Meet Qamar!

“Qamar's quality of care in his products is profound, showing that he cares deeply about mutual aid and other people.”

— Simaek (they/them) Black nonbinary producer/business owner.

Qamar Yochanan (he/him) CEO of Your Trans Fundraiser is an out and proud Black, transgender, Jewish organizer, and development professional who has raised a million dollars in funds directly 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 on teams cross-functionally to generate revenue from multi-million dollar donor pipelines. In 2024, he was selected as an Association of Fundraising Professionals IDEA Fellow.

Qamar loves being transgender and is 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. He also served on the board of Trans Lifeline as the Fundraising Chair.

Qamar is an alumus of NYU Tisch and an Audie Award-nominated storyteller (SAG-AFTRA) with 25+ years of experience. You can listen to his work on Audible.