"For where your treasure (money) is, there will your heart (interests) be also." Luke 12:34 Who funds homosexual & lesbian groups?
Corporations and foundations supporting gay/lesbian issues*
An inside look at the programs & initiatives of homosexual advocacy.
compiled by Diane Dew About SIECUS (Sexuality Information & Education Council of the U.S.) |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
ABC, Inc. Foundation
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
The Ahmanson Foundation
9215 Wilshire Boulevard (310) 278-0770 Lee Walcott, V.P. & Managing Dir. Type of foundation: Independent
Fiscal Date: 10/31/96 |
Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center, Los Angeles
$15,000 Year authorized: 1995 ** "Toward laundry, kitchen, dining room furnishings and equipment for Drop-In Center for homeless." |
American Express Foundation
American Express Tower, World Financial Ctr. (212) 640-5661 Contact: Terry Savage, Dir., or Anne Wickhan, Dir. (Domestic Contact); Cornelia Higginson, V.P. (International Contact) www.americanexpress.com/corp/philanthropy Type of foundation: Company-sponsored
Fiscal Date: 12/31/96 |
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York
$15,000 Year authorized: 1996 "For Youth Enrichment Services" For
"gays/lesbians; Neighborhood centers" |
AT & T Foundation
32 Ave. of the Americas, 24th Fl. (212) 387-4801; (212) 387-4867 Contact: Ronald Dabney - Comm. Mgr. FAX: (212) 387-4433 E-mail: rdabney@attmail.com http://www.att.com/foundation/ Type of foundation: Company-sponsored
Fiscal Date: 12/31/96 |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC), New York
$50,000 Year authorized: 1994 "For Child Life Program. AIDS; Children/youth; Gays/lesbians..." SIECUS (New York, NY) $45,000 Year authorized: 1994 |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
Booth Ferris Foundation
NY |
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
Grant amount:$50,000 Year authorized: 1996 "For capital support "- "Building/renovation" for gGays/lesbians; Neighborhood centers |
The Boston Foundation Inc.
One Boston Place, 24th Floor 617 723-7415 Contact: Anna Faith Jones - Pres. FAX: (617) 589-3616 http://www.tbf.org Type of foundation: Community
Fiscal Date: 06/30/97 |
Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAAD), Boston
$30,000 Year authorized: 1996 "For Family and Youth Rights Initiative" - "Civil rights, gays/lesbians; legal services; youth" $30,000 Year authorized: 1996 "For Family and Youth Rights Initiative; Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Legal services; Youth" $30,000 Year authorized: 1995 "For Family and Youth Rights Initiative. Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Legal services; Youth" $30,000 Year authorized: 1995 "For Family and Youth Rights Initiative... Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Family services... Legal services; Youth" $20,000 Year authorized: 1994 "For Diversity Initiative. Grant made through Park Square Advocates ...Civil rights, gays/lesbians... Legal services Justice Resource Institute (Boston, MA) $25,000 Year authorized: 1994 "For final grant for Boston Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (GLASS) Project" |
Otto Bremer Foundation
445 Minnesota St., Ste. 2000 (612) 227-8036 Contact: John Kostishack - Exec. Dir. FAX: (612) 227-2522 http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/bremer/ Type of foundation: Independent
Fiscal Date: 12/31/96 |
Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council (Minneapolis)
$25,000 authorized: 1996 "For community education and human service programs serving gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in greater Minnesota" $25,000 authorized: 1994 "To expand capacity of organization to serve gay and lesbian people in greater Minnesota" |
Bridge Family Center of Atlanta
1559 Johnson Road, N.W. (404) 792-0070 |
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, GA
$10,000 Year authorized: 1996 "For Lesbian and Gay Funding Initiative for Youth" |
The Buffett Foundation
209 Kiewit Plz. Contact: Allen Greenberg - Exec. Dir. Type of foundation: Independent
Fiscal Date: 06/30/97 |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$15,000 Year authorized: 1997 $15,000 Year authorized: 1996 $15,000 Year authorized: 1994 |
The Bush Foundation
332 Minnesota St. (612) 227-0891 Contact: Anita M. Pampusch - Pres. FAX: (612) 297-6485 Type of foundation: Independent
Fiscal Date: 11/30/97 |
Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council (Minneapolis)
$60,000 authorized: 1995 (2-year grant) "For plan for institutional advancement. Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Gays/lesbians; Human services District 202, Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Youth (Minneapolis) $40,000 Year authorized: 1996 "To renovate center" [for Youth development, centers/clubs; Youth, services] $25,000 Year authorized: 1994 (2-year grant) "Toward program expansion" [Youth development, centers/clubs; Youth, services] |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
California Community Foundation
606 S. Olive Street http://www.calfund.org/ Total giving: $40,867,398 Fiscal Date: 06/30/98
Established in 1915 The oldest grantmaking foundation in Southern California. The second oldest community foundation in the nation. Distributed more than $38 million in 1997. |
Lesbianas Unidas (Los Angeles, CA)
