GRANT PARTNERS
Access Chapter 2, South Africa
To create a world where LGBTQI people can live their lives freely and openly, we need a properly funded global LGBTQI movement that can advocate on behalf of our community. With the right resources, our movement can help eliminate discriminatory laws, policies and practices, change attitudes and create safe spaces in places where LGBTQI people and identities are not accepted.
In the Global South and East in particular, LGBTQI activists’ efforts are hampered by substantial legal and practical barriers to fundraising, beyond those experienced elsewhere. Pooling donations from our community and allies, GiveOut are building a safe, reliable source of funding especially for groups in these regions. We identify pioneering groups to support through a rigorous process of consultation, due diligence and vetting, guided by our Grant-making Advisory Panel and governed by our Board of Trustees.
Unfortunately, we are not currently able to accept unsolicited proposals for funding.
Annual Impact Report & Partnership Portfolio
Our Annual Impact Report includes updates on how our community has supported courageous activists promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) human rights and equality across the globe. It also introduces GiveOut’s existing and new grant partners for 2021.
Recognising the diversity and complexity of the movement, we strive to make our portfolio of grant partners as representative of the global movement as a whole, in terms of geography, thematic focus and community served. Each funding round integrates a more diverse set of grant partners than the last. We provide support at all levels of the global movement, but prioritise funding where it is needed most. We are incredibly proud of the progress we have made so far. In just three years, our supporters have provided over £650,000 in new funding to the LGBTQI movement globally and now support over 30 brilliant organisations across five continents.
Meet our grant partners
Information about each of GiveOut’s grant partners can be found below. However, several organisations working in more sensitive and restrictive contexts will remain anonymous. With generous sponsors, GiveOut has established a number of Named Funds and Special Focus Funds to support the global movement.
To view our grant partners by region or Fund, please click the filters below. And to find out more about each of our grant partners, please click on their images.
Access Chapter 2, South Africa
Access Chapter 2 works to protect and promote the human rights of women and girls, and LGBTQI people in South Africa. The organisation seeks to uphold South Africa’s bill of rights, found in Chapter 2 of the country’s Constitution, which guarantees civil, political and socio-economic rights for all.
PASSOP, South Africa
PASSOP are a community-based, non-profit human rights organisation devoted to protecting and advancing the rights of LGBTQI asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants in South Africa. They advocate on behalf of LGBTQI refugees and confront homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia throughout South Africa, providing legal, social, financial, psychosocial and housing support.
Bisi Alimi Foundation, Nigeria
The Bisi Alimi Foundation advocates for the rights and dignity of LGBTQI people in Nigeria. They were founded by Bisi Alimi, an LGBTQI rights activist who gained international attention in 2004 when he became the first Nigerian to come out on television. After an attempt on his life, he fled to the UK where he was granted political asylum. In 2015, he set up BAF to challenge homophobia in Nigeria and West Africa.
The Other Foundation, Southern Africa
The Other Foundation is a Southern African charitable organisation that advances equality and freedom through grant making, with a particular focus on sexual orientation and gender identity. It has two rounds of grant-making annually, with the first allocated to general LGBTQI groups, and the second to lesbian and transgender projects and organisations.
National Lesbian & Gay Human Rights Commission, Kenya
NGLHRC identified the need for a national legal aid response that would challenge and prevent discrimination based on SOGIE in Kenya. They provide this, promoting and protecting the equality and inclusion of LGBTQI individuals and communities.
UHAI EASHRI, East Africa
UHAI-EASHRI is an activist-led fund for sex workers and sexual and gender minorities, based in East Africa. They provide vital support to the Pan-African movement for equality and dignity through participatory grant-making, capacity building, convening support, advocacy, knowledge building and documentation.
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