The Crisis Response Fund
The Crisis Response Fund, part of the Queer Forced Displacement Initiative, is dedicated to addressing the urgent funding gaps faced by grassroots organizations in their efforts to support LGBTQ+ individuals and communities facing displacement. This fund provides accessible, flexible micro-funding to enable local organizations to respond effectively to crisis emergencies, ensuring LGBTQ+ people facing displacement have access to lifesaving protection and services.
The Fund invites applications for projects that address displacement-producing crises by mitigating some of the drivers of displacement and by strengthening existing support structures for LGBTQI+ people in crisis.
The Fund will support initiatives aimed at supporting people at high risk of displacement, and/or supporting those who are already displaced, through three core granting streams:
Funding Stream A: Crisis & Emergency Response Services Grant
Funding Stream B: Crisis Capacity Building Grant
Funding Stream C: Crisis Advocacy Grant
Small, medium-sized grassroots organizations (registered or unregistered) are encouraged to apply for one-time micro funding up to CAD $25,000.
Long term or continued funding for projects is not available at this time
Interested applicants are encouraged to review the application criteria for submitting a valid application.
Applicants may also use the application eligibility checklist to self-assess eligibility to apply before submitting applications.
Please refer to the FAQs for more information.
For queries or application assistance, please contact crisisfund@rainbowrailroad.org
Funding Applications & Regions
Round 1 – 2024/25 for Middle East, North Africa (MENA), Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region only
Applications close – February 15, 2025 at 11:55 pm EST
Round 2 – 2025 for The Americas, West, South and Central Africa region only
Applications open – March 2025 (date to be confirmed)
Applications for 2026 to be announced in 2025
