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12 funders with a record of paying for “lgbtq”
Where the money went
The Pride FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
315 matching grants · $7.9M · through 2024Largest: $44,500 to Seattle LGBTQ Center — to support the lgbtq+ community
Largest: $1.2M to AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — project support for lgbtq issues
Largest: $47,062 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES — support for the williams institutes research on lgbtq immigration to better understand socioeconomic and health-related lived experiences compared to non lgbtq immigrants and us-bo…
Iola FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
124 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Portage Public Schools — improve the experience of lgbtq+ students at school
Largest: $250,000 to EQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE — transforming the narrative for lgbtq+ health: to equip a network of lgbtq+ and allied organizational partners with messaging and materials to inoculate californians against misinfo…
Human Rights CampaignWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
87 matching grants · $889,656 · through 2024Largest: $11,092 to CUTIES LOS ANGELES LLC — lgbtq+ covid-19 disaster relief to alleviate economic hardship
Largest: $60,000 to LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER FUND — support operations and programs serving the lgbtq+ communities throughout oregon
Largest: $425,000 to KESHET FOR LGBTQ EQUALITY IN JEWISH LIFE — to support the general operations of this organization, which educates jewish nonprofits about lgbtq rights and supports people in the jewish community who identify as lgbtq throug…
CenterlinkFort Lauderdale, FLCharity · may take applications
58 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $40,100 to CENTER ON HALSTED — 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: $1.0M to ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC — core support for the lgbtq+ initiative to de-stigmatize aids and accessing treatment for the disease in lgbtq+ communities
Largest: $970,000 to BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY — emerging lgbtq leaders of color fund
Largest: $20,000 to PUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE — to help with the costs of its research and communications work on lgbtq rights and acceptance of lgbtq people among america's faith groups.
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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 →