Texas Pride Impact Funds' work reflects the dynamic and diverse makeup of our LGBTQ+ communities and is intentionally broad to address their full suite of dreams and needs. Our Core Ideologies center equity and justice in all we do. Furthermore, our Discovery Grantmaking prioritizes a focus on historically under-resourced communities to spur innovation, build grantee capacity and expand access especially in rural and border communities as well as our urban centers.

Ways To Give

By donating today, you fund our Community Grants program and support our statewide networking of leaders and non-profits through local community building activities. We link resources to local organizations, making Texas communities better places to live for all. Donate to our Annual Fund at the Pride level or above and receive recognition on our website and at local events; you may choose one-time or recurring payment. We also offer Donor Advised Funds and Legacy Society Membership through planned giving options.

Connecting LGBTQ+ Texans through Giving

In 2022 TPIF awarded

  • two rounds of funding (April and November) to organizations providing direct services to Transgender and Gender diverse nonprofits. Our capacity for rapid response funding allowed us to support non-profits responding in numerous ways to the complex needs of trans kids and their parents and trans persons facing adversity from political, public attacks.
  • Community Grant awards to 37 grassroots community organizations.
  • $89,500 in funding by TPIF's Donor Advised Fund Holders (DAFs) to nonprofits across the state and nation.

Since 2018 TPIF has awarded

  • over $1,300,000 through our Community Grants, Texas Health Impact Fund, and rapid response and emergency funding. Our funding programs have supported over 90 organizations with more than 150 grants since our inaugural round of grants in November 2018.

Hover/touch each region of Texas to highlight organizations TPIF has funded to date.

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West Texas South Texas Northeast Texas Central Texas Southeast Texas

West Texas

Abilene
Abilene Pride Alliance

Amarillo
Panhandle AIDS Support Organization
Smile Big TX

El Paso
Alliance of Border Collaboratives
Borderland Rainbow Center
PFLAG El Paso
Trans Fronterizxs

Lubbock
East Lubbock Art House
Lubbock Pride
The Power of 3: Unity Community Equality
TTU Office of LGBTQIA

Midland
Out In West Texas

Odessa
Pride Center West Texas

South Texas

Corpus Christi
Coast Bend Wellness Foundation
Coast Bend Pride Center

Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass SAFE

Harlingen
Ponderosos
South Texas Equality Project
Valley AIDS Council

McAllen
GENTex

RGV
TFA RGV PRISM
Trucha

San Antonio
BEAT AIDS
Fiesta Youth
MCC San Antonio
Pride Center San Antonio
RAICES
Thrive Youth Center
TransAllies SA
Transforming Texas
UT Health San Antonio Pride Clinic

Northeast Texas

Arlington
Black Ladies In Public Health

Carrollton
Black Trans Advocacy Council
Elevate North Texas

Dallas
Abounding Prosperity
AIDS Walk South Dallas
Coalition for Aging LGBT
Dallas Hope Charities
HOME
House of Rebirth
Just Love Collaborative
Legacy Counseling Center
Life Journey Unfolding
Muhlaysia Booker Foundation
Nu Transgender Movement
Promise House
Resource Center Dallas
The Velvet Arts Project
Trans Pride Initiative
Village Unlimited

Fort Worth
AIDS Outreach Center
Dunes LGBT Homeless Solutions Foundation

Wichita Falls
The Opal Center

Central Texas

Austin
allgo
ASHWell
Beyond Brotha
Communities In Schools of Central Texas
Communities of Color United: Coalition for Racial Justice
Embrace Austin
Gender & Sexuality Center at UT Austin
I NEED SPACE
Institute for Chinanx Psychology
Kind Clinic
Mayahuel Matriarchs
Out Youth
Texas Health Institute
Texas Legal Services Center
Vivent Health
Waterloo Counseling

College Station
Pride Community Center

New Braunfels
River City Advocacy

Taylor
Taylor Pride

Southeast Texas

Beaumont
Legacy Community Health

Houston
Freedom Church
Fundación Latinoamericana De Acción Social
Gender Infinity
Lesbian Health Initiative
Monica Roberts Resource Center
Montrose Center
Montrose Grace Place
Organización Latina Trans in Texas
Save Our Sisters United
The Houston Intersex Society
The Mahogany Project
The Normal Anomaly Initiative
Trans Legal Aid Clinic Texas
Trangender Foundation of America
TXRX Labs

Our Community Grants

In our effort to drive support and build capacity to communities that have been historically disadvantaged, TPIF has identified Focus Communities and Populations as places of emphasis for our work; Underserved Geographies (Rural, Border, Towns & Small Cities, Urban Segments), People of Transgender Experience, People of Color, Seniors, Youth, People with Disabilities, and Displaced Peoples (Immigrants, Homeless Youth, Refugees, Incarcerated).

Our annual Community Grants for non-profits provides support and services to the state’s LGBTQ+ communities with grants up to $10,000. In 2022 the total amount awarded increased by 40% over prior years due to growth in our generous donor base in conjunction with expanding awareness of TPIF and our work supporting the vital ecosystem of LGBTQ+ supportive non-profits in Texas. Our accessible grantmaking is designed to learn more about the community and the potential of grantee organizations in addressing community needs. We refrain from prescribing specific outcomes and instead provide general operating support, occasionally for specific capacity initiatives, encouraging potentially different kinds of success that come from investment in community or grassroots knowledge, expertise, and ingenuity. 

Our 2023 Community Grants application opens Monday March 27, 2023.

Texas Health Impact Grant Cohort

Texas Health Impact Grant program is a three year program designed for grassroot organizations currently leading work, or seeking to develop innovative work, focused on two key areas: 1) Linkage and Engagement to Care and 2) Advocacy for People Living with HIV/AIDS, those vulnerable to HIV, and their families, particularly focusing on Black and Latinx transgender individuals and Black and Latinx MSM. Selected by ViiV Healthcare as one of thirteen AMP Grant Program Leads in the nation, TPIF is a proud member of a nationwide cohort working to disrupt disparities and prioritize the needs of people living with, and impacted by, HIV across the US. Through a generous Racial Equity Fund grant from The Dallas Foundation, we are increasing the number of Dallas County organizations participating in our three-year program, with state-wide funding from ViiV Healthcare.

See the organizations in our 2023 Texas Health Impact Grant cohort.

QTCF

The Queer Texas Crisis Fund (QTCF) is TPIF's emergency preparedness fund. Our history for emergency funding began in 2017 with an award to the Montrose Center (Houston) Emergency Christmas Fund for Hurricane Harvey. victims. This very first grant by TPIF, as a start-up organization, was a full year prior to our Community Grant cycle that began in 2018. In 2020, in partnership with Equality Texas Foundation (ETF), QTCF was established to provide emergency relief to organizations serving communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Again in 2022 the partnership awarded rapid response awards to Transgender led and or focused organizations in response to political attacks in Texas.

Our Community-Based, Five-Year Plan

In 2021, as TPIF approached the milestone of $1 million in grantmaking, we adopted a five-year strategic plan. Armed with a bold vision and a keen focus, we have a roadmap to reach ambitious goals that advance our vision for a Texas where all LGBTQ+ people live freely and fully.