LGBTQ Community Fund
Supporting Chicago’s LGBTQ community through philanthropy.
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$4.25 Million
Dollars Raised
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$2.5 Million
Dollars Granted
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148
Active Donors
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45
Organizations Impacted
Our Grantmaking
Our research informs our grant making focus. In recent grantmaking cycles, we have supported organizations that serve the LGBTQ community in critical areas such as safety, health, housing, and employment – as well as education, advocacy, and the arts. Our grant recipients serve both senior and youth populations, across sexual orientations and gender identities.
Additionally, our grantmaking efforts are structured around fostering partnerships with our grant recipients. Site visits by Steering Committee members are a critical component in our grantmaking process as a means to gain first-hand perspective into community needs, learn about a grant recipient’s mission, and grow together as partners.
Previous Grant Recipients
| 360 Youth Services | About Face Theater | Adler University | Affinity Community Services |
| Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago | AgeOptions Inc. | AIDS Foundation of Chicago | Association of Latino Men for Actions |
| Brave Space Alliance | Broadway United Methodist Church Youth Lounge | Center for Disability and Elder Law, Inc. | Center on Halsted |
| Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus | Chicago Coalition for the Homeless | Chicago Filmmakers | Chicago High School for the Arts |
| Chicago House and Social Service Agency | Daisy May Productions – Art & Pep a Love Story | Equality Illinois Institute | Holocaust Museum of Illinois |
| Housing Opportunities & Maintenance for the Elderly, Inc. | Howard Brown Health Center | Leather Archives and Museum, Inc. | Legal Council for Health and Justice |
| Lorde, Rustin & Bates, Inc. | McDermott Center | Night Ministry | Planned Parenthood of Illinois |
| Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago / Illinois Safe Schools Alliance | Puerto Rican Cultural Center | RAD Remedy | Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc. |
| Sinai Health System | Sisters in Cinema | Sithub/Chicago Therapy Collective | Test Positive Aware Network |
| Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self-Defense Center | Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois | Upswing Advocates, Inc. | Youth Empowerment Performance Project |
| Youth Services of Glenview-Northbrook |
Stronger Together
The LGBTQ Community Fund envisions a Chicagoland LGBTQ Community thriving in a safe, equitable, and supportive environment.
To learn more about our grants recipients and donors, click here.
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