Economic Agency, Livelihood & Skilling
Our grantees strive to cultivate economic agency which helps LGBTQIA+ individuals build confidence, make choices, and take control of their own futures.
The change-makers leading India towards a more colourful and equitable future.
Through sustained grassroots work, they have pushed for reforms ranging from gender-affirming healthcare and legal access to livelihoods, shelter, and narrative change.
Together, they represent the depth, diversity, and resilience of India’s LGBTQIA+ movement.
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Testimonials
Words of pride, from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Words of pride, from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Words of pride, from the LGBTQIA+ community.
LGBTQIA+ individuals reached
Programmes implemented
Meena
Basera Samajik Sansthan
Meena learned how to track her expenses, set financial goals, and explore safe saving options. With support from Basera Samajik Sansthan facilitators and a community ally, she successfully opened her first bank account and began contributing to a recurring deposit scheme.
Sonal
Vikalp
Sonal a long-time partner of transmasculine person based in Ahmedabad, has learnt to drive a four-wheeler. Her profession as a singer, inevitably involves late evenings sometimes well into late night specially during the Navratri days of ‘Garba’.
Prticipants for Rongdhonu Mela
Sappho for Equality
One participant shared that for the first time, they are thinking about their work as something valuable, something that deserves to be shown and celebrated publicly. These everyday moments of recognition and self-belief are becoming powerful stories of change
Meena
Basera Samajik Sansthan
Meena learned how to track her expenses, set financial goals, and explore safe saving options. With support from Basera Samajik Sansthan facilitators and a community ally, she successfully opened her first bank account and began contributing to a recurring deposit scheme.
Sonal
Vikalp
Sonal a long-time partner of transmasculine person based in Ahmedabad, has learnt to drive a four-wheeler. Her profession as a singer, inevitably involves late evenings sometimes well into late night specially during the Navratri days of ‘Garba’.
Prticipants for Rongdhonu Mela
Sappho for Equality
One participant shared that for the first time, they are thinking about their work as something valuable, something that deserves to be shown and celebrated publicly. These everyday moments of recognition and self-belief are becoming powerful stories of change
Meena
Basera Samajik Sansthan
Meena learned how to track her expenses, set financial goals, and explore safe saving options. With support from Basera Samajik Sansthan facilitators and a community ally, she successfully opened her first bank account and began contributing to a recurring deposit scheme.
Sonal
Vikalp
Sonal a long-time partner of transmasculine person based in Ahmedabad, has learnt to drive a four-wheeler. Her profession as a singer, inevitably involves late evenings sometimes well into late night specially during the Navratri days of ‘Garba’.
Prticipants for Rongdhonu Mela
Sappho for Equality
One participant shared that for the first time, they are thinking about their work as something valuable, something that deserves to be shown and celebrated publicly. These everyday moments of recognition and self-belief are becoming powerful stories of change
AP
Ya_All
When AP first joined the QueeLead Fellowship, she wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. She only knew that she wanted to make a difference, to learn, to lead, and to contribute to something meaningful.
Anonymous
The Naz Foundation
A woman in her 30s, married and raising a young child, reached out to the Naz Dost Helpline after realizing her attraction toward women. She shared feelings of confusion and conflict, expressing a deep desire to live authentically while feeling bound by family responsibilities and social expectations.
Mohit Gayal
Tweet Foundation
My name is Mohit Gayal, and I currently live at AASRA Shelter Home. After my surgery, I faced many challenges finding a job due to documentation issues. At AASRA, I am now updating my name and gender in my documents to restart my career.
Meena
Basera Samajik Sansthan
Meena learned how to track her expenses, set financial goals, and explore safe saving options. With support from Basera Samajik Sansthan facilitators and a community ally, she successfully opened her first bank account and began contributing to a recurring deposit scheme.
Sonal
Vikalp
Sonal a long-time partner of transmasculine person based in Ahmedabad, has learnt to drive a four-wheeler. Her profession as a singer, inevitably involves late evenings sometimes well into late night specially during the Navratri days of ‘Garba’.
Prticipants for Rongdhonu Mela
Sappho for Equality
One participant shared that for the first time, they are thinking about their work as something valuable, something that deserves to be shown and celebrated publicly. These everyday moments of recognition and self-belief are becoming powerful stories of change
AP
Ya_All
When AP first joined the QueeLead Fellowship, she wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. She only knew that she wanted to make a difference, to learn, to lead, and to contribute to something meaningful.
