GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GRANTS

qSPF is providing Gender Affirming Care Grants to 24 trans people each year who live in the Greater Seattle Area. These grants must be used toward covering the costs of a gender affirming surgery or procedure. Trans people have less access to health insurance, sick pay, and family support making it much more difficult to afford gender affirming surgeries and procedures. qSPF’s mission with these grants is to provide support to those who need it most. 

Cheer Grant

Each quarter, 1 grant for $5,000 will be issued. 

This grant is named after Cheer Seattle for their generous donation of $40,000, underwriting the entire first year of GAC Grants. Thank you, Cheer Seattle! 

Joy Grant 

Each quarter, 5 grants for $1,000 will be issued. 

 

This application is for both grants.

 

Notifications will be sent out on March 19th. 

 

If selected to receive a grant, it will take approximately 4 weeks from the date of notification for you to receive the funds. This is an estimate, not a guarantee. 

 

If you have any questions or need any assistance with this application, please email infoqspf@gmail.com 

To be eligible for a Gender Affirming Care Grant you must 

• Identify as trans (including transexual, transgender, nonbinary, two spirit, agender, and all non-cis identities) 
• Be 18yrs or older
• Live in the Greater Seattle Area*
• Be actively planning a gender affirming surgery

*We define the Greater Seattle Area with these edges:

• Southern: As far as and including Tacoma.
• Northern: As far as and including Everett.
• Eastern: As far as and including Bellevue.
• Western: As far as the Puget Sound Coast. Not including islands.

Points range from

5 points for

• a set surgery date
• no insurance coverage, and
• high cost of surgery 

to 1 point for

• no surgery date
• insurance covers most of the costs
• low out of pocket costs

Points range from

5 points for

• income of 0-$30,000
• unemployed or under-employed
• no access to paid time off(PTO) or Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave(WPFML) 

to 1 point for

• income over $100,000
• stable employment
• qualifies for PTO and WPFML

Points range from

5 points for

• a long recovery time
• no financial support from family or significant others
• low savings
• financial dependents
• other financial burdens 

to 1 point for

• short recovery time
• robust financial safety net
• high savings
• no financial dependents
• no other financial burdens
• missing information

Please describe your financial context. Be sure to answer the following:

• How much have you saved towards your surgery so far? 
• Do you receive financial support from your family? Would they contribute to your surgery fund if asked? If so, how much? 
• Do you receive financial support from your significant other(s)? Would they contribute to your surgery fund if asked? If so, how much? 
• Do you financially support anyone, child or adult? How much does this cost you? 
• Do you have other financial burdens that we should be aware of? Do you have other medical concerns or debts? Do you have student loan debt? Do you have any other types of debt? 

All demographic questions are OPTIONAL and will not be considered by the committee during the selection process.

These questions help qSPF better understand the make-up of our community and how we can best serve you. They also help us represent our community to grant-making organizations and donors in order to raise funds necessary to continue running the fund.

All responses to this section will be kept confidential. All response data is stored in a password protected electronic format. The demographic responses in this survey may be publicly shared, as outlined above, but will never disclose your personal identity. By continuing with this section, you acknowledge you've read and agree to these terms.