LGBTIQ+ Emergency Support Fund (Small Grants for Community-Led Rapid Response and Advocacy in Asia-Pacific)

Small, fast grants for LGBTIQ+ community-led groups across Asia and the Pacific responding to human rights violations, shrinking civic space and other urgent threats. Documentation and monitoring of violations are explicitly eligible.

Indicative award

up to $5k (total award)Grants of up to USD $5,000, with a minimum of 14 grants to be awarded in the published round. No floor is stated.

Timing

Periodic callsPeriodic calls · JunNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Issued as periodic calls. The 2026 call closed 20 June 2026 with a project period of up to three months (July to September 2026). No future round date is published.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner

Eligibility

Applicant must be an LGBTIQ+ community-led organization or initiative group directly affected by or responding to human rights violations, based in one of 30 listed low-, lower-middle- or upper-middle-income countries in Asia and the Pacific. Registered organizations and informal unregistered groups both qualify, and a fiscal sponsor is permitted.

SSWR clusters

Topics

asia-pacific · human rights documentation · emergency response · civic space

Apply at

https://www.apcom.org/call-for-proposals-small-grants-lgbtiq-community-led-rapid-response-in-ap-2026/

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Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

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LGBTIQ+ Emergency Support Fund (Small Grants for Community-Led Rapid Response and Advocacy in Asia-Pacific)

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