Timeline of Achievements, 2009 - Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues

2009 might be remembered as the year our movementbegan feeling the economic crisis. Reports portrayeda smaller, less agile philanthropic sector. Organizationsthat serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgenderand queer (LGBTQ) communities were left with hardFunders for LGBTQ Issueschoices; 2009 most Timeline contracted, of Achievements some closed their doors.In response, many of our country’s leading LGBTQgrantmakers announced that despite the downturn‘they would sustain their levels of giving; as hardshipincreases and political opportunities arise, theyreasoned, steady support for LGBTQ rights becomesall the more important. We agree. For Funders forLGBTQ Issues, the harsh conditions of 2009 compelledus to strengthen our unique role in conveningfunders, producing reliable research and building theresources necessary for effective LGBTQ grantmaking.

A B O U T U SFunders for LGBTQ Issues is a national, philanthropic organization that works with grantmakersaround the world to strengthen and study foundation giving to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgenderand queer (LGBTQ) communities. Through research, convenings and education, we aim to broadenphilanthropic support for LGBTQ rights and advance racial, economic and gender justice.Working side-by-side with funders and our movement’s organizations through four decades,Funders for LGBTQ Issues remains the sole organization dedicated exclusively to increasing institutionalgiving to LGBTQ communities throughout our country and the world.The Racial Equity Campaign is a multi-year initiative of Funders for LGBTQ Issues that seeks tocreate healthy grantmaking institutions that embody fairness and inclusiveness and supportthe leadership of LGBTQ people of color and their organizations. Through a community-basedgrantmaking initiative, original research and grantmaking resources, and by increasing philanthropicawareness about the wide array of programmatic responses that can repair racial, economicand gender inequities in our communities, the campaign aims to stimulate broader philanthropicsupport for LGBTQ communities of color.Funders for LGBTQ Issueswould like to thankthe many grantmakersand individuals whogenerously supported ourwork in 2009—and in theyears to come.As part of the Campaign, the Racial Equity Initiative supports LGBTQ‘people of color organizationsand projects by investing in community foundations and funds around the country. To ensurethat the diverse breadth of LGBTQ communities is supported in the long term, the Initiative worksto enhance the grantmaking practice of community funders, which engage LGBTQ people of colorefforts in their communities to award funding and provide capacity building.Common Vision is a multi-year initiative of Funders for LGBTQ Issues that’s convening grantmakersin New England and the Midwest that share an interest in creating healthy communities withwidespread equity. Over the course of two years, two cohorts of grantmakers sorted throughvarious frameworks to distill the practices that foundation leaders could follow to create structuralimprovements in their regions. In 2010, Common Vision will unveil these lessons as a series oftools for funders interested in applying a structural transformation lens to their grantmaking.

2009 might be remembered as the year our movementbegan feeling the economic crisis. Reports portrayeda smaller, less agile philanthropic sector. Organizationsthat serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgenderand queer (LGBTQ) communities were left with hardchoices; most contracted, some closed their doors.In response, many of our country’s leading LGBTQgrantmakers announced that despite the downturnthey would sustain their levels of giving; as hardshipincreases and political opportunities arise, theyreasoned, steady support for LGBTQ rights becomesall the more important. We agree. For Funders forLGBTQ Issues, the harsh conditions of 2009 compelledus to strengthen our unique role in conveningfunders, producing reliable research and building theresources necessary for effective LGBTQ grantmaking.

We partnered with foundations at the state, regional,national and international levels. We added ourvoice to a variety of sector-wide initiatives, infusingthem with an LGBTQ lens and a racial, economicand gender justice agenda. We presented to leadersnationwide on the relationship between racialinequities and LGBTQ issues, launching a landmarkweb site that explicates the barriers facingLGBTQ people of color. And—recognizing thattransgender and gender non-conformingcommunities receive little support from Americanphilanthropy—we announced a new name:Funders for LGBTQ Issues. Though the economicoutlook appears grim, our vision remains optimistic.And we’ll remain steadfast.

