About Us
Our mission is to help the most vulnerable members of our community feel seen and supported through access to life-saving health and wellness services.
$3,419,000
awarded across all financial aid programs
27,000
free chest binders and femme shapewear garments donated
127
countries served (and counting!)
Our programs
Annual Transgender Surgery Fund
This scholarship-like program provides direct financial assistance to trans folks who cannot afford their gender-affirming surgery.
HRT Access Fund
This scholarship-like program provides direct financial assistance to trans folks who cannot afford their gender-affirming hormone replacement therapy (also known as "HRT.")
Electrolysis Support Fund
This scholarship-like program provides direct financial assistance to trans femme people in need of permanent hair removal services they cannot otherwise afford.
Thrive Fund
This program provides financial aid towards gender-affirming needs such as prosthetics, fertility preservation, vocal training, medical tattooing, and more.
Free Chest Binders
This program provides chest binders (specially-designed compression garments) to trans people who cannot otherwise afford or safely obtain them.
Free Femme Shapewear
This program provides shapewear (specially-designed compression underwear/gaffs) to trans femme people who cannot otherwise afford or safely obtain them.
Our guiding principles
These values are the foundation of the work we do.
Affirmation
The work we do—the heart of our mission—is to provide powerful affirmation for our trans siblings. Trans people who feel seen, supported, and valid are able to live their authentic lives.
Access
We serve the members of our community who have the biggest challenges in accessing the care they need—whether financial, geographical, or institutional.
Equity
Our equity-based approach seeks to address the failures of unequal levels of privilege and access.
Empowerment
The result of our programs should create transformative changes for our recipients that extend beyond the direct service they receive.
Celebration
With so many narratives and stories around trans hardship, we foster trans joy! We celebrate the resilience, beauty, and power of the people we serve.
Our history
Point of Pride was founded by the leadership of Point 5cc, a clothing and apparel company by and for trans folks.
Since 2011, Point 5cc had donated a portion of proceeds of every order to an Annual Transgender Surgery Fund. Point 5cc also began one of the first and largest international chest binder donation programs as well as a breast form donation program.
Demand for support from the community grew quickly, far outpacing what the small company was able to provide.
That’s why we formed Point of Pride in 2016—an independent sibling non-profit organization with a dedicated team to grow our fundraising efforts, help more members of our community feel affirmed and celebrated, and speak out for the need for inclusive and supportive changes in our society.
Since then, Point of Pride has awarded almost half a million dollars in direct financial assistance and donated thousands of gender-affirming garments to trans youth and adults in all 50 states and around the world.