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GREAT APES & GIBBONS SOCIAL JUSTICE 10_Logging Threats Continue in World’s Most Diverse 20_Activists Take Bold Steps to Bring Rights Home Great-Ape Habitat 22_Faith Leaders Call for “Golden Rule” of Mutual Respect 12_Drone Maps Offer New Hope for Sierra Leone Chimps 24_Immigrants, Trans Rights Groups Stand up to 14_Sumatra Conservationists Win Victory U.S. Backlash in Orangutan Habitat 26_2017 Social Justice Program Grantees 16_2017 Great Apes & Gibbons Program Grantees 30_Financials 32_Board & Staff

B SOCIAL JUSTICE ARCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2017 1 Dear Friends Dear Friends The presentation of this report marks one of the most that is destroying the forest homes of great apes, gibbons, and We’re pleased to share our 2017 annual report. In a to subscribe to the impossible. Seeing the possible in the face reflective times of the year for me. I think back, look forward, so many other endangered species. The population of mountain difficult year, it’s important to take stock and acknowledge of daunting odds is what drives these engaged and committed and contemplate where we are right now. Like most architects, gorillas in Africa’s Virunga Massif has grown by a quarter since the challenges we’ve faced while remaining confident in the individuals and inspires us every day to support their work. when I walk into almost any built environment, I can hardly 2010 to about 1,000. A new species of Indonesian orangutan— unflagging commitment of those around the world who stand No less dramatic are major land conversion and stop myself from scrutinizing how things are and dreaming comprising merely 800 individuals—was identified in 2017. up to deeply rooted prejudice and strong opposition, to realize infrastructure projects that are encroaching upon the about how they could be. (Perhaps it is an incurable affliction?) Unfortunately, those orangutans were immediately designated our shared vision for social justice and conservation. developing world’s forests and posing threats to the wildlife and So, when I decided to begin work in conservation and social as critically endangered, with their population projected to In our social justice work, Arcus focuses on improving people there. These forests include the habitats of great apes justice 18 years ago, I naturally assumed that same mind frame. decrease to 250 individuals by 2060. the lives of some of the world’s most marginalized LGBTQ and gibbons across Southeast Asia and tropical Africa. These I was sure we could figure out ways to transform this world In times like these, we clearly see why we must stay the people, including transgender communities, ethnic and projects lead to significant loss of tree cover and fragmentation into something different and better—more equitable, more course. Early this summer, Arcus board members and some racialized groups, the young and old, immigrants, and of habitats, posing further threats to apes, who face continued democratic, more beautiful. We really had no idea exactly what staff went with me on a learning trip to Kenya. A Kenyan LGBTQ others. We are neighbors, entwined in each other’s families, displacement or long periods in captivity. changes Arcus could effect, nor how long it would take, but activist, concerned about sustaining fragile human rights gains communities, and ecosystems—our lives contingent on the In this report, you’ll meet Tatyana Humle, a researcher the amazing team at Arcus never doubted we would make a of recent years, asked how we were addressing what she planet’s finite resources. at the University of Kent, who is using drones in Sierra Leone significant difference and that we had a clear responsibility to perceived as a retreat from human rights protections in the We have long known that for those most marginalized in to track the behavior of chimpanzees living within or close to give it all we had. United States. She pointed out that movements in places like LGBTQ communities, mere survival can require a daily struggle agriculture sites. You’ll also read about the country’s Tacugama I still believe we are making huge strides in social equity Kenya—one of the countries where the Williams Institute noted against poverty, violence, and social rejection. Our recently Chimpanzee Sanctuary, a safe haven for displaced chimps, and conservation although every year I am reminded that a decline in acceptance—need models of success to point to revised strategy thus centers on fostering deeper and longer- that works with surrounding communities to help foster respect fighting for these causes can be a very long game. A big part of as they educate and campaign in East Africa. Our exchange term partnerships with our movement through interconnected for the non-human apes in their midst. my conviction that things are improving is due to the amazing reaffirmed just how fleeting or tenuous change can be—and goals (See pages 4-7). The fact that nearly half the world’s Also in these pages is a focus on a consortium of changemakers working on the frontlines and especially at the how a small victory here inspires another victory there. human population lives in systemic poverty only reinforces for organizations in Democratic Republic of the Congo, holding grassroots—comrades whom we have been honored to get to Last year, the foundation completed a strategic review us that we must also partner with other movements. fast to a moratorium on logging that protects one of the know and support. I believe we should celebrate them, and of our LGBTQ programs—reflecting on the character of Arcus, Whether in the United States, where a “family separation” most important rainforest habitats of the bonobo. And you’ll we feature many of them in this report. We can and should our desired impact, and the strategies we should pursue. I am immigration policy was being reversed as we went to press, or learn, in a preview of content from the latest volume in the be incredibly proud of our movement’s accomplishments grateful to the team, but particularly to Annette Lanjouw and elsewhere, inhumane acts and policies underscore our decision State of the Apes series, about a conservation success in and the individuals who have risen to the forefront of this Jason McGill, our amazing co-executive directors, who did a to focus our work geographically. We are working more closely averting the potential impact of a large-scale power plant life-­changing work. fantastic job leading that process. As a result, Arcus’ Social with activists, funders, and others in the southern United States, on the Sumatran orangutan, of whom only 6,000 to 8,000 Over the past years, we have been alternately bolstered Justice team will now be focusing our domestic LGBTQ work including many border states; across Mexico, the Caribbean, individuals remain. by new milestones and challenged by setbacks across both across the southern United States, and our international work and Central America; and in East and southern Africa. We urge you to get involved in the conservation and our mission areas. We have ample reason both for optimism in eastern and southern Africa, Central America, Mexico, and Ensuring safety from persecution—whether within or social justice movements you read about in these pages by and concern. A recent Williams Institute study found that since the Caribbean. In these regions, we believe that our knowledge, outside one’s national borders—is one of three goals of the joining our online communities or visiting arcusfoundation. 1980 more than a third of the world’s countries have become experience and networks can make the greatest impact. revised LGBTQ strategy. It’s also the aim of several individuals org/partners where you’ll find links enabling you to support a more accepting of LGBTQ people, while about a quarter have With the past to inform us and our values to guide us, we profile in this report, including Jholerina Timbo of Windhoek, broad range of our partners in their efforts toward a world where become more hostile. However, the study also indicates that we will not be deterred. Our board, staff and grantee partners Namibia, and Daroneshia Duncan of Birmingham, Alabama— we live in harmony with one another and our environment. countries at polar extremes of acceptance or hostility are are, more than ever, cohesive, global and strategic. We share both mobilizing resources to ensure an end to transphobic becoming more so. This past year, we have seen, from unlikely the will and imagination to see our mission through. We can bullying, violence, and discrimination—and Joshua Sehoole, institutions and actors, opposition to lives envision a world more beautiful, equitable and just—and we chipping away at widely and liberties that we and our grantee are as determined as ever to realize that vision. held prejudices that fuel partners are working hard to protect. violence against lesbian, These challenges include immigration trans, and intersex people policies that undermine the safety of in southern Africa. LGBTQ people who cannot live safely in What unites them their home countries, and abandoned is that they saw a need, Jason McGill & Annette Lanjouw commitments to address climate change Jon L. Stryker, President and Founder took action, and refused Co-Executive Directors

