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U.S. foundations gave more than $65 million to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) organizations and projects in 2006, a 24 percent increase from 2005, according to a report recently released by Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues (FLGI), a national philanthropic group based in New York City. The report includes 67 foundations that contributed to LGBTQ issues in 2006 but not in 2005. For Karen Zelermyer, executive director at FLGI, these increases speak to how more funders are recognizing LGBTQ issues and rights as central to their visions for social change. “As organizations continue to score wins for […]

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people of color organizations in the U.S. tend to be small; local; diverse across populations, issues and strategies; and operate with few to no staff members, according to a report recently released by Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues (FLGI), a national philanthropic group based in New York City. Building Communities: Autonomous Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer People of Color Organizations in the U.S. represents the first-ever national study on this sector. The report was officially released this week at the Creating Change conference in Detroit, MI, sponsored by the National Gay […]

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues (FLGI), a national philanthropic group based in New York City, has awarded nearly $1 million to eight public and community foundations around the country as the initial part of a racial equity campaign to strengthen organizations addressing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people of color. “We’re hoping to spark a dialogue in the philanthropic community about the ways in which we can better enhance the lives of the full spectrum of LGBTQ communities,” said Karen Zelermyer, executive director of Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues. “We recognize that building stronger organizations and […]

Forty grantmakers from around the world awarded nearly $10.5 million to groups working on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) issues in the Global South and East, according to a historic report just released by Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues (FLGI), a national philanthropic group based in New York City. The report—“A Global Gaze: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Grantmaking in the Global South and East”—represents the first-ever study analyzing LGBTI grantmaking and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in those regions. Most of the money was provided by private and public foundations around the world. According to […]