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 workday 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.

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.