News - Funders for LGBTQ Issues

We Are Each Other’s Magnitude and Bond

November 13, 2024

Member Spotlight: Ms. Foundation

November 4, 2024

Member Spotlight: Women Moving Millions

October 8, 2024

Statement of Support from Out in the South

October 2, 2024

Meet Our Team: Hala

July 10, 2024

Member Spotlight: MacArthur Foundation

May 30, 2024

Meet Our New Board Members

March 28, 2024

Meet Our Team: Sammy Luffy

March 20, 2024

Announcing the Host Partner of Funding Forward 2025: Texas Pride Impact Funds (TPIF)

March 18, 2024

Honoring Nex Benedict

February 22, 2024

Meet Our 2024-2025 GUTC Leaders Fellows!

February 22, 2024

Announcing the 8th Round of Funding from the Out in the South Pooled Fund

February 12, 2024

Celebrating Marvin Webb – Transitions at Funders for LGBTQ Issues

September 18, 2023

We Are at a Crossroads: A Note to Philanthropy in the Wake of the Recent Supreme Court Decisions

July 19, 2023

Meet Our Team: Luna Moreta Avila

July 17, 2023

CHANGE Philanthropy Coalition Members Release Statement on Philanthropic Pluralism

June 27, 2023

Meet Our Team: Alyssa Lawther

June 12, 2023

Celebrating Pride Everyday: Cultivating A Daily Practice of Resistance

June 1, 2023

Meet Our Team: Amara Reese-Hansell

April 17, 2023

Welcoming Change: A New Season of Board Leadership

March 30, 2023

Funding Forward 2023 • Call for Sessions Open!

March 16, 2023

We Will Only Move Forward Together: An Open Call To Philanthropy

March 10, 2023

Meet Our Team: Ashe and Stephen

February 15, 2023

Meet Our Team: Cleopatra Jach

January 25, 2023

Announcing the 7th Round of Funding from the Out in the South Pooled Fund

December 14, 2022

We Begin With Love: Celebrating Forty Years of LGBTQ Funder Organizing

October 5, 2022

Meet Our 2022-2023 GUTC Leaders Fellows!

September 12, 2022

Announcing the 2022 Pride in Philanthropy Award Recipients

August 3, 2022

We are Each Other’s Wealth

July 15, 2022

Departures and New Leadership

July 15, 2022

We Honor the Life and Legacy of Urvashi Vaid

May 17, 2022

We Will Not Betray Each Other: Spring Message from Saida Agostini-Bostic

May 4, 2022

Meet Our Newest Board Members!

April 14, 2022

The LGBT+ flag and the Texas state flag side by side

We Must Mobilize Against Anti-Trans Legislation

March 7, 2022

Inspiration for a Year of Planning and Building

February 8, 2022

Announcing the 6th Round of Funding from the Out in the South Pooled Fund

December 13, 2021

GUTC Featured in Grantmakers in Health Blog Post

November 18, 2021

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Featured in Sector-wide Salary and Benefits Report

October 28, 2021

What to Expect at UNITY Summit 2021

October 7, 2021

Research Adaptations & Commitments

September 20, 2021

Hurricane Ida and Abortion Crisis Response Resource Page

September 9, 2021

Sustaining Our Work by Signing Off

August 26, 2021

Celebrating Two Years of the GUTC Pledge: A Discussion with Program Director Alexander Lee

August 11, 2021

A National Day of LGBTQ Giving

June 30, 2021

Introducing the Next President of Funders for LGBTQ Issues

June 22, 2021

A Historic Gift to Funders for LGBTQ Issues

June 15, 2021

Virtually Together: What to Expect at Funding Forward 2021

April 29, 2021

Get to Know Shaena Johnson!

March 22, 2021

After an Attempted Insurrection

January 7, 2021

Former GUTC Fellow Offers Advice in Recent NPQ Op-ed

January 5, 2021

Responding to a Hard Year

December 16, 2020

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) 2020

November 19, 2020

Our Statement on the 2020 Election

November 11, 2020

Post-Election Resource Round-Up

November 11, 2020

The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

September 21, 2020

Second Iteration of the DAPP Survey Expands with New Partnerships

September 17, 2020

Remembering a Giant of LGBTQ Philanthropy

September 11, 2020

My Final Message as President of Funders for LGBTQ Issues

August 27, 2020

2020’s Top LGBTQ Philanthropoids to Follow on Twitter

August 5, 2020

Big Changes at Funders for LGBTQ Issues

July 15, 2020

How Much Funding Went to LGBTQ Communities in 2019? Help Us Find Out!

