The New York Women’s Foundation Invests in Six Transgender, Gender Nonconforming and Non-Binary (TGNCNB) Organizations in Recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance
In recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance, The Foundation is awarding $180,000 to six transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary (TGNCNB) organizations which showed strong TGNCNB leadership, were experiencing threats to their work in this current political crisis, bring a racial and gender justice lens, and presented a clear and realistic plan for action. Each organization will receive $30,000 to help fund leadership development, organizational capacity building, partnership development, and strategy development. These organizations are Black Trans Media, LGBT Center Intercultural Collective Inc., New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG), Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., and Translatinx Network.
While funding for TGNCNB communities have increased in the last five years, as of 2016, only three cents for every $100 awarded by U.S. foundations benefits TGNCNB communities. In December 2016, The New York Women’s Foundation launched Resilience-NYC, a $4 million, four-year initiative to support organizations with limited resources to better the lives of women, girls, and transgender/ gender non-conforming/ non-binary individuals in New York.
Here below are our Fall 2019 Grantee Partners:
Black Trans Media
Black Trans Media (BTM) is a project based in Brooklyn led by and for Black Trans and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) youth and community working at the intersections of arts, media, education, and organizing to address racism and transphobia.
LGBT Center Intercultural Collective, Inc. (Colectivo Intercultural TRANSgrediendo)
The LGBT Center Intercultural Collective Inc. (El Colectivo) supports immigrants, Latinxs and Black TGNCNB people who may also be living in poverty and with HIV, a large portion of whom are either previous or current sex workers in New York City.
New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG)
The New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG) is a trans-led organization whose mission is to advocate for more inclusive gender-based policies that benefit TGNCNB individuals, such as creating a TGNC sensitivity training tool kit.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence with services, programs, and publications to increase the leadership and political participation of TGNC people of color while reducing critical social and legal barriers.
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc.
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) is committed to ending discrimination based upon gender identity and expression and to achieving equality for transgender people through public education, test-case litigation, direct legal services, and public policy efforts.
Translatinx Network
Translatinx Network (TN) is dedicated to increasing the capacity of Latinx and other TGNCNB people in New York City and State to improve their health, economic well-being, and political power through education, social and health services, and advocacy.