Membership
GPP’s 20 member organizations include many of the leading global funders and philanthropic advisors for LGBTI rights.
Click each logo to learn more about each GPP member.
Click here to view GPP member’s Twitter feeds.
GPP membership is open to staff and trustees of foundations that meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Funders whose primary function is grantmaking;
- Funders working to expand global philanthropy to support the human rights of LGBTI people in the Global South and East;
- Public, private, individual, faith-based, and corporate funders.
Click here for membership inquiries.
GPP’s work towards increasing resources for LGBTI work in the Global South and East, including:
- Research and Publications;
- Donor-focused convenings, pre-conferences, symposiums, institutes, and regionally focused consultations around the globe;
- Regular briefings and webinars to educate members and other funders on emerging issues in global LGBTI funding;
- Joint advocacy and collaborative initiatives to grow the number of LGBTI funders and the amount of support reaching LGBTI communities in the Global South and East.
Over 70,000 people in Mexico have been "disappeared" by cartels. We are incredibly proud to support las Rastreadoras, a group of mothers dedicated to the heartbreaking search for their missing loved ones. https://bit.ly/33ukdGG
For an organization that must promote human rights for the most vulnerable people, @USAID’s hiring of people who are misogynistic, Islamophobic, xenophobic, homophobic, & transphobic is deeply troubling.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Lutheran World Relief and the @ELCA partner to fight #COVID19 around the world. https://loom.ly/faZfbqM
ORAM's amazing Programme Officer, Anna Fontanini, shares with SPEAK some of the difficulties LGBTIQ individuals face while fleeing their country!
#LGBT #LGBTIQ #refugees #speak #standwithlgbtrefugees
https://blog.speak.social/refugees/
When trans people go to the polls to vote, it is an act of courage that many people may take for granted. Trans people’s voices are essential to our collective future.
http://www.newnownext.com/voting-while-trans-plus-one-the-id/06/2020/
Oportunidad de consultoría con @AstraeaUpdates & @MamaCash 👇🏼
💼 LBQ* Philanthropic Advocacy Project Coordinator
📍 Remoto 🌎🌍🌏
💰 8400 USD aprox.
🗓️ Fecha límite para aplicar – 26 de agosto
📋 Convocatoria – https://tinyurl.com/y29gffda
*mujeres lesbianas, bi, queer 🌈
It's been a real joy to run these for @64M_Artists Fourth round in October now on sale ... places limited so get in quick. Online group facilitation training that's participatory, creative and inclusive! 💡 https://twitter.com/64M_Artists/status/1291663217824014336
We are very excited to be working with some of the artists from The Artist in Time for National Day of Arts in Care Homes on 24 September #AICH2020. We will be sharing activity resources based on their practice on the day on our website https://bit.ly/3koJQP1 @NAPAlivinglife https://twitter.com/baring_found/status/1291648106971496448
I try to tell people when they go, ‘Oh, I’d love to be able to do that.’ I say, ‘Well, you can.’ There’s nothing very special there. It’s just a load of lines." Bud Edmondson with @WolvArtGallery, one of 20 artists born before 1950 in The Artist in Time: https://baringfoundation.org.uk/blog-post/have-a-go/
Still as glad to be a longtime Astraea supporter. They represent what is great in "America". Here's to international solidarity.
Disability activist and Black Panther, Brad Lomax, delivered 3 meals a day to participants of the historic 504 sit-ins. Lomax knew disability rights are tied to Black rights.
Learn more about @CripCampFilm below.
#DisabilityJustice #JourneyToInclusion
https://bit.ly/3gBOLKa
What role should philanthropy play in reducing inequality? On “The Economist Asks”, @AnneMcElvoy talks to @Darrenwalker about his journey from poor rural Texas to president of @FordFoundation https://econ.trib.al/CfCFASN
Biodiversity is:
🌳Fossil fuel storage
🧬 Modern medicine
✊Indigenous heritage
🌽Abundant food
🌊Climate change resilience
We NEED to protect it. #Biodiversity2020.
https://bit.ly/2XCDYrJ
“Movements cannot be sustained without intergenerational knowledge-sharing and the emergence of new generations of leadership.”
Learn how @GirlDetermined mobilizes and connects girls across Burma to catalyze change in their communities. https://justassociates.org/sites/justassociates.org/files/jass_sea_report_jan_2019_e-version.pdf?platform=hootsuite @jass4justice
In #Uganda, remote learning is leaving vulnerable children behind. See how Fund-supported #childrensrights groups are working at the national and local levels to improve access to education during #covid19. https://bit.ly/3kjCRqx #fromthefrontlines
"From protests to the pandemic, the events of 2020 have fully exposed how institutionalized inequality plays out in times of crisis."
Read our CEO, Regan Ralph, on the importance of dismantling inequality in responding to #COVID19 in @Alliancemag.
https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/dismantling-inequality-must-be-part-of-the-pandemic-response/
VIDEO: Watch how @karenwomenorg is empowering women from #Myanmar's Karen ethnic minority to transform their communities & realize their vision of a fair & equal future.
https://globalhumanrights.org/videos/empowering-women-in-myanmar/
For International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on Sunday, we celebrate the work of @ApibOficial, which has helped Indigenous peoples of the Amazon defend their rightful ownership to the forestland. Read more here.
