Funders for LGBTQ Issues is honored to be among 286 high-impact organizations to receive funding from MacKenzie Scott in her most recent round of awards. This historic gift will have a profound impact on our ability to increase the scale and impact of philanthropic resources aimed at enhancing the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities, promote equity, and advance racial, economic, and gender justice. Click here to read more.
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July 6, 2021, 10 AM PDT (Online)
Join us for a conversation with some of the Bay Area’s trailblazing trans leaders who are responding to the urgent needs of transgender, gender non-conforming, and nonbinary communities while centering the leadership of Black, Indigenous, and trans women and femmes of color.
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(Above) Funders for LGBTQ Issues' Funding Forward virtual after-party celebration. |
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May 5 – 7, we hosted a successful fully virtual Funding Forward conference bringing together nearly 200 funders and movement leaders for virtual learning, connecting, and building together. Thank you to everyone who made the conference a success!
In June, Kristina Wertz, Interim President, moderated a call organized by the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers early this month that featured LGBTQ+ community leaders to discuss how COVID-19 has uniquely impacted those they serve.
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RESEARCH, RESOURCES, AND UPDATES
Ben Francisco Maulbeck and Marco Antonio Quiroga reflect on promising practices for philanthropy from Contigo's work in response to this in a recent Chronicle of Philanthropy piece.
In new FCAA’s blog entry, John L. Barnes shares lived experiences and thoughts on 40 years of combatting the HIV epidemic.
A new report from The Building Movement Project highlights findings from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) respondents, and finds significant anti-LGBTQ bias in the nonprofit sector.
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Watch a Black Trans Fund (BTF) recording, a conversation featuring leaders of trans-led organizations and Black Trans Fund funders.
MAP’s interactive LGBTQ Equality Maps provide a comprehensive look at the current state of laws and policies impacting LGBTQ people across the United States.
The Global Philanthropy Project (GPP) presents a new series of “Diving Deeper” briefs that explore a number of new analyses using the Global Resources Report (GRR) dataset.
The report captures data on nearly 6,000 grants, awarded by 264 foundations in 15 countries, in an effort to identify gaps, trends, and opportunities in HIV-related philanthropy.
This group letter calls on the sector to transfer resources into the control of institutions where people of color, who are primarily accountable to their communities, have the ultimate decision-making power over where dollars go.
This new William and Flora Hewlett Foundation report conducted by Engage R+D and Equal Measure explores how funders seek and use the information to inform their grantmaking.
Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez, GUTC fellow and program officer at the Edward W. Hazen Foundation, shares experiences from her role and offers tips for those in similar decision-maker positions.
RECENT GRANTS AWARDED
The Kataly Foundation awards $500,000 to 26 organizations building power within and serving communities across the Asian diaspora in the United States.
Funders for LGBTQ Issues is one of the four philanthropic affinity groups that received an award from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Members of the Walton Family launched a $1 million fund to support LGBT people in Arkansas, to be overseen by the Arkansas Community Foundation. While some applaud the gift, others are also calling on the family to do more to address the ongoing attacks against LGBTQ people by the state government.
FEATURED REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS
Visibility Impact Fund
Deadline: July 19, 2021
QUEER | ART
Deadline: June 30, 2021
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Notable promotions, transitions, and career updates from LGBTQ people
in philanthropy and allies.
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Naa Hammond
Naa Hammond from Groundswell Fund was selected to receive the Emerging Leader in Philanthropy Award from ABFE. Congratulations, Naa!
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Kate Kendell, Esq.
Kate Kendell, Esq. was named The California Endowment’s first-ever Chief of Staff. Congratulations. Kate!
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Rickke Mananzala
Rickke Mananzala was named Executive
Director of the New York Foundation. Congratulations, Rickke!
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Sandra Nathan
Sandra Nathan will be transitioning out of her role as Interim Executive Director of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice. Thank you for your leadership, Sandra!
