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.