Rising Tide Lifts LGBTQ Issues
This selection of grey literature produced by non-profit organizations and
foundations is meant to illuminate the larger landscape of LGBTQ philanthropy as
well as examine issue-specific topics and background that are of particular interest
to this community. These resources, as well as many others on related subjects, are
available from IssueLab - http://www.issuelab.org
Philanthropy
2012 Tracking Report: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
and Queer Grantmaking by U.S. Foundations
Dec 17, 2013
Publisher(s): Funders for LGBTQ Issues
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
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This annual publication provides an in-depth analysis of foundation funding for
LGBTQ issues in calendar year 2012. This 11th annual edition of the tracking
report captures data on 4,068 grants awarded by 399 foundations, making it the
most comprehensive assessment of LGBTQ funding.
Towards a More Responsive Philanthropy: Grantmaking for
Racial Equity and LGBTQ Justice
Aug 23, 2012
Publisher(s): Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Nonprofits and Philanthropy; Race and Ethnicity
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
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In 2007, Funders for LGBTQ Issues (Funders) launched its LGBTQ Racial Equity
Campaign, a multi-year initiative to increase grantmaking to and strengthen
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people of color (POC)
organizations and communities. This effort was a natural next step for us after
updating our mission the previous year to include advancing racial, economic,
and gender justice as integral to achieving LGBTQ equality and rights. Our intent was to forge a
conversation among funders about the critical intersection of racial equity and LGBTQ justice and how
institutional structures and grantmaking practices impact the resources available to diverse communities.
Missed Opportunities: How Organized Philanthropy Can Help
Meet the Needs of LGBTQ Asian American, South Asian,
Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander Communities
Jan 24, 2012
Publisher(s): Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Human Rights and Civil Liberties; Race and Ethnicity
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Funder(s): Open Society Foundations
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Examines disparities in funding to LGBTQ Asian-American and Pacific Islander
organizations; key issues, such as social and cultural stigma and physical violence against youth; and
recommendations for philanthropic investment, including capacity building.
A Meeting of Queer Minds
Sep 14, 2010
Author(s): Martin, Karen
Publisher(s): Atlantic Philanthropies
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Geographic Focus: Africa (Southern)-South Africa; Europe (Northern)-Ireland
Funder(s): Atlantic Philanthropies
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Reports on 2010 discussions among activists on strategies, achievements, and
struggles in the LGBTI movement for full human and socioeconomic rights in
Ireland and South Africa, including the need for mainstreaming, normalizing, and coalition building.
Building LGBT Nonprofit Leadership Talent: Thoughts and
Suggestions for LGBT Organizations and Funders
Nov 30, 2009
Author(s): Bush, Linda; Foreman, Matt; Wood, Linda
Publisher(s): LGBT Movement Advancement Project
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Funder(s): Amy Mandel and Katina Rodis; Arcus Foundation; David Bohnett Foundation; David
Dechman; Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund; Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado; H. van Ameringen
Foundation; Jim Hormel; Jonathan D. Lewis Foundation; Kevin J. Mossier Foundation; Mona
Pittenger; The Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation; Weston Milliken
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Offers a model for supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender nonprofit leadership development:
define strategic aims and recruit, manage, develop, and retain talent. Includes practical guidance and list of
LGBT leadership development programs.
Building Communities: Autonomous LGBTQ People of Color
Organizations in the U.S.
Jan 1, 2008
Author(s): Espinoza, Robert
Publisher(s): Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Nonprofits and Philanthropy; Race and Ethnicity
Geographic Focus: North America-United States-Puerto Rico
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A first-ever research report on U.S. organizations led by and for lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people of color. The report describes
84 of these organizations by geographic location, geographic focus, geographic
setting, populations, issues, strategies and fiscal characteristics.
Expanding Global Philanthropy to Support the Human Rights of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People
Jan 23, 2009
Author(s): Simon, Sue
Publisher(s): Arcus Operating Foundation
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Human Rights and Civil Liberties; Nonprofits and
Philanthropy
Geographic Focus: Global
Funder(s): Arcus Foundation; Rockefeller Foundation
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Summarizes discussions from a September 2008 meeting of donors, foundation
leaders, and rights advocates on the global lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights movement, key
obstacles, and ways to increase philanthropic resources to address them.
Giving Out Globally: A Resource Guide of Funding Mechanisms
to Support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights in
the Global South and East
Jan 23, 2009
Author(s): Dorf, Julie
Publisher(s): Arcus Operating Foundation
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Human Rights and Civil Liberties; Nonprofits and
Philanthropy
Geographic Focus: Global
Funder(s): Arcus Foundation
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Provides an overview of funding vehicles, such as Northern groups working in the global South and East,
intermediaries, direct cross-border grantmaking, private foundations, and donor-advised funds. Includes lists
of resources and grantee profiles.
Mobilizing Resources for the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender People: Challenges and
Opportunities
Jan 1, 2009
Author(s): Johnson, Amber; Parkhurst, Marcie
Publisher(s): FSG
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Funder(s): Arcus Foundation
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Funding for work to advance the human rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender (LGBT) issues across the globe is surprisingly scarce. This report is
intended to help mobilize additional funding for LGBT human rights work by identifying obstacles to
increased funding among human rights funders, exploring the implications of those obstacles and surfacing
approaches to mitigate or overcome them.
Issue-Focused
A Survey of LGBT Americans: Attitudes, Experiences and
Values in Changing Times
Jun 17, 2013
Publisher(s): Pew Research Center
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
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An overwhelming share of America's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
adults (92%) say society has become more accepting of them in the past decade
and an equal number expect it to grow even more accepting in the decade
ahead.