July 13, 2020

A Hopeful Victory in the Continuing the Struggle for Reproductive Justice

June 30, 2020

Who Made the 2018 LGBTQ Funding Honor Roll?

June 23, 2020

On Juneteenth and Every Day, we Stand with ABFE!

June 19, 2020

Victory for Immigrant Rights, Hope for Justice

June 18, 2020

We Have Reasons to Hope

June 15, 2020

A Call to Funders to Fund the Struggle Against Anti-Black Racism

June 3, 2020

10 Fun Facts About Marvin to Celebrate His Ten Years at Funders for LGBTQ Issues

May 28, 2020

Meet Our New GUTC Leadership Development Fellows!

May 28, 2020

Who is Funding Economic Opportunity for LGBTQ Communities?

April 23, 2020

Our Commitment to the Trans Community during COVID-19

March 31, 2020

Spring 2020 Staff Promotions

March 23, 2020

Meet Our New Board Members

February 20, 2020

The 2020 Membership Survey

January 16, 2020

The Philanthropy Track at Creating Change!

January 10, 2020

Ben’s Transition Message

December 19, 2019

Meet the Top 10 Non-Discrimination Protections Funders

December 9, 2019

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Statement on HHS Contracting Rule Change

November 15, 2019

The Insider’s Guide to LGBTQ Content at Unity Summit

October 30, 2019

What Philanthropy Needs to Know about Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ People, the Supreme Court, and Title VII

October 8, 2019

Welcome April Bethea!

September 19, 2019

New Funding Opportunities Resource Page

September 17, 2019

Protecting LGBTQ Workers From Discrimination

September 6, 2019

Out in the South Fund Grantee Convening and New RFP Process

September 5, 2019

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Gender Justice Consultant

August 22, 2019

Statement on El Paso and Dayton Shootings

August 6, 2019

Join Us in Fighting For Healthcare Rights

July 25, 2019

LGBTQ Philanthropy Since Stonewall: The Top Ten Funders of All Time

June 27, 2019

We Need Your Support – Share Your 2018 LGBTQ Grants Data!

June 7, 2019

2019’s Top 14 LGBTQ Philanthropoids to Follow on Twitter

May 29, 2019

How Philanthropy Can Respond to the Trump Administration’s Latest Attacks on the Trans Community

May 29, 2019

GUTC Leadership Development Program Announces Second Cohort

April 22, 2019

What to read before Funding Forward 2019 #FF2019

March 14, 2019

Welcome Nicole Fernandes!

February 28, 2019

New Plan, New Goals, New Structure!

February 6, 2019

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Elects First Trans Chair, Two New Board Members Rooted in the South

January 31, 2019

Announcing Recipients of the 2019 Pride In Philanthropy Awards

December 17, 2018

Top 10 Funders Addressing Violence, Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

November 15, 2018

We Stand With the Jewish Community

October 30, 2018

How Philanthropy Can Make Sure Trans People Are Not Erased

October 22, 2018

Top 10 Funders of LGBTQ Children & Youth

September 27, 2018

Who Made the 2016 Trans Funding Honor Roll?

August 9, 2018

How LGBTQ Philanthropy Can Respond to the Ongoing Attack on Immigrants

June 27, 2018

It’s Time to Share Your LGBTQ Grants Data!

June 20, 2018

Pride Month Special: The Top 10 Funders of LGBTQ Visibility

June 20, 2018

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Summertime Staffing Update

June 20, 2018

2018’s Top Philanthropoids on Twitter

May 31, 2018

Which 62 Foundations made the 2016 Honor Roll?

April 26, 2018

What to Read Before Funding Forward 2018!

March 7, 2018

Meet the Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) Leadership Development Fellows!

February 26, 2018

How Many LGBTQ People Work in Philanthropy?

