Twin Cities Founded
Community Made
Black Trans led
Your Trans Fundraiser provides everyone* tools and strategies for fundraising mutual aid, centering the trans and gender-nonconforming community.
WHAT WE DO
We provide practical, mutual aid based fundraising techniques for regular people, human origin tools and templates, backed by data and embodied experience, and offer a space to connect with folks who want to move forward together.
All taught in a comedic, unapologetically queer way by Qamar.
We launched in 2025 to provide authentic and strategic support tailored to the unique challenges of QTGNC mutual aid fundraising. Pre-pandemic, most crowdfunding campaigns only reached about 24% of their target-leaving vital needs unmet.
In January 2026 Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis resulted in the murder of Renee Good, a queer community member, and the deaths and kidnappings of many more. Minnesota mutual aid exploded. We opened to those who could commit to learning mutual aid in a QTGNC centered space.
The results were astounding:
People from all genders, many racial backgrounds across the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia have attended
Support networks and organic community have formed among attendees
Everyone wanted more
MONTHLY
Single session, evening core sessions by topic where we provide tools and strategy
Single session, two evening practicums by purpose where we apply the tools and strategy in community
OCCASIONALLY
Single evening sessions on both mutual aid and nonprofits for givers
WHEN POSSIBLE
We partner with queer organizations to do custom length peer-to-peer fundraising workshops.
SESSIONS & PRACTICUMS
Registration opens ONE MONTH before each class.
All sessions will be recorded. Select ones will be on our online library.
COMING SOON
Budgeting - MAY 21(SHAVUOT!)
The budget is the flare–It shows us where to find you.
Why this matters: You don’t owe your supporters an explanation, but you owe yourself a plan. Budgets also create legal and ethical ties between you and your supporters.
What you’ll learn:
Why a budget matters, even if its only one line
When you go off budget/the number is high
Attendees will receive: A customizable budget template/tracker
Emotional & Mental Preparation - JUN 25
For when support should make you happy, but it don’t.
Why this matters: Asking for and receiving financial support can trigger a lot emotionally and cognitively.
Dopamine swing cycling
Dealing with the ‘No’ dysphoria & stalling
Sensory based exposure and fear interventions
Close with a Q&A
Online Safety & Security - JUL 23
You fight for your identity, now protect it.
Why this matters: In the digital age of queer and transphobia, this ranks with self and community defence.
What you’ll learn:
Dealing with data brokers
Turning off tracking
Sharing apps to be paid dos and donts
Close with a Q&A
PAST CLASSES
Communication: How to Ask & Where - MAR 19
LEGAL, ETHICAL, TAX - FEB 19
On Deck
Core session: Narrative
Your story is important, so support that with framing and focus.
APRIL 23, 2026 6:30P-8:00P CST
REGISTER HERE: https://pci.jotform.com/form/260776731459165
SLIDING SCALE: $18, $36, $54, $72
Why this matters: We’re at a sub 7s average attention span average in America. Put your story out there for support without self-sacrifice.
Who it’s for: Folks who get dysphoric, dysregulated, or are just plain confused by self-description.
What you’ll learn:
The purpose of a fundraising narrative and how to leverage it
How to prepare a narrative that is easy for supporters to understand
How to represent yourself authentically
Close with a Q&A.
Attendees will receive: A template for a crowdfunding landing page
Practicum: Prep & Prelaunch
Tools, strategy, and templates are great. But you’re ready to take it further in a group.
APRIL 29 + 30, 2026 6:00P-8:00P CST
REGISTER HERE: https://pci.jotform.com/form/260967089025162
SLIDING SCALE: $118, $136, $154, $172
Why this matters: Liberation doesn’t happen alone. Tools and strategy are great, but it’s always easier to implement when you have people in the room, moving forward together.
Who it’s for: Folks who want to implement what they’ve learned in our core classes, in a values aligned group setting, using a fundraising platform. Great if you’re planning on launching something within the next 30 days or around Pride.
What we’ll do:
Construct a landing page for your mutual aid campaign
Receive immediate group support and feedback
Form a pre-launch plan
Attendees receive: Authentic, self-constructed landing pages, community that goes beyond the class.
In February of 2026, we opened our doors to the greater mutual aid community in occupied Minnesota and across the United States. Our first Pay What’s Possible class immediately sold out. We want to meet the immediacy of this moment, but we need to ensure that for our all Black, trans, disabled team that the support is mutual.
Fair value of each class is $6,895. This reflects Qamar’s decade of mixed experience in mutual aid and non-profit development work and covers the cost of contractor support.
