The Alliance for Full Acceptance supports LBGTQ organizations that address the emotional health and well-being of LGBTQ youth.
The AMAF’s grantmaking for LGBTQ aims to reduce health disparities and improve quality of life for LGBTQ patients, build the capacity of health services to address unique LGBTQ health needs, and understand the social determinants of health in these communities.
The Arcus Foundation, now in its second decade of operation, specializes in defending LGBT rights and protecting the world's great apes. Awarding millions of dollars annually in domestic and international LGBT-related grants, Arcus is a huge player in this field. Arcus's LGBT funding emphasizes outreach to youth, people of color, and faith communities.
The Aqua Fund for Women supports LGBTQ organizations throughout South Florida.
Astraea is both well-funded and accessible to initial grantseekers, even those of modest name recognition. Astraea prioritizes advocacy for lesbians, transgender individuals, and the arts.
The Susan and Donald Babson Charitable Foundation funds an array of LGBTQ causes across the United States.
This foundation conducts LGBTQ grantmaking across several areas, especially at the international development level.
Founded in 1997 by tech entrepreneur Bruce Bastian, the Bastian Foundation's areas of focus include the performing arts, LGBTQ rights, and HIV/AIDS advocacy. Prioritizes projects based in the U.S. Intermountain West region (Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana).
Blachford-Cooper offers modest-sized grants to LGBTQ organizations across the United States.
The David Bohnett Foundation's LGBT funding focuses primarily on LGBT equality and access to technology. Grants are also awarded in several additional funding areas that include the arts (particularly in the Los Angeles area), gun violence, animal language, and municipal leadership.
Borealis Philanthropy describes itself as a “social justice philanthropic intermediary” and runs funds to support grassroots organizations in the areas of racial justice, criminal justice reform, LGBTQ causes and disabilities.
This foundation broadly supports LGBTQ causes, as well has related groups that are fighting HIV/AIDS.
The Born this Way Foundation is the philanthropic organization of pop star and actress Lady Gaga. It works to promote youth empowerment, LGBTQ youth and mental health.
Brother, Help Thyself prioritizes LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS organizations in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas.
The New York-based Calamus Foundation offers general operation and program-specific grants for charitable organizations providing "care and support" for individuals with HIV as well as those working on the LGBT community's identity and rights. In a recent year, the foundation awarded a total of over $2 million in grants.
The Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation broadly funds LGBTQ causes across the United States.
While the foundation does not have a specific focus area that supports LGBTQ rights, all of its grantmaking programs prioritize the rights of women and trans people.
The COIL Foundation supports LGBTQ organizations around the country.
The Colin Higgins Foundation broadly supports LGBTQ youth across the United States.
The Collingwood Foundation supports LGBTQ organizations across the United States, and does not name specific LGBTQ funding strategies.
Common Stream invests in LGBTQ organizations located in the U.S. that benefit youth, schools, and theater as an empowerment tool.
The Crawford Idema Family Foundation limits its LGBTQ grantmaking to organizations that serve South Santa Barbara County in California and Concord, Massachusetts.
The Crossroads Fund supports community-based LGBT organizations in the Chicago area.
Digital Defenders Partnership focuses its grantmaking on protecting human rights defenders and human rights organizations in the digital space.
The foundation does not have a specific program focused on LGBTQ+ issues; however, it does broadly make grants in this area.
The Enterprise Holdings Foundation awards grants to LGBTQ organizations across the country.
This funder considers the LGBTQ community across all of it’s giving areas.
The Esmond Harmsworth 1997 Charitable Foundation broadly funds LGBTQ organizations.
The Ford Foundation is one of the stalwart funders of progressive causes and issues of social justice. Owing to a recent restructuring, the foundation will continue to support LGBTQ issues internationally, but has ended its support for U.S.-based LGBTQ work.
The Foundation for a Just Society advances the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQ people.
Freedom House offers grantees emergency assistance for defending human rights, activism, civil society organizations, survivors of religious persecution, and defenders of religious freedom.
FRIDA seeks young women and trans led organizations combatting oppression, violence, and inequality.
The Fund for Global Human Rights awards grants to LGBTQ+ organizations working in North Africa, Latin America, South Asia, Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
The David Geffen Foundation supports equal rights and nondiscrimination advocacy and policymaking for LGBT populations.
LGBTQ populations are one of several groups “currently experiencing trauma and persecution” toward which the Gerbode Foundation has demonstrated a broad commitment.
The Denver-based Gill Foundation has awarded millions of dollars annually in grants for "organizations working on policy and advocacy efforts to achieve equality in the United States for all people, including sexual orientation and gender identity or expression" both nationally and in founder Tim Gill's home state of Colorado.
The Global Fund for Women funds organizations that address women’s sexual, reproductive, economic, social, and political rights.
The Global Resilience Fund does not outline specific goals for its LGBTQ grantmaking, but broadly supports several organizations that support trans and non-binary youth and sex workers.
Groundswell’s LGBTQ funding stems from its Rapid Response Fund, Liberation Fund and Black Trans Fund.
The Haas Fund is a pioneer in marriage equality and awards large-scale grants for a range of LGBT-related work. However, grant proposals are accepted by invitation only.
The Edward W. Hazen Foundation’s grants focus on how structural oppression and social inequality impact young people.
The Texas-based Hollyfield Foundation broadly supports LGBTQ organizations across the United States.
The Johnson Family Foundation focuses LGBTQ grantmaking on sustainable projects that build equality movements and foster a greater understanding of mental health issues faced by the LGBTQ community.
The JPMorgan Chase supports local, regional, and national LGBTQ organizations though it does not have a dedicated program.
The John C. Kish Foundation broadly supports LGBTQ organizations across the United States rather than naming specifics strategies of interest.
The Laughing Gull Foundation supports LGBTQ organizations that address discrimination and oppression of LGBTQ people living in the southern United States.
This funder conducts grantmaking for the LGBTQ community across all of its programs.
The Levi Strauss Foundation’s LGBTQ grants are often connected to human rights and HIV/AIDS.
The Libra Foundation’s gender justice program also supports organizations and initiatives that protect the rights of queer, gender nonconforming and trans people.
The Loeb Foundation names LGBTQ freedom as an area of grantmaking interest, although this is one of the foundation’s smaller areas of giving.