Funders for LGBTQ Issues' Three Year Strategy | |
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Last week, Funders for LGBTQ Issues released our new three year strategy. This strategy represents the collective vision and brilliance of Funders for LGBTQ Issues' staff, board, members, stakeholders and wider community. We are in a moment of transformation and we know that we have the resources and capacity to realize our vision of a world where all queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people are liberated, loved, valued, respected, and thriving.
We are excited to bring the next iteration of Funders for LGBTQ Issues to life, in partnership with you.
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Justice Ain't Cheap: Episode Three | |
Funders is Launching an Affinity Space for LGBTQ-identified Folks Working in Philanthropy - Sign Up to Learn More
In 2024, Funders for LGBTQ Issues is committed to launching an affinity group for LGBTQ-identified folks working in philanthropy. This space is open to individuals working at member and nonmember institutions. We hope to meet quarterly. You can express interest in joining this space by filling out the form here.
We envision this space as a space for peer support, network building, and emergent conversations on sector-wide news. If you'd like to help inform the goals and structure of this space, please express interest in joining our advisory council when you fill out the form.
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Members, We Want To Hear From You! | |
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We’re excited to invite you to participate in our 2023/2024 Membership Survey, where you can share your thoughts and help us shape the future of membership with Funders for LGBTQ Issues! Whether you’re a Program Officer or an Operations Associate, we welcome folks with different perspectives and roles.
Fill out the survey now – it’ll take less than 10 minutes, we promise! If you are unsure of your membership status, please check this list of institutional members on our website.
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Introducing the Next Co-Directors of Third Wave Fund | |
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After a several month-long, nationwide search, our partners at Third Wave Fund announced their next leaders this week. Co-Directors Morgan (Mo) Willis and MARS. Marshall started in their new roles on January 9th and will continue the transformative leadership and values-aligned stewardship of Third Wave's resourcing work.
Congratulations, Mo and MARS.!
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Sign Up for the 2024 DAPP Survey and Report | |
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The DAPP Survey and Report aim to help the philanthropic community better understand its workforce and leadership. The survey is unique in soliciting anonymous self-reported information from individuals on the staff and board of participating foundations, helping grantmakers to accurately assess the culture and climate of their institutions. Drawing on the survey findings, the DAPP Report—a landmark tool for analyzing the philanthropic sector’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts— is created providing a temperature gauge for the sector's progress toward inclusion.
Learn more and sign up your institution today.
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EPIP 2024 Call for Proposals Extended to January 31st | |
EPIP 2024 is a celebration point for EPIP: the organization's first in-person conference since before the pandemic began, its first conference as a new nonprofit, and a chance to acknowledge the work ahead while prepare emerging leaders to be responsive to an ever-changing philanthropic sector and world. Proposals due: January 31st. | |
Save the Date • North Star Fund Community Gala | |
Trans Justice Funding Project Applications Due February 15th | Applications for Trans Justice Funding Project’s 2024 grant cycle will open on Monday, December 18th! The fund supports U.S.-based grassroots, trans justice group run by and for trans people, with budgets less than $250,000. Application deadline February 15, 2024. Learn more and apply. | | | |
Omidyar Network Launches "Cultivating Repair" with call for nominations | |
Omidyar Network is excited to open nominations for The Cultivating Repair Catalyst Initiative (a fiscally sponsored project of Amalgamated Foundation). The heart of this initiative is a participatory learning cohort made up of organizations at the forefront of practicing repair for harms stemming from colonialism and slavery in the United States. Organizations selected to take part in the cohort will receive $100,000 in unrestricted grant support, a $10,000 wellness stipend, and cohort-driven technical assistance.
501(c)(3) organizations operating for less than five years or with annual budgets under $2 million dollars and federally recognized tribes eligible for nomination through February 1, 2024. Learn more.
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Fund for Trans Generations Re-Opens Their Rapid Response Fund for Trans-Led Organizing | Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis, and funding prioritizes organizations and fiscally sponsored projects based in trans communities that are facing high levels of hard and who have limited accesss to foundation support. Apply here. | | | |
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Article— Rising voices, Unifying forces: Two Trans-led Organizations will Merge to Confront a New Era of Attacks
In this special report penned by Andy Marra (TLDEF) and Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen (NCTE), the pair announce their decision to merge their two organization to create Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE). A merger about galvanizing our advocacy power on behalf of trans people, marshaling our diverse strengths, and ensuring trans people have a real opportunity to participate and succeed in American life.
