Transgender Grants Fund Reassignment Surgery and Non-Profit Social Justice Initiatives
While transgendered individuals make up the smallest segment of the LGBT community, there are several grants available that offer support specifically to those that consider themselves to be transgender and to organizations involved with social justice issues that affect these individuals. To those unfamiliar with the concept, transgender is a state of gender identity where a person relates more to the opposite gender than the one they are born with. And while the transgender community is rather small with a 2011 Williams Institute study suggesting that only 0.3% of the United States population considers itself such, these grants exist to focus on the issues that this small group often face in their daily lives.
Jim Collins Foundation
While not all who consider themselves to be transgender choose to undergo sexual reassignment surgery, thousands do decide to pursue this medical procedure annually and many of those simply cannot afford the costs associated with this gender-confirming solution. Named in honor of well-known transgender advocate and social worker Jim Collins following his death, this foundation raises funding for and distributes support to those who seek SRS on a yearly basis. Applications are accepted between April and August with decisions on grants announced by November. Applicants must show financial need and prove an understanding of and preparedness for becoming a patient for surgery. Payments provided by the foundation are paid directly to the medical facility. Those applying for help must also supply a letter of recommendation from a licensed health professional to be considered for this grant.
Trans Justice Funding Project
Crime rates involving transgender victims is disproportionately high compared to similar instances involving the United States population as a whole. In fact, homicide rates alone involving LGBT victims is 2.5 times higher than what is found with non-LGBT victims. And much of this crime finds those who consider themselves to be transgender as the targets of this very violence. The Trans Justice Funding Project seeks to fund organizations that focus on these issues facing the transgender community. The project funds groups from coast to coast which seek to foster a better understanding of transgender issues and improve conditions in their own local areas. The project accepts applications from established groups and those starting organizations as well. Proposals are accepted at the beginning of each year with decisions made in March when the project’s panel of activists meet to consider grant funding. Last year, 22 organizations were awarded $1,000 to $5,000 each. To be added to the mailing list to receive information about future grant cycles, send an email to info@transjusticefundingproject.org.
Category: Medical Grants, Minority Grants, Non Profit Organization Grants, Personal Grants
I need assistance in grants for srs surgery.
Do you need some assistance in filling out the form or some other assistance? Ask a friend, family member or neighbor to guide you through the application process if you need that types of help.
i would really love the assistance in getting my surgery done. Please feel free to contact me. I need Srs and top surgery too.
Again, I hope you gals will contact the Jim Collins Foundation. Please let us know if you’ve been able to find help there.
I would like to know more about assistance for SRS surgery.
Carol, check the Jim Collins website for the application form and for more information about how much assistance that offers.
I’m looking for a list of all sites and places I can contact. I would like to find funding for my top surgery FTM.
Unfortunately when we looked, the list was the Jim Collins Foundation. Did you try to apply? Their program helps people like you every single year. Check them out. It’s a great foundation.
Not that I heard of.
I would love more information on this so I can apply for the grant…
Currently I would only recommend two programs and the application pages are http://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/apply/ & http://jimcollinsfoundation.org/apply/
It’s a pretty short form on the first one. Applications are due by April every year. The second one is really more of a non-profit organization thing. I wouldn’t suggest calling them.
I would love to learn more. I work hard but it’s impossible for me to save that kind of money. I would like to learn about helping others also.
Tracy, helping others is what its all about. I love your attitude. Check with that Collins Foundation website for more information.
Just launched a fund-raising website to help accomplish my SRS surgery, which I would of already had if I wasn’t disowned. I Need help to circulate, market or advertise this web site. Thanks so much. – Lisa Marie
OK, normally we don’t let self promotion links on the website, but for that great pitch we’ll let that one slide. What the heck. Here’s another link for it right here.
I am in need of surgery really bad. I don’t work and I’m living on PA system but there is no assistant to help me get my surgery.
Yea, it’s impossible through most Obamacare programs to get sexual reassignment. Unfortunately at this time there’s only that one program. Have you been able to apply for it?
I would love all the information I can get on a grant for my reassignment surgery.
We have been getting a few emails a week with people expressing there interest in this grant. My advice to you and everyone else looking for this service it to check back every so often we will add any new information we find to this article.
Yeah, we’re constantly looking out for any and all grants for the site, especially anything like this one due to the amount of interest you’ve expressed. We will add anything we find to this page when and if we do discover it. But for the most part for the moment this is it. Look in to any LGBT organizations that are in your city or town. And don’t be afraid to ask them for help. Most grants are local and most charity you can get a leg up from are in your town.
I’m looking for financial help for a sex change operation.
See the article above. Good luck!
I never crossed dressed, never went out. I always knew something was wrong. But getting mean comments from my own family and 0 support on how ugly I’d be as a woman. Now I am 53 and over 300 pounds.
Don’t let your family rule your life forever, Philip. Lesbian, gay, transgender or straight, we’ve all come from challenging situations. And believe me, in my life its also my family. The Jim Collins Foundation doesn’t have any age limit for applying for their grant. If Caitlyn Jenner can do it in her late sixties, you can accomplish it now if you really want to. Good luck on that quest.