Justice Ain’t Cheap: A Queer Philanthropy Podcast | |
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This month we debuted Justice Ain’t Cheap: A Queer Philanthropy Podcast. The premiere episode, A Billion Dollar Problem, features a powerful conversation between Funders’ President, Saida Agostini-Bostic, and Funders’ board members Ana Conner (Third Wave Fund) and Paulina Helm-Hernández (Foundation for a Just Society) on how philanthropic institutions can show up for the LGBTQ movement during this moment of heightened legislative attack.
Justice Ain’t Cheap will be released bi-monthly and feature notable leaders in the LGBTQ movement and philanthropy who are working toward liberation. Stay tuned for Episode Two to be shared with Funders for LGBTQ Issues' members in August and widely in September.
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Funding Forward Registration is Open! | |
Early-bird Registration is open for Funding Forward 2023! The event will not only be Funders for LGBTQ Issues' first in-person conference since 2019 but will also mark the tenth anniversary of this annual gathering of grantmakers committed to LGBTQ issues. We hope you will join us at Loews Chicago Hotel from November 29th to December 1st. Virtual content will be available for hybrid participation. | |
We want to thank our host Chicago Community Trust and sponsors for their support of this year's conference. Without them Funding Forward would not be possible. | |
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The recent slate of Supreme Court decisions repealing hard-won rights in affirmative action and protections for LGBTQ communities speaks to a reality that our movements have warned us about for generations. In the past two years, we have seen the far right advance over four hundred ninety-one anti-LGBTQ bills in state legislatures, the vast majority of which specifically attacks the rights of trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) communities and their families, along with drag performers and artists. These attacks, coupled with far-right organizing against Critical Race Theory, reproductive justice, and rights to privacy and bodily autonomy, have deeply impacted the physical and emotional safety of our communities – particularly those living at the intersections of race, disability, citizenship, and class.
Read our Deputy Director, Alexander Lee's note to philanthropy in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decisions.
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Meet Our Team: Welcome, Luna! | |
This month, we welcome Luna Moreta Avila as our new Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) Project Director! Luna (she/her) is a community space-holder and advocate based in San Francisco. She has fought for personal and collective transformation for more than 15 years via various political projects centered on prison abolition, trans liberation, community empowerment, collective healing, and racial justice. Luna joined Funders after serving as program leadership and Development Director at Young Women’s Freedom Center. We’re so happy to have her join our team! Get to know more about her on our website. |
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Resources for Funding LGBTQ Organizing
In the face of the growing anti-trans and gender-expansive backlash nationwide, Funders for LGBTQ Issues has created a resource hub for funders seeking to increase funding for TGNC communities specifically and the LGBTQ community broadly. It also collects resources for organizers seeking support and other information.
Please note that this guide is emergent, and we are adding new resources daily. Please email our Communications Officer, Noemi Mangual-Rosa, to suggest additional resources and links or to note updates.
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Welcoming our Interim Director of the Out in the South Program! | | |
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Shaena Johnson to the role of Interim Director of the Out in the South Program. Shaena is a former Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) Fellow and a longtime partner in all of our programmatic work. We look forward to continuing to build with her in this new capacity. | |
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2021 Resource Tracking Report | |
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Last month, we released the 19th iteration of our Resource Tracking Report, exploring the scope and character of the U.S. Foundation funding for LGBTQ communities and issues in calendar year 2021. Our research finds that foundation funding reached a new high of $252 million. However, this does not tell the full story, as the most vulnerable members of the LGBTQ community did not necessarily see this benefit. Funding to transgender, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary communities, Black LGBTQ communities, and Southeastern LGBTQ communities has not increased commensurate with total LGBTQ funding. As a sector, we also continue to see an increase in overall foundation funding, meaning that even at this new high, for every $100 awarded by U.S. foundations in 2021, only 28 cents specifically supported LGBTQ communities and issues.
Read the full report to learn more about funding gaps and opportunities. You can also watch the recording of The State of LGBTQ Philanthropy, our report release and corresponding funder briefing, here.
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Inside Philanthropy - Funders for LGBTQ Issues' Latest Tracking Report: Some Good News, More Not So Good | |
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Inside Philanthropy recently featured our 2021 Resource Tracking Report findings. The article titled Funders for LGBTQ Issues' Latest Tracking Report: Some Good News, More Not So Good includes insights into the substantive increases in LGBTQ funding in 2021 and the stark misalignment of funding priorities in philanthropy for the most vulnerable communities in the United States.
Funders’ staff members and report co-authors, Alyssa Lawther and Alexander Lee, were featured in the article. Citing underfunded states like Montana and the recent threats to transgender people within those states, Alex says the problem is that without sufficient funding, “there’s not a critical mass of trans organizations and activists empowered enough to go toe-to-toe with the GOP” in those states. Alex continues: activists are “actually mapping out what could be possible if trans people weren't horribly oppressed. In the other states that are being seriously underfunded, it's really just about survival.” Read the full article.