$29,207 Year authorized: 1997 Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, Hollywood $4,000 Feb. 1998 In support of social and recreational programs serving lesbian and gay seniors (through Los Angeles Lesbian & Gay Community Fund) Gay and Lesbian Media Coalition, West Hollywood $6,000 Feb. 1998 To support OUTFEST, the 1998 gay and lesbian film festival (through Los Angeles Lesbian & Gay Community Fund) Highways Performance Space and Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Monica $6,300 Feb. 1998 For a series of performance workshops for lesbians, particularly lesbians of color (through Los Angeles Lesbian & Gay Community Fund) Aisarema, Little Tokyo $3,500 Feb. 1998 To support a writers project for lesbian and gay Asian Pacific Islanders (through Los Angeles Lesbian & Gay Community Fund) Alcoholics Together Center, Silverlake $7,500 Feb. 1998 To conduct outreach to lesbian and gay people of color addressing substance abuse issues (through Los Angeles Lesbian & Gay Community Fund) Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team, Los Angeles $6,500 Feb 1998 For a leadership training program for lesbian and gay Asian Pacific Islander organizations (through Los Angeles Lesbian & Gay Community Fund) Bienestar Human Services, East Los Angeles $8,700 Feb. 1998 To provide self- empowerment workshops and support groups for gay and bisexual Latino males ages (through Los Angeles Lesbian & Gay Community Fund)20-30 $12,000 Year authorized: 1996 "For counseling and other support services for lesbian and gay Latino youth in East Los Angeles and San Fernando and San Gabriel Valley areas. Grant made through Lesbian and Gay Community Funding Partnership." For children/youth; Gays/lesbians; Human services; Latinos; Mental health, counseling/support groups Gay and Lesbian Media Coalition, West Hollywood $6,000 Feb. 1998 To support OUTFEST, the 1998 gay and lesbian film festival Highways Performance Space and Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Monica $6,300 Feb. 1998 For a series of performance workshops for lesbians, particularly lesbians of color Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, Hollywood $4,000 Feb. 1998 In support of social and recreational programs serving lesbian and gay seniors National Conference of Christians and Jews, Los Angeles $7,500 Feb. 1998 To staff a multiracial, multiethnic "Merging Identities" support program for lesbian and gay youth ONE/International Gay and Lesbian Archives, University of Southern California $10,000 Feb. 1998 To support the Lesbian Legacy Collection, particularly materials by and about lesbians of color Shanti Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) $10,275 Year authorized: 1996 "For on-going support groups and individual counseling for lesbians dealing with breast cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Grant made through Lesbian and Gay Community Funding Partnership" Unity Fellowship of Christ Church (Los Angeles, CA) $12,000 Year authorized: 1996 "Toward Rites of Passage project to enhance self-esteem and positive identity for lesbian and gay youth of color in South Central Los Angeles. Grant made through Lesbian and Gay Community Funding Partnership" [Children/youth; Christian organizations/churches; Gays/lesbians; Minorities; Youth development, services] Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center (Los Angeles) $33,635 Year authorized: 1995 "For drop-in center for high risk youth in Hollywood for HIV prevention and support services. Grant made through Los Angeles Community AIDS Partnership" Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies $10,000 Year authorized: 1995 "For Don't Tread on Us, gay and lesbian pride-through-visibility exhibit and teen empowerment program" |
The California Wellness Foundation
6320 Canoga Avenue (818) 593-6600
Contact: Joan Hurley - Grants Admin. Type of foundation: Independent
Fiscal Date: 12/31/96 Makes an average of about $40 million in grants each year |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$70,000 Year authorized: 1996 For symposium with leading researchers who have evaluated teenage pregnancy prevention and sexuality programs in order to develop, publish and disseminate report with recommendations for future evaluations [Subject(s): Boys; Girls; Reproductive health, sexuality education; Youth, pregnancy prevention] California Community Foundation (Los Angeles) $50,000 June 1998 For grantmaking to help meet the health needs of gay and lesbian populations, which are often underserved in traditional medical settings. Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County (Soquel, CA) $50,000 June 1998 For grantmaking to help meet the health needs of gay and lesbian populations, which are often underserved in traditional medical settings. |
Carnegie Corporation of New York
437 Madison Avenue http://www.carnegie.org (212) 371-3200 |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$200,000 Year authorized: 1996 To promote comprehensive sexuality education for minority and disadvantaged children and youth [Subject(s): Children/ youth; Economically disadvantaged; Minorities; Reproductive health, sexuality education] $200,000 Year authorized: 1994 Toward adaptation and dissemination of national guidelines for sexuality education for children and adolescents [Type(s) of support: Continuing support; Curriculum development; Subject(s): Children/youth; Education; Elementary/secondary education; Health care; Reproductive health, sexuality education ] |
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc.
