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This fund is created to support organizations that provide services for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults

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Ali Forney Center

The mission of the Ali Forney Center is to protect homeless Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning youths from the harms of homelessness and empower them with the tools needed to be independent. Because of your support, we are able to give our youth quality service in anLGBTQ+-Positive environment.

Hetrick-Martin Institute, Inc.

HMI creates a safer environment for all LGBTQIA+ youth ages 13-24 by cultivating youth co-led programs that are unwaveringly anti-racist, queer and transgender affirming, sex and body positive, anti-classist, healing-centered, liberation-focused, and widely accessible.Our approach to positive youth development is one that seeks to build a loving, supportive community and sense of belonging between LGBTQIA+ youth and caring, dependable adult service providers, where we offer youth the essential direct services and referrals they need to grow.Through our community-centered, innovative, and culturally responsive frameworks of youth engagement, HMI aims to endow our youth members both with a sense of pride and empowerment, and the tools they need to transition confidently into the future.

New Alternatives for LGBT Homeless Youth

New Alternatives is dedicated to reducing homelessness among LGBTQ+ youth and young adults in New York City by addressing areas critical to their development and well-being: housing, physical and mental health, education, and employment.​With a strong focus on harm reduction and long-term support, we offer a broad range of direct services and referrals to meet the needs of our clients and advocate on their behalf to ensure they survive and thrive.

Ruth Ellis Center Inc

Founded in 1999, Ruth Ellis Center (REC) has established a national reputation for quality and innovation in providing trauma-informed services for lesbian, gay, bi-attractional, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ+) youth, and young adults, with an emphasis on young people of color, experiencing homelessness, involved in the child welfare system, and/or experiencing barriers to health and wellbeing.It is our mission, to create opportunities with LGBTQ+ young people to build their vision for a positive future.Our vision is a world where LGBTQ+ young people are safe and supported no matter where they go.

Center on Halsted

Center on Halsted is the Midwest's most comprehensive community center dedicated to advancing community and securing the health and well-being of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people of Chicagoland.

The Night Ministry

Founded in 1976, The Night Ministry is a Chicago-based organization whose mission is to provide human connection, housing support, and health care to members of our community who are unhoused or experiencing poverty. With an open heart and an open mind, we accept people as they are and work to address their immediate physical, emotional and social needs while affirming their sense of humanity. We serve over 4,500 youth and adults every year through our mobile health outreach and youth housing programs.

The Trevor Project

The Trevor Project's mission is to end suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people.We are the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people. The organization works to save young lives by providing support through free and confidential suicide prevention and crisis intervention programs on platforms where young people spend their time: our 24/7 phone lifeline, chat, text. We also run TrevorSpace, the world’s largest safe space social networking site for LGBTQ youth, and operate innovative education, research, and advocacy programs.

Destination Tomorrow Inc

Destination Tomorrow is a grassroots agency located in the South Bronx that provides services to and for the LGBTQ community. It is our belief that no one should have to leave their neighborhood to access LGBTQ specific services. It is our belief that all LGBTQ young people deserve a space to grow, learn and flourish. It is our belief that people, regardless of their sexual identity or gender expression deserve a space they can call their own.

Howard Brown Health Center

Rooted in LGBTQ+ liberation, Howard Brown Health provides affirming healthcare and mobilizes for social justice. We are agents of change for individual wellbeing and community empowerment.

Brooklyn Ghost Project Inc

Brooklyn GHOST Project provides support to the borough's BIPOC transgender and gender non-conforming identities through activities that reflect the diversity and dynamism of our community.

Bridges for Life

This is an organization that has applied for and obtained tax-exempt status from the IRS under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Knit the Rainbow, Inc.

Knit the Rainbow's mission is to provide handmade knit and crochet winter protective garments to homeless LGBTQ+ youth residing in New York City.

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