Enabling inclusive futures by supporting LGBTQIA+ change-makers.

Young girl in motion

Enabling inclusive futures by supporting LGBTQIA+ change-makers.

Young girl in motion

Enabling inclusive futures by supporting LGBTQIA+ change-makers.

Young girl in motion

India’s First Dedicated LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund

We fund community-led organisations that are shaping systemic change, building access to healthcare, livelihoods, and advocating for dignity, safety, and rights across India.

Our communities deserve more than survival. By investing in the leadership and capacity of grassroots changemakers, we’re helping build resilient organisations and long-term movements rooted in trust, care, and collective power.

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India has seen important legal and cultural shifts for LGBTQIA+ communities, from the decriminalisation of Section 377 to legal recognition of transgender persons. Yet for millions of queer people, everyday life continues to be shaped by economic precarity, social exclusion, violence, and systemic discrimination.

Across the country, queer-led and queer-serving organisations are doing the work of care, advocacy, and survival; often with limited, fragmented funding.

We’re here to bridge the gap between grassroots needs and sustained support.

WHAT DO WE DO?

We mobilise long-term, trust-based philanthropic capital.


We identify, fund, and support LGBTQIA+ organisations working in underserved areas.


OUR FUNDING PRIORITIES

01
Economic Agency, Livelihood & Skilling
Economic agency means choice, confidence, and financial independence, which opens the door to healthcare, safe housing, safe employment, and healthier lives.
02
Healthcare & Wellbeing
03
Safe Community Spaces
04
Access to Government Services
05
Visibility, Narrative & Storytelling
06
Knowledge, Creation and Research Building
01
Economic Agency, Livelihood & Skilling
Economic agency means choice, confidence, and financial independence, which opens the door to healthcare, safe housing, safe employment, and healthier lives.
02
Healthcare & Wellbeing
03
Safe Community Spaces
04
Access to Government Services
05
Visibility, Narrative & Storytelling
06
Knowledge, Creation and Research Building
01
Economic Agency, Livelihood & Skilling
Economic agency means choice, confidence, and financial independence, which opens the door to healthcare, safe housing, safe employment, and healthier lives.
02
Healthcare & Wellbeing
03
Safe Community Spaces
04
Access to Government Services
05
Visibility, Narrative & Storytelling
06
Knowledge, Creation and Research Building

OUR GRANTEES

OUR GRANTEES

OUR GRANTEES

Rooted in lived experience, our grantees bring first-hand knowledge that drives innovative and lasting solutions.

Rooted in lived experience, our grantees bring first-hand knowledge that drives innovative, lasting solutions.

From sensitisation programs to legal aid to community healthcare support, our grantees are creating safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ folks.

From sensitisation programs to legal aid to community healthcare support, our grantees are creating safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ folks.

From sensitisation programs to legal aid to community healthcare support, our grantees are creating safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ folks.

OUR FUNDERS

OUR FUNDERS

OUR FUNDERS

The people committed to building a sustainable ecosystem around the LGBTQIA+ movement in India.

Their support goes beyond funding, helping build collaboration, trust, and shared responsibility across the ecosystem.

The people committed to building a sustainable ecosystem around the LGBTQIA+ movement in India.

Their support goes beyond funding, helping build collaboration, trust, and shared responsibility across the ecosystem.

The people committed to building a sustainable ecosystem around the LGBTQIA+ movement in India.

Their support goes beyond funding, helping build collaboration, trust, and shared responsibility across the ecosystem.

JOIN THE MOVEMENT

JOIN THE MOVEMENT

JOIN THE MOVEMENT

FAQs

If you still don’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to reach out to us.

How can I donate to Pride Fund India?

