LGBTI organisations and groups across Europe and Central Asia are invited to join a global survey on movement funding needs and realities, helping build movement-led evidence for fairer funding. This Q&A gives full details of the project, who should take part, and our commitment to support the movement to use the resulting data for funding needs.
From 28 January, we are inviting LGBTI organisations and groups to take part in a global survey on LGBTI movement funding needs and realities. This is a collective opportunity for us to build credible, movement-led evidence on LGBTI funding in our region.
As part of the LGBTI Pathways initiative, ILGA-Europe is supporting this work as the regional movement partner for Europe and Central Asia. Together we are inviting organisations and groups across the region to take part and add our collective voices.
Data alone will not solve funding challenges. But evidence, combined with our organising, collaboration, and solidarity, can help us move forward in the right direction.
We hope you will join us in contributing to the LGBTI Pathways initiative, together.
Questions and Answers
This survey is part of LGBTI Pathways, a global research initiative co-led by the Global Philanthropy Project and ILGA World, working to support better and more fit-for-purpose funding for LGBTI movements worldwide.
The project is shaped by LGBTI movements across regions and supported by regional partner organisations. ILGA-Europe joined as the movement partner for Europe and Central Asia.
LGBTI organisations – and other organisations consistently working on LGBTI and SOGIESC issues – are invited to contribute by taking the survey.
The evidence collected will inform funding strategies at regional and global level, and can support LGBTI organisations’ collective and individual fundraising and sustainability efforts.
Learn more about the LGBTI Pathways project: https://lgbtipathways.org/
Take the survey here: https://lgbtipathways.org/welcome-to-the-lgbti-pathways-survey/
This survey will capture recent, current, and future funding realities and will make them visible at regional and global level to funders, allies, and movements alike.
Many of us experience survey fatigue. And yes, data alone will not resolve funding challenges.
At the same time, good data on funding will support stronger alignment between LGBTI movements and those working to resource us. Funders rely on evidence when shaping strategies, and this is an opportunity to ensure that evidence reflects the realities across our movements.
The broader and more diverse participation is, the more accurate and useful the evidence will be.
ILGA-Europe and the global Pathways team are committed to ensuring this evidence is shared widely and used in ways that support stronger funding outcomes.
The survey is open to:
- LGBTI organisations and groups
- other organisations consistently working on SOGIESC or LGBTI rights and issues
Participation is welcome from:
- registered and non-registered groups
- funded organisations, those facing funding gaps, and those intentionally working without funding
Making all of these realities visible matters.
The survey is not for individual activists responding in a personal capacity. Guidance within the survey indicates who within an organisation is best placed to complete each section.
The survey is anonymous. Please ensure that only one response per organisation is submitted.
It takes approximately 30-60 minutes to complete.
The global survey landing page includes information on:
- data protection and privacy
- organisational information needed to complete the survey
- survey languages and accessibility
- and more.
For full details and to begin, visit: https://lgbtipathways.org/welcome-to-the-lgbti-pathways-survey/
The LGBTI Pathways project will produce:
- One global report on LGBTI movement funding needs and patterns
- Regional reports, including one for Europe and Central Asia
All reports will be publicly available and shared with movements and funders.
ILGA-Europe is the regional movement partner for Europe and Central Asia.
In spring 2025, we consulted widely with organisations in the region and learned that funding uncertainty and gaps were a shared and pressing concern, with nearly two-thirds of respondents to our consultation reporting significant funding gaps and anticipated challenges in accessing future funding. Joining the LGBTI Pathways in summer 2025 was one way to respond to this reality.
We joined to act as a bridge between LGBTI movements in the region and the global Pathways team, and to ensure that:
- regional questions and analysis reflect the diversity of realities across Europe and Central Asia
- organisations and groups across contexts, formats of organising, and identities are included and heard
- findings are useful and accessible to the movement itself
Beyond our role as a regional partner to the Pathways research, ILGA-Europe is making an additional, movement-facing commitment.
We will support LGBTI organisations in Europe and Central Asia to use the findings in their own work, because evidence matters most when it is put into practice.
Following the publication of the regional report in early 2027, we will offer:
- Online sessions to discuss and contextualise findings
- Practical learning activities on:
- Integrating funding data into fundraising strategies
- Using regional evidence in grant applications
- Engaging funders using data and analysis
- Ready-to-use materials (talking points, presentation templates)
- Spaces for peer learning and exchange
Our goal is simple: to turn evidence into leverage and better funding, for the movement as a whole and for individual organisations.
We invite you to:
- Complete the survey
- Share it widely within your networks
- Join online sessions
Key dates:
- 28 & 29 January – Survey goes live
- 24 February, 13:00-14:00 CET – Regional online info session;
- To join, register here by 22 February
- 21 April – Survey closes
- October 2026 – Global report published
- February 2027 – Regional report published
- March-June 2027 – ILGA-Europe learning activities and resources
