The Mahogany Project Inc

Help Us Transform Lives!

Without your support, the critical work we provide for the transgender community in Texas doesn’t make the impact it could. As many know, most trans-led organizations in the South rely exclusively on individual donations like you- and philanthropic institutions to sustain our work. Here’s how your donations fuel our impact: 


Ambassador ($5-$80 a month)

Our Ambassador donors help us meet the needs of our folks needing real-time support- be it a bus pass to get to work or job interviews or relocate to a shelter, or help us reduce the costs of hygiene kits, toiletries, and safer sex supplies. $80 monthly can cover: 

  • $3 is the cost of a “day pass” for Houston Metro | $77 for (1) one monthly pass for Houston Metro 
  • $55 - $62 for one night of hotel lodging for our emergency housing clients 
  • hygiene kits (toothbrush/toothpaste, bar soap, grooming supplies) 
  • safer sex supplies packets for 35 clients 


Sustainer: ($80- $100/monthly)

Our SUSTAINERS are donors who help us provide key essential services in our community center. $100 monthly donors help us make a fast impact for folks who need it most: 

  • Groceries for 2 weeks for our participants accessing the Food Pantry program
  • Hotel lodging for 1-2 nights for our unsheltered/unhoused folks 
  • Food for participants accessing a workshop/events
  • Job interview clothing for participants accessing our Clothing Closet 
  • Art supplies for our workshops and activities center 


Champions: ($150-$200/monthly)

Our CHAMPIONS are the angels we need more of in the world of social change.  $200 monthly donors help us maximize our impact, and in tremendous ways: 

  • Name and Gender Marker change fee sponsorships for participants who don’t qualify for hardship waiver but can’t afford the cost of court fees 
  • Full sponsorship of our Self Defense workshops for trans femmes 
  • Groceries for 1 month for our participants accessing the Food pantry program 
  • Sponsorship of trainings for peers on staff to learn effective peer counseling and motivational interviewing skills to support folks in our drop-in center effectively 
  • Sponsorship of monthly bus passes and Uber Gift cards for folks in need 


Trailblazer ($250-$300/monthly)

Our TRAILBLAZERS see and know our version and are maximizing our impact to heights we haven’t seen before at The Mahogany Project. $300 monthly donors help us provide all of the efforts we’ve previously listed combined. Clothing, Emergency Housing, Food Pantry & Grocery program, Bus Passes, Peer Counseling, and more. In addition, the TRAILBLAZER helps us in the following: 

  • Sponsoring cost of venue rental, security, photography, and gift bags for our community events 
  • Sponsoring costs of food/meals provided to participants of events/workshops/gatherings 
  • Sponsoring travel costs for the Executive Director to drive/fly back and forth to the state capitol for advocacy and organizing efforts 
  • Our Trailblazers are listed as premiere donors in event promotional materials and on our social media.