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On Friday April 23rd Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 into law. Funders for LGBTQ Issues immediately decided to pull our January 2011 funders retreat (Seizing the Moment: Advancing an LGBTQ Justice Movement Through Research, Policy, and Community Engagement) from Tucson and relocate to another state. In significant ways the Arizona bill is merely the logical extension of a racist discourse on immigration that has grown increasingly hostile and dangerous in recent years. It is a deepening of, not a departure from, other policies and practices that encourage, even demand racial profiling and give local law enforcement agents the […]

NEW REPORT SHOWS MAJOR INCREASE IN FUNDING TO LGBTQ COMMUNITY BEFORE RECESSION HIT Focus of funding is on children and youth, advocacy, and human rights. (New York, NY – April 9, 2010) A new report just released by Funders for LGBTQ Issues shows that, in 2008, U.S. foundations awarded $107.2 million to organizations explicitly serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) communities. That figure represents a 39% increase over the previous year. The publication of “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Grantmaking by U.S. Foundations (Calendar Year 2008)” marks the seventh year that Funders for LGBTQ Issues has studied […]

Read the full story at: http://www.ncrp.org/blog/2009/11/flash-bulbs-flood-their-subjects-with.html Flash bulbs flood their subjects with light, reveal the necessary detail BY ROBERT ESPINOZA At Funders for LGBTQ Issues, a national philanthropic group that studies US foundation giving to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) communities, a flash bulb in our annual research shed light on a lingering disparity. In 2007, our research tracked 71 foundations in the US that gave roughly $3.6 million to organizations explicitly serving LGBTQ people of color. Considering that the broader philanthropic portrait contains more than 72,000 foundations giving nearly $43 billion, support for LGBTQ people of color […]

To increase philanthropic awareness and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) communities of color, Funders for LGBTQ Issues has launched an online toolkit that compiles tools, original commentaries and other resources related to these communities. The grantmaking toolkit can be accessed at www.lgbtracialequity.org. “We’re thrilled to draw the spotlight on an underserved population that struggles with a multitude of harsh societal barriers yet continues to receive little institutional support,” said Karen Zelermyer, executive director at Funders for LGBTQ Issues, a national philanthropic group based in New York City. “We hope that this toolkit serves as the beginning […]