It is with pride, along with sadness and excitement, Funders for LGBTQ Issues shares that after thirteen years, Marvin Webb will be transitioning from his role as Chief Financial Officer. He will be leaving at the end of September to become the inaugural executive director of the Nonprofit Financial Commons (NFC). Marvin’s careful and thoughtful stewardship of the organization’s human resources and finances has not only ensured its long term sustainability, but has also offered new innovations and strategies to those in the philanthropic sector seeking to deepen their commitment to equity and justice. Marvin’s vision, counsel and expertise have […]
Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ staffers, Alexander Lee and Ashe Helm-Hernández, were quoted in this article featured in Inside Philanthropy. The article titled, These Two Philanthropic Initiatives Seek to Save Trans Lives Now and Build Support for the Future, provides an inside look at two Funders for LGBTQ Issues and partner programs: Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) and the Trans Futures Funding Campaign, which Funders co-coordinates. Read the article here. Image Credit: RACHAEL WARRINER/SHUTTERSTOCK
We are at a crossroads. The recent slate of Supreme Court decisions repealing hard won rights in affirmative action and protections for LGBTQ communities speaks to a reality that our movements have warned us about for generations. In the past two years we have seen the far right advance over four hundred ninety one anti-LGBTQ bills in state legislatures, the vast majority of which specifically attack the rights of trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) communities and their families, along with drag performers and artists. These attacks, coupled with far right organizing against Critical Race Theory, reproductive justice, and rights to […]