LGBTQ+ groups face alarming funding crisis as Republican anti-trans attacks mount, new report finds
A sharp drop in grants leaves queer and trans groups struggling to fight unprecedented legislative attacks.
July 8, 2025
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funders for lgbtq issues
Foundation Grants to LGBTQ Causes Top $100 Mil. in 2012; Youth Benefit Most
Children and youth causes received $20.4 million in 2012 as overall funding for LGBTQ issues fell slightly from the previous year.
December 19, 2013
Why Is This Charitable Fund Dropping LGBTQ+ Giving?
With rights and lives under attack across the country, this is not the time to abandon LGBTQ+ causes.
March 21, 2022
Op-ed: LGBT Students Who Need Your Help
LGBT DREAMers are ready to push for change, whether you're ready to join them or not.
August 4, 2014
Michael Seltzer, prominent LGBTQ+ activist and fundraiser in fight against AIDS, dead at 78
Seltzer spurred philanthropic organizations to take the AIDS crisis seriously.
September 10, 2025
Op-ed: It's Time for Trans Lives to Truly Matter to Us All
How many trans women have to die before people start doing something -- or even caring?
February 18, 2015
Why Money Didn't Dry Up for LGBT Organizations
Some feared that in a post-Obergefell world, the money that funded LGBT organizations could dry up. Instead, marriage equality spurred typically apolitical philanthropic foundations to give more.
November 13, 2015
'Highlights' Adds LGBT Families
The world's largest children's magazines are (finally) representing LGBT families.
November 15, 2017
The Equality Movement Needs Your Christmas Love
LGBT organizations, more than Walmart or Amazon, need your bucks this month.
December 16, 2015
HIV Funding in the South Is Critical in the Face of COVID-19, Racism
On the second annual Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, remember those who've been left behind.
August 20, 2020
How MacKenzie Scott's Billions Have Helped the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights
The fact that her grants are unrestricted has give LGBTQ+ nonprofits flexibility to spend the money in the most impactful ways, says a new Movement Advancement Project report.
September 9, 2023
The ACLU’s Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights Will Continue for Years to Come
The battle never ends, only evolves.
March 4, 2021
Publix Heiress Gives $50k to Anti-LGBTQ+ Moms for Liberty
Julie Jenkins Fancelli, who last year was revealed as a funder of Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally, is continuing to support right-wing extremism.
July 22, 2022
STUDY: Partner Violence Is 'Critical Issue' for LGBTQ
A new national report sees some improvement in the response to such violence along with a need for far more to be done.
October 27, 2015
This Is Our Plan to End Youth Homelessness
It's time to try something new to get young people off the streets, writes the president of a new organization devoted to eradicating the problem.
May 17, 2016
Texas Politician Blasts Log Cabin Repubs: Gays Promote 'Unnatural' Sex
Sen. Bob Hall went on an antigay tirade during a committee hearing over whether LGBTQ Republicans will be allowed at the state GOP convention.
February 4, 2020
Rural Pride: LGBTs in the Hinterlands Get Their Own Party
The National Center for Lesbian Rights is helping queer people from tiny communities have fun, connect, and improve their lives.
May 2, 2018
Yeardley Smith at HRC Gala: You Don't Get to Cherry-Pick Human Rights
The Simpsons actress delivered a moving speech on the importance of being an ally when accepting the HRC National Leadership Award.
March 30, 2019
Heiress to Antigay Publix Grocery Chain Funded Pre-Insurrection Rally
The daughter of Publix's founder was the largest funder of the January 6 rally at which Donald Trump urged his supporters to march on the U.S. Capitol.
February 1, 2021
Julián Castro, LGBTQ Ally & Only Latino in Race, Ends Presidential Run
Castro had failed to break into the top tier of Democratic presidential hopefuls.
January 2, 2020