Anonymous
The Naz Foundation
A woman in her 30s, married and raising a young child, reached out to the Naz Dost Helpline after realizing her attraction toward women. She shared feelings of confusion and conflict, expressing a deep desire to live authentically while feeling bound by family responsibilities and social expectations.
Mohit Gayal
Tweet Foundation
My name is Mohit Gayal, and I currently live at AASRA Shelter Home. After my surgery, I faced many challenges finding a job due to documentation issues. At AASRA, I am now updating my name and gender in my documents to restart my career.
Meena
Basera Samajik Sansthan
Meena learned how to track her expenses, set financial goals, and explore safe saving options. With support from Basera Samajik Sansthan facilitators and a community ally, she successfully opened her first bank account and began contributing to a recurring deposit scheme.
Sonal
Vikalp
Sonal a long-time partner of transmasculine person based in Ahmedabad, has learnt to drive a four-wheeler. Her profession as a singer, inevitably involves late evenings sometimes well into late night specially during the Navratri days of ‘Garba’.
Prticipants for Rongdhonu Mela
Sappho for Equality
One participant shared that for the first time, they are thinking about their work as something valuable, something that deserves to be shown and celebrated publicly. These everyday moments of recognition and self-belief are becoming powerful stories of change
AP
Ya_All
When AP first joined the QueeLead Fellowship, she wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. She only knew that she wanted to make a difference, to learn, to lead, and to contribute to something meaningful.
Anonymous
The Naz Foundation
A woman in her 30s, married and raising a young child, reached out to the Naz Dost Helpline after realizing her attraction toward women. She shared feelings of confusion and conflict, expressing a deep desire to live authentically while feeling bound by family responsibilities and social expectations.
Mohit Gayal
Tweet Foundation
My name is Mohit Gayal, and I currently live at AASRA Shelter Home. After my surgery, I faced many challenges finding a job due to documentation issues. At AASRA, I am now updating my name and gender in my documents to restart my career.
Meena
Basera Samajik Sansthan
Meena learned how to track her expenses, set financial goals, and explore safe saving options. With support from Basera Samajik Sansthan facilitators and a community ally, she successfully opened her first bank account and began contributing to a recurring deposit scheme.
Sonal
Vikalp
Sonal a long-time partner of transmasculine person based in Ahmedabad, has learnt to drive a four-wheeler. Her profession as a singer, inevitably involves late evenings sometimes well into late night specially during the Navratri days of ‘Garba’.
Prticipants for Rongdhonu Mela
Sappho for Equality
One participant shared that for the first time, they are thinking about their work as something valuable, something that deserves to be shown and celebrated publicly. These everyday moments of recognition and self-belief are becoming powerful stories of change
AP
Ya_All
When AP first joined the QueeLead Fellowship, she wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. She only knew that she wanted to make a difference, to learn, to lead, and to contribute to something meaningful.
Anonymous
The Naz Foundation
A woman in her 30s, married and raising a young child, reached out to the Naz Dost Helpline after realizing her attraction toward women. She shared feelings of confusion and conflict, expressing a deep desire to live authentically while feeling bound by family responsibilities and social expectations.
Mohit Gayal
Tweet Foundation
My name is Mohit Gayal, and I currently live at AASRA Shelter Home. After my surgery, I faced many challenges finding a job due to documentation issues. At AASRA, I am now updating my name and gender in my documents to restart my career.
The launch of The Pride Fund, India's First LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund
By Press Trust of India
Funding Pride: Radhika Piramal on Empowering LGBTQIA+ Communities in India
By No-Cost Extension with Deval Sanghavi
Critical funding shortfall for India's queer community: Study
By Times of India
Launch of 'Against All Odds'
By Dasra, Radhika Piramal, Godrej DEI Lab
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.
India’s first dedicated LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund | India’s first dedicated LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund
India’s first dedicated LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund | India’s first dedicated LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund
India’s first dedicated LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund | India’s first dedicated LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund
India’s first dedicated LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund | India’s first dedicated LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund
India’s First Dedicated LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund
India’s First Dedicated LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund
India’s First Dedicated LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy Fund