PRIDE DONATION LIST
It all begins with an idea.
•The Okra Project
• Website: https://www.theokraproject.com/
• Founded in 2018 by Ianne Fields Stewart, The Okra Project began as a grassroots effort to provide home-cooked meals by Black trans chefs to Black trans people facing food insecurity. Since then, it's evolved into a broader mutual aid collective offering mental health therapy sessions, emergency aid, and the International Grocery Fund, which supports global recipients. The project emphasizes culturally competent care and Black trans joy, operating with a decentralized, community-first model.
How to support: Donations, partnerships, and amplifying their campaigns, share on socials
•Black Trans Travel Fund
• Website: https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/
• Founded by Devin Lowe in 2019, this grassroots fund combats the heightened risk of violence Black trans women face in public transit. It provides direct financial support for safer, affirming transport (such as ride-shares or private transport). Its success lies in its hyper-specific focus, allowing for measurable, immediate safety outcomes.
How to Support: One-time or recurring donations, fundraising partnerships, share on socials
•For The Gworls
• Website: https://www.forthegworls.com/
• Started with a rooftop party in Brooklyn in 2019 to help friends avoid eviction, For The Gworls has grown into a vibrant mutual aid network funding rent, gender-affirming care, and co-pays. Their blend of nightlife and political action is unique—raising money through events like dance parties while maintaining an unapologetically Black, trans, and femme lens.
How to Support: Donations, event attendance, hosting satellite parties, share on socials
•Black Trans Fund (Groundswell Fund)
• Website: https://groundswellfund.org/funds/black-trans-fund/
• Launched in 2020, this is the first national philanthropic fund specifically for Black trans-led organizing. They use a participatory grantmaking model—grantees help decide how funds are distributed—focusing on long-term sustainability and leadership development. Programs include general support grants, mentorship, and capacity building.
How to support: Direct donations, recommending orgs for funding, share on socials
•Black Trans Femmes in the Arts (BTFA Collective)
• Website: https://www.btfacollective.org/
• BTFA uplifts Black trans femmes and nonbinary creatives with art funding, fellowships, and event curation. It serves as a hub for cultural production and mutual support, challenging gatekeeping in arts industries.
How to Support: Attend showcases, donate to artist grants, one time, monthly, quarterly or annual donations and commission work, and share on socials
•Black Trans Protestors Emergency Fund
• Website:https://www.btfacollective.org/community-aid
•Formed in the wake of the George Floyd protests in 2020, BTFA launched the Black Trans Protesters Emergency Fund, in collaboration with For the Gworls, the Okra Project, and Black Trans Travel Fund, to support Black trans folks on the ground during the wave of protests following the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Nina Pop, and Tony McDade. This fund offers emergency cash to Black trans protestors needing bail, legal support, and housing. It operates as a redistribution tool—any overflow funds are passed on to Black trans-led orgs.
How to Support: One time, monthly, quarterly or annual donations, share on socials
•G.L.I.T.S. (Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society)
• Website: https://www.glitsinc.org/
• Led by Ceyenne Doroshow, G.L.I.T.S. provides emergency housing, sex worker advocacy, medical referrals, and asylum support. They famously purchased a permanent housing building in NYC in 2020—making history as a trans-led organization owning property.
How to Support: Fundraisers, property expansion campaigns, volunteer networks, share on socials
•Dem Bois Inc.
• Website: https://www.dembois.org/
• Founded to address the funding gap for transmasculine surgeries, Dem Bois Inc. supports trans men of color with financial aid and emotional community. Their programs highlight intersectional inequities in medical transition access.
How to Support: Recurring donations or sponsoring specific surgery campaigns, share on socials
•Black Trans Men Top Surgery Grant
• Website: https://blacktransmen.org/
• Operated by Black Transmen Inc., this program offers needs-based grants for top surgery, prioritizing applicants with few other funding options. They also run conferences and health initiatives rooted in visibility, empowerment, and wellness.
How to Support: Become a BTMI advocate, start a BTMI fundraiser, link BTMI with your Kroger card, become a BTMI member, donate, share on socials
•Pink Haven Coalition
• Website: https://www.pinkhaven.org/
•Focused on collective care and abolitionist values, Pink Haven offers harm-reduction supplies, safe housing support, and community education. They operate on principles of radical care, mutual reliance, and trauma-informed practices.
How to Support: Material donations and event-based fundraising, share on socials
•BEAM – Black Emotional & Mental Health Collective
•Website: https://beam.community/
•BEAM trains Black communities in mental health first aid, peer support, and emotional liberation. While not exclusively trans-focused, BEAM deeply includes Black trans voices in their healing justice framework. Their key offerings are grant programs, virtual trainings, and resource toolkits.