Research shows that creating a circular economy offers a $4.5 trillion economic opportunity by avoiding waste.
@davidBmcginty and @PACEcircular share 3 ways to get there ⬇️
https://www.wri.org/blog/2020/08/how-to-circular-economy
Ever wondered about where ketchup came from? So did Science Friday's Science Diction. Listen to the podcast while you take a #walk today! http://ow.ly/xbgF50ARIJa #TheWalkingClassroom #walklistenlearn
European Commission just published a comprehensive report on legal gender recognition procedures and their impacts on the lives of #trans people in the EU.
This is a great resource prepared by experts in consultation with ILGA-Europe and other LGBTI orgs: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/legal_gender_recognition_in_the_eu_the_journeys_of_trans_people_towards_full_equality_web.pdf
Global Fund for Women's new strategic plan seeks to equip movements with resources to drive meaningful change. Our goals:
1. Movements Lead
2. Transition Thoughtfully
3. Offer Paths to Better Giving
5. Practice What We Preach
6. Partner with Purpose
https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/announcing-new-strategic-plan-latanya-letter/
In her new letter, @LatanyaFrett announces our new strategic plan, which charts our way forward as we double down on supporting intersectional gender justice movements across the globe. Now is the time to support rising people power to accelerate change. https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/announcing-new-strategic-plan-latanya-letter/
Great news! The Amazon Indigenous Health Route - an initiative of our All Eyes on the Amazon program - won the @SDSNAmazonia award, a recognition to innovative and sustainable solutions to address the impacts of #COVID19 in the Amazon. https://alleyesontheamazon.org/amazon-indigenous-health-route-winner-of-sdsn-award/
Congratulations to our Stephanie Muchai (@parchedoasis): a passionate champion of #opengovernment! We thank her for her fantastic work @hivosroea as lead of the https://openupcontracting.org/ program. More about her here: https://www.hivos.org/news/stephanie-muchai-a-passionate-champion-of-open-government/
To involve marginalised groups in #FoodSystems transformation & #ClimateAction, @hivos & @IIED say governments should:
🗣️ Strengthen the voices of citizens
🌱 Invest in diverse, climate-resilient production
🤝 Empower smaller, local players
Via @ipsnews:
http://www.ipsnews.net/2020/07/involve-marginalized-groups-make-food-systems-climate-resilient/
La Ruta de Salud Indígena Amazónica es posible gracias a la acción colaborativa con @coicaorg, @confeniae1, #PSHA, #FENASHP, #NAE, #AlianzaCeibo, #FDA, @udapt_oficial, @USFQ_Ecuador, @OPSECU, @u_ikiam y @salud_ec👏👏
¡Gracias a @SDSNAmazonia por el reconocimiento!
Con mucho orgullo compartimos que hoy, la #RutadeSaludIndígenaAmazónica ganó el Premio @SDSNAmazonia, un importante reconocimiento a buenas prácticas y soluciones sostenibles para responder al #Covid19 en comunidades indígenas de la Amazonía🌿
Más aquí: https://bit.ly/PremioSDSNAmazonia
In a new Oped @EcoMatser @HivosEnergy highlights the role of the communities in the clean cooking transition. Investments must be channeled into well-targeted measures that enable people in driving this change and make it happen. https://greeninclusiveenergy.org/clean-cooking-transition-pathways-as-seen-by-kenyan-villagers/ @hivos
#SRHR is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life, the right to be free from torture, the right to health, the right to privacy, the right to education and the prohibition of discrimination. @cafesrhr @hivos
The Green and Inclusive Energy (GIE) programme is Hivos’ five-year strategic partnership with the Dutch government @energia_org & @IIED, launched in 2016 to help alleviate the energy poverty situation in Southern Africa. Watch full conversation here https://youtu.be/8_PTaTQrOxQ
Today the British Embassy Jakarta & @KementerianESDM launched Mentari program. Within a consortium, Hivos, Palladium, Castlerock & ECA will deliver this 4-year program funded by #UKProsperityFund (@UKinIndonesia) for an inclusive economic growth via #renewableenergy development.
Mentari will use low carbon energy to empower women and disadvantaged groups. 💪👩👩👧👦🌞
@DubesInggris @HivosROSEA @ecanw6 @PalladiumImpact #Castlerock
We have a new program, called ACTION, to support marginalized and high-risk populations affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. https://sea.hivos.org/news/hivos-and-partners-to-tackle-covid-19-in-indonesia-with-team-eu/
Our very own @parchedoasis has been appointed as a member of @opengovpart’s Steering Committee.
