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HELPING OUR GLOBAL FAMILY

Dear Friend,


As we approach the end of the year, I would like to thank you for all of your support in 2025. Your generosity allowed us to help thousands of people in need around the world this year.


RWF's work not only saves and improves lives but also strengthens our community by enhancing LGBTQ+ visibility. RWF serves as a platform to showcase our community's compassion and concern, while transforming global perceptions of LGBTQ+ individuals by fostering connections with the world community.


In areas where LGBTQ+ rights are nearly nonexistent, your support has the strength to dismantle oppression and amplify LGBTQ+ voices, empowering them to rise above systemic challenges and reclaim their rights.


In 2025, donor and volunteer support allowed us to:


  • Evacuated and resettled 450 endangered LGBTQ+ Afghan refugees and human rights defenders
  • Provided aid to transgender activists in Guatemala & India
  • Provided aid to orphans in Mexico
  • Provided aid to physically disabled Guatemalans
  • Completed our eleventh humanitarian journey to Cuba in May
  • Funded children’s education in Uganda
  • Provided emergency grants for Middle East LGBTQ+ refugees
  • Funded LGBTQ+ legal defense in El Salvador
  • Provided aid to endangered LGBTQ+ Ugandans
  • Funded an LGBTQ+ emergency shelter in El Salvador
  • Participated in the 55th Anniversary of LGBTQ+ Pride in San Francisco
  • Created the 20th Annual RWF World Tree of Hope in December


It's not too late to give a gift this year!


Together, we can bring new hope to thousands of people in 2026 when you make a year-end gift to RWF.


Help save a life, educate a child, provide safe drinking water to a community, give mobility to an injured person… 


Please consider making a donation in honor of a friend, family member, or coworker. When you do, we will send them a handwritten card letting them know you have made the gift in their honor.


You can do this when donating by credit card (you will be prompted) or by sending us that information with your check.

Your gift of $50, $100, $500, $1,000, or more will enable us to continue this vital work. 


In Solidarity,

Jeff Cotter,

Founder & Executive Director

JOIN US IN GUATEMALA - FALL 2026

Discover Guatemala: September 2026 - Walk with a legendary people! Learn about Mayan spirituality and the realities of the developing world. Explore human rights issues and deliver medical supplies ... be forever changed. Learn more here.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY - JAN. 10

Help take down the World Tree of Hope holiday tree at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St. On Saturday, January 10, from 10 AM to 4 PM, we will remove and pack the ornaments from the tree. We can use your help!


Volunteer shifts are 2, 3, 4, or 5 hours long. Individuals or groups are welcome. To help, please sign up here.


LGBTQ+ COMPASSION IN ACTION

RWF is the world's first LGBTQ+ based humanitarian aid organization. Our mission is to promote peace, unity, and hope by leading the LGBTQ+ movement to participate in humanitarian relief efforts. Founded in 2000, RWF has donated over $11 million of life-saving aid and provided 105,000+ volunteer service hours. RWF is all-volunteer-run.


Bring new hope to our friends and family around the world. Put your tax-deductible gift to work immediately by donating online or mailing your donation to Rainbow World Fund, 4111 - 18th Street #5, San Francisco, CA 94114.