The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community
The Rockefeller Foundation announced today that it will be making grants of $100,000 each to the New York City LGBT Community Center, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and the Campaign for Southern Equality. The organizations will use the funds at their discretion to provide a variety of legal, advocacy, and social services to the LGBTQ community as they respond to an environment of increased violence, hostility and prejudice.
The Rockefeller Foundation’s $100,000 grant to the New York City LGBT Community Center will address the skyrocketing demand for Center services at a time when for the LGBT community, the heated rhetoric of a presidential campaign and election is being matched with increased physical threats; hostile policy changes; and a renewed assault on LGBT people’s dignity, health and right to pursue lives free from discrimination with equal access and opportunity...