Arcus Gay and Lesbian Program Grants 2007

  Spring and Fall 2007
  119 grants totaling $11,769,953
Spring 2007
Religion & Values
12 grants totaling $787,000
The Christian Community
Fort Wayne, IN
$100,000.00 for the GLBT Rights: Strategies for People of Faith project to promote acceptance and inclusion of the GLBT community within religious institutions.
Integrity
Pasadena, CA
$30,000.00 for Claiming the Blessing, a collaborative effort to encourage the Episcopal Church to continue its commitment to full inclusion of GLBT people.
Jewish Fund For Justice
New York, NY
$100,000.00 over two years for the Jewish Mosaic's initiative to encourage synagogues to welcome GLBT congregants and to create a national network of GLBT-welcoming synagogues.
Leaven
Lyons, MI
$20,000.00 for the Healing Bridges: Getting to the Roots of the Matter project to foster communication between both African-American clergy and GLBT community leaders in the Detroit area.
Lutherans Concerned North America
St. Paul, MN
$50,000.00 to support the work of allied Lutherans at the 2007 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to end discrimination against gay clergy within the Lutheran Church.
People for the American Way Foundation
Washington, DC
$200,000.00 for the GLBT Equality Project to create effective messaging strategies; mobilize African-American clergy as spokespeople and advocates; and provide leadership development training to young elected officials.
Reconciling Ministries Network
Chicago, IL
$100,000.00 over two years for the Building for Change Project to promote GLBT-inclusive national policy at the United Methodist Church.
Religious Consultation on Population Reproductive Health and Ethics
Milwaukee, WI
$32,000.00 for the Heterosexism: Religious Roots and Cures Project to distribute published works supporting same-sex marriage to advocates and religious leaders.
Renaissance Enterprises
Kalamazoo, MI
$15,000.00 for performances in community settings that utilize music and the spoken word to communicate the spiritual and religious experience of the GLBT community.
Truth Wins Out
Miami Beach, FL
$40,000.00 for general operating support to provide accurate information about the lives of GLBT people to counter the claims by the ex-gay movement.
The Woodhull Freedom Foundation
Washington, DC
$50,000.00 for capacity-building support to strengthen its public education and advocacy work in advancing sexual freedom as a fundamental human right.
Yvette A. Flunder Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$50,000.00 to build the capacity of The Fellowship, a network of GLBT affirming African-American churches.

Racial Justice, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
4 grants totaling $165,000
Advocates For Youth
Washington, DC
$60,000.00 for the GLBT Youth of Color Initiative to assist Michigan-based organizations in meeting the needs of GLBT youth of color.
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues
New York, NY
$25,000.00 for general operations support to mobilize philanthropic resources to advance GLBT rights and racial, economic and gender justice.
Immigration Equality
New York, NY
$50,000.00 for general operating support to eliminate the discriminatory impact of U.S. immigration policy on GLBT and HIV-positive immigrants.
National Black Justice Coalition
Washington, DC
$30,000.00 to support the National Black Justice Coalitionï¿•s presence and visibility at the 2007 Annual NAACP National Convention in Detroit.

Michigan GLBT Rights
14 grants totaling $327,060
Actors Theatre Company
Grand Rapids, MI
$25,000.00 for production of a new play entitled "Seven Passages: The Story of Gay Christians".
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan
Detroit, MI
$17,000.00 for town hall meetings and publication of a booklet to educate the GLBT and allied communities around the state on the status of domestic partnership rights and other key GLBT rights issues.
Ann Arbor Teen Center
Ann Arbor, MI
$24,500.00 over three years for a youth-led project to assess the high school environment for GLBT youth and provide recommendations to school leaders through dramatic arts presentations.
Community AIDS Resource & Education Services of Southwest Michigan
Kalamazoo, MI
$40,000.00 for general operating support to assist people with HIV and provide prevention education services, and for Project!, an HIV-prevention program serving young males.
Greater Flint Arts Council
Flint, MI
$25,000.00 for marketing and evaluation of the new "Out N' About" series of GLBT-focused arts and cultural events.
Kalamazoo Gay/Lesbian Resource Center
Kalamazoo, MI
$25,000.00 for general operating support of Kalamazoo's GLBT community center.
Kalamazoo Gay/Lesbian Resource Center
Kalamazoo, MI
$25,000.00 for Kalamazoo Alliance for Equality and KGLRC to develop a series of social justice education seminars.
Michigan Equality Education Fund
Lansing, MI
$60,000.00 for general operating support to inform and educate state residents on issues of GLBT equality and discrimination.
Michigan Equality Education Fund
Lansing, MI
$26,000.00 for support for community meetings to educate the GLBT and allied communities around the state on the status of family rights, domestic partnership rights and other key GLBT rights issues.
Michigan Festival of Sacred Music
Kalamazoo, MI
$4,200.00 to offer workshops, readings and events by artist/authors Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman to increase awareness and dialogue on GLBT issues.
Midwest AIDS Prevention Project
Ferndale, MI
$5,000.00 for support of The Peninsula Group to convene a summit of GLBT leaders and alliedorganizations and present research findings on issue priorities of the GLBT community in the state.
Third Level Crisis Intervention
Traverse City, MI
$10,000.00 for the Windfire program focusing on the needs and enrichment of GLBT youth.
Triangle Foundation
Detroit, MI
$15,360.00 to create a collaborative web site to educate the GLBT and allied communities around the state on domestic partnership rights and other key GLBT rights issues.
Whole Art Theater Company
Kalamazoo, MI
$25,000.00 for the production of GLBT and social justice-themed theater projects and the Generation Next project to engage young people in theater production.

