#grants

[itgetsbetter]

question: what would you do if you could make things better for LGBTQ+ youth in your community or at your school?

second question: what if you could get a grant to actually help fund your project and make it a reality?

well we gotchu!

since 2022, we've awarded $1.6 million in funding to 170 youth-led projects across the U.S., including things like gender-affirming clothing closets, regional LGBTQ+ youth conferences, student wellness programs and safe spaces, and inclusive arts and education projects.

and yup, we're doing it again.

with It Gets Better: Changemakers, we want to help you create a lasting impact at your school, your library, your local LGBTQ+ center, or wherever it’s needed most in your own local community.

maybe a community service project? hosting a Queer Homecoming? painting a downtown Pride mural? let's dooo it!

you can apply now for a grant through May 3, 2026 at itgetsbetter.org/changemakers.

P.S.: Look out for upcoming info sessions where we'll answer all your FAQs about the application and funding process. Can't wait to see your ideas. 💜

[itscolossal]

April 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

[superlinguo]

2026 LingComm Grants – Small Grants for Communicating Linguistics to Wider Audiences

We want to see more linguistics in the world! 

The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 (USD) to support linguistics communication projects that bring pop linguistics to broader audiences in new and engaging ways. The grants also include a mentoring meeting with Gretchen McCulloch, Lauren Gawne, and/or an experienced lingcommer who we have personally selected to be relevant to your project to ask your lingcomm process questions, and promotion of your project to our lingthusiastic audience. 

We have six $300 LingComm Grants on any topic related to linguistics and an additional $300 Kirby Conrod and Friends LGBTQ+ LingComm Grant.

The initial grants are funded by Lingthusiasm, thanks to the kind support of our patrons, and judged by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. You can help fund the grants and other LingComm projects here. Additional grants in 2026 were funded thanks to Daniel Currie Hall, Sarah Kelen, Lukas Graf, Rob Monarch and other anonymous donors.

Please apply and/or share with any up and coming lingcommers you know!

For more information, and to apply, visit the Grants page of the LingComm website.

To stay in the loop on LingComm, we have a LingComm Google Groups mailing list.

[animentality]

[californiastatelibrary]

[Sacramento, Calif.] – The California State Library announces the award of $750,000 in grant funds to ensure the physical and digital preservation and increased accessibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer archives relating to LGBTQ+ history in California. Read the full press release at https://www.library.ca.gov/about/press-releases/lgbtq2026-grant-award/

[kotoneminako]

How They Paid For College

So Rich They Didn't Need Any Help: Kalim, Vil, Rook, Malleus, Lilia, Silver (thru Lilia), Idia, Ortho (thru Idia), Leona, Jamil, Cater, Sebek

On a Needs-Based Scholarship: Ruggie, Epel, Deuce Academic/Merit Scholarship: Azul, Riddle, Jade, Floyd, Vil, Ortho, Idia, Ace

Specialty Scholarship (Sports/Culinary/Tech/Etc.): Trey, Jack, Idia, Vil Disability Grant: Ortho

Interterrestrial Grant: Azul, Floyd, Jade

I wouldn't say Cater's on the same level as Vil & Kalim as rich, but considering his dad's a banker and they have enough money to move every year or two they could probably swing college funds

Idia didn't necessarily need a scholarship, but once he realized he qualified for a full-ride he wasn't about to say no

Ortho was allowed to go with Idia considering he's a special case and seems to count as his own autonomous being. Considering how Ortho's body is fully automated and needs Idia to frequently update all the intricate code, it counted as disability. Further supplementary tuition money came from Ortho's own academic abilities.

The Interterrestrial Grant is what supplies the Octavinelles and other sea-based students to attend classes with potions that give them human bodies

Malleus very well could have earned a scholarship, but money's no problem for him...and he didn't want to take from those who actually needed assistance in attending college

From what I know I think Sebek's dad is a dentist? So bro did not need assistance going to school

Kalim insisted on paying for Jamil's tuition, something he was pressured into accepting (and didn't necessarily mind anyway since it meant getting away from Kalim) Jamil crashed out when Kalim transferred to NRC

Ace is smart but doesn't apply himself....except when he realized just how much debt he'd be going into if he took out a loan and how he'd be paying that off until his fifties. Bro QUICKLY locked in.

[saywhat-politics]

Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cu

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the Supreme Court decided Thursday.

The high court majority lifted a judge’s order blocking $783 million worth of cuts made by the National Institutes of Health to align with Republican President Donald Trump’s priorities.