January 30, 2018

ALERT: Phishing Scam for Financial Information from LGBTQI Nonprofits and NGOs

December 20, 2017

Meet Alex and our newest initiative – Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC)!

December 18, 2017

Celebrating our 35th Anniversary by Honoring Others

October 31, 2017

How Funders Can Respond to the Administration’s Latest Anti-LGBTQ Actions

October 6, 2017

The Top Funders of LGBTQ Immigrants and Refugees

September 27, 2017

Standing with Undocumented Immigrants

September 5, 2017

The Top Funders of LGBTQ Communities of Color

August 22, 2017

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Celebrates 35th Anniversary By Honoring Leaders in LGBTQ Philanthropy

August 16, 2017

Statement on This Weekend’s Events in Charlottesville

August 14, 2017

Trump’s Anti-Trans Statements & The Philanthropic Community

July 26, 2017

Which 97 Foundations Made the 2015 Honor Roll?

May 31, 2017

President’s Response to Religious Freedom Executive Order and House Passage of AHCA

May 5, 2017

2017’s Top 16 LGBTQ Philanthropoids on Twitter

April 26, 2017

What to Read Before Funding Forward 2017

March 22, 2017

Members Respond to the Trump Administration

February 27, 2017

Get to Know Our Newest Board Members!

February 24, 2017

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Opposes Reversal of Protections for Trans Students

February 22, 2017

Join Funders & Our Members at Creating Change

January 17, 2017

Local Funders Stepping up for LGBTQ Issues

December 19, 2016

An Update on the Top 10 Funders in the U.S. South

November 6, 2016

Can a $250,000 Grant Unite a Growing Intersex Movement?

November 6, 2016

Meet Andrew and Terry: The Newest Members of Our Funders for LGBTQ Issues Family

November 6, 2016

A Profile of the LGBTQ Funder Who Has Long Funded Gun Violence Prevention

November 6, 2016

We Want to Work with You

November 6, 2016

Run Down of Bad Bills

November 6, 2016

Statement on Orlando from Funders for LGBTQ Issues

November 6, 2016

Responding to the Tragic Shooting and Massacre in Orlando – What Can Funders Do?

November 6, 2016

A New Wave of Anti-LGBTQ Bills – What Can Funders Do?

November 6, 2016

2016’s Top 20 LGBTQ Philanthropoids on Twitter

November 6, 2016

Everything You Wanted to Know About LGBTQ Funding in Minnesota

November 6, 2016

The 9 Best Reads Before Funding Forward 2016

November 6, 2016

Increasing LGBTQ Funding in Ohio with Local Ambassadors and a Learning Tour

November 6, 2016

Funding for LGBTQ Issues Reaches Record High, Despite Lack of Support From Majority of 100 of the Largest Foundations

November 6, 2016

Which 91 Foundations Made The 2014 Honor Roll?

November 6, 2016

The Philanthropy and Fundraising Track at Creating Change

November 6, 2016

Two of the Largest LGBTQ Gifts of the Year Go To …

November 6, 2016

Who is the top LGBTQ funder in your state?

November 6, 2016

The Top Ten Community Foundations Funding LGBTQ Issues

November 6, 2016

Dispatch from Durham

November 6, 2016

The Top Ten Funders of LGBTQ & Religious Issues

November 6, 2016

A Summer of Growth: Meet our New Staff!

November 6, 2016

Today is a Good Day!

November 6, 2016

We’re Growing! Meet our New Board Members

November 6, 2016

“Gathering Strength” After Charleston

November 6, 2016

Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ new strategic plan sets goal of increasing foundation funding for LGBTQ issues to $200 million by 2017

November 6, 2016

Where we Live and Where we Fund: The Highest Funded (LGBTQ) Cities in America

November 6, 2016

Joint Affinity Groups Statement on the Baltimore Uprising

November 6, 2016

Who’s on Twitter?: 20 LGBTQ Philanthropoids To Follow

November 6, 2016

Indiana & Anti-LGBT Discrimination: What Does it Mean for Foundations?