Health Equity Series: Responding to LGBT Health Disparities
August 2012
Aug 9, 2012
Author(s): Winter, C.
Publisher(s): Missouri Foundation for Health
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Health
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Midwestern)-Missouri
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals experience poorer
health outcomes than their heterosexual peers .These poor outcomes are a
result of differences in access to health coverage; limited availability of culturally
competent health care services; absence of medical settings that are affirming
and free of discrimination; scarcity of medical staff trained in LGBT health issues; health behaviors that do
not foster good health; and social and economic systems that have not supported and protected minorities .
Jumping Beyond the Broom: Why Black Gay and Transgender
Americans Need More Than Marriage Equality
Jan 19, 2012
Author(s): Moodie-Mills, Aisha C.
Publisher(s): Center for American Progress
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Human Rights and Civil Liberties; Race and Ethnicity
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Funder(s): Arcus Foundation
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Calls for a policy agenda to address the economic, educational, and health
disparities among gay and transgender African Americans, who face multiple
structural biases based on race/ethnicity, class, sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
All Children Matter: How Legal and Social Inequalities Hurt
LGBT Families
Oct 26, 2011
Publisher(s): Center for American Progress; Family Equality Council; Movement Advancement
Project
Issue Area(s): Children and Youth; Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Funder(s): Amy Mandel and Katina Rodis; Arcus Foundation; Colage; David Bohnett
Foundation; David Dechman; David Geffen Foundation; Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute; Gay
and Lesbian Fund for Colorado; H. van Ameringen Foundation; Jim Hormel; Johnson Family
Foundation; Kevin J. Mossier Foundation; Mona Pittenger; National Association of Social
Workers; Palette Fund; Two Sisters and a Wife Foundation; Weston Milliken
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Calls for legal recognition of LGBT families, equal access to economic protections and health care,
protection from discrimination, and education about and support for LGBT families to secure stable homes,
security, and health and well-being for children.
Better Together: Research Findings on the Relationship
between Racial Justice Organizations and LGBT Communities
Sep 1, 2010
Publisher(s): Applied Research Center, The
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Nonprofits and Philanthropy; Race and Ethnicity
Funder(s): Arcus Foundation
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"Better Together" is a landmark report on the relationship between racial justice
organizations and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities.
The report finds that the lack of resources, funding, and community support are
obstacles to engagement.
Coming Out, Stepping Up: Organizing to Build the Power of
LGBTQ Youth
Jun 9, 2010
Publisher(s): Fierce
Issue Area(s): Children and Youth; Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
This report is not only about highlighting the major problems facing LGBTQ
youth, but also a call to action to the LGBTQ movement to invest in organizing as
an essential strategy for change in general, and particularly amongst LGBTQ
youth of color. The opportunity to organize for the change LGBTQ youth
desperately need exists. As a movement, we do not have the time or luxury to let
it slip away.
Saving Lives, Promoting Democracy, Alleviating Poverty, and
Fighting AIDS: The Case for Funding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender Populations
Mar 10, 2010
Author(s): Galst, Liz
Publisher(s): Arcus Operating Foundation
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Human Rights and Civil Liberties; Prison and Judicial
Reform
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Funder(s): Arcus Foundation
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Outlines how advocacy for LGBT rights contribute to broader human rights, criminal justice reform, and
development efforts. Calls for funding for hate crimes prevention, HIV/AIDS education, economic
empowerment, and local organizations' capacity building.
Shared Differences: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender Students of Color in Our Nation's
Schools
Jan 15, 2009
Author(s): Diaz, Elizabeth M.; Kosciw, Joseph G.
Publisher(s): GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network)
Issue Area(s): Education and Literacy; Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Race and Ethnicity
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Funder(s): Arcus Foundation; IBM
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The report documents the school experiences of over 2,000 lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) U.S. middle and high school students of color who were African American
or Black, Latino/a, Asian or Pacific Islander, Native American, and multiracial.
Pulse of Equality: A Snapshot of U.S. Perspectives on
Gay and Transgender People and Policies
Dec 2, 2008
Publisher(s): Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Funder(s): Arcus Foundation
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Presents survey findings on attitudes toward and beliefs about gays and
lesbians, as well as policies including legal recognition of gay couples, adoption qualification, and antidiscrimination laws, by gender, age, race/ethnicity, and religion.
Out for Change: Racial and Economic Justice Issues in
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities
Jan 1, 2005
Author(s): Gallo, Marcia M.; Khan, Surina
Publisher(s): Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Nonprofits and Philanthropy; Race and Ethnicity
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
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This research report identifies the range and complexity of issues faced by lowincome LGBT people and LGBT people of color, including poverty and economic
hardship, homelessness, the criminal justice system, violence and
discrimination, and immigrant rights. The report concludes with a series of recommendations for
grantmakers to support these issues.
Causes in Common: Reproductive Justice & LGBT Liberation
Jun 1, 2003
Publisher(s): Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Issue Area(s): Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans; Parenting and Families; Women
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Causes in Common is a national organizing project of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
& Transgender Community Center (the Center) in New York. It brings together
activists representing the LGBT Liberation and Reproductive Rights and Justice
Movements to work toward a shared vision of reproductive freedom, sexual
liberation and social justice. The Center has published a booklet expounding
upon the linkages between reproductive justice and LGBT liberation. It includes
historical and political analyses, policy intersections, and more.