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Notes From The Field: State and Local LGBTQ Movement Leaders Speak on Organizing in Response to Anti-LGBTQ Backlash | |
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We cannot talk about the domestic backlash against transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) communities and the LGBTQ community more broadly without looking deeply into the far right’s state and local strategy. This funder briefing will allow participants to hear about the historical context of the far-right’s strategy to weaponize TGNC communities in their work to attack bodily autonomy, hear about current work and wins across the field, and identify strategies for philanthropy to deepen its partnership with LGBTQ movements.
This funder briefing is co-sponsored by Grantmakers for Southern Progress (GSP).
Featured Speakers:
Serena Sebring, Blueprint North Carolina
Rumba Yambu, Intransitive
Scot Nakagawa, 22nd Century Initiative
Aaron Zimmerman, PFund Foundation
Please note: If you previously registered for this event postponed on June 13th, your registration is still active. A post-event recording will be available.
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CHANGE Philanthropy: 2023 Unity Summit | |
Early Bird registration for the 2023 CHANGE Philanthropy Unity Summit is now open! This year’s convening brings funders, movement leaders, and advocates together to engage with some of our communities most pressing issues.
Hotel blocks with discounted rates are available at the Westin Bonaventure, which is expected to fill quickly. Secure your spot before the end of July!
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Contigo Fund: Trans Care Community Town Hall | Join Contigo Fund on July 26th from 6 pm - 9 pm EDT for a Trans Care Community Town Hall. The event will address the critical issue of restrictions in Transgender healthcare and work towards positive change. The event location will be shared with registered participants; register here. | |  |
FCAA: Emergency & Rapid Response Grantmaking | Join FCAA on July 27th at 11 am ET for a virtual conversation focused on emergency and rapid response grantmaking. This meeting will allow donors to explore what mechanisms, processes, and connections can help respond to emerging crises, including response to wars, political developments, natural disasters or threats to grantee and partner security. Registration is limited to representatives from funding and philanthropy-serving organizations only. | | |
Grantmakers for Southern Progress: Biennial Convening | |
GSP’s 2023 Biennial Convening: The Forward Moment is taking place from August 30th - September 1st in Orlando, Florida. The gathering creates a dynamic environment for philanthropic professionals and grassroots movement leaders to better understand the South, generate solutions together, and to move resources into the communities that need them most.
Learn more about registration and agenda here.
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CEP: 2023 National Conference | |
Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)’s national conference is taking place in Boston from October 30 – November 1!
CEP 2023 will feature talks from influential and thought-provoking leaders, including Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ President Saida Agostini-Bostic, who is moderating a breakout session: LGBTQ+ Rights Right Now: How Philanthropy Can Act featuring Marselle Alexander-Ozinskas, (The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation), Kate Kendell (The California Endowment), and Luc Athayde-Rizzaro (Ford Foundation).
To find out more about what’s happening at the CEP conference, have a look at the CEP2023 agenda and register today!
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HIP Proudly Welcomes 2023 Líderes | |
Hispanics in Philanthropy welcomes thirty new fellows to their Líderes Program. They represent twenty-three philanthropic institutions and seven non-profit organizations across the United States. | |
Policies for Action: Call for Proposals |
Policies for Action issued a call for proposals to build evidence based investigating on how preemption policies at the state level may affect racial justice and health equity. Up to $1.5 million will be awarded for up to six 24-month grants. Projects must be U.S. based. Proposals are due by August 10, 2023. | | |
Ms. Foundation for Women: Activist Collaboration & Care Fund | Ms. Foundation for Women is awarding grants through their Activist Collaboration & Care Fund for trans and cis women and girls of color, and nonbinary people of color. Grants will range from $15,000 to $25,000. Organizations must operate within the U.S. and U.S. territories. Proposals are due by August 25, 2023. | | |
William T. Grant Foundation: Youth Service Capacity Building Grants | |
William T. Grant Foundation’s Youth Service Capacity Building Grants Program (YSCG) is now accepting applications. The grants will provide general operating support to small New York-based nonprofits that provide direct services to young people ages 5 to 25. Awards are $60,000 each and provide funds over a three-year term.
Proposals are due by September 20, 2023, 3:00 PM ET, for decisions in March 2024.
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Notable promotions, transitions, and career updates from LGBTQ people
in philanthropy and allies.
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Dani Martínez joins Arcus Foundation as the U.S. Social Justice Program Director. Congratulations, Dani! | | |
Q-Notes is a regular newsletter produced by Funders for LGBTQ Issues. Please contact [email protected] with questions on this edition or submissions for future publishings. The next edition of Q-Notes will be released on September 21st. | | | |
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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
Alyssa Lawther
Senior Research Officer
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Alexander L. Lee
Deputy Director
Ollin Rodriguez Lopez
Director of Human Resources & Administration
Noemi Mangual-Rosa
Communications Officer
Amara Reese-Hansell
Membership Engagement Officer
Stephen Switzer
Director of Finance
Marvin Webb
Chief Financial Officer
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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 Louisiana
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
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
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
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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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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