2 2 SOCIALLETTERS JUSTICE ARCUSARCUS FOUNDATION FOUNDATION ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT REPORT 2017 20173 3 GreatApes Gibbons

We believe that respect for diversity among peoples and in nature is essential to a positive future for our planet GOALS and all its inhabitants. LGBTQ Safety Increased

We partner with experts and activists—brave advocates for change—who push boundaries and confront tough challenges. LGBTQ People Protected by Policy and Laws Social Acceptance and Inclusion of LGBTQ People Together, we learn from each other and take bold risks on Strengthened groundbreaking ideas that drive progress toward a future of respect and dignity for all. &

Effective Conservation Movement Built

Respect and Value GOALS of Apes Increased

Conservation and Development Reconciled Social Justice &

The Arcus Foundation is among the largest and most consistent funders of efforts to ensure We work to: our fellow apes can thrive—living full lives on their own terms in their natural habitats. Reconcile socioeconomic development and conservation activities in the landscapes where great apes and gibbons live. Improve respect for and recognition of the intrinsic value of apes and improve their care and treatment in captivity. Build an integrated and coordinated ape conservation movement. Grow recognition and consideration of apes in larger, adjacent conservation movements.

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8 GREAT APES AND GIBBONS ARCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2017 9 Logging Threats Continue ’ LEARN MORE in Worlds Most Diverse Great Ape Habitat arcus.link/logfreeze

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is home to the world’s “Lomako’s bonobo populations most diverse population of great apes and is the only country where are a very easy target, not only for local communities, but bonobos live. for workers at the logging The future of a 16-year logging ban on some of DRC’s pristine concession.”—Charly Facheux, rainforests was uncertain in July 2018. The country’s environment vice president, policy and program minister, earlier during the year, granted more than 2,500 square miles for implementation in concessions in the Cuvette Centrale region (see map) within proximity of West and Central Africa, the African the country’s critically endangered bonobos. Wildlife Foundation

Tea plantation on the edge of a national park, home to eastern lowland gorillas, in eastern DRC. Lomako

DEMOCRATIC Cuvette Centrale region REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

“Lifting the moratorium on new logging licenses would be seen as one of the single biggest A bonobo wanders close to a logging concession in Yakata, northern DRC. threats to ape populations in the Congo Basin.”—Simon Counsell, executive director, Rainforest Foundation UK, one of 50 groups that signed a letter opposing changes to a 2002 logging moratorium.

10 GREAT APES AND GIBBONS ARCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2017 11 Drone Maps Offer New Hope for Sierra Leone Chimps

More than half of Sierra Leone’s See endnotes on inside back cover. roughly 5,500 western chimpanzees, all classified as critically endangered, live outside protected areas.1 More than 80 percent of their Sierra Leone range is suitable for oil palm cultivation.2 Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, currently caring for 81 individuals, was set up in the mid-1990s as a home for chimpanzees who survived poaching or were being kept as pets.