How to Support: Donate, partner your foundation or organization with BEAM, share on socials
Regional and Local Organizations
Northeast
•Brave Space Alliance
• Website: https://www.bravespacealliance.org/
• As the first Black- and trans-led LGBTQ+ center on the South Side of Chicago, Brave Space Alliance offers food pantries, transitional housing help, a crisis drop-in space, and job training through community-centered mutual aid and coalition-based organizing.
How to Support: Volunteer, donate, book a training for you or your organization, share on socials
•Black Trans Liberation/Black Trans Liberation Kitchen
Donation Link: https://donorbox.org/black-trans-liberation
Focused on food sovereignty and abolition, this NYC collective hosts weekly community feasts, holiday feasts and celebrations, distributes food/clothing, and pushes for the liberation of Black trans bodies through local advocacy and joy-based healing. Run by NYC’s own Qween Jean (ig: @qween_jean) a NYC Costume Designer and community leader.
How to Support: Donate money, food, get into contact with Qween Jean, share on socials
•Audre Lorde Project
• Website: https://alp.org/
• A veteran org in the queer POC organizing space, ALP centers trans and gender non-conforming people of color in their campaigns against policing, displacement, and surveillance. Known for community safety strategies, trans justice programs, and long-term grassroots work.
How to Support: Donate, monthly donations, become a member, join the Board, share on socials
•Princess Janae Place
• Website: https://www.princessjanaeplace.org/
• Founded in honor of Princess Janae Banks, this group focuses on housing retention, supportive services, and reentry for LGBTQ+ people—especially trans women—post-incarceration or homelessness.
How to Support: Donate, sponsor, volunteer, book a gender sensitivity or cultural humility training for yourself or your organization, share on socials
South
•Love Me Unlimited 4 Life
• Website: https://www.thirdwavefund.org/grantees/love-me-unlimited-4-life
• Founded and operated by trans women of color in the Deep South, this org provides shelter, wellness check-ins, harm reduction, and HIV prevention services. They operate one of the only trans-owned drop-in shelters in the state.
How to Support: Donate, sign the pledge, share on socials
•Transcending Barriers Atlanta
• Website: https://www.transcendingbarriersatl.org/
• Provides legal advocacy, name change assistance, and reentry support for incarcerated or formerly incarcerated trans and GNC individuals in Georgia offering court accompainiment, as well as housing navigation while also working towards policy change.
How to Support: Donate to fund their programs and services, share on socials
•Ts Madison Starter House
• Website: https://naesm-inc.givecloud.co/fundraising/forms/G2EXWJD6
• Named after Ts Madison, this reentry home offers safe transitional housing and wraparound services for Black trans women coming out of incarceration. It is part of NAESM’s broader work supporting LGBTQ+ health in the South.
How to Support: One time or monthly donation, share on socials
•The Knights and Orchids Society
• Website: https://www.tkosociety.org/
• TKO provides a community-run health and wellness clinic, offering hormone therapy, PrEP access, and culturally competent care to Black trans folks in rural Alabama.
Also offers: Doula care, housing navigation, and advocacy training, share on socials
Midwest
•Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund
• Website: https://www.iowatransmutualaidfund.org/
• A direct-giving model offering small, rapid-response grants to trans Iowans for surgery, therapy, and basic needs.
How to Support: Donate, share on socials
•Black Liberation Collective (Idaho)
• Website: https://bqic.net/
•BQIC is a primarily youth-lead, grassroots community organization in Central Ohio that offers survival funds, events, and direct actions centering Black queer and trans youth, working towards the liberation of Black LGBTQIA+ people from all walks of life through direct action, community organizing, education on our issues, and creating spaces to uplift community voices.
How to Support: Attend a meeting, become an accomplice to amplify their message or support their events in person, donate, share on socials
West
•TGI Justice Project
• Website: https://tgijp.org/
• Led by and for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated trans people, TGIJP provides legal support, prison abolition education, and trans-led policy advocacy.
How to Support: Donate and sign up for the newsletter, share on socials
•We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For
No official website, run through instagram please reference the links below:
Mutual aid links: https://linktr.ee/wearetheonesmutualcare
•This creative mutual aid collective uses art, fashion, and music as tools for healing and organizing. They distribute mutual care resources (food, hygiene kits, etc.) and hold community events that center mental health and trans joy.
How to Support: Donate to the We are the Ones Mutual Care Fund, share on socials
•Gay4U
• Website: https://linktr.ee/gay4u
•A queer-owned vegan pop-up that provides free, lovingly prepared meals to trans people of color in Oakland. It blends food justice, mutual aid, and radical hospitality with grassroots organizing and pop-up performance events.
How to Support: Donate to the gofundme, share one of the many articles on the linktree to your socials