Event Sponsorship

PFund Foundation offers event sponsorships for events, gatherings, conferences, and convenings serving a primarily LGBTQ+ audience. Sponsorship amounts typically range from $500 - $1,000 and organizations are limited to receiving one sponsorship per calendar year. We review sponsorship applications on the first Monday of each month. After grants are reviewed, payment processing takes about 8 weeks. Please make sure to apply at least 60-days before your event date.

Drag queen story hour at the Raedial Book Fair, one the events sponsored in 2023 by PFund.

Eligibility Requirements:

To apply for event sponsorship, groups must meet the following qualifications:

  • Organizations must be a 501c3 nonprofit organization or fiscally sponsored by a nonprofit organization.

  • Organizations must primarily serve LGBTQ+ communities within PFund’s five-state service area of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the First Nations therein.

  • Organizations must be able to provide the following information as part of a sponsorship request: a summary of the event; description of how sponsorship funds will be used; the expected impact of the sponsored event; estimated number of people expected to attend the event; and any sponsorship benefits available to PFund (for example, logo placement on event materials, tabling space at the event, etc.).

  • Organizations can only receive one grant per calendar year. If your organization applies, but is not awarded a grant, you may apply for subsequent grant rounds as long as your event date is still 60-days out.

  • All sponsorship requests must be submitted using Submittable.

  • PFund Foundation does not provide funding for events that have already passed, or that will happen before the anticipated payment date. Makes sure to apply at least 60-days before your event.

  • PFund Foundation does not sponsor events held outside its five state service region, fundraisers hosted by an organization on behalf of a different organization, or events for political candidates or campaigns.

  • If you have any questions regarding sponsorship requests, please send an email to info@pfundfoundation.org.

Spring 2024 Sponsorship Recipients

Featured Event: QUEERSPACE Collective’s Youth Pride

Photo Credit: Jason Bucklin

In June 2022, PFund Foundation—in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Health—offered eight organizations grants to be able to safely gather during the pandemic. PFund awarded a total of eight Pride Grants, including one to QUEERSPACE Collective’s Youth Pride, which was held in St. Paul during Pride month.