Meet Qamar!

Qamar Yochanan (he/him) is an out and proud Black, transgender, Jewish artist, organizer, and development professional who has raised over half a million dollars in funds directly since 2020. The first thirty thousand was in mutual aid and went to Black trans and Native two spirit/trans artists. 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. Currently, he serves on the board of Trans Lifeline. Qamar is an alumni of NYU Tisch and an Audie Award-nominated storyteller (SAG-AFTRA) with 25+ years of experience. You can listen to his work on Audible.