a $5. 1 million jury verdict on behalf of workers subjected to unlawful treatment. Chinyere is a William J.

Fulbright Scholar, a White House Fellows Program Regional Panelist, and a cum laude graduate of Yale University. She also received a Juris Doctorate from Columbia Law School, where she was an Alexander Hamilton Scholar and served as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Gender and Law. Chinyere serves on the Board of Directors of the Transgender Law Center and the feminist grant-making organization the Urgent Action Fund.

She was also a Founding Board Member of the National Trans Bar Association. In 2018, she was named one of the nation’s Best LGBTQI+ Lawyers Under 40.