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12 funders with a record of paying for “lgbt”
Where the money went
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber ofWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
170 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $32,500 to GREATER HOUSTON LGBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — to support lgbt-owned restaurants and lgbt affiliate chambers
CenterlinkFort Lauderdale, FLCharity · may take applications
50 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $26,998 to LGBT DETROIT — engage in outreach, education and awareness activities to explain and promote the national institutes of health all of us research program inviting people across the u.s. to help b…
Largest: $175,000 to THE SOURCE LGBT CENTER INC — general operating support to provide spaces within communities for lgbt+ people in rural central california valley to learn, grow, belong, transform, question, and support.
Largest: $30,000 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY — for the what we know project to disseminate authoritative research about the challenges faced by lgbt people.
Largest: $25,000 to LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER — general operating support: to support an organization that provides services, programs and advocacy for lgbt people in los angeles county and beyond.
Largest: $400,000 to SERVICES & ADVOCACY FOR LGBT ELDERS INC — to support this organizations national lgbt elder housing initiative (nhi) with the goal of encouraging lgbt-friendly affordable housing projects nationally.
Largest: $12,500 to BRADBURY-SULLIVAN LGBT COMMUNITY — program support
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $518,521 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to LGBT TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Largest: $100,000 to SACRAMENTO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER — program/operating support
David Bohnett FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
15 matching grants · $87,273 · through 2024Largest: $13,000 to STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — lgbt executive leadership program 2022: transgender scholarship
Largest: $150,000 to FONDATION POUR L'INSTITUT DE HAUTES ETUDES INTERNATIONALES ET DU DEVELOPPEM — research and policy project for displaced people affected by anti-lgbt bias
Horizons FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $210,750 · through 2024Largest: $42,500 to The LGBT Asylum Project by Center for Immigrant Protection — parivarbayarea
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →