Bay Area LGBTQ Community Foundation, at 40th Anniversary Virtual Gala, Celebrates Nearly $1 Million in COVID-19 Grantmaking, Over $50 Million in 40-Year History
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Bay Area LGBTQ Community Foundation, at 40th Anniversary Virtual Gala, Celebrates Nearly $1 Million in COVID-19 Grantmaking, Over $50 Million in 40-Year History
Star-studded Virtual Gala Raises Over $390,000 for Critical Community Work
September 14, 2020, San Francisco – Horizons Foundation, at its 40th Anniversary Virtual Gala on Saturday, September 12, announced that it has awarded over $940,000 in COVID-19 emergency grants to 71 Bay Area LGBTQ nonprofits, and over $50 million in worldwide grantmaking since 1980. These new grantmaking totals include a recent third round of COVID-19 emergency grants totalling $272,736 to 36 organizations; view the full list of Horizons’ COVID-19 grantee partners and this video about Horizons’ overall COVID-19 response.
“Horizons marked our 40th Anniversary in the most meaningful way possible: by supporting our community, as we have since the beginning,” said Roger Doughty, Horizons’ President. “Our incredible community has truly shown up — in this moment of multiple, profound crises, but also this moment of celebration for the world’s first LGBTQ community foundation.”
Horizons’ 40th Anniversary Virtual Gala, which raised over $390,000 for Horizons’ work, featured remarks from artists, writers, and performers Todrick Hall, Bowen Yang, Sandra Bernhard, Marga Gomez, Jewelle Gomez, and Donna Sachet; community activists Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and Kris Perry and Sandy Stier; San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed and former state senator Mark Leno; and nonprofit leaders Imani Rupert-Gordon of National Center for Lesbian Rights, Kris Hayashi and Cecilia Chung of Transgender Law Center, and Brett Andrews of PRC. Watch this video to listen to their remarks.
Horizons thanks 40th Anniversary Pride-level Partner Levi Strauss Foundation for their generous support. Horizons also thanks 2K Games, Brio Financial Group, Dolby Laboratories, Excelerate Foundation, Genentech, Golden Gate Business Association, Masto Foundation, One Medical, Union Bank, and the many other institutional partners whose support enables Horizons’ critical work.
For support of Horizons’ COVID-19 Response Emergency Fund, Horizons thanks 2K Games, Blue Shield of California Foundation, the California Wellness Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Stuart Foundation, Sutter Health/CPMC, and the many individual donors and donor advisors who generously contributed to the Fund.
About Horizons Foundation
Horizons Foundation (www.horizonsfoundation.org) envisions a world where all LGBTQ people live freely and fully. The world’s first community foundation of, by, and for LGBTQ people, Horizons invests in LGBTQ organizations, strengthens a culture of LGBTQ giving, and builds a permanent endowment to secure our community’s future for generations to come. In 2020, Horizons is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Watch this video to learn more about Horizons’ four-decade history.
