Capacity Building

Explore resources that provide opportunities to engage in learning new skills, find support in advocate communities, or take part in programs that build economic empowerment.

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Capacity Building, Shaping Tomorrow's Leaders, Opportunities for Providers & Institutions

HRC LEARN

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Capacity Building, Investing in Your Financial Health

WorthIt: HRC’s LGBTQ+ Financial Wellness Platform

WorthIt is a digital wellness platform that inspires and motivates LGBTQ+ folks to improve their financial health and well-being.LGBTQ+ people have traditionally been left out of the financial health conversation,…

Transgender, Capacity Building

Trans Justice Initiative: Small Grants Program

The work of promoting equality and creating positive change for members of our transgender and non-binary community cannot be done alone. This is why we are working with community-based activists…

Capacity Building, LGBTQ+ Youth, Opportunities for Providers & Institutions

THRIVE Professional Development

The THRIVE Professional Development program utilizes Welcoming Schools’ certified facilitators from across the country who have extensive experience working with and supporting youth and youth-serving professionals. 

Capacity Building, Shaping Tomorrow's Leaders, Transgender, Allies

Telling Your Story Matters

Storytelling to open hearts, change minds, and advance equality for LGBTQ+ people.

HBCU PrEP Peer Educator Initiative

Sexual Health, HIV & Health Equity, Communities of Color, College, Capacity Building, Shaping Tomorrow's Leaders

PrEP Ambassadors: A HBCU Program

Our HBCU’s PrEP Ambassador Program was created to build a network of leaders to eliminate stigma and enrich the college experience for LGBTQ+ students attending HBCUs.

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Parenting, Transgender, Capacity Building, Empowering Advocate Communities

Parents for Transgender Equality National Council

The HRC National Parents for Transgender Equality Council is made up of a small but mighty, diverse segment of the thousands of parents out there who, every day, are modeling…

Capacity Building, Investing in Your Financial Health

Next Level Program

Next Level is a 12 week program on job readiness, financial health and wellness created by the HRC Foundation and delivered to LGBTQ+ folks in partnership with local community-based organizations…

Capacity Building, Shaping Tomorrow's Leaders, Transgender, Communities of Color

MOTIVATE: A Transgender Justice Initiative Program

Overview:Our Trans Justice Initiative’s MOTIVATE Program advances the leadership of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) transmen and transmasculine nonbinary folks by connecting them with other community members and…

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College, Communities of Color, Capacity Building, Opportunities for Providers & Institutions

Inclusive Excellence Initiative

The Inclusive Excellence Initiative is a capacity-building and systems change initiative designed to partner with Historically Black Colleges and Universities on an annual cycle to achieve benchmarks that promote promising…

HIV & Health Equity, Religion & Faith, Capacity Building, Empowering Advocate Communities

IHEAR Faith

The Interfaith Health Equity Alliance Roundtable (IHEAR) was created to convene faith leaders that are committed to ending HIV stigma and discrimination in their communities. We aim to expand and…