Application Deadline:
In 2008 PFund Foundation changed its grant application process
>> PFund now requires letters of inquiry
>>Letters of inquiry must be post-marked by August 1 each year
>> PFund will notify selected organizations by August 15 that they may submit full proposals
>> For organizations selected, full proposals must be post-marked by September 15
Grant Amounts:
$3,000 to $5,000, maximum $10,000
Average $5,000
Geography: PFund makes annual grants in Iowa,
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. See map of grantee partners over the years.
Review Process: PFund awards grants based
on decisions made by a community review panel.
The review process is determined by the PFund board of directors and implemented by the vice presidient of grants and programming and PFund staff. All applications are read by grant panelists. The group convenes for a one-day
session to discuss applications and share opinions. At the end of panel deliberations the most suitable
grant applicants are selected by consensus. PFund’s Board of Directors receives a full report of the proceedings and awards.
Decisions are finalized each year by December 1.
PFund grantmaking areas of interest:
PFund Foundation is a community foundation that advances social justice for LGBT communities in the Upper Midwest by funding social change programs, developing leaders, inspiring giving, and convening and reporting on issues of importance within our communities. We are working to change attitudes, change systems and break down barriers at the intersection of our identities—orientation, gender, race, culture—to achieve social justice.
Pillars of Social Justice
PFund funds nonprofits that focus their programming or projects within one of the three pillars of social justice
Achieving equal rights
--through advocacy and civic engagement.
Vision: LGBT people’s human rights and dignity are unquestioned and they are free from discrimination.
Ensuring access, safety and security
--in such places as schools, health providers, and housing.
Vision: LGBT people experience the world as a place of safety and our media, policy makers, families and popular culture reject any form of violence against them.
Creating power through community
--as a result of organizing, events and the arts.
Vision: LGBT people are celebrated, visible, and find power in working together to advance equality and justice.
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