JANUARYThe National LGBTQ Grantmakers Retreat on Racial Equity washeld at the Westword Look Resort in Tucson, Arizona.January1NATIONAL GATHERINGA FUNDER-TO-FUNDERCONVERSATION ON RACETo kick off the year, 40 philanthropic leadersrepresenting 24 foundations from acrossthe country attend our historic NationalLGBTQ Grantmakers Retreat on Racial Equity.Through a variety of presentations, exercisesand funder-to-funder conversations, the 3-dayretreat helps attendees understand the manyways that grantmakers can improve the livesof LGBTQ communities of color.An evaluation of the retreat finds that thegathering significantly increased attendees’knowledge of structural racism, racial inequitiesamong LGBTQ communities and how to applyvarious lenses to their grantmaking strategies.3Photos © Jeff Smith www.jeffsmithusa.com24

JANUARYOn previous page:1. The foundations represented at the retreatwere a diverse assortment of private,public and community foundations andfunds. Moreover, some of these fundersprimarily support LGBTQ communitieswhile others award LGBTQ grants as partof wider funding interests.2. Ignatius Bau (The California Endowment)and Audrey Haberman (Pride Foundation)3. Katherine Acey (Astraea LesbianFoundation for Justice)4. Tim Sweeney (Gill Foundation)567On this page:5. Alfonso Wenker (PFund Foundation),Daniel Lee (Levi Strauss Foundation) andRoz Lee (Stonewall Foundation)6. Andrew Lane (Johnson Family Foundation)7. Lori Villarosa (Philanthropic Initiativefor Racial Equity)8. Edward Gray (The Atlanta Gay & LesbianCommunity Foundation)9. Surina Khan (The Women’s Foundationof California)10. Maria Cadenas (Cream City Foundation)11. Philip Wong (Community One Foundation)12. Jewelle Gomez (Horizons Foundation) andLina Paredes (Liberty Hill Foundation)13. Inca Mohamed and Robin Katcher fromthe Management Assistance Group8 10 12The photo citations reference individuals from left to rightand denote titles from January 2009.Photos © Jeff Smith www.jeffsmithusa.com9 1113

JANUARYCOMMENTARYCOMMENTARYCOMMON VISIONUNDERSTANDING THE ASPECTSOF STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONMaya Wiley, executive director of the Center forSocial Inclusion, conducts a webinar on structuraltransformation to 15 foundation participantsof Common Vision, our multi-year initiative inNew England and the Midwest. The webinarprovides a grantmaking framework for creatingpositive, structural change in their regions.AN OPEN LETTER TOAMERICAN PHILANTHROPYIn partnership with five influential “affinity groups”—Asian American Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy,the Association of Black Foundation Executives,Hispanics in Philanthropy, Native Americans inPhilanthropy and the Women’s Funding Network—Funders for LGBTQ Issues co-signs an open letterto the philanthropic sector, published in The Chronicleof Philanthropy. The letter encourages foundations toprioritize diversity in grantmaking as a crucial first step.JanuaryWORKSHOPLGBTQ PHILANTHROPY INAN ECONOMIC DOWNTURNAt the annual Creating Change conference,hosted by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force,Funders for LGBTQ Issues hosts a panel on the futureof LGBTQ philanthropy in the face of a recession.More than 60 activists attend the discussion, whichincludes panelists Andrew Lane (Johnson FamilyFoundation), Suzanne Pharr,, Russell Roybal (NationalGay and Lesbian Task Force) and Urvashi Vaid (ArcusFoundation).“We have learned from ourcollective decades of relentless workthat increasing diversity withinfoundations, while important, ismerely the first step towardsthe larger goal of changing thecultural norms and practices offoundations that are structurallytilted towards the maintenanceof inequality.”— Funders for LGBTQ Issues (with the JointAffinity Groups), in an open letter to philanthropypublished in The Chronicle of PhilanthropyRACEWIRE BLOG, COLORLINES MAGAZINEFunders for LGBTQ Issues offers a guest commentaryon RaceWire, the blog for ColorLines Magazine,about the importance of building the infrastructureof LGBTQ communities of color. Program DirectorEllen Gurzinsky writes, “Research, both anecdotal andquantitative, puts issues relating to communitybuilding, HIV/AIDS, health, human rights and civilrights high on the list of needs for LGBTQ people ofcolor. White-led LGBTQ organizations need to beactive partners in these struggles with all peopleof color, both LGBTQ and straight.”FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUES | 5

