OUR FUND GRANTS $250K TO LOCAL NONPROFITS

John Hayden

Unable to stop the cascade of anti-LGBT attacks flowing from a Republicandominated statehouse in Tallahassee, the fight moves to the courts and organizing for a contentious election year in 2024. At stake is a chance to vote out Sen. Rick Scott and wrest back some seats in the state legislature and deny Republicans a continuing supermajority. But that takes money and awareness. Both are evident in the list of recipients of the Our Fund Foundation and Community Foundation of Broward’s LGBTQ+ Social Justice & Equity Funders Collaborative Awards. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars was doled out to eight nonprofits that support social equity and civil liberties of LGBT in Broward County. Grants ranged between $29,000-$50,000.

The groups formed the project last year in the face of growing animus towards LGBT in South Florida.

“This is a distressing time for all of us, not just those who identify as LGBTQ+,” said David Jobin, president and CEO of The Our Fund

Foundation.

2023 LGBTQ+ Social Justice & Equity Funders Collaborative Grant Recipients Include:

• Equality Florida – Safe & Healthy Schools in Broward

• YES Institute – Inclusive Futures in Broward County

• American Civil Liberties Union – Ensuring Healthcare & Education Without Erasure for LGBTQ+ People in Broward and Beyond

• Barry University – Project TranscendTranscending Disinformation & Bias to Protect Trans Health Care in Broward County

• Hued Songs – Building Belonging: An Artist Residency for Change

• Museum of Discovery and Science – MODS Inclusivity Initiative

• Ujima Men’s Collective – BROTHAS Project

• World AIDS Museum and Educational Center – Fighting Stigma and Building Community Through the Arts