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November 6, 2016
Corporate funders have increased their investment in LGBTQ issues by more than fifteen fold in the last decade. Going from approximately $575,000 in 2003 to $8.7 million in 2012, corporate foundation support for LGBTQ issues has grown exponentially. Even though corporate funding constitutes a small portion of LGBTQ funding overall, at roughly 7 percent in 2012, it is growing at the fastest clip. In 2012 the top 10 corporate funders of LGBTQ issues included: Wells Fargo Foundation – $3,562,008 Levi Strauss & Co. Foundation – $1,710,000 M.A.C. AIDS Fund – $964,239 GE Foundation – $350,000 Walmart Foundation – $281,500 Otto […]
November 6, 2016
(New York, NY – September 30, 2014) Funders for LGBTQ Issues has released a new report entitled Out in the South, Part Two: LGBTQ Community Assets in the U.S. South. The report finds that not only is the U.S. South home to more LGBT adults than any other region, it is also home to an impressive array of more than 750 LGBTQ community assets. Out in the South, Part Two (2014) assesses the state of the LGBTQ movement in the U.S.South, based on a comprehensive scan of the region’s LGBTQ community assets, a survey of more than 200 organizers […]
November 6, 2016
September signals the end of summer and the beginning of fall. It also means “back to school” for many people. Between 2011 and 2012, foundations invested nearly $14.8 million in LGBTQ education and safe schools work – which amounted to approximately 8 percent of LGBTQ funding in the United States. For 2011-2012, the top ten supporters of LGBTQ education/safe schools work included: Anonymous – $2,256,500 Pride Foundation – $1,713,032 Ford Foundation – $1,390,000 Point Foundation – $1,209,504 Tides Foundation – $774,398 Gill Foundation – $624,200 Open Society Foundations – $565,000 Wells Fargo Foundation – $561,100 Arcus Foundation – $425,000 Greater […]
November 6, 2016
On Wednesday night, the MacArthur Foundation announced the 2014 class of MacArthur Fellows – providing a $625,000 no-strings-attached stipend to each fellow to support their creative endeavors. Among the list of 21 exceptional individuals chosen, were two notable leaders in the LGBTQ community: Mary Bonauto and Alison Bechdel. Mary Bonauto is a civil rights lawyer, strategist and longtime champion in the movement for marriage equality. As the Civil Rights Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), she has worked on landmark same-sex marriage cases across the U.S., including Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, which provided the […]