Mobilizing for Trans Futures: Trans-Inclusive Grantmaking Training
Around the world, organizations and movements led by and for trans and gender non-conforming communities are building greater power and visibility. At the same time, regressive efforts to deny trans people’s existence and undermine trans human rights have intensified. Anti-trans campaigns are active across all world regions, and anti-trans messaging is used as a wedge issue by right-wing “anti-gender” forces and by trans-exclusionary forces within progressive causes.
People working in philanthropy are in a unique position to improve strategies for global trans funding and serve as a bulwark against anti-trans agendas being promoted and enacted by anti-gender actors, political parties, national governments, and religious institutions.
Mobilizing for Trans Futures is designed as an opportunity for peer education and dialogue among funders to address emerging needs in movements for trans rights and ensure that their organizational values and grantmaking practices align with goals for trans-inclusion. Through presentations, small group conversations, and exploration of scenarios specific to grantmakers, this training seeks to create a supportive and confidential space where funders can ask questions, explore challenges, and receive guidance on providing intersectional support to trans communities in the regions or issue areas they serve.
Upcoming Training Cohorts
In 2025, GPP will hold two training cohorts, each held online over two days, 2.5 hours per day.
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March 13-14: 8 am to 10:30 EST
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Sept 15-16: 8 am to 10:30 EDT
If your institution would like to hire GPP to facilitate the training outside of these time frames, please inquire at info@globalphilanthropyproject.org
More Information
- Support people working in philanthropy to advance their conceptual and practical understanding of trans and gender non-conforming issues.
- Connect these understandings to other movements for gender and reproductive justice, health access, democracy, and human rights.
- Provide case-making guidance with data and information that help donors frame the opportunities for their foundation to fund trans communities, movements, and issues.
- Discuss the current backlash against trans communities, the increase in trans-exclusionary activity, and its implications for funders.
- Explore questions, possible areas of tension and perceived contradictions, and scenarios that help donors sharpen their grantmaking practices and apply consistent principles for trans-inclusion.
This training is offered in a two day two-part format on Zoom. Each session runs for two hours and a half with a break in the middle. Sessions are interactive and require live attendance in both sessions. To encourage participation and preserve confidentiality, sessions will not be recorded.
Part 1
- Welcome & Introductions
- A global picture of trans organizing & funding
- Overview of anti-trans movements
Part 2
- Practices for trans-inclusive grantmaking
- Working with dilemmas & challenges in grantmaking scenarios
- Responding to trans-exclusionary narratives
All participants will also receive supplementary materials, including GPP’s most recent Global Resources Report, The State of Trans Organizing Report, Tools for Trans Inclusive Grantmakers, and links to videos for discussions on some of the topics covered during the training.
The training costs $1,200 USD. Once you express interest in joining one of these cohorts, please give us a few days to approve your registration. Once it is approved, you will receive a payment link. Your registration will not be confirmed until your payment has been completed.