The heart of our work is connecting with funders working throughout the South tackling a range of issues. During the past several months, we have continued our efforts to build a network of funders who care deeply about the South and who are interested in identifying concrete ways to support LGBTQ communities throughout the region. The recent rash of bad bills has been an opportunity to educate funders, both seasoned LGBTQ grantmakers and those who are new to the conversation, about how they might show their support for southern LGBTQ communities. See our recent QNotes article highlighting ways that funders can engage during […]
In the wake of the horrific massacre of LGBTQ and Latinx youth in Orlando, FL, a growing number of LGBTQ organizations are embracing gun violence prevention as an LGBTQ issue. But will the funding community follow suit? To explore funding gun violence prevention, we spoke with Michel Fleming, Executive Director of the David Bohnett Foundation. When the David Bohnett Foundation was founded in 1999, gun violence prevention and LGBTQ issues were two of the original funding priorities and they remain priorities for the foundation today. But if you could go back in time to 2000 when Michael joined the foundation, […]