SUPPORT THIS WORK
After a product assessment of our main sessions, the conservative minimum estimate of possible funds raised, per participant is average $3K-$5K. The conservative maximum is predicted at $100K.*
CONTRIBUTE TO THE SESSION FUND
Thank your for proving our point.
Values aligned commerce powered by mutual aid isn’t just possible, it’s already happening.
BECOME A SESSION SPONSOR
Not just an honorable mention.
Qamar is a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild and has done commercial work for The Unfortunate Red Bullseye, Best Buy, & US Bank.
Session sponsorship includes:
Website feature with click through logo
Social media promotion across 20K+ follower platform
Email promotion
In session promotion - All classes are recorded
YTF PREFERRED VENDOR LIST
Promotion to your people.
Preferred vendors are added to a resource list distributed in session. Listing includes EITHER:
Your business Name & Website with a short description
OR
Logo & Website with a short description
We’re not tax deductible, but we're ready for a fiscal sponsor.
Your Trans Fundraiser has been in operation for a year and is seeking fiscal sponsorship. We’d love to partner with a Minnesota based organization, but we’ll partner with anyone who wants their profile elevated by our work.
Be in touch:
What Our Students Say
“Learning from Qamar was the easiest and kindest process I’ve experienced. He showed me the proper prompts for campaigning…I learned how to build personal relationship with donors.”
-Ibimina T. (she/her) Twin Cities Black Trans artist
Being Non-binary, I enjoyed learning from someone who has the wherewithal AND cares to teach Crowdfunding from a lens that considers the intersections of my identities, whether spiritual, gender, race, etc….Qamar's quality of care in their products is profound, showing that he cares deeply about mutual aid and other people. [Working with him] I can assure you that it is entirely worth it.”
— Simaek (they/them) Twin Cities Black nonbinary producer/business owner
“Part of what I needed when I was struggling was someone to give me step by step instructions and that’s what [he] really helped me with…Here’s the instructions…Here’s what you can do so you’re not sitting helpless.”
— Charlie C., (they/he) Twin Cities white trans nonbinary artist/care-worker
“Qamar's quality of care…is profound, showing that he cares deeply about mutual aid and other people.”
— Simaek (they/them) Twin Cities Black nonbinary producer/business owner.
Qamar Yochanan (he/him) CEO of Your Trans Fundraiser LLC is an out and proud Black, transgender, Jewish organizer, and development professional who has raised close to a million dollars in funds since 2020 and millions more in collaboration with others. The first thirty thousand was in mutual aid and went to Black trans and Native two spirit/trans artists in the Twin Cities. He’s since worked individually and cross-functionally to generate revenue from multi-million dollar donor pipelines. Most recently, he presented a workshop for participants in Drop Deadlift Gorgeous, a deadlifting competition benefitting trans communities sponsored by PFund. They raised ~36% over last year’s goal.
Qamar loves being transgender and he’s passionate about supporting his community. He’s served on the Minneapolis Trans Equity Council and Arts Commission, to which he was appointed by the first two Black Trans officials elected in the US. He was also the MC for the 7th Annual Minneapolis Transgender Equity Summit. In 2024, he was selected as an Association of Fundraising Professionals IDEA Fellow. He also served on the board of Trans Lifeline as the Fundraising Chair.
He is also trans culture bearer. Qamar is an alumna of NYU Tisch and an Audie Award-nominated storyteller (SAG-AFTRA) with almost 30 years of performance experience. You can listen to his work on Audible. He was also among the last trio for Q-Stage in 20% Theater Company’s final year. His exhibition debut in as i lay changing, presented by the Emerging Curators Institute is this month and features two other other Black trans artists.
Does your LGBTQIA org need to reboot it’s peer to peer?
We can help with that.
With funding under constant threat, now more than ever it’s vital that organizations have strong peer to peer fundraising. But if you’ve spent years in the tower of institutional language, it can be hard to connect.
Your Trans Fundraiser LLC provides virtual and in person workshop options for creating a culture of confidence in fundraising.
We teach your volunteers, members, and donors more than hitting goals. We help them proudly embody community giving and empower them to direct prosperity to cause.
Our inaugural partnership with Drop Deadlift Gorgeous, a deadlifting competition benefitting trans communities, sponsored by PFund:
Scale of 1-10, average increase of 8 pts in participant confidence
Direct coaching to one participant won them a fundraising award
~36% increase over last years final dollar amount
Get in touch for a free consultation today
Discounted rates and payment plans available for Twin Cities queer orgs. Especially those that are trans and/or arts focused.