LGBTQIA+ Funders

Welcome to the LGBTQ+ funders page. Here you will find information/links for LGBTQ+ foundations, LGBTQ+ friendly foundation/corporate funders, and LGBTQ+ specific funding related websites and resources.

LGBTQIA+ Funding Resources:

The LGBTQ+ Index (Equitable Giving Lab): Launched in May 2023, the LGBTQ+ Index is a tool that measures charitable giving to U.S. organizations serving the LGBTQ+ community. Search the LGBTQ+ Index for organizations based on criteria like keyword, focus area, and geographic location.

• Funders Concerned About AIDS: FCAA offers an advocacy network to regularly convene funders and stakeholders to keep a pulse on the political landscape surrounding HIV-related philanthropy work. They also support the Southern HIV Impact Fund,which seeks to coordinate a philanthropic response and mobilize attention and resources to address HIV in the southern U.S.
   
• Horizons Foundation: Offers resources and research on LGBTQIA+ fundraising, including a toolkit that addresses how LGBTQ organizations can take advantage of this climate to maximize fundraising and convert those efforts into long-term relationships that sustain your work.

LGBTQIA+ Fundraising in an Anti-DEI Climate

🏳️‍🌈 Leading Funders Continuing Their Commitment to Supporting LGBTQIA+ Causes

Funders for LGBTQ Issues
This network remains a cornerstone in LGBTQ philanthropy. Their 2025 Funding Forward conference in Houston emphasized intersectional funding strategies and celebrated a decade of the "Out in the South" initiative, focusing on Southern LGBTQ communities. 

Stonewall Community Foundation
Stonewall has adopted Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF), prioritizing unrestricted, multi-year grants, especially for BIPOC- and trans-led organizations. This approach aims to dismantle traditional power dynamics in philanthropy. 

Global Philanthropy Project (GPP)
Anticipating federal aid cuts, GPP launched the "Fund Our Futures" campaign, raising over $100 million to support global LGBTQ+ organizations. The initiative underscores proactive philanthropy in safeguarding human rights amid political shifts. 

LGBTQIA+ Foundations/Funders: 

Organizations dedicating resources in response to current anti-DEI policies: 

Pride Foundation: Their Fortitude Fund is a new initiative designed to provide timely, flexible resources to LGBTQ+ organizations confronting the escalating challenges of the current climate. The goal of this fund is to meet the most urgent and exacerbated needs, supporting organizations whose work and communities they serve are most intimately impacted by the current socio-political environment being spurred by the current presidential administration, state-level legislative activities, and the broader cultural realities these factors are creating. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Social Justice Fund Northwest: Provides essential resources to organizations in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming to strengthen grassroots efforts in the broad-based movement for progressive, systemic social change. The Emerging Justice Fund will move unrestricted funds to resource grassroots organizing for communities that have been and continue to be targeted by Federal, State and Local policies.

Organizations that offer invitation-only funding opportunities: 

• Arcus Foundation: Currently, Arcus’ Social Justice Program primarily makes grants through an invitation-only application process. An open call to organizations based in 11 countries across East and Southern Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean closed November 15, 2022. To be notified of any future open calls and to receive periodic Arcus Foundation updates, sign up here.
• Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice: Raises and distributes funds to programs and initiatives led by and for diverse constituencies, prioritizing groups led by lesbians and queer women, trans and gender non-conforming people, intersex people, and people of color. Use the contact form to get in touch.
• Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS: The philanthropic heart of Broadway, this organization is dedicated to helping those affected by HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and other life-threatening illnesses. By invitation only.
• BW Bastian Foundation: The B.W. Bastian Foundation strives to build community and understanding by supporting local and national institutions. A strong commitment is placed on programs and organizations that benefit, encourage, and preserve the rights of individuals, promote equality for the LGBTQ+ community and HIV/AIDS programs. They only accept solicited grant requests. You must first enquire by email or phone, prior to any submission.
• David Bohnett Foundation: Provides funding to LGBTQIA+ causes by invitation.
• Foundation for a Just Society:  Makes grants to local, national, regional, and global organizations and networks that advance the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQI people with an emphasis on Francophone West Africa, Mesoamerica, South and Southeast Asia, and the US Southeast. They also make a small number of grants in New York City. They invite organizations to submit a proposal when they have reason to believe their work is aligned with their mission and strategies.
• Gill Foundation: The Gill Foundation’s grant-making is limited to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations located within the United States. Grant proposals are by invitation only, and unsolicited grant proposals will not be accepted.

LIST OF LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS:

• http://gaycommunityfund.org (Akron, OH)
• http://www.ggfnc.org (North Carolina)
• http://www.newharvestfoundation.org (Wisconsin)
• https://sflgbtqequity.org/ (South Florida)
• https://our-fund.org/ (South Florida)
• https://www.philafound.org/community-causes/lgbtq/ (Philadelphia, PA)
• https://www.nycommunitytrust.org/ (New York)
• https://sff.org/

NON-LGBTQ+ FUNDERS WHO SUPPORT LGBTQ+ ISSUES & NONPROFITS:

• California Wellness Foundation
• Charles Haden Foundation
• Citi Foundation
• Cowles Charitable Trust
• David Geffen Foundation
• Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Fund
• Ford Foundation
• Groundswell Fund
• Hill/Snowdon Foundation
• Johnson Family Foundation
• Kaiser Permanente
• MAC AIDS Foundation
• Open Society Foundation
• Tides Foundation
• Until There's A Cure Foundation
• Wells Fargo Foundation