Michigan Racial and Economic Justice Initiative
1 grant totaling $10,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MI
$10,000.00 for a partnership with the Douglass Community Association and Open Door Ministries to offer a "Family Fun Day" during a scheduled hate rally, and to implement a strategic plan addressing youth gang violence in Kalamazoo.

National GLBT Rights
16 grants totaling $1,046,400
Center for Policy Alternatives
Washington, DC
$25,000.00 for support of the Marriage Equality Leadership Circle, a network of state leaders working for GLBT marriage equality.
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
New York, NY
$60,000.00 to expand work on equal adoption rights for the GLBT community.
Gay Men's Health Crisis
New York, NY
$175,000.00 over two years for support of the Public Policy & Community Health: Invigorating HIV/AIDS/LGBT Activism project.
Gill Operating Foundation
Denver, CO
$250,000.00 for the Movement Advancement Project working to align resources to affect the highest impact in the movement for GLBT equal rights.
In the Life Media
New York, NY
$100,000.00 for new website development, donor database enhancement and strategic planning for this national public television series that reports on GLBT issues.
Justice Now
Oakland, CA
$35,000.00 for Transforming Justice, a national meeting addressing the high levels of arrest, criminalization, and imprisonment of transgender and gender non-conforming people.
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
New York, NY
$50,000.00 to support Causes In Common, a national cross-movement alliance between GLBT activists and reproductive justice activists.
Milwaukee Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Community Center
Milwaukee, WI
$26,400.00 for printing and dissemination of the National Transgender Education Project curriculum to GLBT youth organizations.
National Center for Lesbian Rights
San Francisco, CA
$100,000.00 for general operating support of this legal resource center to advance the rights and safety of GLBT people and their families.
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
New York, NY
$10,000.00 for general operating support to this membership organization for GLBT anti-violence projects.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians And Gays
Washington, DC
$30,000.00 for the National Safe Schools Roundtable to improve the conditions faced by GLBT youth and families in schools.
LGBT Labor Leadership Initiative
Washington, DC
$30,000.00 for general operating support to build allies within the labor movement and expand the rights of GLBT workers through labor unions.
Progressive Inc.
Madison, WI
$20,000.00 for the Queer Voices project to train GLBT organizations and activists to write op-ed pieces for newspapers and distributes them nationwide.
The Regents of the University of California
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000.00 for support of the Michael D. Palm Center to conduct and disseminate research on the negative impact of the country's anti-GLBT military policy.
Stop Prisoner Rape
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000.00 for the LGBTQ Safety in Detention project to improve the safety of GLBT detainees through policy recommendations.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
New York, NY
$75,000.00 for general operating support to provide legal representation and public education to end gender identity discrimination, and to develop the leadership of low-income transgender, gender variant, and intersex people of color.

International GLBT Rights
6 grants totaling $615,645
Amnesty International USA
New York, NY
$100,000.00 over two years for the OUTfront program to strengthen work of grassroots activists and allied organizations on global GLBT human rights.
Global Rights
Washington, DC
$150,000.00 over two years for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Initiative to provide training to GLBT and intersex organizations advocating for GLBT human rights.
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
New York, NY
$200,000.00 over two years to expand consultation and support of local human rights organizations in the Horn, East and Central Africa regions advocating for GLBT rights.
U.S. Friends of International Service For Human Rights
New York, NY
$80,000.00 to strengthen the response to human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity of governments with permanent missions in the UN, and international human rights monitoring entities.
New Israel Fund
Washington, DC
$10,645.00 for the Advocacy, Outreach and Education Project of ASWAT, a Palestinian gay women's organization.
New Israel Fund
Washington, DC
$75,000.00 for Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance, to produce Jerusalem Pride 2007.