112 East 64th Street (212) 288-8900 Contact: Margaret C. Ayers - Exec. Dir. FAX: (212) 288-1033 http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/rsclark/ Type of foundation: Independent
Fiscal Date: 10/31/96 |
SIECUS (New York, NY) $120,000 Year authorized: 1998 "For public policy office in its efforts to teach education professionals and community activists how to promote implementation of comprehensive sexuality education curricula at local level" $120,000 Year authorized: 1996 "For public policy initiative designed to promote comprehensive sexuality and AIDS education, assure reproductive rights and guard against censorship" [Subject(s): Civil liberties, first amendment; Civil liberties, reproductive rights; Public affairs; Public health, STDs; Reproductive health, sexuality education; Women] $120,000 Year authorized: 1994 "For public education initiative, Sexuality Education for All Children by the Year 2000 and for expansion of public policy office activities" [Subject(s): Children/youth; Health care; Reproductive health, sexuality education ] |
The Cleveland Foundation
OH |
Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland
$14,620 Year authorized: 1995 "For technical assistance in leadership development" - "gays/lesbians"- "neighborhood centers" |
Columbia Foundation
1 Lombard St., Ste. 305 (415) 986-5179
Contact: Susan Reed Clark
Christine H. Russell http://www.columbia.org Type of foundation: Independent
Fiscal Date: 05/31/97
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Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (San Francisco)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1996 "For Sexual Diversity Video Project to produce video for use by their speakers bureau and community education volunteers to encourage awareness and open dialogue on homophobia and tolerance within Asian and Pacific Island communities of San Francisco Bay Area" [Type(s) of support: Film/video/radio; Subject(s): Asians/Pacific Islanders; Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Gays/lesbians; Media, film/video Type of recipient: Civil rights, gays/lesbians] Gay, Lesbian and Straight Teachers Network (GLSTN) (New York City) $150,000 Year authorized: 1996 (3-year grant) "To create Director of Field Services position to support Network's efforts to build a national network of local groups seeking to change homophobic climate found in today's schools" [Faculty/staff development] [ hildren/youth; Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Elementary/ secondary education; Gays/lesbians] National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Asso. (San Francisco) $60,000 Year authorized: 1995 (3-year grant) "To teach members to facilitate sexual orientation diversity training in news media workplaces" [Subject(s): Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Gays/lesbians; Media, journalism/publishing] Tides Foundation (DC) $150,000 Year authorized: 1995 (3-year grant) "For National Lesbian and Gay Funding Partnership, new national collaborative funding initiative designed to improve visibility and acceptance of gay and lesbian issues and organizations within foundations and other funding organizations and to increase support for programs serving gay and lesbian communities" Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation (New York City) $14,250 Year authorized: 1994 (3-year grant) "For Working Group on Funding Gay and Lesbian Issues" [Subject(s): Civil rights; Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Gays/lesbians; Women] Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) (San Francisco) $50,000 Year authorized: 1994 (3-year grant) "For Textbook Equity and Accuracy Campaign to work for inclusion of fair, accurate and unbiased information about sexual orientation in textbooks adopted for use in California's public schools" [Subject(s): Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Elementary/secondary education; Gays/lesbians; Media/communications; Media, journalism/publishing] |
The Comer Foundation
IL |
Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (San Francisco)
$30,000 Year authorized: 1994 For Asians/Pacific Islanders; Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Gays/lesbians |
The Commonwealth Fund
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York City)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1995 "To conduct strategic planning process" ["Subject(s): AIDS; Gays/lesbians; Medical care, outpatient care; People with AIDS (PWAs); Substance abusers"] |
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan
333 West Fort Street, Suite 2010 Detroit, Michigan 48226-3134 (313) 961-6675 http://comnet.org/local/cul/index.html |
Affirmations Lesbian Gay Community Center (Ferndale, MI) (neighborhood
center)
$23,700 Year authorized: 1995 To expand Lesbian/Gay Helpline service [Subject(s): Gays/lesbians; Neighborhood centers] |
Compton Foundation Inc.
545 Middlefield Rd., Ste. 178 Telephone: (650) 328-0101 Contact: Edith T. Eddy - Exec. Dir. FAX: (650) 328-0171 Type of foundation: Independent
Fiscal Date: 12/31/95 |
SIECUS (New York, NY) $10,000 Year authorized: 1996 $10,000 Year authorized: 1995 $10,000 Year authorized: 1994 |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
Dayton Hudson Foundation Target Stores, Mervyn's, Dayton's
777 Nicollet Mall
(612) 370-6553 Type of foundation: Company-sponsored
Fiscal Date: 01/31/97 |
District 202, Center for Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Youth (Minneapolis, MN)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1996 "For one-time support for expansion of facilities to serve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered youth" [Type(s) of support: Building/ renovation; Subject(s): Gays/lesbians; Youth; Youth development, centers/clubs; Youth, services] |
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Inc.
