News
September 9, 2021
Our network and movement partners are responding to urgent and ongoing crises throughout the South and the nation. The impacts of the climate crisis threaten communities, with fires still raging in the west and devastating storms bringing damaging winds, flooding, and ongoing power outages. At the same time, the draconian abortion ban that took effect in Texas this week and the ongoing COIVD crisis point to the ways our collective wellbeing is threatened. These intersecting challenges will not be solved in isolation. This resource list is a growing list of philanthropic and movement organizations working to mobilize resources to those […]
August 26, 2021
The entire Funders for LGBTQ Issues staff will be taking a break from August 30th – September 6th, 2021. This organization-wide pause reflects Funders’ ongoing commitment to care and wellness for our team and our goal of sustaining our work in the face of dispiriting realities. Intentional policies and practices to encourage rest and wellness in our movements are needed now more than ever. While we may long to return to a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy, we also know that we cannot return to that normal. The pandemic rages on, fueled by long-standing inequities in access to healthcare in the […]
August 11, 2021
Two years ago, on 2019’s Transgender Day of Visibility, Funders for LGBTQ Issues launched the Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) Pledge to encourage institutional funders to go further in their support of transgender communities and the transgender rights movement. Today we are excited to announce the addition of our 50th, 51st, and 52nd pledge signatories: the Curve Foundation, the New York Foundation, and the Marguerite Casey Foundation! Our GUTC initiative aims to inspire a philanthropic culture that is inclusive and supportive of trans people through grantmaking and decision-making. The GUTC Pledge asks grantmakers of all types, sizes, and issue […]
