PFund Foundation Awards $50,000 in Emergency Grants
In response to the escalating federal occupation and terrorization of our communities, PFund Foundation has awarded $50,000 in Emergency Grant Funding to five Twin Cities LGBTQ+ organizations providing critical frontline mutual aid, legal defense, and advocacy services.
Each organization received a $10,000 emergency grant to sustain and expand their work during this moment of profound crisis:
· OutFront MN – Supports activities related to their legal defense fund and mutual aid support.
· Gender Justice - Gender Justice launched a confidential reporting form to document abuses. This initiative aims to hold agents accountable for harassment and violence, specifically following the death of a queer woman, Renee Nicole Good, in Minnesota.
· The Aliveness Project - The Aliveness Project has raised funds and mobilized volunteers to serve meals, pack harm-reduction kits and support local food shelves to support affected community members.
· Twin Cities Pride - TC Pride has implemented emergency community support programs including community aid pop-ups, open houses for healing and resource sharing, and mutual aid resource sharing distributing food, baby items, household items, and personal care items for those impacted by ICE occupation.
· Transforming Generations - Transforming Generations has launched a rapid response fund to support families impacted by deportation and immigration with their immediate and ongoing needs.
These organizations are on the frontlines, defending our rights, meeting urgent material needs, protecting our communities from harm, and organizing for long-term liberation. This funding is about meeting the moment now, while strengthening the capacity of LGBTQ+ communities to resist and survive what comes next.
A Moment That Demands Collective Action
Across the Upper Midwest and the nation, LGBTQ+ people, especially trans and gender-expansive communities, are facing coordinated attacks on our safety, dignity, and autonomy. The growing threat to gender-affirming care, alongside aggressive federal enforcement and political targeting, has created immediate and ongoing harm. At the same time, the stakes of this year’s elections demand unprecedented mobilization of LGBTQ+ voters to protect hard-won rights and shape our collective future.
PFund Foundation is responding with urgency, and with clarity. We are actively raising an emergency $2 million to continue funding critical needs during this ongoing crisis, while supporting efforts to defend gender-affirming care and mobilize LGBTQ+ voters across the Upper Midwest.
Built for This Moment
PFund Foundation was built for moments like this.
Born out of the AIDS epidemic and forged through nearly 39 years of community reliance, PFund understands what it means to show up when institutions fail and lives are on the line. Our history is rooted in mutual aid, collective care, and the belief that our communities are strongest when we act together.
PFund is our community’s vehicle, a way to collectively pool our resources, maximize our power, and invest where it matters most. When we give together, we respond faster, go further, and build lasting impact.
Moving Forward, Together
This emergency funding is only the beginning. The need is great, and the moment is urgent, but so is our resolve. PFund Foundation will continue to stand with LGBTQ+ communities, funding frontline work, defending our rights, and investing in a future where all of us can live safely and freely.