163 Madison Avenue Morristown, NJ 07962-1239
Phone (973) 540-8442 http://www.grdodge.org/ |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$20,000 Year authorized: 1995 Toward promoting and distributing Facing Facts: Sexual Health for America's Adolescents, report enabling parents, educators, health care providers, media and policy makers to understand what characterizes sexually healthy adolescent (Publication) [Subject(s): Reproductive health, sexuality education; Youth ] |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
The Educational Foundation of America
35 Church Ln. (203) 226-6498 Diane M. Allison - Exec. Dir. E-mail: efa@efaw.org Type of foundation: Independent
Fiscal Date: 12/31/96 |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$35,000 Year authorized: 1995 |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
The Ford Foundation
320 East 43rd Street (212) 573-5000 http://www.fordfound.org/ |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$550,000 Year authorized: 1997 (3-year grant) "Toward continued core support for work on comprehensive sexuality education and links with youth development agencies" [Subject(s): Boys; Girls; Public health; Reproductive health, sexuality education; Youth development, services] $255,000 Year authorized: 1995 Toward community advocacy project [Subject(s): Native Americans; Public affairs, citizen participation; Reproductive health, sexuality education] |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
GTE Foundation
One Stamford Forum
(203) 965-2000; 965-3620 Contact: Maureen Gorman - V.P. and Secy. Type of foundation: Company-sponsored
Fiscal Date: 12/31/95 www.gte.com |
Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center (Los Angeles)
Subject(s): Gays/lesbians; Neighborhood centers
$10,000 Year authorized: 1995 |
Gannett Foundation Inc.
VA |
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (San Francisco)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1995 "For general support for convention in Washington, DC" [Subject(s): Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Gays/lesbians; Media, journalism/ publishing ] |
The Gap Foundation
One Harrison St. (415) 291-2757
Contact: Kim Castner jefferson.village.virginia.edu/readings/gap.html |
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York City)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1997 [Subject(s): Gays/lesbians; Neighborhood centers] $10,000 Year authorized: 1996 [Subject(s): Gays/lesbians; Neighborhood centers] $10,000 Year authorized: 1995 [Subject(s): Gays/lesbians; Neighborhood centers] Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York City) $25,000 Year authorized: 1994 [Subject(s): AIDS; Gays/lesbians; Medical care, outpatient care; People with AIDS (PWAs); Substance abusers] Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York City) $10,000 Year authorized: 1994 [Subject(s): Gays/lesbians; Neighborhood centers] |
The David Geffen Foundation
Universal City, CA
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Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) (Los Angeles)
$24,250 Year authorized: 1996 "Civil rights, gays/lesbians;
Media/communications" Gay & Lesbian Community Svcs Center (Los Angeles)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1995 Type of recipient: Neighborhood
centers Gay & Lesbian Victory Foundation (DC)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1995 For Civil rights,
gays/lesbians Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) New York, NY
$500,000 Year authorized: 1996 $113,000 Year authorized: 1994 Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) $10,000 Year authorized: 1996 for "civil rights, gays/lesbians; elementary/secondary education" Gay, Lesbian & Straight Teachers Network (GLSTN) (New York City) $10,000 Year authorized: 1995 For: Children/youth; Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Elementary/ secondary education Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center (New York City)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1996 for "gays/lesbians; neighborhood
centers" National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), Policy Institute (Los Angeles)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1995 "For programs in collaboration with
Human Rights Campaign Foundation" [Subject(s): Civil rights,
gays/lesbians] National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Asso (San Francisco) $10,000 Year authorized: 1995 Subject(s): Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Media, journalism/publishing National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Asso, So Calif Chapter (Los Angeles) $10,000 Year authorized: 1994 Subject(s): Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Media, journalism/ publishing |
J. Paul Getty Trust
CA |
Gay and Lesbian Media Coalition (Los Angeles, CA)
$10,200 Year authorized: 1996 "For cultural diversity program" [Subject(s): Arts, cultural/ethnic awareness; Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Gays/lesbians; Media/communications. Type of recipient: Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Media/communications] |
Gill Foundation
8 South Nevada Ave.
Contact: Tim Gill 719-473-4455 719-473-2254 (fax) www.gillfoundation.org
"The Gill Foundation was established in 1994 by Tim Gill, the founder and chairman of Quark, Inc., a Denver-based computer software company. Tim Gill and the Gill Foundation have provided over $10 million to hundreds of organizations and programs serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community and people living with HIV/AIDS." (Mission Statement)
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American Friends Service Committee - Pacific Southwest Region,
Pasadena, CA - $45,000 m.y. for the Hawaii Gay Liberation Project.