SIERRA LEONE

Three western chimpanzees peer at a camera trap placed by researchers in Tacugama Sanctuary Moyamba, Sierra Leone.

Moyamba District “The drone gives us much more data and Reggae, a Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary resident, was five years old when she was rescued from captivity in early 2013. She had been kept as a more quickly on chimpanzee numbers and pet in a village in Moyamba district, Sierra Leone. behavior. We can use that kind of data for effective land use and conservation planning.” —Dr. Tatyana Humle, senior lecturer in conservation and primate behavior, University of Kent, United Kingdom “I remember Reggae being very shy … but she adjusted to the group very well.” —Rosa Garriga, veterinarian and conservation researcher, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Sierra Leone LEARN MORE

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12 GREAT APES AND GIBBONS ARCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2017 13 Sumatra Conservationists Win Victory in Orangutan Habitat

“The threats have never been Members of national and provincial governments in so severe for the last place Indonesia cancelled plans in August 2017 for construction on earth where orangutans, of a large-scale geothermal plant on the Kappi plateau, in rhinos, tigers, and elephants still live together in the wild.” the heart of the Leuser ecosystem, home to the critically —Panut Hadisiswoyo, director, Orangutan Information endangered Sumatran orangutan. Centre, Sumatra, Indonesia The Orangutan Information Centre and Forest, Nature and Environment of Aceh were among a group of conservationists who called, at a UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in July 2017, for the project to halt.

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INDONESIA Kappi Plateau

North Sumatra

Leuser Ecosystem Gunung Leuser National Park Proposed site for geothermal power plant

Protesters demand protection of Leuser Ecosystem in Aceh. Kelly, a female Sumatran Orangutan, approximately 18 years old, hangs from the canopy, eating ants. The Kappi plateau geothermal plant is one of several case studies presented in the upcoming third volume of State of the Apes, Infrastructure Development and Ape Conservation. LEARN MORE

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CONSERVATION OF APES Global Financial Integrity International Union for Nature Conservancy, The WELL BEING OF Gorilla Rehabilitation and Nonhuman Rights Project Save the Chimps gfintegrity.org Conservation of Nature nature.org Conservation Education nonhumanrights.org savethechimps.org African Parks Foundation APES IN CAPTIVITY Washington, DC iucn.org Arlington, VA (GRACE) Center Coral Springs, FL Fort Pierce, FL of America Animal Protection of New Mexico $75,000 Gland, Switzerland $450,000 gracegorillas.org $100,000 $1,594,000 africanparks.org/african-parks- apnm.org $350,000 Cumberland Center, ME foundation-america-new-york-usa Global Wildlife Conservation University of Kent Albuquerque, NM Orangutan Conservancy, The Tacugama Chimpanzee $250,000 $20,000 New York, NY globalwildlife.org kent.ac.uk/dice $100,000 orangutan.com Sanctuary Austin, TX Legal Atlas, The Canterbury, United Kingdom Health In Harmony Los Angeles, CA tacugama.com $122,906 Center for Great Apes $20,000 legal-atlas.net $31,300 healthinharmony.org $29,650 Freetown, Sierra Leone $99,340 centerforgreatapes.org Missoula, MT Portland, OR $75,000 African Wildlife Foundation Global Witness Waxman Strategies Wauchula, FL PASA $98,000 $31,700 awf.org globalwitness.org waxmanstrategies.com $400,000 (Pan African Sanctuaries SPECIAL GRANTMAKING Washington, DC London, United Kingdom Liverpool John Moores University Washington, DC $500,000 In Defense of Animals Alliance) $300,000 ljmu.ac.uk $350,000 idausa.org pasaprimates.org $521,300 Chimp Haven Biodiversity Funders Group Liverpool, United Kingdom San Rafael, CA Portland, OR biodiversityfunders.org Aspinall Foundation, The Greenpeace Fund Whitley Fund for Nature chimphaven.org $135,400 $40,000 $20,000 San Francisco, CA aspinallfoundation.org greenpeace.org/usa whitleyaward.org Keithville, LA $9,250 Lympne, Hythe, United Kingdom Washington, DC Lukuru Wildlife London, United Kingdom $500,000 International Animal PanEco Foundation paneco.ch $30,000 $350,000 Research Foundation $300,000 Friends of Bonobos Rescue Indonesia Gorilla Rehabilitation and lukuru.org internationalanimalrescue.org Berg am Irchel, Switzerland Conservation Education Cleveland Zoological Society Gunung Palung Orangutan Wildlife Conservation Society friendsofbonobos.org Marion, OH Tamansari Ciapus, Indonesia $40,000 (GRACE) Center clevelandzoosociety.org Conservation Program wcs.org Minneapolis, MN $300,000 $450,000 gracegorillas.org Cleveland, OH savegporangutans.org Bronx, NY $250,000 PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) Cumberland Center, ME $75,200 Boston, MA Max Planck Society for the $200,000 GFAS (Global Federation of International Primate $150,000 Advancement of Science $341,000 Protection League peta.org $7,000 Comoe Chimpanzee Animal Sanctuaries) mpg.de/en ippl.org Norfolk, VA Wildlife Asia Conservation Project International Institute for World Wildlife Fund sanctuaryfederation.org Leipzig, Germany Summerville, SC $300,000 wildlifeasia.org.au www.facebook.com/ Environment and Development worldwildlife.org Phoenix, AZ $100,000 $100,000 Willagee, Australia comoechimpanzeecp iied.org Washington, DC $40,000 Projet Gorille Fernan-Vaz $7,000 Kakpin, Cote d’Ivoire London, United Kingdom Mountain Gorilla $200,000 $110,000 Max Planck Society for the gorillasgabon.org Advancement of Science Libreville, Gabon $28,000 $180,000 Veterinary Project Zoological Society of San Diego $264,400 gorilladoctors.org mpg.de/en $10,500