We are inviting funders - philanthropists, family foundations, CSR, domestic and international foundations to commit and build an inclusive future for India’s queer community. We encourage funders to support our NGO partners located across India for their program and their administrative expenses via programmatic and unrestricted funds. We encourage our funders to support multiyear funding to deepen impact on the ground. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funders can collaborate with The Pride Fund to: - Access a curated, vetted portfolio of NGOs working on queer inclusion. - Simplify due diligence and reduce compliance and reputational risks through pooled funding. - Showcase impact on national and international platforms through Pride Fund’s partner networks. - Participate in cross-learning and co-funding opportunities with other inclusive corporates.

Are there ways to support Pride Fund India beyond financial contributions?

Yes, we are always on the lookout for volunteers from design, social media, and fundraising for our NGO partners.

What is the grant cycle and selection process?

In the launch year of 2025, we followed a participatory grant-making approach via a jury of founding patrons, anchor partners, and LGBTQIA+ practitioners. They reviewed the proposals collected through RFPs and selected grantees for post-deliberation. We will continue to take advice from this panel as we empanel more organisations. If you want to introduce your organisation to the Pride Fund India, please write to info@pridefundindia.org

Do you support early-stage organisations or only established ones?

We support organisations that are LGBTQIA+ focused, underfunded (small/grassroot/ mid-sized NGOs), and have been operational for at least three years.

FAQs

If you still don’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to reach out to us.

How can I donate to Pride Fund India?

We are inviting funders - philanthropists, family foundations, CSR, domestic and international foundations to commit and build an inclusive future for India’s queer community. We encourage funders to support our NGO partners located across India for their program and their administrative expenses via programmatic and unrestricted funds. We encourage our funders to support multiyear funding to deepen impact on the ground. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funders can collaborate with The Pride Fund to: - Access a curated, vetted portfolio of NGOs working on queer inclusion. - Simplify due diligence and reduce compliance and reputational risks through pooled funding. - Showcase impact on national and international platforms through Pride Fund’s partner networks. - Participate in cross-learning and co-funding opportunities with other inclusive corporates.

Are there ways to support Pride Fund India beyond financial contributions?

Yes, we are always on the lookout for volunteers from design, social media, and fundraising for our NGO partners.

What is the grant cycle and selection process?

In the launch year of 2025, we followed a participatory grant-making approach via a jury of founding patrons, anchor partners, and LGBTQIA+ practitioners. They reviewed the proposals collected through RFPs and selected grantees for post-deliberation. We will continue to take advice from this panel as we empanel more organisations. If you want to introduce your organisation to the Pride Fund India, please write to info@pridefundindia.org

Do you support early-stage organisations or only established ones?

We support organisations that are LGBTQIA+ focused, underfunded (small/grassroot/ mid-sized NGOs), and have been operational for at least three years.

FAQs

If you still don’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to reach out to us.

How can I donate to Pride Fund India?

We are inviting funders - philanthropists, family foundations, CSR, domestic and international foundations to commit and build an inclusive future for India’s queer community. We encourage funders to support our NGO partners located across India for their program and their administrative expenses via programmatic and unrestricted funds. We encourage our funders to support multiyear funding to deepen impact on the ground. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funders can collaborate with The Pride Fund to: - Access a curated, vetted portfolio of NGOs working on queer inclusion. - Simplify due diligence and reduce compliance and reputational risks through pooled funding. - Showcase impact on national and international platforms through Pride Fund’s partner networks. - Participate in cross-learning and co-funding opportunities with other inclusive corporates.

Are there ways to support Pride Fund India beyond financial contributions?

Yes, we are always on the lookout for volunteers from design, social media, and fundraising for our NGO partners.

What is the grant cycle and selection process?

In the launch year of 2025, we followed a participatory grant-making approach via a jury of founding patrons, anchor partners, and LGBTQIA+ practitioners. They reviewed the proposals collected through RFPs and selected grantees for post-deliberation. We will continue to take advice from this panel as we empanel more organisations. If you want to introduce your organisation to the Pride Fund India, please write to info@pridefundindia.org

Do you support early-stage organisations or only established ones?

We support organisations that are LGBTQIA+ focused, underfunded (small/grassroot/ mid-sized NGOs), and have been operational for at least three years.