Membership
GPP’s 20 member organizations include many of the leading global funders and philanthropic advisors for LGBTI rights.
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.
Click each logo to learn more about each GPP member.
Click here to view GPP member’s Twitter feeds.
In 2017-2018, @gpp_updates member funding in the Global South and East increased for trans, intersex, and LBQ women populations. Learn more: http://globalresourcesreport.org #lgbtifunding #globalresourcesreport
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From casual comments about not “looking Jewish,” to being racially profiled by synagogue security, to being stopped for carrying a Torah, Jews of color encounter a systemic “sense of normative whiteness” writes @aptly_engineerd https://jewishcurrents.org/jews-of-color-and-the-policing-of-white-space/ via @JewishCurrents
"The reality is that aggressive, militarized policing across much of the country, combined with a growing number of protesters who are hostile toward traditional media, has made covering protests an increasingly dangerous assignment," writes @Joelcpj.
https://www.cjr.org/opinion/reporters-press-freedom-police-protests.php
“The #LGBTQ community knows about the work of resisting #policebrutality and violence." 100s of LGBTQ+ orgs speak out in support of black lives and against police violence: http://bit.ly/LGBTQ-BLM-Letter
#PrideMonth #BlackLivesMatter
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/05/29/lgbtq-groups-call-to-bring-anti-racism-end-to-white-supremacy-into-movement/
Hundreds of LGBTQ+ organizations pledge to make “explicit commitments to embrace #antiracism and end white supremacy . . . as integral to the objective of full #equality for #LGBTQ people.” Read their statement: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-BLM-letter
https://www.them.us/story/75-lgbtq-organizations-voice-their-support-for-anti-racist-protestors?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=them&utm_mailing=THEM_Weekly_060120&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5be9d2893f92a40469e1f7e9&cndid=40007091&esrc=them_winter_sweeps&utm_term=THEM_Daily
In lieu of OutRight’s 30th anniversary gala, in honor of the lives of #GeorgeFloyd, #AhmaudArbery, #BreonnaTaylor & too many more, let's use our rage & disrupt the status quo, organize for black lives everywhere, & make change happen now #blacklivesmatter https://outrightinternational.org/content/can%E2%80%99t-party-when-we-belong-streets
Last #PrideMonth, I Interviewed our icon @imMissMajor about the Stonewall Riots and how far the LGBTQ+ community has strayed from its radical foundation. In this era of uprising, remember that our movement began as a fight against police brutality. https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2019/5/31/activist-miss-major-recounts-first-night-stonewall-riots
Wonderful news from @ALLFM - we are a proud early funder of this which has gone from strength to strength since then! @virginiatandy @MCC_AFMTeam @AgeofCreativity @ace_national @ace_thenorth
“Heritage is about that feeling of belonging, knowing that this is your place and understanding how your history fits within wider history...." Thanks to Laura Drysdale of the @RestoTrust for her blog about how heritage supports mental health https://baringfoundation.org.uk/blog-post/a-feeling-of-belonging-heritage-and-mental-health/
Still as glad to be a longtime Astraea supporter. They represent what is great in "America". Here's to international solidarity.
I am humbled and honored to have been named one of the inaugural cohort members of the @FordFoundation Global Fellows Program. My fellow cohort members are inspiring, innovative & a true force for good. I can't wait to learn & grow with them on this journey to fight inequality. https://twitter.com/FordFoundation/status/1267456119414366209
"The solution isn’t reforming a broken system–it’s replacing it." Our grantee @TakeActionMN will help you get informed on the situation in #Minnesota and understand the history—and reality—of the #Minneapolis Police Department.
https://takeactionminnesota.org/justice-for-george-floyd-blacklivesmatter/
"People trade sex for many reasons, but most often to meet basic needs, and until this economy affords everyone a home, a living wage job, healthcare + education, many people will continue to trade sex for survival.” http://bit.ly/decrimreport @ConMijente @ifwhenhow @TransLawCenter
#Nigeria's Control of Infectious Disease Act 2020 poses significant threats to #humanrights activism & #civicspace.
Find out how Fund-supported @Spaces4Change is leading the civil society response, ensuring oversight & transparency at a critical time. https://globalhumanrights.org/blogs/nigerian-civil-society-pushes-back-on-draconian-disease-bill/
The global outbreak of #COVID19 has exposed glaring shortcomings in healthcare around the world.
