Call for projects to combat homophobia and transphobia

• The applicant must be a non-profit organization registered with the Québec Enterprise Registrar (REQ), an Indigenous non-profit (or equivalent), or a Québec National Assembly–recognized Indigenous community.
• The project must be a one-time initiative (not part of the organization’s regular operations) and be completed within 12 to 24 months.
• The project must take place in Québec.
• The project must contribute to at least one program objective: awareness and information on sexual and gender diversity; development/implementation of prevention and intervention methods/tools to support well-being; or strengthening the organizational capacity and autonomy of LGBTQ+ organizations.
• The project must support measurable targets using indicators suggested in the call’s selection criteria.

Who is eligible?

• Non-profit organizations registered with the Québec Enterprise Register (REQ)
• Indigenous non-profit organizations (or equivalent)
• Indigenous communities recognized by the National Assembly of Québec

Who is not eligible

• Individuals (natural persons).
• Cooperatives.
• Organizations without an establishment in Quebec.
• Organizations that are bankrupt.
• Organizations listed in the Register of Enterprises Ineligible for Public Contracts (RENA), including their subcontractors listed in RENA.

Eligible expenses

• Project staff salaries (including employee benefits).
• Professional fees (e.g., external specialists/consultants).
• Travel expenses, in line with Québec government rates.
• Costs for tools required to carry out the project (excluding capital expenditures).
• Office supplies.
• Promotion and communication expenses.
• Accounting audit fees.
• Non-recoverable GST/QST (taxes not refundable/creditable/exempt for the recipient).
• Project evaluation costs (up to 15% of total eligible project expenses).
• Project management/administration costs (up to 8% of total eligible project expenses), including management staff time linked to delivering the project and related recruitment/hiring costs.

Eligible geographic areas

• Quebec (project activities must take place in Quebec).

• Applicant’s capacity to deliver the project (based on: relevant expertise of the applicant and partners; annual report—clarity and relevance of the mission statement and activity details; governance—date of last AGM, board composition and diversity of expertise/backgrounds; financial statements—type of audit, annual financial position, and proportion of requested funding).
• Quality and relevance of the project in relation to the program objectives (based on: problem statement and documentation; needs to be addressed; proposed activities and their relevance/fit with needs; intended effects; target population and realistic outreach approach, including consideration of differing realities and needs by sex; fit with the call’s objectives; project timeline—clarity and feasibility; financial plan—budget detail and balance, eligibility of expenses, and consistency between amount requested and scope of the target population).
• Concrete project impacts (based on expected implementation results—coherence, effectiveness, and realism of targets).
• Selection process includes: eligibility screening by SCF (BLCHT), proposal analysis against evaluation criteria, possible consultation of other ministries/agencies to verify relevance/complementarity and avoid duplicate funding, possible use of a selection committee, recommendation to the Minister, written decision, and (if approved) signature of a funding agreement.

• The 2025–2026 call for projects closed on August 25, 2025, and selected projects will be announced soon.
• The program is coordinated by the Bureau de lutte contre l’homophobie et la transphobie within the Secrétariat à la condition féminine (Government of Québec).
• Funded initiatives must be one-time projects and cannot be part of an organization’s regular operating activities.
• The page references additional documents, including the Québec Policy to Combat Homophobia and a government action plan for 2023–2028.