Episode 7 of our podcast Justice Ain’t Cheap: Meeting the Moment, is a special one, recorded live from Funding Forward 2025. Listen to our powerful conversation with philanthropic leaders Bilal Alkatout from Headwaters Foundation for Justice and MARS. Marshall, from Third Wave Fund, hosted by Funders for LGBTQ Issues' President Saida Agostini-Bostic.
In this challenging moment, Bilal and MARS. offer both hope and a powerful call to action for our sector. We’re deeply grateful for the conversation – and for the brilliance, insight, and leadership of these two remarkable philanthropic changemakers. |
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Join us on Monday June 30th, from 3:00 – 6:30 PM EDT at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice in NYC for a powerful gathering to mark the release of our 21st Resource Tracking Report.
In this milestone year, we'll unveil key findings from the forthcoming 2023 Resource Tracking Report: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, & Queer (LGBTQ) Grantmaking by U.S. Foundations – which sheds light on the latest trends in funding that is flowing (and not flowing) to LGBTQ communities across the country.
The key findings presentation and accompanying panel conversation will be live–streamed from 3:00 to 5:00 PM ET for virtual attendees. Please note that advanced registration for this event is required. |
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The deadline to submit your bid for the Funding Forward 2027 host city is June 1st.
If you are considering submitting, we encourage you to contact colleagues in your region to submit a joint proposal that leverages your collective knowledge and resources. Help us find the next host city for Funding Forward 2027. |
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The Global Philanthropy Project has launched the sixth cycle of data collection for their Global Resources Report, which is scheduled for release in June 2026. Ensure that your grants are included in the data, analysis, and comprehensive report by submitting them below. |
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Horizons Foundation announced earlier this month that four Transgender People of Color (Trans POC) organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area will receive funding totaling $1 million over three years via our new Trans POC Initiative. Through this bold initiative, Horizons is committing to investing in and partnering with Trans POC-primary organizations by providing funding towards transformative, multi-year infrastructure improvement and capacity building grants.
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Join Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) and Funders for LGBTQ Issues on June 11th at 1:30pm ET for our upcoming members-only convening: Protecting Scapegoated Communities: How Philanthropy Can Support Trans Migrants. Join us for a conversation with trans migrant-serving leaders to hear how they are responding to the current challenges and learn how philanthropy can resource their strategies for protecting these communities.
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Queer & Trans People in Emergent Space (QTPIES) is an affinity group for queer and trans folks working in philanthropy, as well as a place to have emergent conversations on sector-wide news. Join us for our next meeting on Thursday, July 17th, at 4 pm EST for peer support and network-building opportunities. |
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Update to GCIR’s January 2025 Funder Recommendations
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) released an updated set of recommendations to capture the philanthropic and movement efforts in support of immigrant and refugee communities that have sprung up across the country following their original recommendations in January. This report includes over two dozen funds and emerging networks and offers additional resources to support funder education and mobilization at this critical time.
Tzedek's Emerging Issues Grants Applications are Now Open
Tzedek Social Justice Fund is expanding its funding opportunities to support more projects. These grants are intended for a specific, short-term need or project and are generally not for ongoing operational support, and must align with Tzedek’s mission and vision. Funding must benefit the community within a 30-mile radius of downtown Asheville. Grants will be distributed throughout the year, dispersing roughly 25% of the available funds each quarter.
Call for Applications: LILAS Fund
Hispanics in Philanthropy just opened their applications for the LILAS Fund (Leaders for Childhoods Free from Sexual Violence). This initiative supports Latin American organizations dedicated to preventing sexual violence against children and adolescents, as well as those accompanying survivors in their pursuit of justice and reparation. Selected organizations will receive $40,000 in flexible funding over 24 months, along with capacity-building opportunities in areas such as collective leadership, security, strategic communication, and collective well-being.
2025 UnConference is Happening July 14-15 in Denver, Co
Join United Philanthropy Forum philanthropy infrastructure peers at the 2025 Forum UnConference this July 14 and 15. The Forum UnConference is an in-person two-day conference of immersive discussions, workshops, and community gatherings focused on what truly matters for a strong and vibrant ecosystem: deepening relationships, tackling real-world challenges, and elevating leadership across every function of a philanthropy-infrastructure organization. The event is not limited to seasoned CEOs but also open to emerging practitioners in the field.
Climate & Disability Justice Learning Institute Event
If you want better to understand the connection between Climate and Disability Justice. Then plan to attend the first-ever Learning Institute this November 12-13 organized by the Disability & Philanthropy Forum. This two-day virtual event will feature panels and interactive workshops from leading voices in both climate justice and disability justice. Registration is now open for the Neighborhood Funders Group’s 2025 National Convening
The 2025 NFG National Convening: Seeding (and Ceding) Transformational Power will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, the week of July 15-17, 2025! The convening aims to seed many ideas and investments, create new opportunities to fund ongoing organizing and power building, and resource communities methodically and in collaboration with one another toward a larger vision—building a multiracial democracy and just future.
Safety & Security Institute on July 14 in Nashville, TN
Join Funders for Justice for a pre-conference Institute, in advance of Seeding (and Ceding) Transformational Power, the 2025 national conference of Neighborhood Funders Group. This session is open to funders who are interested in learning, aligning, and taking action with fellow funders and movement partners.
Women’s Funding Network’s Feminist Funded 2025 Registration is Live
Women’s Funding Network has organized the Feminist Funded conference for the past 40 years to inspire, connect, and accelerate solutions that create a more just, equitable, and safer world for all. If you’re a philanthropic, public, private, or NGO leader who moves resources, join them this September 10 and 11 in Washington, DC.
GSP 2025 Convening: The Seeds of Sovereignty
Registration and requests for proposals for Grantmakers for Souther Progress' Convening in Little Rock, Arkansas from October 14-16 are now open. The convening will include sessions, local Learning Tours, cultural groundings, our annual Membership Meeting, and more. The Seeds of Sovereignty will focus on rural power building across key issues, including racial, economic, and climate justice, worker rights, infrastructure and access to resources, rural healthcare, and more.
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American Jewish World Service
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Arabella Advisors
Arcus Foundation
Arizona Community Foundation
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Atlanta Pride
Baltimore Community Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Borealis Philanthropy
Boston Foundation
California Wellness Foundation
Center for Effective Philanthropy
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Collaborative for Gender and Reproductive Equity
Cleveland Foundation
Collaboratory
Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
Community Foundation of Northeast Florida
Con Alma Health Foundation
Cream City Foundation Democracy Fund
Democratizing Justice Initiative
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
Edward W. Hazen Foundation Emergent Fund
Excelerate Foundation
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Ford Foundation
Foundation for a Just Society
Foundation for the Carolinas
Foundation for Louisiana
General Service Foundation
Gender Justice Fund
Gilead Sciences
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Gilmour-Jirgens Fund Groundswell Fund
Halff Windham
Hyams Foundation
Henry van Ameringen Foundation
Horizons Foundation
Impact Charitable Jesse Smith Noyes Foundation
James Irvine Foundation
Johnson Family Foundation
Kataly Foundation Keith Haring Foundation
Kicking Assets Fund
Kresge Foundation
Laughing Gull Foundation
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
The Leonard-Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation
Libra Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Masto Foundation
May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
McKnight Foundation
Mellon Foundation
Meyer Memorial Trust
Movement Voter Project
Ms. Foundation For Women
Mukti Fund
Nathan Cummings Foundation
New Moon Network
NEO Philanthropy
New York Women's Foundation
North Star Fund
Northern California Grantmakers
Northwest Area Foundation
One of Us Global Foundation
Open Society Foundations
Overbrook Foundation |
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Paul G. Allen Foundation Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation
PFund Foundation
Polk Bros. Foundation Pride Foundation
Proteus Fund, Inc. Raikes Foundation
Richmond Memorial Health Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Rosenberg Foundation
Southern California Grantmakers
Solidaire Network
Stonewall Community Foundation
Stuart Foundation
Stupski Foundation
Surdna Foundation
Tagliabue Family Foundation
The California Endowment
The Collins Foundation
The Colorado Health Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Wild Gifting Project
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Tikkun Olam Foundation
Third Wave Fund
Tides Foundation
Trans Justice Funding Project
Transgender Strategy Center True Self Foundation
Tzedek Social Justice Fund
ViiV Healthcare
Wallace Foundation
Wayfarer Foundation
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Women Moving Millions
Yellowhammer Fund |
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