Countering Stigma and Prejudice Against the Transgender Community | H NOFO 23 100

Opportunity Information: Apply for H NOFO 23 100

The grant opportunity "Countering Stigma and Prejudice Against the Transgender Community" (Funding Opportunity Number: H NOFO 23 100) is a discretionary grant offered by the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Mission to India. It supports a one-year initiative in Hyderabad and Chennai designed to reduce stigma and prejudice against transgender (TG) people by working directly with large private-sector employers. The core idea is to move beyond general awareness campaigns and instead focus on practical, workplace-based change inside corporations where policies, leadership behavior, and day-to-day employee culture can either enable inclusion or reinforce discrimination.

The funded project is expected to engage approximately 15 to 25 business corporations, each with 500 or more employees, and deliver structured workshops and information sessions for multiple audiences inside these organizations. These audiences include employees at all levels, human resources professionals, and corporate leadership. The sessions are intended to build understanding of LGBTQI rights broadly while placing specific emphasis on the experiences, needs, and rights of transgender people. The programming is meant to be hands-on and action-oriented, helping companies recognize how bias shows up in hiring, workplace interactions, benefits access, facilities, record-keeping, grievance processes, and promotion practices, and then guiding them toward concrete fixes.

The opportunity sets out clear outcomes across time horizons. In the immediate term, the initiative should lead to the creation of Pride or Rainbow groups within participating corporations. These internal groups are expected to actively promote awareness about transgender people and their rights, serving as a visible, sustained presence inside the workplace rather than a one-off training event. In the medium term, participating corporations are expected to make measurable changes to existing internal policies, show evidence of activities they have undertaken to foster a more inclusive environment, and develop active recruitment plans aimed at hiring transgender employees. In the longer term, the program aims to increase actual hiring of transgender people by these corporations and contribute to broader acceptance among employees and, indirectly, the general public through the normalization of inclusive workplace practices.

From a funding and eligibility standpoint, the award has a ceiling of $50,000 and the agency anticipated making one award. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education). The grant is categorized across several activity areas, including community development, education, employment and labor training, health, humanities/cultural affairs, and law/justice-related services, reflecting the fact that transgender inclusion at work touches training, organizational culture, equal opportunity, and rights awareness all at once. The opportunity was created on November 20, 2022, with an original closing date of January 20, 2023.

• The Department of State, U.S. Mission to India in the community development, education, employment, labor and training, health, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Countering Stigma and Prejudice Against the Transgender Community" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.040.
• This funding opportunity was created on Nov 20, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 20, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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