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Stonewall's Racial Equity Initiative

We are thrilled to announce Stonewall's Racial Equity Initiative, a new grantmaking and capacity building program to support autonomous LGBTQ people of color organizations in New York City. The intent of this $300,000 initiative, made possible by a matching grant from Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues, is to help build the organizational capacity of groups whose missions are specifically about, programs explicitly focus on, and leadership primarily reflects queer communities of color.

In order to build the Racial Equity Initiative in the right way, Stonewall is currently conducting a comprehensive planning assessment, forming an advisory panel that is knowledgeable about and reflective of NYC's queer communities of color, and building toward a strategic convening of autonomous LGBTQ people of color organizations in the fall of 2009. We will also issue a Request for Proposals this fall. To download an overview of the Racial Equity Initiative, please click on the link below.

Overview of Stonewall's Racial Equity Initiative

Download the 2009 REI Request for Proposals

Download a copy of the 2008 Stonewall Racial Equity Initiative Report

Since its inception in 1990, the Foundation has granted more than $10 million to some 450 organizations. Your annual support of the Foundation makes this possible.

Who may apply?

New York City community-based not-for-profit organizations, projects and programs whose missions are of benefit to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) communities in the areas of health care, mental health, social service, substance abuse, community organizing, advocacy, arts, culture and the media. Organizations must be established as a 501(c)(3) corporation or have a suitable fiscal agent.

Stonewall will give preference to innovative projects by organizations responding to unmet needs in the LGBT communities. Stonewall will also fund improvement and/or expansion of ongoing programs and projects of proven value to the community.

The following groups have been given funding priority:

Adolescents and young adults
Seniors
People of color
Individuals living outside of Manhattan

What we do not fund

The Foundation does not consider grants for individuals, sectarian religious activities or organizations that lack tax exemption under U.S. law.

In general, the Foundation does not fund research projects or films.



	All proposals are reviewed by an independent community review panel. To ensure the grants process is truly "owned" by the community, two-thirds of the grant committee's members must be non-Stonewall directors. Annual Grants Cycle: You can also contact Bill McDermott, Interim Executive Director, at bill.mcdermott@stonewallfoundation.org with questions about Stonewall's grantmaking program. ___________________ A volunteer Board of Directors knowledgeable about the community governs the Foundation.