Arcus Foundation
The Arcus Foundation is a leading global foundation advancing pressing social justice and conservation issues. Specifically, Arcus works to advance LGBT equality, as well as to conserve and protect the great apes.
"No human being,
simply because of their perceived
sexual orientation or gender
identity, may be denied
their human rights."
Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner
© Jurek Wajdowicz
75% of U.S. adults favor either marriage or domestic partnerships/civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. Harris Interactive
© Antonin Kratochvil
"I want to know why we are still playing
'Smear the Queer' on our playgrounds.
That needs to stop."Antonio David Garcia,
Executive Director of the Resource Center, Kalamazoo
© Antonin Kratochvil
"It's not enough to sit behind a computer screen without also taking the brave stance of standing on the front line, in person." Bil Browning, The Bilerico Project
© Antonin Kratochvil
Features
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Visibility Leads to Progress on Trans Rights
Lee Jimenez lives life beyond the boxes that many people check for hospital registration, tax returns, or online dating. “People don’t understand how I can appear as a woman but don’t identify as a woman,” says Jimenez.
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One Year On: 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell' Repeal Leaves More Work to Be Done
More than one year after repeal of the policy that blocked lesbian and gay servicemembers from being open about their sexual orientation in the United States military, we look at the levels of equality achieved so far and what remains to be done.
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© Kike Arnal
Ugandan Civil Society Activist Speaks Out on LGBT Rights
"We live nomadic lives. We move from one house to the other because the neighbors discover we're gay activists or we're gay and then the landlord throws us out." Geoffrey Ogwaro, co-coordinator of the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law tells us about the struggle for LGBT rights in his home country, Uganda.
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Arcus Foundation Annual Report 2011
The Arcus Foundation's 2011 Annual Report highlights the work of grantees and partners across the globe who are making strides toward the Foundation's goal of creating a more just and humane world.
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Arcus News
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New Arcus Grants Support LGBT Communities of Color, Leadership, and Culture
June 2013Arcus is focusing this quarter on its U.S. social justice program which seeks to shift culture, build leadership, and increase protections primarily among youth, communities of color, and faith populations.
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Other News
Arcus LGBT Leadership Initiative
June 21st is the deadline to apply for the first two components of the initiative are mentorship and peer networking support programs for new or early-career executive directors (EDs), details of which were announced today.
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New Project Financial Report Form
Please note that we have recently revised our Project Financial Report Form. Click here to see the new form.
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Global State-Sponsored Homophobia Interactive Map
Source © ILGA—International Lesbian and Gay Association—www.ilga.org
Grants
The Arcus Foundation's social justice program focuses on maximizing impact in its three program areas: International Human Rights; United States; Global Religion.
The Foundation invites inquiries from organizations with projects falling under these areas. For more information on the submitting an inquiry, click the links below:
Awarded Grants
ACLU Foundation
New York, NY $300,000
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