Fall 2007
Religion & Values
9 grants totaling $1,128,000
Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists
Madison, WI
$60,000.00 to strengthen organizational capacity to advocate for GLBT inclusion across Baptist denominations.
Douglas Gould and Company
New Rochelle, NY
$148,000.00 to support the development of media strategies to be utilized by current Arcus grantees promoting the full inclusion of GLBT people within the Episcopal, Methodist, and Lutheran faith traditions.
Family Diversity Projects
Amherst, MA
$20,000.00 for outreach to the leadership of Protestant denominations in the United States, utilizing photography exhibits that affirm and celebrate the diversity of sexual orientation, gender and gender identity.
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Los Angeles, CA
$500,000.00 over two years for support of the Religion, Faith and Values Media Program to provide essential media literacy training and strategic communications assistance to national, regional and local GLBT and allied faith organizations.
Gays In Faith Together
Grand Rapids, MI
$15,000.00 for general operating and strategic planning support to continue providing life-enrichment programs and expand education and advocacy programs in GLBT faith communities.
Integrity
Rochester, NY
$100,000.00 over two years for Claiming the Blessing to work toward the full inclusion of GLBT people within the Episcopal Church by influencing the outcomes of the 2008 Lambeth Conference and the 2009 General Convention of the Episcopal Church.
Keshet
Jamaica Plain, MA
$60,000.00 for the Shalem Education Project, a national program aimed at creating safe environments for GLBT students and faculty at Jewish day schools and other educational settings.
Public/Private Ventures
Philadelphia, PA
$200,000.00 for the Arcus Religion, Sexuality, and Black Culture Project to assess the theological and personal perspectives of African-American religious leadership on GLBT civil rights issues.
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
Evanston, IL
$25,000.00 for the Full Inclusion in the Anglican Communion Consultation, a two-day meeting of lay and clergy leaders of the Episcopal Church and The Anglican Communion to strategize about how to support and further expand the Church's commitment to the full inclusion of its GLBT members.

Racial Justice, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
11 grants totaling $994,329
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
New York, NY
$35,000.00 for a group of New York-based GLBT executive directors to develop the Pipeline Project, a recruitment, retention and leadership advancement effort that seeks to increase the number of people of color who begin and grow their careers in the GLBT movement
Bayard Rustin Documentary Film Project
New York, NY
$50,000.00 to purchase archival footage rights and create an enhanced DVD of the award-winning documentary film of the visionary civil rights and openly gay activist, Bayard Rustin.
Bienestar Human Services
Los Angeles, CA
$75,000.00 for Proyecto Orgullo (Project Pride) to work with leadership of five national Latino advocacy organizations to secure explicit endorsement of GLBT civil rights issues in their formal advocacy agenda.
Family Equality Council
Boston, MA
$100,000.00 for the Families of Color Initiative to comprehensively address the needs of GLBT families of color and to work more effectively with white parents who have adopted children of color.
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Washington, DC
$50,000.00 for the Diversity & Equality National Research Project to investigate the political opinions, attitudes and behaviors of African-American, Latino and Asian Pacific Islander GLBT communities in the United States
International Federation of Black Prides
Washington, DC
$65,000.00 for general operations, strategic planning and staff expansion of international network of community based organizations working to produce annual Black GLBT Pride programs.
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Washington, DC
$119,329.00 for a summit of civil and human rights leaders and advocates to strengthen the relationship between GLBT and African-American communities and develop strategies for a GLBT-inclusive civil rights agenda.
National Black Justice Coalition
Washington, DC
$400,000.00 over two years for general operating support to actively engage and empower African-American GLBT communities on the issues that directly impact the quality of their lives.
Sistahs Providing Intelligence, Creativity & Empowerment
Detroit, MI
$20,000.00 for a Healing Detroit Summit to bring together members of African-American GLBT organizations to strategically plan the future of GLBT rights in Michigan.
Sistahs Providing Intelligence, Creativity & Empowerment
Detroit, MI
$10,000.00 for general operations support of a Detroit-based lesbian people of color organization.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
$70,000.00 for support of a conference entitled "Race/Sex/Power: New Movements in Black and Latina/o Sexualities" to be held in 2008.