We wish her good tidings as she continues to propel open governance
@MendiNjonjo of @hivosroea we ought to get around to issues of power balance in Grantmaking in terms of inclusive and participatory process to bring on board implementors of all shades. https://twitter.com/FCSTZ/status/1290910453229654016
Don't miss our Executive Director Barbara Hodgen, @lgbtqoakland Executive Director Joe Hawkins, and @horizonsfdn President Roger Doughty talk about the future of LGBTQ+ non-profits on a special episode of Out In The Bay
https://www.outinthebay.org/how-will-lgbtq-non-profits-survive-covid/
Here's how local officials have taken action. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Defund-the-police-sf-oakland-berkeley-san-jose-15444031.php
This is incredible news! | via @dustingardiner https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-will-track-coronavirus-toll-on-15440375.php
European Commission just published a comprehensive report on legal gender recognition procedures and their impacts on the lives of #trans people in the EU.
This is a great resource prepared by experts in consultation with ILGA-Europe and other LGBTI orgs: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/legal_gender_recognition_in_the_eu_the_journeys_of_trans_people_towards_full_equality_web.pdf
Katswe Sisterhood: the trouble-makers EVERY society need. The group advocates for sexual health and reproductive rights in their communities, tackling taboo issues that marginalise women and girls. https://bit.ly/3fvIA9b
‘We will fight it to the end.’ - Mine Akarsu from Mor Çatı Women’s Shelter Foundation. Read the whole article by @5Harfliler about what it means if Turkey were to withdraw from the #IstanbulConvention. @mamacash @NLWomensrights @BTahzibLie @ministerBlok
http://www.5harfliler.com/mine-akarsu-istanbul-convention/
For International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on Sunday, we celebrate the work of @ApibOficial, which has helped Indigenous peoples of the Amazon defend their rightful ownership to the forestland. Read more here.
Research shows that creating a circular economy offers a $4.5 trillion economic opportunity by avoiding waste.
@davidBmcginty and @PACEcircular share 3 ways to get there ⬇️
https://www.wri.org/blog/2020/08/how-to-circular-economy
Ever wondered about where ketchup came from? So did Science Friday's Science Diction. Listen to the podcast while you take a #walk today! http://ow.ly/xbgF50ARIJa #TheWalkingClassroom #walklistenlearn
What do an architect, a designer, and a weapons specialist have to offer those around the world who are organizing for human rights? The answer should scare authoritarian and would-be strongman leaders all over the world. https://osf.to/3jVMThA
Every summer since the 1990s, toxic smog has descended over Southeast Asia as raging tropical forest and peatland fires in Indonesia spill over into Malaysia and Singapore. This year, this smog could exacerbate the number of coronavirus deaths. https://osf.to/30ZcZYg
The Open Society Institute–Sofia Foundation, in cooperation with the Open Society European Network, invites applications from groups focused on advancing climate justice on a local level in Central Eastern Europe.
https://ift.tt/3feKydR
We're seeking proposals from civil society actors working to combat corruption, state capture, and poor governance of public institutions—especially related to COVID-19—in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. Apply by June 30: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/working-together-to-improve-governance-and-anticorruption
We invite applications from organizations and informal groups in Hungary that are working to improve educational opportunities for marginalized children. Apply by June 25: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/grassroots-and-parent-activism-in-education
In Face of Pandemic & Protests Against Police Violence, Brazil Temporarily Halts Raids in Favelas
It’s temporary & poorly enforced but first step in overcoming decades of brutality.
Credit to @CPapo_Reto @redesdamare @movimentos_ https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/27/brazil-halts-police-raids-in-favelas/
Whatever you think of immigration, put it aside: To beat Covid, we MUST include all immigrants in our response—giving them access to testing, health care, vaccine, aid.
Instead, this: “They are too afraid to ask for services."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-28/coronavirus-ravages-californias-central-valley-following-a-cruel-and-familiar-path @ronlin @MelodyGutierrez
EHRAC receive Middlesex University Project of the Year Award for their work with Forensic Architecture on digital evidence for Human Rights cases gathered using machine learning @EHRAC_hq
https://www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org/Impact/Latest-News
[Read📰] "The chaos that became the NSNP was completely avoidable had there been timely and effective communication between various levels of the @DBE_SA and schools." #SchoolMealsNow @SECTION27news @EElawcentre
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-07-29-the-unsung-heroes-and-heroines-of-the-national-school-nutrition-programme-victory/#gsc.tab=0
“People with disabilities must have a seat at the table”, says Raja Abdullah Almasabi as she demands greater protection in times of conflict for disability rights defenders!
Click the ⛓ and read more 👇🏽 https://trib.al/eW5pMct
The #UrgentActionFunds consortium was made for difficult times like these✊🏽
Together we aim to #SustainFeministActivismWorldwide in the face of the current health and social crisis. Read our statement to learn how our consortium is responding 📝
As #UrgentActionFunds we operate under constant crises, always placing care at the center. 🐚🌿
We keep sustaining feminist activism worldwide, in order to face the COVID-19 pandemic✨✊🏾.
Read this #PublicStatement and get to know about #UAFs response to the current crisis.👇🏿
Want to learn more about how #COVID19 is impacting women globally? Check out these resources from a group of researchers & advocates who are studying this in countries like Nigeria, Kenya and the DRC @ffcrdc @kebetkachewomen @lokiakawomen @GreengrantsFund @UAFAfrica @WoMin2015 https://twitter.com/Gender_COVID19/status/1287666067477848064
