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Queer Forced Displacement Initiative – Crisis Response Fund Applications


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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) and individuals 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 [email protected]

 

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