Funding intel, updated weekly.

A closed application portal is just one more door. For queer-led orgs who already know how to find our own way in, here's how to get on a funder's radar long before you ever need to ask.

A plain-language guide to startup funding for founders building from the margins. Covers pre-seed through Series A, grants, non-dilutive capital, community crowdfunding, and how to choose your path.

LGBTQIA+ founders, women of color, trans and non-binary communities, and underestimated entrepreneurs. Grants ranging from $1,000 microgrants to $50,000 awards - many with April deadlines.

How you show up with funders is how you're deciding to be seen in the ecosystem - especially if you're queer, Black, brown, disabled, or otherwise conveniently labeled "emerging."

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation (April 10 deadline), Denver Arts & Venues, the Denver Foundation, and Colorado's film tax credit. One of the most equity-explicit funding ecosystems in the Mountain West.

ACME's $24M cultural funding cycle, Texas Pride Community Foundation, Austin Kiva Hub, PeopleFund BIPOC Accelerator, TMIIIP's $1.5B film incentive, and Austin Film Society. Plus SXSW as founder infrastructure.

Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Pride Foundation, Seattle Pride Impact Fund, and Washington Filmworks' up to 45% cash rebate - one of the best film incentives in the country for community-rooted productions.

CAH arts grants, Cafritz Foundation, DC BizCAP, Mayor Bowser's $26M underserved founders fund, and the OCTFME film rebate. Plus WIFV fiscal sponsorship for filmmakers.

The gap is also data. It's proof that traditional capital is still terrible at recognizing value in the communities you come from. Which means when you see traction there, you're not behind - you're early.

What if instead you treated fiscal sponsorship as an intentional container for your work - a way to align with a mission, access different types of capital, and protect your project and community.