LGBTQ Founders and Executives with Charitable Foundations
There are many LGBTQ individuals on record as founders or executives with Charitable Foundations around the world. Many of these charitable organizations specifically serve the LGBTQ community. Others are large global charitable organizations involved in a wide variety of activities, such as health, education, the environment, or book publishing. Still others are involved in local charitable work which serves a small and defined geographical region or purpose.
A good number of the Charitable organizations are devoted to research and support services for HIV/AIDS issues. This has been a traditional area of support for the international LGBTQ community since the crisis began in the mid-1980s. These organizations include large groups such as The Elton John AIDS Foundation or the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR), as well as local groups including the Casey House AIDS Foundation (Canada), the Terrance Higgins Trust (Great Britain), Jamaica AIDS Support, or the NAZ Foundation (India).
Other charitable organizations are devoted to advancing or protecting the rights of LGBTQ minorities in their country. One of the oldest is Germany's Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation. The Gill Foundation and Arcus Foundation in the United States have had a notable impact on that country's LGBTQ human rights movement after contributing millions of dollars of annual support to the cause. Despite this positive work, there still remains a shortage of organizations, active donors and support funds around the world for advancing the cause of equality.
There are prominent global charitable foundations that have been created by LGBTQ individuals or have senior management who are members of the community. The Rhodes Trust, founded by South Africa's Cecil Rhodes, is the largest global educational trust in the world and provides scholarships for students studying at The University of Oxford. The Ford Foundation in the United States, headed by gay Darren Walker, is the second largest private charitable trust in that country.
The LGBTQ founders of charitable foundations are either successful philanthropic business leaders, entertainers, or activists.
We have identified the following individuals who have either founded or act as senior Executive Officers with Charitable foundations around the world. This list does not include the large number of significant benefactors or volunteers that work such organizations, which will be reported on at a future date.
Australia
- Bob Brown, The Bob Brown Foundation
- Sir William Dobell, The Dobell Foundation
- James Gleeson, O'Keefe Foundation
Brazil
- Toni Reis, Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation.
Canada
- Ken Aucoin, Movember Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Indspire
- Salah Bachir, Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research
- Daniel Bain, Casey House AIDS Foundation, Ron White Foundation
- Mark S. Bonham, The Mark S. Bonham Charitable Foundation
- Jim Bratton, Casey House AIDS Foundation
- Heather Conway, Samara Foundation, and the Walrus Foundation
- Peter Jepson-Young, Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation
- Chris Kelly, The Writers' Trust of Canada, Casey House AIDS Foundation
- Susan Mullin, York University Foundation, Surrey Place Centre Foundation, Bridgepoint Health Foundation, and Casey House AIDS Foundation
- James Randi, James Randi Educational Foundation
- Mark Tewksbury, Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation
- Robert Tomas, Toronto People With AIDS Foundation
- Jaime Watt, St. Michael's Hospital Foundation
- Kyle Winters, Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, Heart & Stroke Foundation
Chile
- Luis Larrain, Fundacion Iguales (The Equals Foundation)
- Pablo Simonetti, Fundacion Iguales (The Equals Foundation)
China
- Didier Zheng, Chi Heng Foundation
France
- Pierre Berge, Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation
Great Britain
- Dawn Airey, The Grierson Trust
- Christopher Bailey, Burberry Foundation
- Nigel Coates, Architecture Foundation
- Shaun Dellenty, Inclusion For All
- Cath Hall, Albert Kennedy Trust
- David Haigh, HCU Trust
- Elton John, Elton John AIDS Foundation
- Thomas Lawson, Leap Confronting Conflict
- Paul Martin, LGBTQ Foundation
- Jayne Ozanne, Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust
- Nick Partridge, Terrance Higgins Trust
- Lisa Power, Terrance Higgins Trust
- Lance Price, Kaleidoscope Trust
- Harry Rich, Jewish AIDS Trust (JAT)
- Tim Sigsworth, Albert Kennedy Trust
- Wayne Sleep, Wayne Sleep Foundation
- Mark Solomon, LEAT (London Ecumenical AIDS Trust)
- Peter Tatchell, The Peter Tatchell Foundation
- Anthony Watson, The Inclusive Foundation
India
- Ashok Row Kavi, Humsafar Trust
- Shivananda Khan, NAZ Foundation
- Bindumadhav Khire, Samapathik Trust
- Geeta Kumana, Aanchal Trust
- Betu Singh, Sangini Trust
Jamaica
- Robert Carr, Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Foundation, Jamaica Aids Support, International Council of AIDS Service Organisations
Mexico
- Gloria Careaga Perez, Rainbow Foundation
Norway
- Kjell Erik Oie, Rachel Grepp Foundation, Home Start Norge, Det Norske Forbund av 1948
Poland
- Andreas Citak, CALBiA Foundation
Puerto Rico
- Ricky Martin, The Ricky Martin Foundation
Romania
- Adrian Relu Coman, Arcus Foundation
South Africa
- Muhsin Hendricks, Hirschfeld-Eddy Foundation
- Cecil Rhodes, Rhodes Trust
Spain
- Luisa Isabel Alverez de Toledo, Fundación Casa Medina Sidonia
The Netherlands
- David Pollard, Workplace Pride
- Carole Thate, Johan Cruyff Foundation
Uganda
- Kevin Aine Dismus, Rainbow Health Foundation Mbarara
Ukraine
- Zoryan Kis, Fulcrum
United States
- Daayiee Abdullah, Al-Fatiha Foundation
- Katherine Acey, Astraea
- Ann Bancroft, The Ann Bancroft Foundation
- Zachary Barnett, Abzyme Research Foundation
- Billy Bean, The StandUp Foundation
- Terry Bean, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund (1991), The Equity Foundation
- Patti Capouch, Impact Behavioural Health Partners; Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN)
- Brandi Carlile, The Looking Out Foundation
- Courtney Cuff, Gill Foundation
- Timothy Diehl, Love Makes A Family Foundation
- Ani DiFranco, Righteous Babe Foundation
- J. D. Disalvatore, Frontiers Foundation
- Robert Dover, Equestrian Aid Foundation
- Reed Erickson, Erickson Educational Foundation
- Amy Errett, Glide Foundation
- Tim Gill, Gill Action Fund
- Mike Gotlieb, American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR)
- Chad Griffin, American Foundation for Equal Rights
- Neil Giuliano, San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- James Hormel, American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR)
- Kevin Jennings, Arcus Foundation
- Billie Jean King, Women's Sports Foundation
- Dave Koz, Starlight Children's Foundation
- Ellen LaPointe, Northern California Grantmakers
- Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks, People For the American Way (PFAW) Foundation
- Nathan Manske, I'm From Driftwood
- Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
- Les McCabe, Casey Family Foundation
- David McConnell, Lambda Literary Foundation
- Charles Middleton, Point Foundation
- Janet Mock, Arcus Foundation
- Antonia Pantoja, ASPIRA
- Mason Phelps Jr., Equestrian Aid Foundation
- Theresa Sparks, Horizons Foundation
- Terry Stone, Northwest AIDS Foundation
- Jon Stryker, Arcus Foundation
- Peter Thiel, Thiel Foundation
- Carla Trujillo, Lambda Literary Foundation
- Urvashi Vaid, Arcus Foundation
- Jorge Valencia, Point Foundation
- Darren Walker, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
- Rebecca Walker, Third Wave Foundation
- Michael Weinstein, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
- Ken White, Book Industry Charitable Foundation
- Chuck Wolfe, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund
- Logan Voxx, Positive Young People Foundation
