Astraea funding cycle 2008-09

The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice seeks applications for the next cycle of our International Fund for Sexual Minorities (due date for complete applications is Monday September 1st, 2008).

We encourage applications via email from organizations in the Global South and Global East - Africa, the Middle East, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Attached is the application and guidelines, with more information. Below are some highlights of Astraea’s panel guidelines (one-year grants):

• For lesbian, trans, intersex, LGBTI, women’s rights, or human rights organizations (for non LGBTI-groups we fund projects for and by LGBTI communities within the organization) located in the Global South and Global East that are working towards social change on LGBTI issues
• Groups must have a budget of 500,000 USD or less
• Groups should generally be operating for at least one year

• The maximum grant is 10,000 USD
• We fund GENERAL SUPPORT or Project Support
• Applications must be complete, including support materials, such as recent and current financials and letters of support from within their countries!
• Though the application is in English and Spanish only, we accept applications in any language
• More information about the International Fund and the types of groups we’ve funded in the past on our website at www.astraeafoundation.org and in the attached application and funding guidelines

Mai Kiang
Associate Director of Grantmaking
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
116 East 16th Street
New York, NY 10003

[Download documents here and here.]