Before Bloom asked the public for a single dollar, our founder personally funded the relocation of 47 trans people out of hostile states. This fund is how we reach the next one — and this page walks you through exactly what your gift does, step by step.
Not a metaphor. This is the real sequence Bloom walks with every person who reaches out — and where your gift enters their story. Follow the line.
Another bill passes. Another appointment cancelled. Staying now costs more than leaving. They message Bloom — and a real person answers.
Your gift funds · a staffed intake, day one
A bus ticket. Gas money. A flight if it's urgent. The physical distance between danger and safety, paid for before fear can talk them out of it.
Your gift funds · travel, booked same-week
Bloom navigates housing that actually welcomes trans people — and covers the deposit no one fleeing a state has had time to save.
Your gift funds · deposits & housing navigation
Groceries. Basics. Stability while they find work, care, and footing. The fragile weeks where most relocations quietly fail — theirs doesn't.
Your gift funds · stabilization support
Pastoral care, resources, advocacy, and an open door — for as long as they want it. Bloom stays after the moving truck leaves.
Your gift funds · care that doesn't expire
Forty-seven people have already walked this path.
Your gift decides who walks it next.
Our founder — a disabled trans woman on a disability check — personally funded the safety, relocation, and stabilization of 47 people before Bloom raised its first dollar in public donations. Zero federal funding. Zero salary taken. One person who refused to wait for permission to do the work that needed doing.
Now we're asking you to join her.
Fund the Next 47You've seen it before — executives pulling six-figure salaries while the communities they claim to serve go underfunded. That is not Bloom. Every expenditure is publicly logged. Audit us at any time — we have nothing to hide.
One-time gifts fund a single leg of a real journey. Monthly sponsors keep the whole path open — month after month, for whoever needs it next.
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Whatever you give — or even if today isn't the day — thank you for walking this far with us.
Bloom Ministries is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) public charity · EIN: 39-4922713 · Registered in Oregon · All contributions tax-deductible
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