Read our new blog on how grassroots groups @MUHURIkenya @karenwomenorg @ISERUganda are helping communities get what they need from public health institutions.
https://globalhumanrights.org/blogs/local-activists-play-a-vital-role-in-public-health/
Using learnings generated by Fund-supported convenings in West Africa, The Fund's @jamesmsavage & Nana Asantewa Afadzinu, ED of @wacsi have co-written an article in @Alliancemag looking at how #CSO and #SocialMovement leaders can work together. [Paywall] https://www.alliancemagazine.org/feature/bridging-the-divide-between-ngos-and-social-movements/
Black Trans Men Face a Constant Threat of Police Violence https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/5/28/black-trans-men-face-constant-threat-police-violence
If you are a trans or gender diverse person living in Asia and the Pacific, please take the APTN Community Survey 2020 at http://bit.ly/aptn-2020 by 21 June 2020! #weareAPTN #StandingUpForTransRights
From Brazil, to Germany, Iran & beyond, people took to the streets last weekend to protest police brutality & racism. Global movements to fight inequality are making connections & amplifying calls for #Justice4GeorgeFloyd. #BlackLivesMatter https://www.npr.org/2020/05/31/866428272/george-floyd-reverberates-globally-thousands-protest-in-germany-u-k-canada
This is a great series I hope we can get this into schools, local TV (in local labguages), make story books, tshirts, hoodies and everything.
Make it available on Netflix. This is the content we need on our country out there! https://twitter.com/hivos/status/1267761435536392193
Introducing Leading Ladies Zambia, a series on historical women leaders in #Zambia. Produced by @WomensMuseumZed with a grant from our R.O.O.M. program. Co-founder @Kuwaha says, "Women are the real deal. They’re the ones who move and shake things."
https://www.hivos.org/story/celebrating-leading-ladies-in-zambian-history
Over 1b people still lack access to #electricity. The role of #appliances in achieving #SDGs has become ever-apparent, especially during the #COVID19 crisis, and will be crucial in the pandemic response. Read @EforA_Coalition latest blog ⬇️ https://medium.com/efficiency-for-access/the-critical-role-of-appliances-in-the-time-of-covid-19-13d47b93484e
#COVID19 | Ahora, se reúnen los equipos de @Hivos e @u_ikiam para definir los siguientes pasos para el uso de pruebas diagnóstico en el marco de la Ruta de Salud Indígena Amazónica. 👈
Conoce más en: https://bit.ly/ConvenioHivosIKIAM
#TodoslosOjosenlaAmazonía🌿 #EmergenciaSanitaria
#MAÑANA | Al #DiaMundialDelMedioAmbiente lo celebramos con un evento de #TodoslosOjosenlaAmazonía🌿
Conversaremos con @gregoriomirabal, @GuajajaraSonia y más sobre el rol de los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía en la protección de la naturaleza.
Únete 👉https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86418385259
Join the conversation happening now on Local financing for renewable energy projects on @ZTNnews https://www.facebook.com/ZTNnews/videos/680674769415653/ #renewableenergy @HivosEnergy @makethomike @zeraenergy
Introducing Leading Ladies Zambia, a series on historical women leaders in #Zambia. Produced by @WomensMuseumZed with a grant from our R.O.O.M. program. Co-founder @Kuwaha says, "Women are the real deal. They’re the ones who move and shake things."
https://www.hivos.org/story/celebrating-leading-ladies-in-zambian-history
Modern energy efficient #appliances should be part of a holistic approach to achieving universal #energyaccess & #genderequality. Learn more in the latest policy brief from @EforA_Coalition & @energia_org. It includes policy considerations for donors & governments ⬇️ https://twitter.com/energia_org/status/1267471775429988353
Join us! We have two openings under Reforsa Hamutuk program in Timor Leste: consultants for research and monev. Please visit our website for details: https://sea.hivos.org/who-we-are/vacancies/
Find time to join us this Wednesday for a webinar series on Budgeting and Public Procurement. More details on the link below. #OpenContracting @HivosROSEA @hivos https://twitter.com/foi_ph/status/1263377869947809792
Introducing Leading Ladies Zambia, a series on historical women leaders in #Zambia. Produced by @WomensMuseumZed with a grant from our R.O.O.M. program. Co-founder @Kuwaha says, "Women are the real deal. They’re the ones who move and shake things."