Amounts for organizations receiving more than one 2017 grant are listed chronologically by date of approval. by date of approval. listed chronologically than one 2017 grant are more receiving Amounts for organizations Foundation Center zoo.sandiegozoo.org Davis, CA Leipzig, Germany foundationcenter.org International National San Diego, CA $230,000 $12,000 New York, NY Trusts Organisation $250,000 $65,000 intoorg.org London, United Kingdom $24,615

An additional $187,000 in grants was awarded under the Great Apes & Gibbons program to organizations whose names are excluded from this list due to security concerns.

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The Arcus Foundation is among the largest and most consistent funders of LGBTQ causes around the world. We work to: Support those most marginalized in LGBTQ communities. Reduce rates of anti-LGBTQ violence, particularly for those most affected, such as trans people of color and immigrants. Advance policy, protections and social change, including acceptance of LGBTQ people in faith communities.

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Activists Take arcus.link/bringrightshome Bold Steps to Bring Rights Home

“We believe in the potential Trans and gender-diverse human rights defenders welcomed a of media changing people’s World Health Organization announcement, in June 2018, that it had thoughts, perceptions, removed all trans-related categories from its international classifications knowledge, and behavior. When we are the ones telling of mental and behavioral disorders. our own stories, there’s 2,609 murders of trans and gender diverse people were reported in a lot of power in that.” —Joshua Sehoole, 71 countries between 2008 and 2017, according to the Trans Murder advocacy manager, Monitoring project.3 A majority of the 325 reported during 2017 occurred Iranti, a Johannesburg- in Brazil (171), Mexico (56), and the United States (25). based lesbian, trans, and intersex support Ghana and Kenya were among the world’s top five countries least organization. accepting of LGBT people and rights that showed greatest decreases in levels of acceptance, according to a study released in March 2018 comparing two periods within the last 15 years.4

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JohannesburgCape Town

SOUTH AFRICA “Growing up, I didn’t have hope … I didn’t have anybody to talk to. Setting up an organization where people can call and get comfort, get emotions out and feel safe in itself is a great achievement.” —Jholerina Brinette Timbo, founder, Wings to Transcend, Windhoek, Namibia The Other Foundation brought activists together from across southern Africa to Pretoria, South Africa, in 2017.

20 SOCIAL JUSTICE ARCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2017 21 Faith Leaders Call for ‘‘Golden Rule’’ of Mutual Respect

Faith leaders from a range of religious backgrounds came together in October 2017 for the first time at the United Nations in New York to call for application of the reciprocity principle to LGBTQ acceptance: “Treat people as you would have them treat you.” The U.S. Supreme Court in June 2018 ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who refused on religious grounds to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, sustaining uncertainties around when “religious Rev. Ecclesia de Lange decided in liberty” can be used to deny rights. September 2017 against pursuing legal action against South Africa’s Methodist Publicly funded adoption and foster care agencies in the United church, which expelled her after her States citing religious values are increasingly permitted by state marriage to her same-sex partner. She turned her attention to grassroots legislatures—including those in South Dakota, Alabama, Texas, organizing as director of Inclusive and Oklahoma, and Kansas—to reject applications from LGBTQ clients. Affirming Ministries.

