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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.

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The Arcus Foundation Applauds Ruling on California's Proposition 8 by U.S. Court of Appeals

| February 07 2012

 

NEW YORK, NY (February 7, 2011) -- The Arcus Foundation, a leading global foundation advancing pressing social justice and conservation issues, announced its support of today’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upholding a Federal District Court ruling that found California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional.  Proposition 8 was a ballot initiative passed in 2008 to amend the California Constitution and recognize marriages only between opposite-sex couples.
 
"Today’s decision affirms that the human rights that belong to us all by birthright and under the rule of law must never be trumped by the personal, political, cultural or religious preferences of an electoral majority,” said Arcus’ CEO, Dr. Yvette C. Burton. “The appellate court’s ruling is not only humane. It is just, and it is on the right side of history as leaders and people around the globe increasingly recognize that the freedom to marry and to define one’s family is fundamental."
 
ABOUT THE ARCUS FOUNDATION

The Arcus Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that supports organizations around the world working to advance equality across the spectrum of sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI) as well as conservation of the world’s great apes. The Foundation works globally and has offices in Kalamazoo, MI, New York City and Cambridge, UK.
 
For more information on Arcus, visit http://www.arcusfoundation.org

Grants

The Arcus Social Justice Program is currently not accepting new grant applications while it refines its strategy for pursuing its longstanding mission. The Foundation will provide further guidance by the fall of 2012 and looks forward to engaging with potential new partners and grantees at that time.

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ACLU Foundation
New York, NY $500,000

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What We Support

The creation of a more just and humane world, based on diversity, equality, and fundamental respect.

 

The Arcus Foundation is a leading global foundation advancing pressing social justice issues. Over the past 12 years, Arcus has worked to advance equality and social justice regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity through five program areas.

  1. International Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Rights
  2. National LGBT Rights
  3. Michigan LGBT Rights
  4. Religion and Values
  5. Racial Justice, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
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