2021 was as difficult a year as 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic continued spreading across the world disrupting normal life. Lockdowns were still pervasive, countries enacted measures to keep their businesses alive, and donations to non-profits everywhere remained low.
LGBTQI Grassroots organizations bore the brunt of these measures, and many were forced to make difficult decisions on how to keep their movements running, if at all. The PlanetRomeo Foundation received many requests for emergency funding from these organizations.
So, we decided to extend the suspension of regular funding cycles for a second year and focus our efforts on funding emergency requests in two rounds.
At the end of 2021, the Foundation was able to fund 27 emergency requests in 16 countries for a total of € 57,365.