November 6, 2016

Funding for Same-Sex Marriage: the Past, Present, and Future

November 6, 2016

The 17 Best Reads Before Funding Forward 2015

November 6, 2016

The Top 10 Funders of LGBTQ Criminalization and Criminal Justice Reform Work

November 6, 2016

The Philanthropy Track at Creating Change

November 6, 2016

Which 94 Foundations Made Honor Roll?

November 6, 2016

FCAA’s First-Ever List of the Top Ten Funders of LGBTQ-Inclusive HIV/AIDS Work

November 6, 2016

The Top 10 Funders of Trans Issues

November 6, 2016

The Top Ten Corporate Funders of LGBTQ Issues

November 6, 2016

Out in the South, Part Two identifies more than 750 LGBTQ community assets in the U.S. South

November 6, 2016

Back to School: The Top Ten Funders of LGBTQ Education and Safe Schools Work

November 6, 2016

Two LGBTQ Trailblazers Receive MacArthur Fellowships totaling $1.25 million

November 6, 2016

Exciting New Changes for Funders for LGBTQ Issues

November 6, 2016

Join Funders for LGBTQ Issues at the JAG Unity Summit and the Council on Foundations Philanthropy Exchange Conference!

November 6, 2016

FLGBTQI + ADAM Queer Youth Initiative Recipients Announced

November 6, 2016

The Top Ten Asian American and Pacific Islander LGBTQ Funders

November 6, 2016

UNDERSTANDING THE NONPROFIT LANDSCAPE: LGBTQ Work in the U.S. South

November 6, 2016

20 LGBTQ Philanthropoids You Should Follow on Twitter

November 6, 2016

My Gay Brother’s Keeper

November 6, 2016

The 7 Best Reads Before Funding Forward 2014

November 6, 2016

The Top 10 Funders of African American LGBTQ Communitites

November 6, 2016

FLGBTQI + ADAM Queer Youth Initiative Request for Matching Grant Proposals Available

November 6, 2016

Piper Kerman confirmed as first Funding Forward 2014 Keynote

November 6, 2016

The Philanthropy Track at Creating Change!

November 6, 2016

You Are Cordially Invited to Help Point the Way Forward

November 6, 2016

2013 JAG Special Leadership Award Goes to Michael Fleming, Executive Director of the David Bohnett Foundation

November 6, 2016

Reflections from Board Chair Andrew Lane

November 6, 2016

2012 Tracking Report finds domestic funding for LGBTQ issues exceeds $100 million for the first time

November 6, 2016

Our Board Gets a Little Bigger

November 6, 2016

Forget Black Friday and Cyber Monday and get on board with #GivingTuesday

November 6, 2016

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Awards Grant for LGBTQ Youth in Out-of-Home Care

November 6, 2016

Our members commit to Philanthropy’s Promise

November 6, 2016

Spirit Day: The Top Ten Funders of Education and Safe Schools for LGBTQ communities

November 6, 2016

MacArthur Announces 2013 “Genius” Fellows, Including Gay Playwright Tarrell McCraney

November 6, 2016

The Top Ten Funders of LGBTQ Issues in Oregon

November 6, 2016

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Hires New Director of Engagement

November 6, 2016

Q Notes – May 2013

November 6, 2016

Q Notes – June 2013

November 6, 2016

Q Notes – Summer Edition 2013 (July & August)

November 6, 2016

Record-Breaking Grant for Transgender Issues

November 6, 2016

What’s Next for LGBT Southern Funding Project?

November 6, 2016

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Announces New Staff!

November 6, 2016

Two Americas: The New Reality for LGBTQ Americans

November 6, 2016

Where is LGBT funding in the South?

November 6, 2016

A Parisian’s take on Philanthropy’s Future

November 6, 2016

Love Note to Our Members and Supporters

November 6, 2016

No, LGBT People Are Not Richer Than Straights

November 6, 2016

21 LGBTQ Philanthropoids You Should Follow on Twitter

November 6, 2016

Q Notes – April 2013

November 6, 2016

Who are the top 10 Grantmakers Supporting LGBTQ Immigrant Rights?

