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Many of the grantees for the fall funding cycle are focused on lifting and amplifying the work of grassroots organizations that advocate for LGBTQ rights and justice, particularly those by and for the transgender community. Borealis Philanthropy is using its grant to support the Fund for Trans Generations, a collaborative that supports trans communities throughout the United States through direct grants, organizational development support, and peer learning.
Most of the grantees in the fall cycle of funding are focusing their work on economic strategies that support conservation efforts, as well as on initiatives that will help place a strong emphasis on policy and government decision-making with regard to African and Asian ape habitats. Project Primate will use its grant to support the organizational and management infrastructure of the Chimpanzee Conservation Center in Guinea, West Africa.
The work of the organizations that are recipients of grants this funding cycle looks at great ape conservation in tandem with the engagement of local human communities and development of economic opportunities compatible with conservation outcomes. Working in the Northern Republic of the Congo, World Wildlife Fund will use its grant to focus on the zoning and gazettement of a new protected area, as well as on community engagement and the reduction of the trade in hunted meat.
The grantees for the latest funding cycle are focusing their LGBTQ advocacy work in a number of areas, such as with the faith-based community and with youth. Other grantees, meanwhile, will be focusing on policy change and justice for the LGBTQ community.
MEDIA CONTACT: Andy Marra Communications Manager Arcus Foundation 646-837-8863 amarra@arcusfoundation. org NEW YORK, NY (June 19, 2018) – The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today the appointment of Alisha Williams (preferred gender pronouns: she/her, they/their) as a Program Officer of the Social Justice program.
Arcus’ spring grantmaking portfolio gives support for recipients to carry out a wide variety of great ape and gibbon conservation efforts, offering opportunities to improve chimpanzee care facilities and to strengthen protections for apes in their natural habitats. The Jane Goodall Institute will use its grant to support the collaborative implementation of the Conservation Action Plan for the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in a partnership with eight conservation organizations.
