Since 2012, The L-Fund has provided emergency financial assistance to cis, trans, and queer identifying lesbians in crisis across the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas. Wanting to help beyond emergencies, our grants have expanded to include education assistance, health and wellness aid, and grants for lesbian artists. Founded by lesbians for lesbians, we work closely with the community at large to improve the lives of our sisters. Find out more about us.
Our Grant Programs
We Provide Small Grants Up To $3,500
Vision Statement
The L-Fund envisions an enriched future for the lives of cis, trans, and queer-identifying lesbians.
Mission Statement
The L-Fund empowers cis, trans, and queer-identifying lesbians through financial crisis assistance as well as grants in the areas of health and wellness, the arts, and education in the Greater Coachella Valley.
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Some Recent Grant Recipient Stories
Yvonne Buchanan
The $1000 Grant from the L-fund allowed Yvonne to mount and document “Being Seen“, an artist exhibition and performance event of the Mojave Artists of Color Collective | MACC. MACC
is an inter-generational BIPOC group of artists living in the Morongo Basin.
Under Yvonne’s leadership, their art exhibition and performance
were well attended and very successful. In Yvonne’s words… “MACC and I are very grateful for this opportunity from the L-Fund.”
Terri Wells
Terri is a former recipient of our LEAP grant in March 2021($1,243 for a laptop). Since then, she has earned Associates Degrees in both Psychology and Health Sciences from College of the Desert. Terri currently works as a Perinatal Surgical Technician in Labor & Delivery at Desert Regional Hospital. Before starting nursing school, she requested financial support to finance the full registration fee for an intensive phlebotomy training program ($1,745) that will assist her in saving more money for nursing school. Considering her accomplishments and work history, we considered her most deserving of receiving our assistance once again!
Eva Vargas
Eva is a dancer and choreographer. She requested funding to support the Desert Dance Collective and the execution of an upcoming performance at the Flat Black Art Studio in Palm Desert.
This included studio rental for her and fellow performers to rehearse her post-modern choreography, and the purchase of costume elements and the flooring and knee padding to keep them all safe. ($906)
Their performance on May 31st incorporated her post-modern background with her Mexican heritage influence and her thoughts on gender expression. It fulfilled her hope to keep shining a light on queer lesbian artists.
Jessie Yamamoto
Jessie is a trans lesbian who needed $2,500 paid towards her tuition at Idyllwild Arts Academy where she will be studying creative writing and acting. Jessie wants to use her life experiences and be a voice for other kids like herself. Her dream is to be a stand up comedian and hopefully be a cast member on SNL!
We were excited to help an exuberant Carolina Romero
who needed assistance with a 3-day certification program being held in Texas that would allow her to apply for a promotion in her field of work – engineering. The L-Fund grant is for $2,350 and pays for her airfare, hotel, certification course and the purchase of a new laptop she desperately needed to do her work. The L-Fund and Carolina were also recently featured on KESQ News!
The L-Fund awarded Cindy Weinstein, a Fiber Artist, a $1,133 grant for her booth and installation at the Joshua Tree Music Festival in 2024. This money purchased the scarfs and bandanas that people could buy, tie-dye in an indigo vat, and then wear at the festival. (An interactive experience at her booth.) It also paid for the materials needed to complete the creation of an installation piece, larger than the one pictured here, named “California Poppy Garden”, that will be featured on the festival grounds.
A SPECIAL NOD TO A LONG-TIME SPONSOR
Eisenhower Health is a not-for-profit, comprehensive healthcare institution that includes the 463-bed Eisenhower Hospital, the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center at Eisenhower, and the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower. Situated on 130 acres in Rancho Mirage, and with outpatient clinics across the valley, Eisenhower Health has provided a full range of quality medical and educational services for 50 years for residents and visitors to the greater Coachella Valley. Eisenhower recently earned the LGBTQ Health Care Equality Top Performer Designation in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index and is a proud supporter of The L-Fund.
Eisenhower Health Events Calendar
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