Meet The
Top 10 Foundations Giving to LGBT Causes
JACOB
LONG SEPTEMBER 11
Some
organizations have been throwing tens of millions of dollars at the LGBT
community — least we can do is learn a little about them.
In 2010,
$72.6 in global philanthropy reached the doorsteps of LGBT people, figuratively
speaking. That’s out of a total $1.2 billion of worldwide philanthropy, as
reported by a new study from the Foundation
Center. The Center was established in 1956 and claims to “maintain the most
comprehensive database on U.S. and, increasingly, global grant makers and their
grants.” It partnered with The
International Human Rights Funders Group(IHRFG) — a global network of
donors and grant makers — for the June study, “the first research report of its
kind.”
Arcus
Foundation
Ford
Foundation
Gill
Foundation (Denver)
Eveyln
and Walter Haas Jr. Fund
Open
Society Foundation (George Soros)
Astrea
Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Proteus
Fund
Tides
Foundation
American
Jewish World Service
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program,
$6.1 million
Been Around Since: 1997
Founded By: The Vanguard Group, Inc.
This
one’s a doozy. More
than $4 billion in grants since its inception (and it’s still got just under $3
billion in its coffers). It’s a charitable arm of an investment firm and ranks
in the top 25 foundations in the country — it also claims to give money in
every state and “almost” every country. They made claim to this list
without even focusing on LGBT issues, their grants going to programs focused on
anything from religion to environmental issues. Learn more at http://bit.ly/19E9ZCN.
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