Building a Community: A Funder Expands Support for LGBTQ Artists

Building a Community: A Funder Expands Support for LGBTQ Artists

LGBTQ artists have traditionally lacked the kind of robust support structures that exist across other segments of the arts world. Queer|Art is working to change that.

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Out of the Shadows: Who's Funding the Intersex Rights Movement?

The current funding landscape for LGBT rights funding has been on a steady increase for the past 10 years or so. The problem is that funding has historically failed to address the needs of intersex and trans communities. Is the tide turning?

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In a Tough Year, New Strides on Funding Intersectional Work Against Bigotry

In a Tough Year, New Strides on Funding Intersectional Work Against Bigotry

Could progressive funders finally be getting serious about movement building after years—actually, decades—of giving lip service to this idea while sticking to silo-ized grantmaking? Maybe. 

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More LGBTQ Capacity Building Grants in an Under-Resourced Region

More LGBTQ Capacity Building Grants in an Under-Resourced Region

For a long time, LGBTQ philanthropy largely skipped the South. That's starting to change, and these grants to grow pro-LGBTQ community foundations are one reason why.

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Here’s a Health Funder Helping LGBTQ Seniors in Boston’s MetroWest Region

Here’s a Health Funder Helping LGBTQ Seniors in Boston’s MetroWest Region

LGBTQ seniors outside of cities face isolation and risk of depression due to the lack of community and resources available to them. Some local health funders are stepping up to help.  

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Inside Game: A Foundation Supports LGBTQ Leaders in the Halls of Power

Inside Game: A Foundation Supports LGBTQ Leaders in the Halls of Power

For 15 years, this David Bohnett Foundation fellowship has been sending LGBTQ political officials to Harvard for leadership training. What's the goal of this long-running program? 

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Positive: How a New Initiative Aims to Help Women of Color With HIV

Positive: How a New Initiative Aims to Help Women of Color With HIV

Women of color account for 80 percent of new HIV diagnoses. But stigma and isolation can make it uniquely difficult for these women to get treatment. A pharma funder is working the problem. 

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Inside a Funder Collaborative Seeking Social Justice Through Pop Culture

Inside a Funder Collaborative Seeking Social Justice Through Pop Culture

Popular entertainment has mass reach in the millions, but social justice funders don't usually pay it much attention. The Pop Culture Collaborative aims to change that. What's its game plan? 

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A Quick look at the Boston Foundation’s LGBTQ Grantmaking

A Quick look at the Boston Foundation’s LGBTQ Grantmaking

With more local funders backing LGBTQ work, we look at an endowed fund that's been ramping up its giving over the past four years. Where's the money going? 

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With South Florida a New Epicenter for HIV, a Global Funder Thinks Locally

With South Florida a New Epicenter for HIV, a Global Funder Thinks Locally

With alarm bells sounding, more HIV/AIDS funding in the South lately is coming from foundations that typically have a much more national and international focus. Here's an example. 

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Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants. Here's a Case in Point

Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants. Here's a Case in Point

The venerable Rockefeller Foundation isn't a funder you might naturally think would join the "resistance" to the Trump administration. But a series of grants have signaled where it stands. 

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"A Hotbed for HIV and AIDS." The Duo of Funders Meeting LGBT Needs in the South

"A Hotbed for HIV and AIDS." The Duo of Funders Meeting LGBT Needs in the South

Nearly half of the U.S. HIV population lives in the South—a region historically shortchanged by LGBT funders. That's been changing, though, and we talk to two national funders who've partnered here to step things up. 

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Hope and Fear: LGBTQ Funding in the Age of Trump

Hope and Fear: LGBTQ Funding in the Age of Trump

Less than two years after SCOTUS ruled in favor of marriage equality, the LGBTQ community faces both new and enduring challenges. We check in with a top affinity group to hear where funders are at. 

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Trailblazer: A Wall Street Winner Supports LGBT Causes and More

When you think of LGBT philanthropists, tech winners like Tim Gill and David Bohnett come to mind. Today we examine a lower-profile LGBT philanthropist, veteran Wall Streeter David Dechman.

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Who's Looking Out for LGBT People in Rural America?

Who's Looking Out for LGBT People in Rural America?

It can be tough living in a rural area as an LGBT person, and all the more so if you're getting old. Which grantmakers are paying attention to this unique set of challenges?

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