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Autistic People of Color Fund

Trans-affirmingLast updated Jun 2026

About

The Autistic People of Color Fund provides microgrants and mutual aid by and for autistic people of color across the US, led by autistic BIPOC organizers. To apply you must be autistic, a person of color, age 15 or older, living in the US or a US territory, and your own guardian. The fund has given over $300,000 directly to autistic people of color for survival, organizing, and joy, and it takes time-sensitive crisis requests when housing, healthcare, or food is at risk. The fund is explicitly queer and trans affirming.

Communities centered

BIPOCBlackIndigenousAsian/Pacific IslanderWith disabilities

Services offered

Financial assistance

Who it's for

With disabilitiesLow-income

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