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Philanthropy Forward is a CEO fellowship community for visionary leaders who center on racial and gender justice and community power-building to disrupt and transform the future of philanthropy. Philanthropy Forward is a joint initiative started in 2018 by Neighborhood Funders Group and The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions. Funders for LGBTQ Issues is proud that so many members of our network have been chosen for this award. Among the recipients are Amoretta Morris, President of Borealis Philanthropy, and Kiyomi Fujikawa and Ana Conner, Co-Executive Directors of the Third Wave Fund. Congratulations Ana, Kiyomi, and Amoretta!
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April Bethea
April Bethea was recently promoted to Development & Membership Officer. Congratulations, April!
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FEATURED JOBS IN LGBTQ PHILANTHROPY |
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Chinook Fund
Denver, Colorado
INTERNATIONAL TRANS FUND
Anywhere, United States of America
Bush Foundation
St. Paul, Minnesota
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Rickke Mananzala, Chair (Philanthropic Consultant)
Cynthia Renfro, Vice-Chair (Civis Consulting, LLC)
Jason McGill, Treasurer (Philanthropic Consultant)
Rye Young, Secretary (Philanthropic Consultant)
Karen Appelbaum (Northwest Area Foundation)
Namita Chad (Philanthropic Consultant)
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Alfredo Cruz (Philanthropic Consultant)
Paulina Helm-Hernandez (Foundation for Just Society)
Kelli King-Jackson (The Simmons Foundation)
William (Bill) Smith (May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust)
Judy Yu (Wellspring Philanthropic Fund)
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April Bethea
Development & Membership Officer
Nicole Fernandes
Finance and Administrative Associate
Chantelle Fisher-borne
Project Director, Out In The South Initiative
Alexander Lee
Project Director, Grantmakers United For Trans Communities
Luis Rey Ramirez
Research & Communications Associate
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Andrew Wallace
Vice President of Research & Communications
Marvin Webb
Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration
Kristina Wertz
Interim President
Rebecca Wisotsky
National Director Of Philanthropic Outreach
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American Jewish World Service
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Arcus Foundation
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Baltimore Community Foundation
Borealis Philanthropy
Boston Foundation
California Wellness Foundation
Civil Rights Defenders
Cleveland Foundation
Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
Community Foundation of Northeast Florida
Con Alma Health Foundation
Cornerstone Capital Group
Cream City Foundation
David Bohnett Foundation
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
Edward W. Hazen Foundation
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Excelerate Foundation
Ford Foundation
Foundation for a Just Society
Foundation for the Carolinas
Gay Community Endowment Fund
Gilead Sciences
Gilmour-Jirgens Fund
Groundswell Fund
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Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Henry van Ameringen Foundation
Horizons Foundation
James Irvine Foundation
Johnson Family Foundation
Kicking Assets Fund
Kresge Foundation
Laughing Gull Foundation
Levi Strauss Foundation
Libra Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Meyer Memorial Trust
Mukti Fund
Nathan Cummings Foundation
NEO Philanthropy
New York Women's Foundation
North Star Fund
Northwest Area Foundation
Open Society Foundations
Our Fund, Inc.
Overbrook Foundation
Pacific Foundation Services, LLC
PFund Foundation
Philadelphia Foundation
Polk Bros. Foundation
Pride Foundation
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Proteus Fund, Inc.
Richmond Memorial Health Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Rosenberg Foundation
Santa Fe Community Foundation
Simmons Foundation
Small Change Foundation
Southwest Florida Community Foundation
Stonewall Community Foundation
Surdna Foundation
The California Endowment
The Collins Foundation
The Colorado Health Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Palette Fund
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Third Wave Fund
Tides Foundation
Trans Justice Funding Project
Tzedek Social Justice Fund
Wallace Foundation
Washington Grantmakers AIDS Partnership
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
Wild Geese Foundation
William Blair
Women's Foundation of California
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