FEBRUARY-MARCHCOLLABORATIONCARING TO CHANGE:NEW IDEAS, REAL CHANGEFunders for LGBTQ Issues participates in a retreatled by Caring to Change, a national project that’sseeking to identify new foundation strategiesfor advancing broad-based social change and moreeffectively addressing societal problems.The retreat brings together more than 20 nationalphilanthropic leaders to review the preliminaryideas generated by the project.FebruaryCOLLABORATIONENDORSING CRITERIAFOR THE SECTORFunders for LGBTQ Issues endorses the criteriacrafted by the National Committee for ResponsivePhilanthropy (NCRP), which proposes a series ofphilanthropy-wide benchmarks related to grantmakervalues, effectiveness, ethics and commitment.According to the NCRP criteria, “a grantmaker practicingPhilanthropy at Its Best® serves the public good bycontributing to a strong, participatory democracy thatengages all communities.”COLLABORATIONDIVERSITY IN PHILANTHROPYFunders for LGBTQ Issues joins the leadership of D5,a new formation of the Diversity in PhilanthropyProject that’s comprised of five philanthropic entities:the Council on Foundations, the Foundation Center,regional associations, affinity groups and identityfocusedfoundations. The group begins crafting a5-year plan that, with sufficient funding and buy-in,would help advance diversity, inclusion and equitywithin the philanthropic sector.MarchCOLLABORATIONA GLOBAL CONVERSATION ONSOCIAL JUSTICE PHILANTHROPYAs part of the Working Group on Philanthropy forSocial Justice and Peace, Funders for LGBTQ Issueshelps bring together more than 100 philanthropicprofessionals from around the world to discuss howgrantmakers can improve support to social justicestruggles internationally. The gathering takes place inCairo, Egypt. By year’s end, Executive Director KarenZelermyer is selected as one of three co-chairs for theworking group.COMMON WEBINARVISIONFOCUSING ONFOOD & WATERCommon Visionparticipants inNew England andthe Midwest selectthe social issuesthat they will explore as a way of understandinggrantmaking through a structural transformationlens. In New England, the foundation cohort choosesfood security, while in the Midwest, the participantsselect water commodification. Participants agreeto learn more about their respective issues as well asidentify key players in their regions.COLLABORATIONMORE RESOURCES FOR LGBTQCOMMUNITIES WORLDWIDEFunders for LGBTQ Issues joins the steering committeeof the Global Philanthropy Project, which seeks toexpand resources and advance the human rights ofLGBTQ people around the world. The committeeincludes representatives from the Arcus Foundation,Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice and OpenSociety Institute, among others.6 | FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUES

APRIL-MAYREPORT RELEASE$77 MILLION TO LGBTQ ISSUES IN 2007Funders for LGBTQ Issues releases its annual trackingreport on LGBTQ grantmaking by U.S.foundations,noting that in 2007, 293 U.S. foundations awarded$77 million to LGBTQ issues nationwide—an increaseof $11 million from 2006.AprilFUNDER BRIEFINGASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATIONFOR JUSTICE (NEW YORK, NY)Funders for LGBTQ Issues conducts a presentation onstructural racism and its effects on LGBTQ communitiesof color for the staff of Astraea Lesbian Foundationfor Justice, which supports LGBTQ communitiesin the U.S. and abroad. A staff discussion follows thepresentation.NATIONAL GATHERINGLGBTQ PUBLIC ANDCOMMUNITY FOUNDATIONSFunders for LGBTQ Issues brings together LGBTQcommunity and public foundations from aroundthe country to share ideas and discuss a collaborativeproject that would strengthen their work.MayThe report also notes that 10 LGBTQ organizationsreceived one out of every four LGBTQ dollars in 2007and, similar to last year, LGBTQ communities ofcolor received only 10 percent of total giving to LGBTQcommunities.Since its release, the reporthas been downloadedmore than 1,200 times.COLLABORATIONTHE BEGINNINGS OF A FUNDERTOOLKIT ON LGBTQ RACIAL EQUITYFunders for LGBTQ Issues brings together, viateleconference, an advisory committee of grantmakersand nonprofit leaders from around the country tobegin informing the creation of a web site that willguide funders in supporting LGBTQ communities ofcolor. The advisory committee includes representativesfrom GrantCraft, GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian AllianceAgainst Defamation), the California Endowment,Western States Center and many others.RESOURCEAN UPDATED DIRECTORYOF LGBTQ PEOPLE OF COLOR EFFORTSFunders for LGBTQ Issues releases an updateddirectory of LGBTQ people of color organizations andprojects throughout the U.S., raising awarenessabout the many groups serving diverse LGBTQ peoplein their communities.Since its release, the directory has been downloadedmore than 600 times.FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUES | 7