Board Service: Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
The Astraea Foundation is seeking 2-3 board members with financial, non-profit law, and/or racial equity expertise. The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI+ human rights around the globe. They support brilliant and brave grantee partners in the U.S. and internationally who challenge oppression and seed change. Applications due February 26th.
Proteus Fund Launches the Solidarity Collaborative
On January 18, Proteus Fund launched the Solidarity Collaborative. The Solidarity Collaborative will support intersectional solidarity between organizations and communities working towards racial justice through dedicated grantmaking and programming support. Learn more.
Article— Helping Movements Meet the Moment: What Philanthropy Can and Must Do
As community power builders and social movement organizers engage in vibrant debates on how to address the immediate expressions and root causes of these multiple crises, social justice funders should take their own hard look at why the problems they have sought to address persist in such an exacerbated form. With so much fuel for change and so much money to spend, what’s coming up short in philanthropy, and what needs to be done?
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Q-Notes is a regular newsletter produced by Funders for LGBTQ Issues. Please contact communications@lgbtfunders.org with questions on this edition or submissions for future publishings. The next edition of Q-Notes will be released on February 22, 2024. | | | |
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Cynthia Renfro, Chair (Civis Consulting, LLC)
Paulina Helm-Hernandez, Vice-Chair (Foundation for a Just Society)
Jonathan Jayes-Green, Secretary (Philanthropic Consultant)
Karen Appelbaum, Treasurer (Northwest Area Foundation)
Namita Chad (Philanthropic Consultant)
Ana Conner (Third Wave Fund)
Desiree Flores (General Service Foundation)
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Aldita Gallardo (Borealis Philanthropy)
Lane Harwell (Ford Foundation)
Kelli King-Jackson (The Simmons Foundation)
Cathy K.K. Kapua (Trans Justice Funding Project)
Bré Rivera (Black Trans Fund)
Glo Ross (Arcus Foundation)
William (Bill) Smith (May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust)
Judy Yu (Wellspring Philanthropic Fund)
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Saida Agostini-Bostic
President
Cleopatra Jach Acquaye
Director of Programs
Luna Moreta Avila
GUTC Project Director
April Bethea
Director of External Affairs
Ashe Helm-Hernández
Senior Fellow of Philanthropic Organizing
Shaena Johnson
Interim Director of Out in the South
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Alyssa Lawther
Senior Research Officer
Alexander L. Lee
Deputy Director
Ollin Rodriguez Lopez
Director of Human Resources & Administration
Amara Reese-Hansell
Membership Engagement Officer
Stephen Switzer
Director of Finance
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American Jewish World Service
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Arabella Advisors
Arcus Foundation
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Baltimore Community Foundation
Borealis Philanthropy
Boston Foundation
California Wellness Foundation
CGRE
Cleveland Foundation
Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
Community Foundation of Louisiana
Community Foundation of Northeast Florida
Con Alma Health Foundation
Cream City 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
General Services Foundation
Gilead Sciences
Gill Foundation
Gilmour-Jirgens Fund
Groundswell Fund
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Henry van Ameringen Foundation
Horizons Foundation
James Irvine Foundation
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Johnson Family Foundation
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Kicking Assets Fund
Kresge Foundation
Laughing Gull Foundation
Levi Strauss Foundation
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
The Leonard-Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation
Libra Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Masto Foundation
McKnight Foundation
Mellon Foundation
Meyer Memorial Trust
Ms. Foundation For Women
Mukti Fund
Nathan Cummings Foundation
NEO Philanthropy
New Moon Network
New York Women's Foundation
North Star Fund
Northwest Area Foundation
One of Us Global Foundation
Open Society Foundations
Our Fund, Inc.
Overbrook Foundation
Pacific Foundation Services, LLC
Paul G. Allen Foundation
Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation
PFund Foundation
Philadelphia Foundation
Polk Bros. Foundation
Pride Foundation
Proteus Fund, Inc.
Richmond Memorial Health Foundation
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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 Queer Livelihoods Project
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Tikkum Olam 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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