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Gugulethu

“I’m Jewish by my mother, a baptized Catholic, and I’ve read Buddhism. If we embrace our humanity at the core, A Refuge for Those Cast Out iThemba Lam, meaning “hope” in the Xhosa language, provides refuge and counseling for we see that what we share far outweighs our differences.”—Tuisina Ymania Brown, who identifies as Fa’afafine from the island those exiled by homophobia and transphobia. The safe house, including a soup kitchen that nation of Samoa, is co-chair of the Global Interfaith Network and took part in a multifaith gathering at the United Nations in New York. LEARN MORE feeds hundreds daily, was built by Inclusive and Affirming Ministries in the impoverished neighborhood of Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa. arcus.link/goldenrule

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Groups Stand up to U.S. Backlash arcus.link/standup

Social and racial justice, reproductive health, immigrant and civil rights groups, and local and state-level political campaigns joined forces during 2017 and 2018 in response to multiple LGBTQ- rights rollbacks in the United States, including the withdrawal of federal protections for trans students in public schools and trans employees in the workplace and the reinstatement of a ban on trans military personnel. As of June 2018, the number of transgender elected officials had doubled to more than 10. 22 trans women of color were murdered in the United States in 2017, making them the single most targeted group among the recorded 52 LGBTQ homicides, according to the Anti-Violence Project.5 Nearly half of the 52 murders took place in four states: Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, and Florida. LGBT immigrants were being held in U.S. detention facilities for long periods of time, in unsafe conditions, and at far greater Activists gather at an Albuquerque intersection in August, risk of sexual violence than the general population, according 2018, to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the death in ICE custody of Roxana Hernandez, a transgender to May 2018 data.6 asylum seeker from Honduras, in May.

Albuquerque “We’re among 11 million in the United States NEW MEXICO caught in a system that separates us into a Birmingham sub-class who are not afforded those promises ALABAMA that make this country famous. We just want relief so we can live our lives without the fear “In the Deep South, the Bible Belt, if you’re black or brown and you’re a trans woman, you’re outcast of deportation hanging over our heads.” from the community. We face so much discrimination and hate, but folks don’t understand how Orlando —Marco Antonio Quiroga, program director, Contigo Fund, resident of critical it is to have TAKE, a specific space for trans women of color.” FLORIDA Orlando, Florida, and recipient of temporary relief under the 2012 legislation —Daroneshia Duncan, founder, Transgender Advocates Knowledgeable and Empowering (TAKE), Birmingham, Alabama called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

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US SOCIAL JUSTICE Funders Together to End Our Fund SOCIAL JUSTICE Gender DynamiX Transgender Resource Center Fondo Lunaria Mujer Synergía – Initiatives for Homelessness our-fund.org genderdynamix.org.za of New Mexico fondolunaria.org Human Rights Association of LGBTQ INITIATIVES* funderstogether.org Wilton Manors, FL Cape Town, South Africa tgrcnm.org Bogotá, Colombia facebook.com/synergiaihr Journalists, The Advocates for Informed Choice Boston, MA $150,000 $200,000 Albuquerque, NM $43,000 Washington, DC nlgja.org (dba interACT) $50,000 $150,000 $391,755 Washington, DC Pipeline Project interactadvocates.org Gender Justice League Fund for Global Human $50,000 Horizons Foundation lgbtpipeline.org Sudbury, MA genderjusticeleague.org Trans Justice Funding Project Rights, The Tides Foundation $50,000 horizonsfoundation.org New York, NY $150,000 Seattle, WA transjusticefundingproject.org globalhumanrights.org tides.org San Francisco, CA $50,000 $90,000 Brooklyn, NY Washington, DC San Francisco, CA Astraea Foundation Astraea Foundation $30,000 $120,000 $300,000 $50,000 astraeafoundation.org Point Source Youth astraeafoundation.org Interfaith Working Group New York, NY Lulac Institute pointsourceyouth.org New York, NY transfaithonline.org TransLatin@ Coalition, The Fundación Fondo UHAI – The East African Sexual $300,000 lulac.org Brooklyn, NY $200,000 Philadelphia, PA translatinacoalition.org Centroamericano de Mujeres Health and Rights Initiative Washington, DC $100,000 $75,000 Los Angeles, CA fcmujeres.org uhai-eashri.org Black Youth Project 100 Borealis Philanthropy $50,000 $150,000 Managua, Nicaragua Nairobi, Kenya Education Fund Ruth Ellis Center borealisphilanthropy.org Mazzoni Center $140,000 $75,000 byp100.org National Center for ruthelliscenter.com Minneapolis, MN mazzonicenter.org Trustees of Columbia University $500,000 Chicago, IL Lesbian Rights Highland Park, MI $50,000 Philadelphia, PA columbia.edu Hivos $200,000 nclrights.org $150,000 $1,000,000 $75,000 New York, NY hivos.nl San Francisco, CA $25,000 The Hague, The Netherlands GLOBAL RELIGIONS Borealis Philanthropy Southerners on New Ground BreakOUT! Racial Justice Action Center $125,000 $300,000 All Africa Theological Education borealisphilanthropy.org southernersonnewground.org youthbreakout.org rjactioncenter.org University of Washington by Extension Minneapolis, MN National LGBTQ Task Force Atlanta, GA New Orleans, LA Atlanta, GA depts.washington.edu/transyp International Lesbian, Gay, facebook.com/teeafrica $430,000 thetaskforce.org $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 Seattle, WA Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Washington, DC $200,000 Association Lusaka, Zambia California Rural Legal Assistance True Colors Fund Casa Ruby TGI Justice Project $150,000 ilga.org $30,000 crla.org truecolorsfund.org casaruby.org tgijp.org INTERNATIONAL HUMAN Geneva, Switzerland Auburn Theological Seminary Oakland, CA National Public Radio New York, NY Washington, DC San Francisco, CA RIGHTS $50,000 auburnseminary.org $125,000 npr.org $125,000 $75,000 $80,000 $50,000 New York, NY Washington, DC American Psychological Dolores C. Huerta Foundation Tyler Clementi Foundation Equality Virginia Trans*H4CK $135,000 $150,000 Association Mama Cash doloreshuerta.org tylerclementi.org equalityvirginia.org transhack.org apa.org mamacash.org Center for American Progress Amounts for organizations receiving more than one 2017 grant are listed chronologically by date of approval. by date of approval. listed chronologically than one 2017 grant are more receiving Amounts for organizations Bakersfield, CA New Venture Fund New York, NY Richmond, VA Oakland, CA Washington, DC Amsterdam, The Netherlands americanprogress.org $125,000 newventurefund.org $5,000 $40,000 $50,000 Washington, DC $100,000 $150,000 Washington, DC Faces of Giving Projects United We Dream Freedom Center for Transgender Europe $200,000 $200,000 ARC International ORAM (Organization for Refuge, facesofgiving.org unitedwedream.org Social Justice, The tgeu.org arc-international.net Asylum & Migration) Centre for Popular Education Brooklyn, NY New York City Washington, DC FCSJ.org Berlin, Germany Dartmouth, Canada oramrefugee.org and Human Rights $25,000 Anti-Violence Project $150,000 Charlotte, NC $400,000 $100,000 San Francisco, CA sites.google.com/site/cepehrg avp.org $100,000 Forward Together University of California, Transgender Law Center $100,000 Accra, Ghana New York, NY Association for the Prevention forwardtogether.org Los Angeles GATE (Global Action for transgenderlawcenter.org $65,000 $200,000 of Torture Organization of American States Oakland, CA williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu Trans* Equality) Oakland, CA apt.ch oas.org/en/iachr Church Properties Reimagined $100,000 NQAPIA (National Queer Asian Los Angeles, CA transactivists.org $50,000 Geneva, Switzerland Washington, DC cprchicago.org Pacific Islander Alliance) $150,000 New York, NY Funders for LGBTQ Issues Transgender Legal Defense and $30,000 $100,000 Chicago, IL nqapia.org/wpp $200,000 lgbtfunders.org Washington Blade Education Fund $30,000 New York, NY Astraea Foundation Pan Africa ILGA New York, NY washingtonbladefoundation.org Gender Diversity transgenderlegal.org $220,000 astraeafoundation.org panafricailga.org Church World Service $450,000 Washington, DC genderdiversity.org New York, NY New York, NY Johannesburg, South Africa cwsglobal.org $75,000 Seattle, WA $100,000 $1,300,000 $200,000 New York, NY $60,000 $270,000 $125,000