Michigan GLBT Rights
16 grants totaling $909,650
Adventure Centre at Pretty Lake
Mattawan, MI
$50,000.00 for the Diversity Awareness and Leadership Training program to educate and train high school students to become more inclusive and accepting by addressing issues of homophobia, heterosexism, prejudice and bigotry.
Black Arts & Cultural Center
Kalamazoo, MI
$135,000.00 over three years for capacity building to strengthen this African-American arts institution to develop the potential and creativity of African-American teens and create an annual forum for Black GLBT artists in Kalamazoo.
Black Pride Society
Detroit, MI
$10,000.00 for general operating and capacity-building support to improve the quality of life for Black gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in southeast Michigan.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Detroit, MI
$75,000.00 over three years for the Hope Fund's LGBT Racial Equity Initiative to build the capacity of GLBT organizations of color in southeast Michigan through a Leadership Academy and small organizational capacity building grants.
Elder Law of Michigan
Lansing, MI
$30,000.00 to provide legal advice, education and advocacy through the GLBT Older Adult Legal Hotline and develop materials to reach out to GLBT people of color.
Eliminating Racism and Claiming/Celebrating Equality
Kalamazoo, MI
$35,000.00 for general operating support to provide anti-racism, anti-homophobia, and anti-oppression organizing and training in Kalamazoo.
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre
Kalamazoo, MI
$10,000.00 for the production of the musical, Avenue Q, which explores issues of racism, homophobia and other prejudices.
Karibu House
Detroit, MI
$20,500.00 for a planning process to develop a strategic plan and donor cultivation plan to support and sustain the growth of a multi-service community center for GLBT people of color in Detroit.
Michigan Citizens Education Fund
Kalamazoo, MI
$35,000.00 to strengthen and expand a broad-based statewide coalition to identify and educate civic and community leaders, as well as mobilize organizations to support second-parent adoption.
Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
Okemos, MI
$210,000.00 over two years for the Open Doors Initiative to overcome the barriers GLBT survivors of domestic and sexual violence face in seeking sensitive, welcoming and knowledgeable services from both domestic and sexual violence service providers and GLBT service agencies.
Michigan Interfaith Voice
Detroit, MI
$80,000.00 for general operating support and strategic planning of the Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy and Action in the Community (ISAAC), a chartered member of Michigan Interfaith Voice, to engage its diverse constituency in the development of a faith-based justice agenda that is inclusive of GLBT rights.
Nokomis Learning Center
Okemos, MI
$10,000.00 to support a lecture series focusing on Native American teachings and the promotion of social justice for GLBT individuals in both Native and non-Native communities.
Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan
Kalamazoo, MI
$49,650.00 to create, sustain and evaluate the Calhoun County Coalition for Inclusion Project to serve and advocate for GLBT young people, their families and communities.
Prevention Works
Kalamazoo, MI
$60,000.00 over two years for the Peer POWER - Dive Into Diversity education program that engages underserved youth to address diversity, equality and GLBT-specific issues.
Western Michigan University Foundation
Kalamazoo, MI
$60,000.00 for development and implementation of the Gender Identity Training Program and activities of the GLBT Student Leadership Team.
YWCA of Berrien County
St. Joseph, MI
$39,500.00 for general operating and capacity building support of Out & Affirmation Center to provide support services, social networking and education/advocacy to members of the GLBT community and their families.

Michigan Racial and Economic Justice Initiative
10 grants totaling $468,720
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MI
$50,000.00 for capacity building to assess, define and advance racial and economic justice priorities and to organize to achieve structural and policy changes in the City of Kalamazoo.
Douglass Community Association
Kalamazoo, MI
$55,000.00 for capacity building to strengthen internal management of operations and programs that empower Kalamazoo's Northside residents to improve their quality of life.
Eliminating Racism and Claiming/Celebrating Equality
Kalamazoo, MI
$45,000.00 to strengthen organizing and training capacity to advance racial equality in Southwest Michigan.
Hispanic American Council
Kalamazoo, MI
$55,000.00 for capacity building to provide staff leadership and improve technology systems to enhance education and human development programs for Hispanics in Southwest Michigan.
Michigan Interfaith Voice
Detroit, MI
$30,000.00 for Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy and Action in the Community (ISAAC) to strengthen its interfaith organizing in Kalamazoo.
Michigan Organizing Project
Kalamazoo, MI
$54,200.00 for capacity building to organize and educate the Kalamazoo community on healthcare, housing and immigration issues.
Michigan Organizing Project
Kalamazoo, MI
$32,500.00 for the Kalamazoo Homeless Action Network to strengthen leadership skills of the organization's members and improve its financial and organizational stability.
New Latino Visions
Kalamazoo, MI
$45,000.00 for capacity building to enhance organizational leadership and engage in strategic planning to advance racial equality in Southwest Michigan through multiculturalism, education, youth and community development programs.
Northside Association for Community Development
Kalamazoo, MI
$47,020.00 for capacity building to improve technology and administrative systems and make capital improvements to provide more services to Kalamazoo's Northside residents.
Northside Economic Potential Group
Kalamazoo, MI
$55,000.00 to support the Chief Executive Officer position as the organization implements a new business model.

