PFund Foundation

Applications for PFund's 2027 Small Business Grants are NOW OPEN! 🗣️📢

PFund Small Business Grants are for BIPOC LGBTQ+ small business owners and entrepreneurs in the Twin Cities Metro area. The program includes $5,000 in grant funding per year for two years and business membership to Quorum, the LGBTQ+ chamber of commerce, and to the PFund Small Business Cohort which includes six monthly learning sessions, mentorship, and networking opportunities.

Applications are due by 5pm central on July 20, 2026. Applications will go through the community review process, and awards will be distributed in September 2026. Monthly cohort learning sessions will run January-June 2027.

Visit our website or scan the QR codes for more information, and to register for the Monday, June 15 Info Session via Zoom.

🌈💖 IT'S PRIDE!! 💖🌈 We've got a few events this month where you can directly support PFund while also getting your Pride on!

- TOMORROW, Tuesday, June 2nd, with DRAG BINGO at Roxy's Cabaret (6pm doors, 7pm bingo)
- Sunday, June 7, we have our Small Business Maker's Market at Urban Growler Brewing Co. (2pm-5pm)
- Sunday, June 28 after the Pride parade we'll be at Flip Phone's annual Pride Block Party with Daddy Issues!

We could use volunteers, as could our grantees putting on events this month! Reach out to Kevin at his PFund email and let us know if you've got an afternoon/evening to spare pretty please. 😇

Our staff took a field trip to Saint Paul to visit the MN Museum of American Art (), where PFund Foundation is proud to sponsor the Queering Indigeneity exhibition! We found ourselves absolutely enamored by the way the historic building served as a backdrop for the museum's hundreds of curated works, many of which were provided by Minnesotan artists.

Queering Indigeneity features invigorating works that celebrate "the vision and diversity of 2-Spirit, Native q***r, gender expansive artists in the Upper Midwest. In seeking out and amplifying voices of Indigenous artists and culture bearers, the M, guided by Penny Kagigebi, hopes to influence the types of artists who are supported, seen, and centered at the museum, and to show both Indigenous and non-Indigenous visitors a more comprehensive and complex story of this region’s art and artists."

We'd highly recommend visiting the museum before this one-of-a-kind exhibition closes in August (admission is FREE)! Thank you to The M's Executive Director, Dr. Kate Beane, for the knowledgeable and moving guided tour. 💖

Here are our event sponsorships for May!

🎨 YWCA Duluth — Gender Joy Art Show | Minnesota
This year’s show will be held in the Zeitgeist atrium from May 4 - June 27 with an opening reception on Thursday, May 7 from 5-7pm.
Each year, YWCA Duluth showcases artwork created by girls, women and gender-expansive folks and invites the public to an opening reception to celebrate this work that symbolizes the joy each artist finds in their gender(s).

🌈 Rochester Pride 2026 | Minnesota
Saturday, May 16th from 12–5pm at Soldiers Field Park!
Join Rochester Pride for five fabulous hours of live entertainment, family-friendly fun, and community celebration in the heart of the city.