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*Grantmaking under this program area supports trans-related organizations arcus.link/partners

26 GRANTS ARCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2017 27 2017 Social Justice Program

European Forum of Lesbian, MANERELA+ Reconciling Ministries Network SPECIAL GRANTMAKING Food and Friends Higher Heights Leadership Fund National Committee for Southerners on New Ground Gay, Bisexual and Transgender facebook.com/MANERELA rmnetwork.org foodandfriends.org higherheightsleadershipfund.org Responsive Philanthropy southernersonnewground.org Association of Christian Groups Lilongwe, Malawi Chicago, IL Washington, DC Washington, DC ncrp.org Atlanta, GA Black Foundation Executives euroforumlgbtchristians.eu $50,000 $220,000 $10,000 $5,000 Washington, DC $2,500 abfe.org Amsterdam, The Netherlands $9,500 Many Voices Reformation Project, The New York, NY Forward Together HIPS The Center (The Lesbian, Gay, $200,000 manyvoices.org reformationproject.org $9,500 forwardtogether.org hips.org Native Americans in Philanthropy Bisexual and Transgender Euroregional Center for Washington, DC Lenexa, KS Oakland, CA Washington, DC nativephilanthropy.org Community Center) Audre Lorde Project Public Initiatives $75,000 $150,000 $2,500 $5,000 Minneapolis, MN gaycenter.org alp.org ecpi.ro $2,500 New York, NY Muslims for Progressive Values Religion Newswriters Foundation New York, NY Foundation Center Hispanics in Philanthropy Bucharest, Romania $1,000 mpvusa.org religionnews.com $2,500 foundationcenter.org hiponline.org New York City $50,000 Los Angeles, CA Washington, DC New York, NY Oakland, CA Anti-Violence Project Theater Offensive Black Youth Project 100 Faith in Public Life $200,000 $100,000 $4,500 $4,500 avp.org thetheateroffensive.org Education Fund faithinpubliclife.org New York, NY Boston, MA Muslim Women’s Network UK Religious Institute byp100.org Funders for LGBTQ Issues Human Rights Funders Network Washington, DC $1,000 $2,500 mwnuk.co.uk religiousinstitute.org Chicago, IL lgbtfunders.org ihrfg.org $150,000 Birmingham, United Kingdom Bridgeport, CT $2,500 New York, NY New York, NY PEAK Grantmaking Trans Justice Funding Project Faith Matters (Interfaith Voices) $150,000 $100,000 $14,500 $4,500 peakgrantmaking.org transjusticefundingproject.org California Rural Legal Assistance interfaithradio.org Washington, DC Brooklyn, NY New Ways Ministry Rocky Mountain Conference crla.org Funders Together to Independent Sector Washington, DC $3,000 $1,000 newwaysministry.org United Oakland, CA End Homelessness independentsector.org $137,000 Mount Rainier, MD rmcumc.org $2,500 funderstogether.org Washington, DC Philanthropy New York Transgender, Gender Variant, Global Interfaith Network $35,000 Greenwood Village, CO $1,000 Boston, MA $12,000 philanthropynewyork.org Intersex Justice Project gin-ssogie.org $100,000 $9,500 New York, NY tgijp.org Pacific School of Religion Charities Aid Foundation Just Detention International Johannesburg, South Africa $19,750 San Francisco, CA psr.edu Soulforce of America Futuro Media Group, The justdetention.org $100,000 $8,000 Berkeley, CA soulforce.org CAFAmerica.org futuromediagroup.org Los Angeles, CA Power Rising Inner Circle, The $45,000 Abilene, TX Alexandria, VA New York, NY $4,000 powerrising.org Transgender Resource Center of theinnercircle.org.za Washington, DC $95,000 $100,000 $10,000 $10,000 Media Impact Funders New Mexico Wynberg, South Africa $5,000 tgrcnm.org Pembizo Christian Council Starr King School for Christopher Street Gender DynamiX mediaimpactfunders.org $200,000 Albuquerque, NM

