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The Queer Youth Fund is a donor-initiated grantmaking program housed at the Liberty Hill Foundation that awards $100,000 grants to innovative and effective leadership development or organizing projects, or programs that empower gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (GLBTQQ) youth (up to 24 years old). The purpose of the Queer Youth Fund is to improve societal conditions affecting these youth and strengthen the GLBTQQ movement. The Queer Youth Fund makes multi-year grants to 501(c)(3) organizations (or groups with fiscal sponsors) located in the United States. At least four $100,000 grants, payable over three to five years, will be made […]

New York – August 23, 2011 Funders for LGBTQ Issues has published a report on grantmaking at the intersection of race and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) issues: Towards a More Responsive Philanthropy: Grantmaking for Racial Equity and LGBTQ Justice. In 2007, Funders for LGBTQ Issues launched a multi-year Racial Equity Campaign aimed at forging a conversation among funders about the intersection of racial equity and LGBTQ justice, and to increase grantmaking to and strengthen LGBTQ people of color (POC) organizations. The report highlights the stories of five foundations engaged in efforts to support POC LGBTQ communities and […]

Board Forms Search Committee, Retains Recruiting Firm May 23, 2012 NEW YORK – The Board of Directors of Funders for LGBTQ Issues (“Funders”) today announced that Richard Burns has been named Interim Director, to serve while the search for a President is conducted. Burns will begin his duties during the week of June 18 in advance of Karen Zelermyer’s departure on June 29. The Board also announced the formation of a Presidential Search Committee, and that Isaacson, Miller has been retained to provide executive recruiting services. Tim McFeeley, Vice President & Director, will lead the search on behalf of the […]

Board Salutes Leadership, Announces Transition Process April 23, 2012 NEW YORK-The Board of Directors of Funders for LGBTQ Issues (“Funders”) today announced that President/CEO Karen Zelermyer has decided to resign her position. Her last day with the organization will be June 29, 2012. The Board also announced plans to retain an interim director and conduct a national search for a successor. “Karen is an outstanding leader,” said Andrew Lane, Executive Director of the Johnson Family Foundation and Board Chair of Funders. “We are profoundly grateful for her many contributions to Funders, the field of philanthropy and the LGBTQ movement. We […]