https://www.hivos.org/story/celebrating-leading-ladies-in-zambian-history
"At this moment of outrage we, as LGBTQ people in this country, as human beings committed to all people’s right to live freely and fully, must all dedicate ourselves to the eradication of racism and white supremacy, now and for all generations to come." https://www.horizonsfoundation.org/this-moment-of-outrage/
Racism is an LGBTQ issue, and the LGBTQ community must do everything we can to fight white supremacy. https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/5/29/lgbtq-orgs-we-must-do-more-end-racism-racial-violence
Black Trans Men Face a Constant Threat of Police Violence https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/5/28/black-trans-men-face-constant-threat-police-violence
If you are a trans or gender diverse person living in Asia and the Pacific, please take the APTN Community Survey 2020 at http://bit.ly/aptn-2020 by 21 June 2020! #weareAPTN #StandingUpForTransRights
"These riots should be placed in a longer tradition of black resistance that occurs when black voices are not only not being heard, but quite literally stifled." @ClariceGargard @MagazineLilith #BlackLivesMatter
https://www.lilithmag.nl/blog/call-the-riots-in-minneapolis-what-they-are-black-resistance
Current and former @redumbrellafund grantee-partners are eligible to apply - reach out if you need support or have questions for your application! https://twitter.com/mamacash/status/1265925584883941376
Gentle reminder dat je nog steeds kunt doneren op http://www.dutchemergencyfund.nl. Onze miniactie blijft wat langer open, alle opbrengsten gaan via Trans United Europe naar mensen in acute geldnood. https://twitter.com/mamacash/status/1267775911644073986
Minneapolis’s policing problems didn’t start with the death of George Floyd. A history of missed opportunities to reform law enforcement and avert disaster by our grantee @MarshallProj: https://osf.to/2TQrif2
All Americans should use this moment “to ask ourselves terribly important questions about who we police, how we police them, why we use the police as the instrument of government and democracy in places where other interventions would be much more inspired.” - @patrickgaspard
Feels some what tough to promote a panel about US diplomacy when there is so much unraveling here at home. But as Lizzy notes the issues of hyper militarization & the absence of real accountability are pervasive - even at the global level. Come join us & see how! https://twitter.com/lizzyshackelfor/status/1267428634203230210
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
The Open Society Initiative for Europe announces a call for proposals to support civil society actors working to combat corruption, state capture, and poor governance of public institutions.
https://ift.tt/2PZZ9jx
While COVID-19 has been making headlines, the overdose crisis is being made worse, compounded by social isolation and economic uncertainty. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lipiroy/2020/05/23/collision-of-crises-how-covid-19-will-propel-drug-overdose-from-bad-to-worse/#3e4dcbc37d3a
“I am terrified if COVID gets into his prison, everyone will die. Prisoners are already beginning to die elsewhere. In his last letter he said all they can do now is pray.” https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/coronavirus-packed-brazilian-jails-lead-to-fears-of-calamity-1.4257430
Alternatives to police responses to community needs & conflicts are needed now more than ever.
But let us not stop with Covid. These & other approaches need to be invested in and prioritized now and in the future.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/nyregion/Coronavirus-social-distancing-violence-interrupters.html?smid=tw-share
#COVID19 has limited arrested/detained persons’ basic rights to a lawyer. @fairtrials has produced templates for requesting access to a number of components of a fair trial. Access the toolkit of templates: http://ow.ly/wziz50zWIHq
Out of the 56, 19 deaths are as a result of shooting whereas 37 are of injuries sustained as a result of physical, psychological and sexual assault by the perpetrators. #policebrutalityke #PoliceBrutality #JusticeForVaite #JusticeForSamuelMaina
In times of COVID-19, what actions can Governments and Funders take towards realising more humane, sustainable, just and joyous futures? Here are five recommendations from CMI! 👉 https://bit.ly/2ZVnD3q
Majority of widows are forced to live devastating lives because they don't have control and ownership on land. Our project on Grassroots Advocacy on Accelerating Women Land ownership (GAAWLO) funded by @UAFAfrica is documenting women land cases for Public Interest Litigation.
2"We have supported women’s groups in several informal sectors across Africa to help women access more resources during debilitating lockdown situations. Its heartening to see innovation and agency from women’s groups in these times", reports @UAFAfrica
#sexworkiswork
Today is International #Sexworkers Day; @Ke_swa (Kenya Sex Workers Alliance) will be going live at 12:00pm EAT marking the day through a virtual event with the theme "Access to Justice" .
