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2020 Founder’s Fund Grant Recipient – Avery

Thank you seems like such an inadequate way to express my gratitude towards the Jim Collins Foundation. The transgender community is fortunate to have the Jim Collins Foundation. Something like this is a dream come true and will improve my quality of life in ways I can’t even imagine. Amidst so much uncertainty in the world, this peace of mind has been invaluable. I’m looking forward to giving back to my community and this foundation so that I can be a part of someone else experiencing this transformative opportunity.       I am humbled that my story and my needs have been seen by such a … [Read more...]

2020 Founders’ Fund Grant Recipient – Wyatt

For as long as I could remember I have dreamed of one day having top surgery, and it is finally going to happen! For this amazing foundation to help individuals like me to be able to achieve their dreams is indescribable. I have tried for years to achieve my own dream, from working multiple jobs to performing at local bars to raise money, and yet I have always come up short. Living in a body that doesn’t feel like your own is frustrating, scary, and extremely depressing. Receiving this grant feels like I am finally getting a chance to live my life in my true body. It means going on family … [Read more...]

2020 Hembrough Fund Grant Recipient – Darcy

Growing up, sexuality and gender wasn’t something I thought about. In fact, I made sure I never thought about it. My Catholic upbringing meant I was deathly afraid of sin, and I thought being anything but cis and straight was a one-way ticket to hell. I was determined to be as “holy” as I could be, and being queer wasn’t a part of that plan. When my faith faded away at the end of high school, I realized I was free to explore my identity in a way I hadn’t before. I didn’t have to police my own thoughts. Looking back, I’m almost surprised at how headfirst I dove into the queer community. Within … [Read more...]

2020 Hembrough Fund Grant Recipient – Alex*

As much as I have tried, I fail to come up with the words that describe the feeling that I have felt since receiving this grant. I’m relieved and I’m happy and I’m incredibly thankful but these words just cannot convey the powerful emotions that I feel. This grant will allow me to finally be free from something that has held me back so much. I’m so incredibly grateful. Alex Smith [pseudonym] … [Read more...]

End of Year Giving for the Jim Collins Foundation

December 19, 2019 (New York, NY) – The Jim Collins Foundation (JCF), a national nonprofit organization with a mission to fund gender-affirming surgeries, has been the benefactor of many generous fundraising events through the course of 2019. Our most recent donation of over $11,000.00 was part of an online fundraiser for Giving Tuesday by Physician Women SOAR (Support, Organize, Advocate, Reclaim). Physician Women SOAR (@PWSOAR on Facebook) is described as a social activism group for progressively-minded physician women. This group embraces diversity of color, race, sexual orientation, … [Read more...]

Jim Collins Foundation Given $15,000  Donation

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...]