National GLBT Rights
14 grants totaling $4,443,149
Alliance for Justice
Washington, DC
$50,000.00 for the Networking, Education and Training Initiative to strengthen the ability of state-based nonprofit organizations, including GLBT organizations, to engage in public policy advocacy and voter registration and campaign activity within the parameters of the law.
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
New York, NY
$2,000,000.00 over two years for support of the Strategic Affiliate Initiative to strengthen the ability of select ACLU state affiliates to advance GLBT rights ($1 million); and for support to strengthen the ability of the ACLU of Michigan to advance GLBT rights and racial justice ($1 million).
American Society on Aging
San Francisco, CA
$50,000.00 to enhance and increase accessibility of the newly launched LGBT Aging Resources Clearinghouse that provides comprehensive national source of information and resources for GLBT older adults, their caregivers, the professionals who work with them and the general public.
Center for Community Change
Washington, DC
$75,000.00 for Generation Change, an initiative to recruit, support and train the next generation of community organizers and emerging social justice leaders through paid internships, fellowships, and mentorships for activists, from communities of color and from the GLBT community.
Center for Progressive Leadership
Washington, DC
$100,000.00 for the New Leaders Program to provide young leaders of color and GLBT youth leaders with paid job placements in progressive organizations, weekly training workshops, a mentorship program, and regular networking events.
Donor Sibling Registry
Nederland, CO
$9,500.00 for outreach to the GLBT community in order to promote dialogue and build coalitions with organizations that serve GLBT families.
Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
Washington, DC
$150,000.00 for general operating support to continue addressing gender discrimination and violence caused by gender stereotypes and to complete a re-visioning process.
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
New York, NY
$1,200,000.00 over three years for the Education Policy Initiative to undertake public education and advocacy efforts on the issue of making schools safer for GLBT students, and for the Urban School Districts Initiative to test interventions that may ameliorate intersectional forms of discrimination.
Liberty Education Forum
Washington, DC
$50,000.00 for the creation of a strategic framework to further develop the Public Opinion Network and Speakers Bureau of the Reaching the Heartland program to increase support for GLBT equality in Michigan, New York, California, Indiana and Virginia.
Mass Equality Education Fund
Boston, MA
$73,649.00 for development and distribution of the Manual for Winning Marriage Equality, a practice manual for state organizations working to advance marriage equality and other GLBT policy issues.
Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders
New York, NY
$500,000.00 over two years for a collaborative project with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force to develop a national GLBT aging program to advance advocacy and public policy work.
Soulforce
Lynchburg, VA
$100,000.00 for the 2008 Equality Ride project to take 40 young adults to institutions of higher learning in the South that have policies banning the enrollment of openly GLBT students, with an emphasis on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Baptist schools.
Transgender Law Center
San Francisco, CA
$35,000.00 for a collaborative project with Immigration Equality to create and distribute the first comprehensive Transgender Immigration Law Practice Manual for attorneys and advocates.
US Action Education Fund
Washington, DC
$50,000.00 for Building Connections, a planning project to assess the interests of GLBT and non-GLBT advocates and establish working coalitions to advocate for GLBT rights in selected states.

National Collaborative
4 grants totaling $375,000
Basic Rights Education Fund
Portland, OR
$100,000.00 for public education efforts to build support for Oregon's non-discrimination and domestic partnership policies protecting the GLBT community.
Equality California Institute
San Francisco, CA
$100,000.00 for Let California Ring, a public education campaign on marriage and GLBT equality.
Equality Maryland
Silver Spring, MD
$100,000.00 for research and public education activities in connection with an effort to achieve marriage equality in Maryland.
One Iowa Education Fund
Des Moines, IA
$75,000.00 for field organizing and fundraising programs to strengthen public support for marriage equality in Iowa.

International GLBT Rights
2 grants totaling $500,000
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
New York, NY
$250,000.00 for the International Fund for Sexual Minorities to support projects and organizations that strategically address the needs of GLBT people and sexual/gender minorities.
Heartland Alliance For Human Needs and Human Rights
Chicago, IL
$250,000.00 over two years to establish the Global Equality Network to directly link and build the capacity of local GLBT organizations in four regions, including Africa, Middle East, South Asia and Latin America.

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