November 6, 2016

The Cleveland Foundation Makes LGBT History with Grant to Gay Games

November 6, 2016

Qnotes – February 2013

November 6, 2016

Qnotes – March 2013

November 6, 2016

After Albuquerque, Funders Focus on What’s Next

November 6, 2016

Our Big Week at the Supreme Court: Reflecting on the Role Funders Have Played

November 6, 2016

Qnotes – January 2013

November 6, 2016

2011 REPORT ON U.S. FOUNDATIONS SHOWS 27% GAIN IN LGBTQ FUNDING

November 6, 2016

Qnotes – December 2012

November 6, 2016

A Message from Our New President: Seizing the Momentum

November 6, 2016

A Farewell to Richard Burns

November 6, 2016

Qnotes – November 2012

November 6, 2016

WE WELCOME OUR NEW PRESIDENT

November 6, 2016

FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUES ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT: BEN FRANCISCO MAULBECK

November 6, 2016

The Liberty Hill Foundation’s Queer Youth Fund is Now Accepting Letters of Intent for the 2012-2013 Cycle

November 6, 2016

FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUES RELEASES REPORT ON GRANTMAKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF RACIAL EQUITY AND LGBTQ JUSTICE

November 6, 2016

Richard Burns Named Interim Director of Funders for LGBTQ Issues

November 6, 2016

Funders President/CEO Zelermyer Stepping Down

November 6, 2016

At 30 Years Old, Funders for LGBTQ Issues Releases New Report Documenting 40 Years of LGBTQ Philanthropy

November 6, 2016

International Report Indicates Increases in LGBTI Funding Still Inadequate for Pressing Needs in the Global South and East

November 6, 2016

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Releases 2010 Annual Report on Grantmaking

November 6, 2016

Pre-Meeting: Next Gen LGBTQ Donors

November 6, 2016

Pre-Meeting: LGBTQ Public & Community Foundations

November 6, 2016

2012 Grantmakers Retreat JAN 11th – JAN 14th

November 6, 2016

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Releases New Report on Grantmaking

November 6, 2016

2011 Grantmakers Retreat JAN 18th – JAN 20th

November 6, 2016

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Joins Arizona Boycott

November 6, 2016

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Releases New Reports on Grantmaking

November 6, 2016

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Features Funders for LGBTQ Issues in National Blog

November 6, 2016

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Launches an Online Toolkit for Foundations Interested in Learning about LGBTQ Communities of Color

November 6, 2016

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Changes Its Name to ‘Funders for LGBTQ Issues’

November 6, 2016

Funders for LGBTQ Issues to Release Research Study on LGBTQ Grantmaking in Minnesota at a Daylong Convening in the Twin Cities

November 6, 2016

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Co-Signs Open Letter to the Philanthropic Sector with the Joint Affinity Groups

November 6, 2016

New Study: LGBTI Funding for Global South and East More than Doubles Between 2005 and 2007

November 6, 2016

FLGI Coordinates LGBTQ Panel at the 2008 Facing Race Conference

November 6, 2016

FLGI Presents Updated Study on LGBTI Funding in the Global South and East at International Conference for LGBTI Activists

November 6, 2016

Racial Equity ‘Report Card’ Examines LGBTQ Grantmakers as Part of a Broader Dialogue on Philanthropy and Widespread Equity

November 6, 2016

Chronicle of Philanthropy: Racial Equity & Grant Making to Gay Causes

November 6, 2016

The Advocate: Digging for Dollars

November 6, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: ‘Philanthropists ensure gay community’s future’

November 6, 2016

Chronicle of Philanthropy: ‘Foundation Grant Making to Gay Causes Increases by 24%, New Report Finds’

November 6, 2016

U.S. Foundations Award $66 Million to LGBTQ Issues in 2006—a 24 Percent Increase from 2005

November 6, 2016

Historic Report on LGBTQ People of Color Organizations Reveals a Vibrant Sector of Small, Typically Local, Community-Based Groups

November 6, 2016

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Awards Nearly $1 Million to Promote Racial Equity among LGBTQ Communities

November 6, 2016

$10.5 Million Awarded by Grantmakers Worldwide to LGBTI Organizations Working in the Global South and East

November 6, 2016

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Presents Briefing on International LGBTI Grantmaking at the Open Society Institute

November 6, 2016

FLGI and ADAM Queer Youth Initiative Announce 2007 Awardees

November 6, 2016