Amounts for organizations receiving more than one 2017 grant are listed chronologically by date of approval. by date of approval. listed chronologically than one 2017 grant are more receiving Amounts for organizations facebook.com/pembizochristian. the Ministry West Association genderdynamix.org.za Philadelphia, PA Racial Justice Action Center $3,000 Interfaith Alliance Foundation council sksm.edu lapride.org Cape Town, South Africa $7,000 rjactioncenter.org interfaithalliance.org Nairobi, Kenya Berkeley, CA Atlanta, GA West Hollywood, CA $5,000 Mijente Trevor Project Washington, DC thetrevorproject.org $98,000 $165,000 $10,000 Grantmakers for mijente.net $7,000 $75,000 West Hollywood, CA Political Research Associates Union Theological Seminary Citizen Association Egal Effective Organizations Phoenix, AZ Regional Info Center (GayEcho) $2,500 International Fellowship politicalresearch.org utsnyc.edu egal.org.rs/en geofunders.org $5,000 gayecho.com/news Somerville, MA New York, NY Washington, DC Belgrade, Serbia of Reconciliation Belgrade, Serbia Mossier Social Action and Village Enterprise Fund ifor.org villageef.org $150,000 $75,000 $30,000 $7,780 Innovation Center $10,000 Utrecht, Netherlands San Carlos, CA Proteus Fund Western Cape Provincial Council Council on Foundations Grantmakers for mnmosaic.org SAGE (Services & Advocacy $50,000 $10,000 proteusfund.org of Churches cof.org Southern Progress Saint Louis Park, MN for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & $20,000 Amherst, MA sacc.org.za Arlington, VA nfg.org $5,000 Transgender Elders) Whitman-Walker Clinic Cape Town, South Africa Oakland, CA sageusa.org whitman-walker.org Intersections International $300,000 $24,500 Museum of the American Military intersectionsinternational.org $150,000 $9,500 New York, NY Washington, DC Public Religion Executives’ Alliance for Boys Family & Learning Center New York, NY $1,000 $5,000 Research Institute Yvette A. Flunder Foundation and Men of Color Hetrick-Martin Institute militaryfamilymuseum.org $100,000 prri.org radicallyinclusive.org eaimpactreport.org hmi.org Tijeras, NM Skowhegan School of Painting Washington, DC Oakland, CA Washington, DC New York, NY $5,000 and Sculpting $150,000 $150,000 $29,500 $7,500 skowheganart.org New York, NY ZANERELA+ zanerela.weebly.com $10,000 Lusaka, Zambia $75,000 LEARN MORE An additional $978,926 in grants was awarded under the Social Justice program to organizations whose names are excluded from this list due to security concerns. arcus.link/partners

28 GRANTS ARCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2017 29 Consolidated Statement of Financial Position As of December 31, 2017



ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents  $ 10,464,437 GRANTS AND OPERATING Accrued interest and dividends  267,692 EXPENSES 2017

Due from investment managers  2,017,373 $40,168,774

Prepaid federal excise tax  8,050 Grants Awarded $28,892,272 Property, equipment, and leasehold improvements (net) 1,133,440

Investments  195,942,301 72%

10% GRANTS AWARDED 2017 Other assets  438,803 $28,892,272 Total Assets $ 210,272,096 18% Operating Expenses U.S. Social Justice $4,211,400 $4,135,000

