Funders Teaming Up to Strengthen Voices of LGBTQ People of Color
The Ford Foundation is teaming with the Arcus Foundation and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, along with an anonymous donor, to create the first LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund to support new voices and leaders in communities of color who are crucial to building continued momentum to strengthen the rights of LGBTQ people and families.
The fund kicks off with $780,000 in grants supporting efforts in the Southeastern United States focused on education, organizing and advocacy.
By partnering with pioneering funders with a successful history of seeding social change, the LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund hopes to expand what people, organizations and funders see as the full measure of progress when it comes to improving the lives of LGBTQ communities...