An Uncommon Legacy Foundation, New York, NY - Mobilizes resources to enhance the visibility, strength, and vitality of the lesbian community. Grant of $80,000 m.y. for general operating support. Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, New York, NY - Examines sexualities and genders. $15,000 for the Futures of the Field: Gay and Lesbian Students and Studies in the 21st Century conference. Center for Third World Organizing, Oakland, CA - Addresses challenges which face community organizations working for social justice in the United States. $10,000 for the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training. *Church of the Open Door, Chicago, IL - Seeks to deepen understanding and wisdom, affirm the identities of African-American LGBT people, receive healing and power, and celebrate the transforming presence of the living God. $15,000 for the Black Church Organizing Project. Family Diversity Project, Amherst, MA - Educates the public about issues of family diversity. Grant of $12,000 for capacity building and support of Love Makes a Family: Living in Lesbian and Gay Families. *Film Arts Foundation, Boulder, CO - Exhibits and distributes independent film and video via cable television stations. $10,000 for And Justice for All. Funding Exchange, New York, NY - Funds grassroots movements for a more just and equitable society. $5,000 for a conference addressing LGBT funding. Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, New York, NY - Creates schools where all people are valued and respected, regardless of sexual orientation. $225,000 m.y. for the Grassroots Organizing Project. *Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights, Chicago, IL - Advances the legal rights and protections for foreign-born LGBT people in the United States. $5,000 for the Midwest Human Rights Partnership for Sexual Orientation. Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies, Amherst, MA - Supports scholarly inquiry, informs public policy debates and combats homophobia. $30,000 m.y. Internat'l Foundation for Gender Education, Waltham, MA - Advocates & promotes self-definition and free expression of individual gender identity. $10,000 *KUSP, Santa Cruz, CA - Works toward the elimination of homophobia based on ignorance. $5,000 for Outright Radio. Lambda Literary Foundation, Washington, DC - Supports & furthers the explosion of LGBT writing. Challenge grant of $25,000 *Leadership Conference Education Fund, Washington, DC - Uses communications technology to fight the escalating problem of hate speech on the Internet by responding to hate with information and competing ideas. $15,000 for the Hate Crimes Prevention Center Initiative. Maine SpeakOut Project, Portland, ME - Promotes respect and understanding among persons of differing sexual orientations. $5,000 *Media Alliance, San Francisco, CA - Connects & nutures the bisexual, transsexual & gender fluid communities. $5,000 for the publication, Anything that Moves. *Northcoast Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Alliance, Arcata, CA - Provides a home for the creation, support & celebration or our community organizations, institutions & culture. Challenge grant of $2,500 Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays - National, Washington, DC - Provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation, & acts to create a society that is healthy & respectful of human diversity. $25,000 *Public Allies, Washington, DC - Identifies a diversity of talented young adults and create opportunities for them to practice leadership. $15,000 to support LGBT allies. Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, West Hollywood, CA - Celebrates the inherent worth and dignity of each person through the teachings of Christ. Challenge grant of $30,000 for the Director of Developments salary. Working Group on Funding Lesbian & Gay Issues, New York, NY - Increases the broader philanthropic communitys knowledge, understanding & support of critical funding needs in the lesbian and gay community. Grant of $40,000 m.y. A Territory Resource, Seattle, WA - Creates a more equitable, just & environmentally sound society. Grant of $45,000 m.y. for regranting funds & program development for LGBT organizations in the Northwest and Northern Rockies. *Adoption Resource Exchange, Springfield, OR - Identifies and recruits prospective parents to adopt Americas waiting children. $15,000 *Center for Lesbian & Gay Civil Rights, Philadelphia, PA - Advocates equality for lesbians and gay men in Pennsylvania. $10,000 for rural workshops across Pennsylvania on same-sex couples rights. *Cimarron Alliance Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK - Furthers social welfare & public education on issues concerning gays & lesbians. Challenge grant of $1,500 for telecasting of TV commercials. *Equity Foundation, Portland, OR - Promotes the belief that all people have worth and deserve the opportunity to experience it. Challenge grant of $10,000 for the Rural Outreach Project. Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, San Antonio, TX - Promotes the dream of a world where everyone has civil rights and equal opportunities. $25,000 for the Puentes de Poder (Bridges of Power) Project. *Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV - Provides programs and services that empower individuals to accept and celebrate their sexual and gender identities. $5,000 Gay & Lesbian Community Center of the Ozarks, Springfield, MO - Supports the well-being of LGBT persons in the greater Springfield, Missouri area. Challenge grant of $5,500 Gay Lesbian Unity Education New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM - Promotes an environment where sexual orientation is a protected right. $15,000 *Kalamazoo Gay/Lesbian Resource Center, Kalamazoo, MI - Serves as a community center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people for Kalamazoo & the surrounding region. $15,000 Kentucky Fairness Alliance, Louisville, KY - Promotes equality for all people regardless of sexual orientation. $20,000 *Lesbian & Gay Community Association of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL - Promotes unity and visibility among LGBT people in Jacksonville and Northeast Florida. $3,500 for support of the Jacksonville Gay Pride Committees technology needs. *Lesbian & Gay Community Network of Western Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI - Enhances & celebrates the lives of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Western Michigan. $7,000 *Louisiana Electorate of Gays and Lesbians, New Orleans - Works for the equal rights of Louisiana's lesbians and gay men, using intelligent planning, uncommon strategies and innovative ideas. $18,000 *Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota, Duluth, MN - "Expresses the love of Christ for all people through acts of service. "$4,000 for the Together for Youth project. *Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, Milwaukee, WI - Improves the quality of life for lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgendered people in the metro-Milwaukee area. Challenge grant of $18,000 (Source: IN Step 7/1-14/99) Mountain Meadow Country Experience, Philadelphia, PA - Provides a safe, fun, feminist camping experience for children of LGBT parents and for children from other kinds of alternative families. $4,000 *Mountain Pride Media, Richmond, VT - Takes a leadership role in coordinating communication within the Vermont LGBTQ community. $4,000 for the web site expansion project. North Carolina Lambda Youth Network, Durham, NC - Promotes a youth-led statewide leadership network for LGBTA young people. Challenge grant of $18,000 *OutCharlotte, Charlotte, NC - Pro-actively celebrates the diversity & creative culture of the LGBT community. $10,000 *Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays, Nashville, TN - Provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation, & acts to create a society that is healthy & respectful of human diversity. $2,500 for public education campaign. *Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley, Poughkeepsie, NY - Provides comprehensive reproductive and complementary health services. $7,500 for Circles program. Pride Foundation, Seattle, WA - Strengthens the LGBT community today and builds an endowment fund for tomorrow. Challenge grant of $15,000 for the Pride! Statewide project. *Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU, Chicago, IL - The ACLU of Illinois has been the principal protector of the constitutional rights of Illinois citizens since 1929. Challenge grant of $30,000 m.y. for the Downstate Outreach Initiative. *Santa Fe Rape Crisis Center, Santa Fe, NM - Works with community groups and agencies to build a community free of sexual violence. $8,000 for Project G.L.Y.P.H.. Southerners on New Ground, Louisville, KY - Helps develop transformative models of organizing that connect all people. $17,000 *Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, Tulsa, OK - Provides the LGBT community with education resources, quality programming and support services. $5,000 *University of Arizona - Committee on GLB Studies, Tucson, AZ - Educates the citizens of Arizona about GLB people. $3,000 for 5th Annual Sex and Scholarship Symposium. *University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND - To bring together helping professionals, students and the public who live and work in rural areas. $10,000 for sponsorship of Out on the Prairie conference. *Wingspan, Tucson, AZ - Provides support, education and outreach related to LGBT issues. $8,000 *Womens Law Project, Philadelphia, PA - Improves the legal, social & economic status of women and their families. $4,000 for education of rural gays & lesbians on their rights in second-parent adoptions and assistance to rural advocates and lawyers. *Young Womens Christian Association of La Crosse, WI - Creates opportunities for growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision: peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people. $7,000 for support of project GALAXY. Alexander Foundation, Denver, CO - Provides direct financial aid to needy, distressed, or underprivileged members of the gay and lesbian community in Colorado. $15,000 for the scholarship program. Chinook Fund, Denver, CO - Provides grants & technical assistance to grassroots community organizations in Colorado. $1,000 for scholarships to the 6th Annual Skills Conference. Colorado Legal Initiatives Project, Denver, CO - Defends and expands the civil rights of LGBT people. Challenge grant of $30,000 *Colorado Outward Bound School, Denver, CO - Enhances individual character, promotes self-discovery and challenges students to cultivate self-reliance, leadership, fitness, compassion and service through exceptional wilderness education. $13,500 for LGBT Youth Leadership Program. Community Foundation, Boulder, CO - Encourages philanthropy & addresses the unique donors & challenges the Boulder region. Challenge grant of $45,000 m.y. for the Open Door Fund Equality Colorado, Denver, CO - Secures equality & justice for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people in Colorado. $6,000 for the Durango/Southwest Colorado LGBT organizing project. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Community Services Center of Colorado, Denver, CO - Provides community building services for the GLB people of Colorado. $70,000 at $45,000 direct and $25,000 challenge Gender Identity Center of Colorado, Inc., Lakewood, CO - Provides support, education & outreach to the transgendered community. Grant of $5,400 for general operating support. Pikes Peak Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Colorado Springs, CO - Creates a sense of community and promotes acceptance and understanding among LGBT people. Challenge grant of $20,000 Pueblo After 2, Pueblo, CO - Advocates equal and respectful treatment for all with a special focus on LGBT issues. $3,000 Rainbow Chorus, Ft. Collins, CO - Promotes peace and harmony through the gift of music. $3,000 Urban Peak, Denver, CO - Empowers homeless & runaway youth to create & commit to a positive, healthy & responsible lifestyle. $25,000 for LGBT services. |
The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc.
