2017 Tracking Report: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Grantmaking by U.S. Foundations
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2017 TRACKING REPORT $185,731,739 2,240 341 Total Investment Grantees Foundations 6,290 in LGBTQ issues and Corporations Grants Invested in LGBTQ Issues Total Annual LGBTQ Grant Dollars, 2008-2017 Foundation funding for LGBTQ issues totaled $185.7 million in 2017. While this represents a significant decrease of nearly $17 million, or 8 percent, from the $202.3 million in LGBTQ funding reported in 2016, this decline is almost entirely attributable to the philanthropic response to the Pulse Nightclub Massacre. If we compare annual funding excluding OneOrlando Fund distributions, funding for LGBTQ increased by $10.8 million, or 6 percent. Nominal dollars (not adjusted) 2017 dollars (adjusted for inflation) $250,000,000 Total without OneOrlando grantmaking (not adjusted) Total without OneOrlando grantmaking (adjusted for inflation) $200,000,000 $150,000,000 $100,000,000 (withoutOne- $50,000,000 Orlandograntmaking) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 *Inflation numbers are based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index. (withoutOne- Orlandograntmaking) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ For every $100 dollars ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ awarded by U.S. ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ foundations, 28 cents ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ specifically supported ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ LGBTQ issues. Top 10 Funders of LGBTQ Issues, by Total Dollar Amount In 2017, the top ten funders of LGBTQ issues awarded $86.2 million, accounting for 43 percent of all funding for LGBTQ issues from U.S.-based foundations. Excluding funding awarded in response to the 2016 Pulse Nightclub Massacre, funding from the top ten funders increased by $1.2 million from 2016. Arcus Ford Gilead Gill Open Society Tides Astraea Lesbian Evelyn and Walter Elton John M.A.C. AIDS Foundation Foundation Sciences Foundation Foundations Foundation Foundation for Justice Haas, Jr. Fund AIDS Foundation Fund $17.0M $12.4M $11.7M $9.5M $7.8M $7.6M $5.2M $5.0M $5.0M $4.9M Sources of LGBTQ Grant Dollars, by Funder Type* $185,731,739 2,240 While foundation giving to LGBTQ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 341 6,290 Total Investment Grantees issues (not including OneOrlando $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Foundations in LGBTQ issues Fund) increased in 2017, this growth Grants $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ and Corporations was not uniform across foundation Invested in types. Community foundations and $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ LGBTQ Issues corporate funders had the biggest $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ increases in 2017. Anonymous Funders LGBTQ Private Non-LGBTQ 8% 22% Foundations 14% Public $15,570,000 $42,478,374 Foundations Community Non-LGBTQ Private $28,083,033 Total Annual LGBTQ Grant Dollars, 2008-2017 6% Foundations 26% Foundations $12,351,847 $50,985,257 Foundation funding for LGBTQ issues totaled $185.7 million in 2017. While this represents a significant decrease of nearly $17 Corporate Funders LGBTQ Public 14% 10% Foundations million, or 8 percent, from the $202.3 million in LGBTQ funding reported in 2016, this decline is almost entirely attributable to $27,099,318 the philanthropic response to the Pulse Nightclub Massacre. If we compare annual funding excluding OneOrlando Fund $20,144,646 distributions, funding for LGBTQ increased by $10.8 million, or 6 percent. Nominal dollars (not adjusted) 2017 dollars (adjusted for inflation) $250,000,000 Total without OneOrlando grantmaking (not adjusted) Distribution of LGBTQ Grant Dollars, by Geographic Focus* Total without OneOrlando grantmaking (adjusted for inflation) In 2017, approximately 73 percent of funding focused on LGBTQ communities in the United States, while approximately 26 percent focused on LGBTQ issues globally or outside the United States, excluding funding from OneOrlando. $200,000,000 8% 18% 29% 5% 10% 30% $150,000,000 International Outside the U.S. U.S. - U.S. - U.S. - U.S. - Local (Global Focus) National Regional Statewide (Multi-State) $100,000,000 (withoutOne- *These sections exclude funding distributed by the OneOrlando Fund in 2017. $50,000,000 Orlandograntmaking) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Local, State, and Regional Funding of LGBTQ Notable *Inflation numbers are based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index. (withoutOne- Orlandograntmaking) Issues, by Regional Percentage Change Changes in 2017 While the South received the largest share of grant dollars for Funding for Funding for trans the first time since we began tracking funding by region, with Trans Communities communities in an increase of 27 percent, the region still receives less funding the United States ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ For every $100 dollars per LGBTQ adult than the Northeast and Pacific regions. 