Press Releases

• Horizons foundation awards $600,000 in grants to nearly forty organizations in support of lgbt issues
      (September 1, 2010)
• 96% of Bay Area LGBT Nonprofits Negatively Impacted by Recession
      (August 17, 2010)
• Horizons Increases Annual Community Issues Grants at Challenging Time for LGBT Nonprofits
      (September 9, 2009)
• Goal of 12 Marathons in 12 Months Reaches Halfway Mark, Raising Money for Horizons Foundation
      (August 12, 2009)
• Horizons Foundation Receives $500,000 Grant from Community Leadership Project to Invest in LGBT Communities of Color
      (June 11, 2009)
• Horizons Foundation's POCIBLE Grants Invest in LGBT Communities of Color
      (April 16, 2009)
• Horizons Foundation Expands Regranting Partnerships with California Wellness and Hewlett Foundations
      (October 16, 2008)
• New Study Examines Economic Impact of Same-Sex Marriages on Sonoma County
      (October 6, 2008)
• Groundbreaking Study Examines Charitable Giving in the LGBT Community
      (April 17, 2008)
• Horizons Foundation Announces 2007 Community Issue Grants
      (December 4, 2007)
• Leading HIV/AIDS Funders Come Together to Bring Nearly $1 Million to 42 Bay Area Programs
      (September 12, 2007)
• Horizons Foundation Announces 2006 Awards for Two Community Grant Programs
      (December 4, 2006)
• BACKGROUNDER: As AIDS Marks 25th Anniversary, Horizons Foundation Recalls Landmark Grants
      (November 14, 2006)
• Horizons Foundation's 2006 Community Issues Grants Feature New Issue Areas, Additional Arts Funding through the Hewlett Foundation
      (August 21, 2006)
• Jewelle Gomez Joins Staff of Horizons Foundation
      (July 13, 2006)
• Horizons Foundation and San Francisco AIDS Foundation Increase Funding for 2006 HIV/AIDS Community Grants
      (May 23, 2006)
• June 2005 and earlier

Articles About Horizons Foundation

• B.A.R. (June 19, 2008) - Gay groups employ new fundraising tactics
• B.A.R. (May 15, 2008) - Foundation report examines LGBT giving
• San Francisco Chronicle (March 31, 2008) - Philanthropists ensure gay community's future
• B.A.R. (December 27, 2007) - Horizons awards grants and honors donors
• San Francisco Bay Times (December 20, 2007) - Horizons Foundation Hosts Grantee Appreciation Luncheon
• B.A.R. (December 20, 2007) - Only 2 percent of area gays give to LGBT groups
• San Francisco Bay Times (October 11, 2007) - Horizons Foundation Celebrates 27th Year Of Grant Making
• B.A.R. (March 22, 2007) - Gays who can give should give, panel says
• B.A.R. (December 21, 2006) - Horizons Foundation awards grants from several program at a special grantee reception.
• OutNow Magazine (December 2006):
  1. Nonprofits Hope to Build More Secure Futures - Features Horizons' LGBT Community Endowment Fund
  2. Horizons Foundation Marks 25 Years of Fighting AIDS
• B.A.R. (September 7, 2006) - Horizons and the LGBT community group And Castro For All launch a fellowship program for leaders of color.
• Bay Times (October 6, 2005) - Over 1,200 people attended the 25th anniversary gala for Horizons Foundation, the world’s first LGBT community foundation. The gala, held at the Regency Center, featured singers Spencer Day and Shayna Steele; the world premiere of Reaching New Horizons from Citizen Film; and a brief program unveiling the foundation’s new permanent fund for the LGBT community.
• San Francisco Chronicle (October 1, 2005) - Horizons has been backing gay, lesbian groups for 25 years. The Chronicle explains how the roots of today's gay and lesbian community in the Bay Area can largely be traced by looking at which groups received grants from one organization, the Horizons Foundation of San Francisco.
• Bay Area Reporter (September 22, 2005) - Horizons Foundation celebrates 25 years of nurturing the Bay Area’s LGBT community. Indeed it was Horizons – the grant-making organization dedicated to strengthening the LGBT community in the greater Bay Area – that was responsible for some of the earliest funding of enduring institutions.
• June 2005 and earlier