Fiscal Sponsorship

Familia: TQLM is a fiscally sponsored project of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund).

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We ask our donors to please be sure that the donation gets to us swiftly when donating online. In the “DONATE TO MALDEF” section, please select the “Designate support to another organization” button, and choose “Familia: TQLM” on the Donation Fund dropdown. .

Familia: TQLM is a fiscally sponsored project of MALDEF, a 501(c)(3) organization, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is the nation’s leading Latino legal civil rights organization, and helps incubate a number of grassroots, autonomous organizations like Familia: TQLM. For this reason, when individuals make an online donation, they will get a thank you receipt by email, thanking them for their tax-deductible donation made to MALDEF.

There are many ways to give to Familia: TQLM. In addition to accepting donations by credit card, you may also mail a check to MALDEF (with Familia: TQLM in the memo line), as well as payroll deductions, workplace giving, securities and planned gifts, for instructions and more information, visit MALDEF’s website here.  

To reach out to a Familia staff member about your donation, please email Jennicet, and copy our general email address too.

Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement (Familia: TQLM) is the only national organization that addresses, organizes, educates, and advocates for the issues most important to our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and Latino communities. Thank you for your generosity and your support!

When giving online, here is what you will see and what to select: