Our Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) Fellowship program is officially accepting applications for its next cohort. This fellowship is for trans and gender nonconforming leaders currently employed by a philanthropic organization but newer to the sector and interested in leadership development opportunities. Apply today and share with anyone in your network who might benefit from this opportunity!

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Early Bird tickets for Funding Forward are only available until December 31, 2024! Get your tickets today for philanthropy’s premier LGBTQ philanthropy conference at a discounted rate.

Funding Forward has grown substantially from our first grantmaking retreat in 2013 into a cornerstone philanthropy conference bringing together more than 300 of the most influential LGBTQ funders, allied funders, and movement leaders to connect with and learn from one another, coordinate efforts, and maximize philanthropic impact to queer, trans and gender nonconforming communities.

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Our network welcomed 15 new members in 2024! Our work is not possible without our members and we are excited to continue growing this vibrant community, which now comprises over 100 foundations and philanthropic institutions that collectively award more than $1 billion annually, including over $200 million dedicated specifically to LGBTQ communities. 

 

Read more about our membership program and benefits or contact Amara Reese-Hansell to learn more and join today. 

 

Current members: please complete our end-of-year survey. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us enhance the program and better serve you in 2025 and beyond. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts!

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Our virtual offices will be closed from Monday, December 23. We will be back in the New Year on January 6, 2025. 

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Contigo Fund released their Strategic Plan for 2024-2027 which lays out their vision and commitments to grow the progressive resistance for social justice and build the power of Queer communities of color in Central Florida and beyond. 

The Southern Vision Alliance is reflecting on 10 years of building Southern movement ecosystems in their latest impact report. 

 

Join Funders for LGBTQ Issues, Movement Advancement Project (MAP), and Equality Federation for an analysis of what lies ahead for LGBTQ+ rights in 2025, featuring perspectives on legislative trends from both federal and state levels.

Attend the Beyond the Ballot: LGBTQ+ Equality and Legislative Trends for 2025 webinar on Thursday, January 9, 2025 from 3:00 PM -  4:00 PM ET.

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Join Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ Sexual Liberation Working Group for a webinar on how current and future right-wing attacks impact the policy and cultural landscape of sexual and bodily freedom. 

Attend Democracy Get Your Hands Off Me: Boldly Fighting for Bodily Autonomy and Sexual Liberation in a Time of Rising Attacks on Our Freedom on Monday, January 13, 2025 from 12:00 PM -  1:30 PM ET.

This event is only open to those working in philanthropy. 

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Funders for LGBTQ Issues invites our members to an exclusive informational session on the Fund Our Futures campaign. This pledging campaign, led by the Global Philanthropy Project, aims to address the urgent funding gaps in LGBTQ movements worldwide.

Join us on Wednesday, January 15, 2024, from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET.

This event is only open to those working at Funders for LGBTQ Issues' member institutions and individual members of Funders for LGBTQ Issues. 

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Horizons Foundation’s LGBTQ Organization Directory
Horizons Foundation launched an online LGBTQ Organization Directory designed to be a comprehensive and easily accessible resource for LGBTQ individuals and families, donors, and foundations across the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. 

Philanthropy: Invest in Trans Communities Now
On December 4, Funders for LGBTQ Issues co-sponsored a funder briefing alongside Emergent Fund and Funders for Justice titled We Got Us: Resourcing BIPOC Trans/Queer Communities. Read the takeaways from the conversation with movement funders in public and private foundations committed to building trans power.

The Power and Promise of TLGBQIA+-owned Spaces
Check out this report from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Community Research and Impact team that explores LGBTQIA+ capital access and community ownership as a strategy for building queer and trans community and economic power, and the financing and organizing resources needed to expand this work.

Become a HIP Líderes Fellow
Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP)
announced the launch of applications for the 10th cohort of its HIP Líderes fellowship, a leadership program for mid-career Latines working in philanthropy and nonprofits. The deadline is January 25, 2025!

Funding Opportunities 

Horizons Foundation is Accepting Rolling Applications for the Safety and Security Fund Until January 2025

Horizons Foundation’s Safety and Security Fund (SSF) is accepting applications for grants up to $2,500 to support to support the safety and security of Bay Area LGBTQ community organizations. They encourage applications from LGBTQ-primary organizations seeking to secure and repair their physical space and enhance the safety of public events, their staff, and the community.

 

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