Funders for LGBTQ Issues Featured in Sector-wide Salary and Benefits Report

OCTOBER 2021

Funders' Featured in Sector-wide Salary and Benefits Report

At Funders for LGBTQ Issues we understand that equitable organizational practices play a critical role in our mission to transform the sector to be more responsive and inclusive to LGBTQ communities. In this month's featured story, we invited Marvin Webb, Senior Vice President Of Finance And Administration to share more context about the work he is leading to operationalize our values and to reflect on some of the HR trends he is seeing in the sector. Click here to read more.

Highlights from UNITY Summit 2021!

Did you participate in UNITY Summit this week? We hope you enjoyed some of the amazing content and inspiring conversations. In case you missed it, check out our highlights from the event - all content will be available to registrants through April 2022.

Research Adaptations & Commitments

Did your foundation award grants to LGBTQ communities in 2020? Please share your data to be included in our resource tracking project submission deadline extended to November 15th! Visit our data collection page here.

Above: Nicole Fernandes will join Trans Justice Funding Project as the Administrative Director. Congrats on your new role, Nicole!

After a fantastic tenure at Funders for LGBTQ Issues supporting our core operations, we are so proud that Nicole Fernandes will join Trans Justice Funding Project as their new Administrative Director! Congratulations, Nicole! In addition to her amazing work as Finance and Administrative Associate, Nicole is a participant in the 2020 GUTC Leadership Fellows Cohort.

Though we are sad to see Nicole leave us, we are excited to launch a search to find the next member of our team. We are now accepting applications for a Human Resource & Administrative Associate. Click here to learn more and apply!

Our next issue of QNotes will be the Holiday Edition in early December. Stay tuned for more updates from Funders for LGBTQ Issues by visiting our news page.

RESEARCH, RESOURCES, AND UPDATES

285,000 American Indian and Alaskan Native LGBT adults live in the US

The new Williams Institute report analyzes several data sources to provide information on adults who self-identify as AIAN and LGBT in the U.S. and by region.

Get to Know Joy Chia, Executive Director of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

Joy Chia, Astraea’s new executive director, shares reflection on joining Astraea, their feminist history, and their LGBTQI legacy.

COVID & the LGBTQI Movement in 2021: Results from the Q2 Pulse Survey

This report from MAP covers the second quarter of 2021 and illustrates how quickly organizations’ expectations and experiences have changed since the Q1 survey.

Fatima Angeles, Levi Strauss Foundation Executive Director Conversation with FCAA

Learn about Fatima’s background and the work of the Levi Strauss Foundation in this new interview with our partner’s Funders Concern About AIDS.

Lessons Learned for Latine Heritage Month

Borealis Philanthropy spotlights the Latine LGBTQ community and shares strategies that funders can use to support the community in the fight for dignity, justice, and liberation.

MAPs' Equality October 2021 Update

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.

New Report Details Disparities Faced by Aging LGBTQ Illinoisans

The Disrupting Disparities: Challenges and Solutions for 50+ LGBTQ Illinoisans report by the senior advocacy group AARP Illinois and the LGBTQ advocacy group SAGE said the barriers to well-being are largely attributable to historic discrimination.

United Philanthropy Forum’s New 2021 Compensation & Roles for Philanthropy-Serving Organizations report

United Philanthropy Forum’s 2021 Compensation & Roles for Philanthropy-Serving Organizations report provides comprehensive benchmarking data and analyses on the compensation practices of regional and national philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs) and other employment practice information.

RECENT GRANTS AWARDED

Arcus Foundation Announces its Q3 Grant Cohort

Arcus Foundation announces grantee partners awarded funding during the third quarter of 2021 in Arcus’ Social Justice Program.

Celebrating the Growth and Leadership of Global Intersex Movements

This Intersex Awareness Day, we are so proud to share our 7th grant cycle of Astraea’s Intersex Human Rights Fund (IHRF)

The Third Wave Fund’s Mobilize Power Fund (MPF) Announces Its Summer Grantees

The Mobilize Power fund releases its June, July, and August 2021 list of grantees.

FEATURED REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS

Various Grants

The Campaign for Southern Equality

Mobilize Power Fund

Third Wave Fund

Deadline: November 2, 2021

Accountable Futures Fund

Third Wave Fund

Deadline: Ongoing

International Trans Fund 6th Grant Cycle

International Trans Fund

Visit our website to submit and see more funding opportunities!

Notable promotions, transitions, and career updates from LGBTQ people

in philanthropy and allies.

Millie Acamovic

Millie Acamovic, Northwest Area Foundation CFO, announced that she will be retiring. Thank you for your leadership, Millie!

John Barnes

John Barnes announced that he will be moving on from FCAA. Thank you for your leadership, John!

Nicole Fernandes

Nicole Fernandes will be joining the Trans Justice Funding Project (TJFP) as their new Administrative Director! Congratulations, Nicole!

Jonathan Jayes-Green

Jonathan Jayes-Green joined the Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) board of directors. Congratulations, Jonathan!

Cairo Mendes

Cairo Mendes recently joined Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) as their new Director of Local and State Programs. Congratulations, Cairo!

FEATURED JOBS IN LGBTQ PHILANTHROPY

Human Resource & Administrative Associate

Funders for LGBTQ Issues

Remote

Executive Assistant to the President and CEO

The California Wellness Foundation

Los Angeles, California

Visit our website for more listings on our full Jobs Board.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rickke Mananzala, Chair (New York Foundation)

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)

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)

STAFF

Saida Agostini-Bostic

President

April Bethea

Development & Membership Officer

Nicole Fernandes

Finance and Administrative Associate

Chantelle Fisher-borne

Project Director, Out In The South Initiative

Alyssa Lawther

Research & Communications Officer

Alexander Lee

Project Director, Grantmakers United For Trans Communities

Luis Rey Ramirez

Research & Communications Associate

Andrew Wallace

Vice President of Research & Communications

Marvin Webb

Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration

Kristina Wertz

Senior Vice President of Engagement and Philanthropic Outreach

Rebecca Wisotsky

National Director Of Philanthropic Outreach

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS

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

David Bohnett Foundation

Dwight Stuart Youth Fund

Edward W. Hazen Foundation

Excelerate Foundation

Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Ford Foundation

Foundation for a Just Society

Foundation for the Carolinas

Foundation for Louisiana

Gilead Sciences

Gill Foundation

Gilmour-Jirgens Fund

Groundswell Fund

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Henry van Ameringen Foundation

Horizons Foundation

James Irvine Foundation

Johnson Family Foundation

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Kicking Assets Fund

Kresge Foundation

Laughing Gull Foundation

Levi Strauss Foundation

The Leonard-Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation

Libra Foundation

MacArthur Foundation

Marguerite Casey Foundation

Masto Foundation

Meyer Memorial Trust

Ms. Foundation For Women

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

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

Stupski 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

Transgender Strategy Center

Tzedek Social Justice Fund

Wallace Foundation

Washington Grantmakers AIDS Partnership

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

Wild Geese Foundation

Women's Foundation of California

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