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Minnesota foundations awarded more than $1 million to LGBTQ organizations and programs throughout the state in 2007, according to an upcoming report co-produced by Funders for LGBTQ Issues, a national philanthropic group based in New York City, and the LGBT Funders Network of the Minnesota Council on Foundations. “State of Funding: LGBTQ Grantmaking in Minnesota”—which examines foundation giving and organizations addressing LGBTQ communities across the state—will be released September 25 at a daylong convening of Minnesota funders and nonprofits, hosted by the Minnesota Council on Foundations. The report is the culmination of a yearlong research partnership between the Network and […]

The following letter was published in the February 12, 2009 edition of The Chronicle of Philanthropy: AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE JOINT AFFINITY GROUPS (JAG) In 1993, nine identity-based affinity groups , calling themselves JAG (Joint Affinity Groups), came together with the goals of increasing diversity and inclusiveness within the philanthropic sector and increasing resources to marginalized communities. Our decision to work together was grounded in our belief that we had more power to move the field of philanthropy collectively than individually. Over the past 15 years, JAG has been the key philanthropic infrastructure vehicle working to educate grantmakers about […]

Grantmaking to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) communities in the Global South and East more than doubled between 2005 and 2007, though the majority of dollars came from a small group of funders, according to a report just released by Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues (FLGI), a national philanthropic group based in New York City. “A Global Gaze: LGBTI Grantmaking in the Global South and East” describes the amount and type of grantmaking for LGBTI populations in the Global South and East. It also examines the character of organizations and projects addressing populations in these regions. For […]

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues coordinated and moderated a panel on increasing support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people of color efforts at the Applied Research Center’s 2008 Facing Race conference in Oakland, California, held November 13-15. For Ellen Gurzinsky, moderator of the panel and program director at Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues, these kinds of workshops heighten awareness about how sexuality and gender identity play out in the racial justice sphere—where LGBTQ communities of color have long been powerful agents for change. “It’s a historic moment for our country and an opportunity for us—as […]