Gender Justice Fund
Gender Justice Fund is a Philadelphia-based private foundation that funds gender justice work and runs grant programs including Systems Change, Culture Change, a Trans Resilience Fund, and discretionary grants. The site provides program descriptions, news and reports, and lists staff and board members.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Philadelphia-area nonprofit working on gender justice, transgender resilience, consent-based sex education, or related gender equity and advocacy work, preferably seeking general operating support or participating in local coalitions.
Good Fit
- • Based and operating primarily in Philadelphia or elsewhere in Pennsylvania.
- • Program focus squarely on gender justice, trans resilience, or consent-based sex education.
- • Organizational need for general operating support or participation in local systems-/culture-change initiatives.
- • Existing visibility or relationships within Philadelphia’s gender justice ecosystem (partners, coalitions, prior grantees).
- • Willingness to apply to the Trans Resilience Fund when it is open to unsolicited proposals.
Geography
Observed giving is heavily concentrated in Pennsylvania (about 84% of dollars in the latest year) with only modest out-of-state grants across four other states.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 36 distinct grantees across multiple program areas and 25 repeat recipients over three years, indicating a broad and independent recipient set for the foundation’s size.
New Applicants
Direct policy language limits unsolicited proposals to one program (Trans Resilience Fund), yet the portfolio includes new entrants (11 new recipients in the latest year), so some pathways for new applicants exist but most programs appear invitation- or preselected-based.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