MAY-JUNERESOURCERESEARCH FEATURED INSECTOR-WIDE DIVERSITY TOOLKITThe California Endowment, a private health foundationthat supports community-based organizationsthroughout California, reprints Funders for LGBTQIssues’ LGBTQ Grantmakers Report Card on RacialEquity, a 2008 report that described the racialequity practices of 19 leading LGBTQ grantmakers.The Endowment features the report in a diversitytoolkit distributed broadly at the Council onFoundations Annual Summit in May.MayRESOURCESETTING THE BENCHMARKSFOR RACIAL EQUITYFunders for LGBTQ Issuesreleases its benchmarksand goals for its RacialEquity Campaign,which seeks to increase theamount of funding that addresses racialdisparities among LGBTQ communities of color.The campaign aims to increase, by 2010, the level offunding and the number of funders supportingLGBTQ communities of color.JuneCOLLABORATIONLGBTQ ISSUES AND THE CENSUS 2010In partnership with various New York City-basedphilanthropic organizations, foundations andlocal organizations, Funders for LGBTQ Issuesco-sponsors a funder briefing on the local andnational implications of the 2010 U.S. Census.Experts discuss the challenges of reachinghard-to-count communities, including LGBTQpeople, and how to provide foundations withpractical ideas to ensure an accurate Census count.NATIONAL GATHERINGLGBTQ GRANTMAKING IN ROUGH TIMESAs a precursor to the Council on Foundations AnnualSummit in Atlanta, Georgia, Funders for LGBTQ Issuesconvenes LGBTQ grantmakers from around thecountry to discuss how they can support LGBTQorganizations through a recession. The daylong meetinguses a variety of exercises on systems theory toexplore how funders should address the increasedeconomic hardship on LGBTQ people, as well as theinterplay of direct services, community organizingand public policy.More than 30 leaders representing 25 foundations andphilanthropic groups attend this daylong convening.FUNDER BRIEFINGTELECONFERENCE ON LGBTQCOMMUNITY ORGANIZINGFunders for LGBTQ Issues co-hosts a teleconferenceon community organizing in LGBTQ communities,which explores new ways of base building and therelated successes and challenges in building democracythrough organizing. Speakers include: Katherine Acey(Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice), Marjorie Fine(The Linchpin Campaign), Chris Hartman (FairnessCampaign), Gara LaMarche (Atlantic Philanthropies)and Rickke Mananzala (FIERCE).More than 70 foundation leaders participate inthe teleconference, co-hosted with Astraea LesbianFoundation for Justice, GrantCraft, The LinchpinCampaign of the Center for Community Change andThe Neighborhood Funders Group.FUNDER BRIEFINGLIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION(LOS ANGELES, CA)Funders for LGBTQ Issues conducts a workshop onhelping grantmakers and activists understandthe elements of structural inequality at the LibertyHill Foundation in Los Angeles, California.Approximately 30 people attend the “Facing Race,Expanding Impact” workshop, led by Researchand Communications Director Robert Espinoza. Thetraining also kicks off the foundation's newly launchedleadership institute for nonprofit leaders throughoutthe Los Angeles area.8 | FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUES

JULY-SEPTEMBERFUNDER BRIEFINGLGBTQ ASIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDERORGANIZATIONSFunders for LGBTQ Issues co-sponsors, and speaks at,briefing on LGBT Asian American, South Asian andPacific Islander organizations. led by the National QueerAsian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA), a national,DC-based organization. At the briefing, NQAPIAreleases a descriptive directory of these groups toguide funders in their grantmaking.JulyCOLLABORATIONMINNESOTA COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONSAND LGBTQ GRANTMAKINGFunders for LGBTQ Issues releases a first-ever studyon LGBTQ grantmaking in Minnesota at a Septembergathering of foundations and nonprofits inMinneapolis, hosted by the Minnesota Council onFoundations and the LGBT Funders Network(which co-produced the study). More than 60 peoplefrom around the state attend the release, whichincludes a presentation of the report, a panel on theeffects of the economic downturn and a workshopon understanding the effects of structural racism onLGBTQ communities and organizations.SeptemberFUNDER BRIEFINGPFUND FOUNDATION (MINNEAPOLIS, MN)Funders for LGBTQ Issues leads a structural racismtraining for the staff, board and grantmaking committeemembers of PFund Foundation, which supports LGBTQissues in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest.Twenty of PFund’s leaders attend the workshop.In September 2008, Funders forLGBTQ Issues partnered with theLGBT Funders Network of theMinnesota Council on Foundationsto undertake a landmark studyon foundation giving to LGBTQcommunities across the state.A year later, the partnershipculminated in a series of events andactivities, including the releaseof the first-ever report. ➔REPORT RELEASELGBTQ GRANTMAKING IN MINNESOTAFunders for LGBTQ Issues and the LGBT FundersNetwork of the Minnesota Council on Foundationsrelease a landmark research report on LGBTQgrantmaking in Minnesota, as well as the organizationsreceiving these dollars. The study finds that U.S.foundations awarded nearly $1.3 million in 2007to LGBTQ organizations and programs throughoutMinnesota—83 percent of which came from29 foundations based in Minnesota. However, theseLGBTQ dollars represent a fractionof the overall dollars awarded byMinnesota foundations andU.S. foundation in 2007,according to the report.PRESENTATIONLGBTQ RIGHTS AND SOCIALJUSTICE STRUGGLESThe Minneapolis-based Headwaters Foundation forJustice, a community foundation that serves as acatalyst for social, racial, economic and environmentaljustice in the Twin Cities, hosts Research andCommunications Director Robert Espinoza for a lectureon the intersection of LGBTQ rights and broadersocial justice struggles.More than 40 nonprofit leaders from the areaattend the event.FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUES | 9

OCTOBER-NOVEMBERREPORT RELEASETHE ECONOMIC DOWNTURNAND LGBTQ GRANTMAKINGTo help make sense of the economic downturn’seffects on LGBTQ grantmaking, Funders forLGBTQ Issues releases a special report thatinvestigates how LGBTQ foundationsand organizations have respondedto a sector-wide decrease inresources.Since its release, the reporthas been downloaded morethan 800 times.OctoberNATIONAL GATHERINGRACIAL EQUITY REGRANTING INITIATIVEFunders for LGBTQ Issues convenes the eightfoundations participating in its Racial Equity RegrantingInitiative, which works to enhance the grantmakingpractice of community funders to support LGBTQcommunities of color. At the gathering, the foundationsshare strategies to address the challenges theyhave faced in implementing the initiative.Between September 2008 and September 2009,these foundations have awarded more than $500,000to LGBTQ people of color groups in their communities,in addition to capacity building and leadershipdevelopment.PRESENTATIONLGBTQ RIGHTS, FUNDING TRENDS,MOVEMENT STRATEGIESFunders for LGBTQ Issues co-presents a workshop(with FIERCE, a New York City-based organization thatbuilds the leadership and power of LGBTQ youth) onLGBTQ rights and philanthropy at the Making Money,Make Change retreat in Falls Village, Connecticut.The retreat serves as a national, multiracial gatheringfor young people with wealth (ages 18-35) whobelieve in social change.More than 100 people attend the retreat andapproximately 30 attend the workshop.NovemberRESOURCEA WEB 2.0 PRESENCE, THOUSANDS OF FANSFunders for LGBTQ Issues widens its online reachand launches a Facebook fan page, providing regularupdates to a much larger audience of fans. A fewweeks later, Funders for LGBTQ Issues premieres arelated fan page for its Racial Equity Online Toolkitand, within a month, the two fan pages collect morethan 2,000 fans.COMMENTARY“For starters, the diversity ingrantmaking conversation needs aclearer, more principled definition.Defined too broadly, ‘diversity’conflates categories associatedwith historical inequality withcategories that merely denotedifference. It assures a room full ofpeople that everyone’s perspectivematters yet incorrectly infers thateveryone’s perspective is equal.”— Robert Espinoza, Funders for LGBTQ Issues, in theCouncil on Foundation’s e-journal of philanthropic ideas,Thought, Action, ImpactCOMMENTARYNCRP’S ‘RESPONSIVEPHILANTHROPY’ JOURNALThe National Committee for Responsive Philanthropyfeatures an essay by Funders for LGBTQ Issues on thecover of its quarterly journal, Responsive Philanthropy.Executive Director Karen Zelermyer writes,“I amencouraged by the current level of commitment fromso many leaders in the field who shareour desire to explore newopportunities for alliance buildingand new organizational modelsfor working intersectionally. Together,we have the potential to advancesocial justice beyond what’s possibleworking alone.”10 | FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUES

NOVEMBER-DECEMBERPRESENTATIONLGBTQ GRANTMAKING INTHE GLOBAL SOUTH AND EASTFunders for LGBTQ Issues presents its research on LGBTQgrantmaking in the Global South and East at theCommunity One Foundation's 2009 LGBT PhilanthropyConference, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The national conference assembles more than 100foundation and nonprofit leaders from around Canadato strengthen the resources of LGBTQ communities.COMMENTARYNCRP’S ‘KEEPING A CLOSE EYE’ BLOGThe National Committee for Responsive Philanthropyfeatures Funders for LGBTQ Issues in its national blog,“Keeping a Close Eye.” Research and CommunicationsDirector Robert Espinoza writes about the limitedfunding that reaches organizations serving LGBTQcommunities of color: “So what happens whenorganizations that were set up to reverse theseconditions receive little support from philanthropicsources? What becomes of a healthy civil society whenits most vulnerable populations remain impoverished?Is this how philanthropy upholds its purpose?”PRESENTATIONTHE YEAR IN LGBTQ RIGHTSFunders for LGBTQ Issues joins a teleconferenceorganized by Queers for Economic Justice about theyear’s failures and successes in LGBTQ rights. Fundersfor LGBTQ Issues offers a review of the foundationsector’s relationship to LGBTQ issues and broadersocial justice concerns.DecemberWORKSHOPFOUNDATION STRATEGIES FORTHE COMMON GOODAt the annual conference of the Independent Sectorand the Council of Michigan Foundations, “ChallengingTimes, New Opportunities,” Funders for LGBTQ Issuestakes part in a panel organized by Caring to Change, anational project that has been interviewing foundationleaders to help identify grantmaking strategies thatcan better promote the public good.Approximately 40 philanthropic and nonprofit leadersattend the session and more than 1,100 attend theconference.RESOURCERACIAL EQUITYONLINE TOOLKIT,LGBTRACIALEQUITY.ORGTo increase philanthropic awareness and supportLGBTQ communities of color, Funders for LGBTQIssues releases an online toolkit that compilestools, original commentaries and other resources.Among the toolkit’s original tools are a comparisonof frameworks for uncovering racial disparities,10 steps for adopting a grantmaking lens thataddresses racial inequality and LGBTQ issues,and an interactive slideshow that teases apart theelements of structural inequality—and manyothers. Additionally, a broad range of foundationrepresentatives and nonprofit leaders provideoriginal commentaries to enrich the ideasoffered on the site.Thousands of visitors visit the historic site in its first few months.FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUES | 11

FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUESMISSIONTo mobilize philanthropic resources that createequity, enhance the well-being of lesbian,gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities,and advance racial, economic and gender justice.STAFFRobert Espinoza, Director of Research and Communications (2009)Ellen Gurzinsky, Program Director (2008-2009)Nancy Ordover, Program DirectorTia Richards, Operations ManagerKaren Zelermyer, Executive DirectorBOARD OFDIRECTORSIgnatius Bau, The California EndowmentMaria Cadenas, Cream City FoundationNicole Cozier, Washington Area Women's FoundationChristina Cuevas, Community Foundation of Santa Cruz CountyMasen Davis, Transgender Law CenterJesse King, Fulcrum AdvisorsAndrew Lane, Johnson Family FoundationSteven Lawrence, The Foundation CenterHez Norton, Third Sector New EnglandLina Paredes, Liberty Hill FoundationJudy Patrick, Women’s Foundation of CaliforniaMorris Price, Gill FoundationRon Rowell, Common Counsel Foundation‘

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