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$18,500 Year authorized: 1997 |
The Florence Gould Foundation
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1995 |
The Agnes Gund Foundation
OH |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$15,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
The George Gund Foundation
OH |
Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland (Cleveland,
OH)
$34,169 Year authorized: 1997 "For development
activities" [Subject(s): Gays/lesbians; Neighborhood centers] |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
Hagedorn Fund
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
Hasbro Children's Foundation
32 W. 23rd St. (212) 645-2400 Contact: Jane S. Englebardt - Exec. Dir. FAX: (212) 645-6815 Type of foundation: Company-sponsored
Assets:$4,480,148 |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York City)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1995 |
Hess Foundation Inc.
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
525 Middlefield Road (415) 329-1070 Contact: David P. Gardner - Pres. FAX: (650) 329-9342 URL: http://www.hewlett.org Type of foundation: Independent
Fiscal Date: 12/31/96 |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$450,000 Year authorized: 1995 "For international activities"
|
International Fund for Health & Family Planning
NY
|
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1996 "Grantmaker geographic focus: International" [Subject(s): Reproductive health, sexuality education] |
Ittleson Foundation Inc.
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$20,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
1450 G St. NW, Suite 250
800/656-4533 http://www.kff.org/ In 1997, the Foundation's grant expenditures totaled over $26 million. |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$110,000 Year authorized: 1997 "For study, The
Impact of the New Federal Abstinence-Only Program on Sexuality Education
in American [sic]" $72,242 Year authorized: 1995 "For development of hard-to-teach topics in sexuality education program" (Curriculum development) [Subject(s): Children/youth; Reproductive health, sexuality education] $20,275 Year authorized: 1995 "To convene meeting of National Commission on Adolescent Sexual Health to finalize preparations of comprehensive report on adolescent sexual health" (Conferences/seminars; Publication) |
Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Foundation Inc.
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
The Kresge Foundation
MI |
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY)
$240,000 Year authorized: 1996 "For matching grant toward renovation" [Subject(s): Gays/lesbians; Neighborhood centers] |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
The Lincy Foundation
NV |
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) (Los
Angeles, CA)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1997 [Subject(s): Civil rights,
gays/lesbians; Gays/lesbians; Media/communications] [Type of recipient:
Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Media/communications] Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY) |
Liz Claiborne Foundation
1441 Broadway (212) 626-5704 Contact: Melanie Lyons - Dir. Type of foundation: Company-sponsored
Fiscal Date: 12/31/96 |
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York City)
$10,632 Year authorized: 1995 [Subject(s): Gays/lesbians; Neighborhood centers] |
Loews Foundation
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$175,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
The Henry Luce Foundation Inc.
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$150,000 Year authorized: 1995 (3-year grant) |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
140 S Dearborn St, Suite 1100 312 726-8000 http://www.macfdn.org/ |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$150,000 Year authorized: 1996 (3-year grant) "For International Program, which serves as clearinghouse of sexuality education resources" $100,000 Year authorized: 1994 |
Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation
NY |
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) (New
York, NY)
$35,000 Year authorized: 1996 [Subject(s): Civil rights,
gays/lesbians; Gays/lesbians; Media/communications] Gay Men of African Descent $30,000 Year authorized: 1996 Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) $50,000 Year authorized: 1996 Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY) $40,000 Year authorized: 1996 "For department of
public policy" Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) (Boston, MA) $35,000 Year authorized: 1995 |
The Minneapolis Foundation
MN
|
Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council (Minneapolis, MN)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1996 [Type of recipient: Civil rights, gays/lesbians; Human services] Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council $25,000 Year authorized: 1995 "For statewide needs assessment survey of gay and lesbian populations in Minnesota" ["Research"] |
Monterey Fund Inc.
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$15,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
J. P. Morgan Charitable Trust
NY |
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY) - Type
of recipient: Neighborhood centers
$55,000 Year authorized: 1996 [Subject(s): Gays/lesbians; Neighborhood centers] |
Moriah Fund
Indiana
|
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$30,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Michigan |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$100,000 Year authorized: 1996 "To expand initiative providing sex education for minority and low-income communities and youth..." |
The Needmor Fund
CO |
Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Colorado (Denver, CO) - Type
of recipient: Neighborhood centers
$10,000 Year authorized: 1995 "For continued support for Anti-violence" [Project and Youth Services Project] |
The New York Community Trust
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY) - Type of
recipient: AIDS; Medical care, outpatient care
$30,000 Year authorized: 1998 "To study experience of people who have lost employer-based group health insurance" Gay Men of African Descent $15,000 Year authorized: 1995 |
The Overbrook Foundation
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$35,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Inc.
