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Sex Worker Giving Circle

Third Wave Fund

NontraditionalParticipatory grantmaking

Grantmaking fellows with current or past sex trade experience make all funding recommendations and decisions. Awards unrestricted general operating support, explicitly including research alongside advocacy and direct services.

Indicative award
$35k per year (per year)The page states at least $350,000 total in new two-year grants at $35,000 per year per organization.
Timing
Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Mar, AprNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Published 2026 cycle: applications opened March 3, deadline April 2, interviews May, decisions June, disbursements September. That deadline has passed; the cycle appears to repeat annually in spring.
Who can apply
Community organisation, Practitioner
Eligibility
Organizations must be based in the US or its territories, led by and for people with current or previous sex work or sex trade experience, have an annual budget under $500,000, and be 501(c)(3), fiscally sponsored, or willing to obtain fiscal sponsorship.
SSWR clusters
Topics
sex work · gender justice · general operating support · participatory grantmaking
Apply at
https://thirdwavefund.org/sex-worker-giving-circle
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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