2017 continued to ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ awarded by U.S. $22,564,755 increase, reaching foundations, 28 cents PACIFIC MIDWEST NORTHEAST a record high of ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ – 2% to $20,958,073 + 3% to $8,758,652 + 20% to $22,365,842 2016 ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ specifically supported $16,976,892 $22,564,755 in ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ LGBTQ issues. 2017 — a 33 +33% percent increase from 2016. Top 10 Funders of LGBTQ Issues, by Total Dollar Amount The percentage of Funding for funding for LGBTQ Organizations In 2017, the top ten funders of LGBTQ issues awarded $86.2 million, accounting for 43 percent of all funding for domestic LGBTQ LGBTQ issues from U.S.-based foundations. Excluding funding awarded in response to the 2016 Pulse Nightclub organizations Massacre, funding from the top ten funders increased by $1.2 million from 2016. decreased relative to funding to Arcus Ford Gilead Gill Open Society Tides Astraea Lesbian Evelyn and Walter Elton John M.A.C. AIDS Foundation Foundation Sciences Foundation Foundations Foundation Foundation for Justice Haas, Jr. Fund AIDS Foundation Fund non-LGBTQ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ organizations, 17.0M 12.4M 11.7M 9.5M 7.8M 7.6M 5.2M 5.0M 5.0M 4.9M MOUNTAIN + 48% to $4,922,661 accounting for SOUTH less than 64% + 27% to $22,679,302 two-thirds of ($24,785,828 with OneOrlando Fund Grantmaking) domestic funding. Introduction 2 INTRODUCTION am pleased to share with you the 2017 Tracking thirds of domestic funding for the first time since we Report: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer began tracking funding by organization type. IGrantmaking by U.S. Foundations. This report captures foundation funding at a complicated moment, a year This year’s report also sees significant shifts in both after we reported on the unprecedented philanthropic leading funders and leading grantees. Gilead Sciences response to the Pulse Nightclub Massacre that propelled climbed to the number three funder spot, awarding more philanthropic support for LGBTQ issues to the highest than $11 million for LGBTQ communities. Funders such level ever recorded, surpassing the $200-million mark for as Tides and The California Endowment also saw sharp the first time. increases. On the grantee side, the top three recipients were the New York LGBT Center, the Human Rights In 2017, 341 foundations awarded 6,290 grants Campaign Foundation, and African Men for Sexual totaling $185.7 million in support of organizations Health and Rights — none of which were among the top and programs addressing lesbian, gay, bisexual, 15 recipients in 2016. As committed and new LGBTQ transgender, and queer issues. As expected, the funders work to respond to a challenging and complex more than $30 million in funds distributed in direct climate both in the U.S. and abroad, diligent tracking of response to Pulse was highly focused in both scope and trends and gaps in LGBTQ funding is more important timing. In 2016, the OneOrlando Fund awarded about than ever. $30 million in direct support for approximately 300 survivors and families of victims of the massacre, and in As a caveat, remember that this report only includes 2017 the OneOrlando Fund gave out its remaining and funding from foundations and corporations — not from final disbursements of $2.1 million. Despite the overall individual donors or government agencies — and as decrease, excluding OneOrlando Fund grantmaking such only captures a portion of all giving to LGBTQ in 2016 and 2017, funding for LGBTQ issues by U.S. issues. Note that the global section of this year’s report foundations actually increased by $10.8 million. once again only provides a brief summary, since we Given the extraordinary nature of the giving of the provide more detailed information on funding for LGBTQ OneOrlando Fund, and for consistency with the 2016 issues internationally and outside the U.S. in our Global report, this year’s report again presents data both Resources Report, our biennial report series produced in including and excluding OneOrlando Fund funding, collaboration with the Global Philanthropy Project. particularly in those cases where OneOrlando makes up a disproportionately large amount of a particular sub- It is my hope that this report continues to prove useful category of funding. to funders, nonprofit leaders, and other stakeholders in identifying trends, gaps, and opportunities for LGBTQ Given the changing funding landscape and that several grantmaking. As with all of our research, our goal is key funders have scaled back support of LGBTQ issues, to provide accurate and user-friendly data on LGBTQ