NY |
SIECUS
$25,000 Year authorized: 1997 "To provide technical assistance to communities in response to escalating attacks on sexuality education throughout U.S., with focus on issues concerning federally mandated abstinence-only program related to welfare reform" |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
CA |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$50,000 Year authorized: 1997 "For initiative to challenge abstinence-only education in U.S." [Subject(s): Children/youth; Civil liberties, freedom of information; Elementary/secondary education; Health care; Reproductive health, sexuality education] |
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
CA |
Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (GLASS) (West Hollywood, CA)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1995 "To renovate Herbert Benton Youth Home for abused, homeless gay youth" |
Peninsula Community Foundation
CA |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
Public Welfare Foundation
2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W. (202) 965-1800 www.publicwelfare.org/ The average grant is $37,150. Most grants fall between $25,000 and $50,000 though some are lower and some are higher. As the numbers below indicate, out of 450 grants awarded in 1997, only 17 were larger than $75,000. |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$50,000 Year authorized: 1997 "For general support to develop, collect and disseminate information to promote comprehensive sexuality education for teens" $50,000 Year authorized: 1997 "To preserve comprehensive sexuality education and address issue of abstinence-only mandate in welfare reform" [Subject(s): Boys; Economically disadvantaged; Girls; Reproductive health, sexuality education; Welfare policy/reform] $50,000 Year authorized: 1996 "For general support to develop, collect and disseminate information promoting comprehensive sexuality education for teens" $60,000 Year authorized: 1995 "For general support to develop, collect and disseminate information to promote comprehensive sexuality education for teens" $50,000 "Year authorized: 1994 For last time general operating support to promote comprehensive sexuality education" |
Recanati Foundation
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1995 "For Dance-A-Thon" |
Revlon Group Foundation
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$50,000 Year authorized: 1997 |
RJR Nabisco Foundation
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$30,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
NJ |
Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (GLASS) (West Hollywood, CA)
$444,023 Year authorized: 1995 (3-year grant) Description: For matching grant as part of Local Initiative Funding Partners Program-Phase III, focusing on innovative health services projects in Foundation's goal areas |
Frederick P. & Sandra P. Rose Foundation
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
The Samuel Bronfman Foundation, Inc.
375 Park Ave. Contact: William K. Friedman - V.P. Type of foundation: Company-sponsored
Fiscal Date: 12/31/95 |
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1995 "Civil rights, gays/lesbians; media/ communications" Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York)
$125,000 Year authorized: 1997 |
The Saint Paul Foundation Inc.
MN |
Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council (Minneapolis, MN)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1996 " Toward Public Policy Initiative" |
The San Diego Foundation
CA |
Lesbian and Gay Mens Community Center (San Diego, CA) - Type
of recipient: Neighborhood centers
$30,000 Year authorized: 1997 "For HIV Prevention
project for gay youth" |
The San Francisco Foundation
CA |
Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (San Francisco, CA) - Type
of recipient: Civil rights, gays/lesbians
$25,000 Year authorized: 1995 "To evaluate effectiveness of intervention program to stop high risk behaviors of gay and bisexual Asian and Pacific Islander men in San Francisco" |
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
Tisch Foundation Inc.
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY)
$410,874 Year authorized: 1996 |
Turner Foundation Inc.
GA |
SIECUS (New York, NY)
$35,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
H. van Ameringen Foundation
NY |
Gay and Lesbian Community Center (DC) - Type
of recipient: Neighborhood centers
$410,000 Year authorized: 1996 Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (San Francisco, CA) $10,000 Year authorized: 1996 Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York) $100,000 Year authorized: 1996 Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York) $50,000 Year authorized: 1996 Gay Men of African Descent $25,000 Year authorized: 1995 |
GRANTOR |
GRANT RECIPIENT, |
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
NY |
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY) - Type
of recipient: Neighborhood centers
$25,000 Year authorized: 1997 "For restoration of building built in 1884" |
Wasserman Foundation
CA |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
Weingart Foundation
CA |
Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (GLASS) (West Hollywood, CA)
$25,000 Year authorized: 1996 "To enhance computer network for group homes" |
Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation Inc.
NY |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York)
$200,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
Willametta K. Day Foundation
CA |
Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York)
$10,000 Year authorized: 1996 |
* Check back regularly for updates.
** Source: The Foundation Center *** Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 1998
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