Hey, fam, it's me, Amara.

Welcome to the TransLash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives.

So we all know that trans people and trans communities are coming under attack like never before,

and what that means is that trans people need to be resourced like never before.

Now, it may seem that in a time of great peril for trans people, that that might not be possible.

But there is an interesting reality where trans people continue to emerge in the world of philanthropy,

especially in New York City, where not one, but two philanthropic organizations are led by trans people.

And so we're going to have a conversation with them about providing resources to trans people and to trans dreams in this particular political moment.

First up we have Elisa Crispo, the executive director of the Stonewall Community Foundation, who talks about the

importance of resourcing trans people within the broader queer community.

For every $100 invested by U.S. foundations to the nonprofit sector, only 20 cents of that is going

towards LGBTQ-focused nonprofits.

Next up is Ricky Mananzala, the president of the New York Foundation,

who talks about how his background informs his own sense of movement accountability

in the world of philanthropy.

Yes, our institution holds a lot of money and resources,

but we do so to support what is probably the more appropriate use of power and resources, which is people organized, will always defeat organized money.

But before we get into it, let's start out as always with some trans joy. Trans Joy.

Randy Trong is a Memphis-based organizer whose work challenges, who gets power, resources, and who gets to belong.

She is a co-founder of Asian and Pacific Islander Memphis, an organization that works to make the city's API community visible, connected, and represented in civic and cultural life. She was a grantmakers United for Trans Communities Fellow at Funders for LGBTQ Issues.

Currently, Randy is the Community Impact Programs Manager at the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis.

Here's Randy to tell us more.

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