VentureOut Gala

VentureOut Fundraising Gala

VentureOut, the LGBTQ+ RISE group within the Venture for America Fellowship aimed to raise money for a Black-led LGBTQ+ group within the 2020-21 year. The DEI committee within VentureOut researched on organizations that fit this bill but that would also help to serve their communities in innovative ways, thus aligning with values Venture for America Fellows hold. Out of this search, the Trans Justice Funding Project was chosen. The Trans Justice Funding Project is a community-led funding initiative founded in 2012 to support grassroots, trans justice groups run by and for trans people in the United States, including U.S. territories. They make grants annually by bringing together a panel of six trans justice activists from around the country to carefully review every application. They center the leadership of trans people organizing around their experiences with racism, economic injustice, transmisogyny, ableism, immigration, incarceration, and other intersecting oppressions. Every penny raised goes to their grantees with no restrictions and no strings attached, as will your donations tonight, because they truly believe in trans leadership.