November 21, 2019 (New York, NY) – The Jim Collins Foundation (JCF), a national nonprofit organization with a mission to fund gender-affirming surgeries, has been given a $15,000 donation by Health Care Advocate International Inc. This donation will be added to the Founders’ Grant Fund which covers 100% of the surgical fees associated with gender-affirming surgery. Since 2011, JCF has awarded 25 surgical grants, with many of these covering 100% of the surgical fees. “JCF is extremely grateful to the Health Care Advocate International for this generous donation,” said Jody Randall, JCF … [Read more...]
Request for Comment “Nondiscrimination in Health and Health Care”
August 13, 2019 Office for Civil Rights Department of Health and Human Services RE: Request for Comment “Nondiscrimination in Health and Health Education Programs or Activities” (RIN 0945-AA11) To Whom It May Concern: The Jim Collins Foundation, Inc. (JCF) submits the following comments to assist the Department in its work enforcing our nation’s robust, remedial nondiscrimination laws with an eye towards maximizing transgender Americans’ access to healthcare free of discrimination. INTEREST JCF is a New York based nonprofit with a national reach. Since our launch in 2010, our … [Read more...]
Jim Collins Foundation Announces 2020 Grant Cycle is Open
May 15, 2019 (New York, NY) – The Jim Collins Foundation (JCF), a national nonprofit organization with a mission to fund gender-affirming surgeries, is pleased to announce that our 2020 grant cycle has opened. JCF is now accepting applications from transgender individuals who are actively seeking a gender-affirming surgery but do not have the financial resources to move forward. Applicants have two grant options. The Founders’ Fund Grant covers 100% of the surgical fees associated with gender-affirming surgery. The Krysallis Anne Hembrough Legacy Fund covers 50% of the surgical fees … [Read more...]
Jim Collins Foundation Announces 2019 Grant Recipients
March 4, 2019 (New York, NY) – The Jim Collins Foundation (JCF), a national nonprofit organization with a mission to fund gender-affirming surgeries, is pleased to announce that we are awarding five grants for 2019. This is the second year in-a-row that we have been able to award our highest number of grant recipients in our eleven-years of the organization’s existence. This year, JCF awarded three founders’ fund grants and two matching fund grants. Our Founders’ Fund Grant covers 100% of the surgical fees associated with gender-affirming surgery. Our Krysallis Anne Hembrough Legacy … [Read more...]
2019 Founders’ Grant Recipient – Xander
“Patience is a virtue.” I utter this phrase to my son at least 4 to 5 times a week. Patience is something that I know a lot about. At this time, 5 years ago, my son and I were homeless. He was getting ready to start Kindergarten in the fall and we had no place to live. I was working 7 days a week at 2 jobs and each time I applied for an apartment they told me, “You need to make more money.” I remember the day my patience broke. My son and I were sitting in the motel room I had rented, it was cold and raining and he snuggled up under my arm and told me it was fun living in a motel. But it … [Read more...]
2019 Founders’ Grant Recipient – Caleb
I’m here today only because others have been by my side. The greatest indebtedness I hold in my heart is to the teachers who always went beyond the call of duty to support me outside of the classroom. By extending a helping hand during dark times, and encouraging my growth, they helped me to remember a purpose, and to forge my own path. I’m also grateful to the transgender clinic at Cincinnati Children’s for its dedication to service, providing the resources necessary for me to heal and be myself. Last but not least, I’m grateful to my family and friends for being there for me every step of … [Read more...]
2019 Founders’ Grant Recipient – Marshall
Since the age of 4, I have always known I was living in the wrong body. By the age of 5, I communicated to my mother that I was a boy and needed a sex change. My family was ultra conservative, and I never fit the image that I thought I had to be. Growing up, I went through a lot of depression and suicidal ideation. I was not ready to face society and come out as transgender. I learned to medicate how I felt with drugs and alcohol. I spent the next 24 years identifying as a lesbian. I had girlfriends and even married a woman in 2008 in Canada. I got sober in 2003 to open my own substance abuse … [Read more...]
2019 Hembrough Grant Recipient – Bridge
I was worried about my legal name change for a bit. I worried that my name might be “too weird,” and that I should go for something more traditional. Sure, my name is Bridge, but maybe it should be something else for formal documents? As the two of them saw me fretting over my decision, one of my partners pulled me close and told me, “You’re the Bridge that brings people together—the Bridge that shows friends and loved ones where they need to go and how to get there.” Suddenly, I was calm. And I knew I was doing the right thing. There’s only one Bridge Rousseuax St. Germain, and that … [Read more...]
2019 Hembrough Grant Recipient – Alanna
Up to this day, Alanna has lived her whole life in Kentucky, with limited resources and connections to the LGBTQ+ community. In fact, she did not know she was a part of the community until about 2006; which is when she experienced puberty. She always had a natural discomfort and sadness to her personality, but could never pin-point the source until puberty. Her puberty experience felt like her body was betraying her by changing her body in all of the wrong ways. Even though this was a miserable experience, it at least helped identify the root cause of the negative emotions. Alanna overcame … [Read more...]
Announcing Change in Grant Name
As a way of honoring the vision of the co-founders, Tony Ferraiolo and M. Dru Levasseur, and their continuing commitment to the Jim Collins Foundation, the Board of Directors has changed the name of our General Grant Fund to our Founders’ Grant Fund. What is the Founders’ Grant Fund? The Founders’ Grant Fund covers 100% of the surgical fees associated with gender-affirming surgery. Who are the co-founders? Tony Ferraiolo is a life coach, motivational speaker, and author. For over 10 years he has dedicated himself to empowering transgender and nonbinary youth to walk their truth down … [Read more...]
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