LIABILITIES Grants payable (net)  $ 16,641,941 Social Justice Initiatives* Programmatic Expenses $3,940,000 Accounts payable and accrued expenses  665,865 $7,065,102 Global Religions 14% 14% Deferred federal excise tax  2,020,000 $4,430,000 International Human Rights Deferred rent  742,601 15% $5,198,681 21% Total Liabilities $ 20,070,407 18% Net Assets  190,201,689 Conservation of Apes 17% 1% $5,891,461 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 210,272,096

Well Being of Apes in Captivity Special $4,909,850 Grantmaking ** $ 3 87, 28 0 LEARN MORE

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*The majority of this grantmaking supports trans-related organizations **Additional grants intended to enhance program strategy

30 FINANCIALS ARCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2017 31 As of June 2018

BOARD MEMBERS STAFF MEMBERS ENDNOTES 1 According to a 2010 census carried out Jon Stryker Rodrigo Aguiar Stephanie Myers by the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary. Board President and Founder Executive Assistant to the Executive Online Communications Manager 2 Wich et al., 2014, cited at www.iucn.org 3 Office A project of Transgender Europe: Stephen Bennett Sebastian Naidoo https://transrespect.org/en 4 Williams Institute at the University of Board Member Heather Antonissen Director, Global Media California, Los Angeles School of Law: Communications Associate Polarized Progress – Social Acceptance of Evelynn M. Hammonds Linh M. Nguyen LGBT People in 141 Countries 1981 to 2014. Board Member Monica Charles Senior Accountant 5 National Coalition of Anti-Violence Grants Manager Projects, A Crisis of Hate, 2017. Maya L. Harris Ericka Novotny 6 U.S. congressional letter published by Board Member Adrian R. Coman Director, Grants Management Center for American Progress, May, 2018. Director, International Social Justice PHOTO CREDITS Janet Mock Program Lia M. Parifax Front Cover: © Terrance Siemon Board Member Director, Executive Planning and Project Inside Front Cover & p.1: © Isla Davidson Desiree Flores Management p.2: © Slobodan Randjelovic´ Catherine Pino Director, U.S. Social Justice Program p.2-7: (Background) © Jurek Wajdowicz Board Member Adam Phillipson p.3: © Brad Hamilton Linda Ho Great Apes Program Officer p.7: © Isla Davidson Slobodan Randjelovic´ p.8: (Left to right) © Jabruson; Controller © Gaia Light; © Paul Hilton; © Slobodan Board Member Helga Rainer Randjelovic´; © Mathiew Asselin Melvin Jung Director, Conservation Program p.8-9: (Background) © Jabruson Jeff Trandahl Accounting and Human Resources p.10: © Jabruson Board Member Associate Cindy Rizzo p.10-15: (Background) © Jurek Wajdowicz Senior Advisor, Evaluation and Strategy p.11: (Top) © Peter Chira / African Wildlife Foundation; (Bottom) Courtesy of Rainforest Rachel Kimber EXECUTIVE TEAM Marie Stevenson Foundation UK Grants Manager p.12: (Top) Courtesy of Tacugama Program Manager / U.K. Office Manager Annette Lanjouw Chimpanzee Sanctuary; Erica Lim (Bottom) Courtesy of University of Kent / Co-Executive Director Social Justice Program Manager Madeleine Van Dam Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary Receptionist / Operations Assistant p.13: (Top) Courtesy of Tacugama Jason McGill Daniel Maiuri Chimpanzee Sanctuary; Co-Executive Director Daniel Werner (Bottom) Courtesy of University of Kent / Social Justice Program Administrative Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary Social Justice Program Associate Thomas W. Nichols Coordinator p.14, 15 (Top) © Jabruson Vice President, Finance and Operations p.15 (Right): © Anadolu Agency / Getty Images Andrea Marra Alisha Williams p.16-17: © Jabruson Communications Manager U.S. Social Justice Program Officer p.18: (Left) © Terrance Siemon; Bryan Simmons (Right) © Jurek Wajdowicz Vice President, Communications p.18-25: (Background) © Jurek Wajdowicz Linda May Eileen Young Office Manager p.19: © Terrance Siemon Jennene Tierney Director, Captive Apes Program p.20-21: © Lodi Matsetela Vice President, Human Resources p.22: © Kimberly Reed p.23: (Bottom) Courtesy of Inclusive and Affirming Ministries; (Top) © Lodi Matsetela p.24: © Caitie McCabe p.25: (Top) © Albuquerque Journal; LEARN MORE (Bottom) © Caitie McCabe p.26-29: © Jurek Wajdowicz p.30-31: © Annette Lanjouw arcus.link/about p.32 & Inside Back Cover: © Jurek Wajdowicz Back Cover: Courtesy of University of Kent / Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary

Front Cover: Albuquerque Pride, 2018. Back Cover: Western chimpanzees approach a camera trap placed by University of Kent and Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary as part of a study in Moyamba, Sierra Leone.

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