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2008 Archive

December 4, 2008  Coloradans Recognized for Making the State A Welcoming Place for Everybody. Gay & Lesbian Fund Honors Five Colorado Groups for Taking A Stand on Equality.

The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado has honored five Colorado individuals and organizations with the 2008 Advancing Equality Awards to recognize their commitment to creating an inclusive and equal environment for all people. Each honoree has received a gift of $5,000 to be allocated to a nonprofit of their designation. Awards in the categories … more >>

May 20, 2008  Gill Foundation and Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado Release 2007 Online Annual Report

The Gill Foundation announced today the release of its 2007 annual report: Achieving Full Equality.  The report is available online at www.gillannualreport.org.   This year’s report focuses on the efforts of individuals and organizations working to advance equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people at all stages of life.  Six grantees are the focus of streaming … more >>

May 13, 2008  Colorado Companies Encouraged To Comply With Nondiscrimination Law Before One-Year Anniversary of ENDA. New Resource Sheds Light on Gender Expression, Discrimination, and the Law.

One year ago this month, Colorado passed into law an amended version of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA). The new ENDA extends workplace discrimination protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity. As the one-year anniversary approaches, the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado is encouraging corporations, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, and other … more >>

March 11, 2008  A Year of Distinctions for Head of Gay & Lesbian Fund Culminates With An Induction into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame

Mary Lou Makepeace, executive director of the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, has been honored with several distinctions this year that recognize her as a valued contributor to the state and an advocate for higher quality of life for Coloradans. Most recently, Makepeace was selected as an inductee into the 2008 Colorado Women’s Hall … more >>

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Welcome to the website for the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado

We’d like to update you on some important news.

In 2012, we announced we would take a break from all new Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado grantmaking to undergo a strategic reevaluation. As of December 2012, we are nearing the end of this reevaluation period and a focused branding evaluation.

Due to exciting changes in the fund’s grant program areas, the content available on this website is now outdated. We will be closing this website and incorporating Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado updates into the Gill Foundation’s website by April 2013.

Going forward, the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado will now encompass all previously-existing Colorado programs and grants of the Gill Foundation, as well as a new program area in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.* The foundation’s six Colorado program areas that will be known as Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado grants are:

Five previously existing and well-defined grant program areas of Gill Foundation:

  • Colorado safe and inclusive schools that prevent bullying and harassment
  • Colorado progressive civic engagement and communications grants
  • Colorado public broadcasting grants
  • Colorado HIV services
  • Colorado lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) services and advocacy

One new grant program area:

  • Colorado science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education

* Our new STEM strategy will be refined over the course of the next 18 months.

PLEASE NOTE: We will not be accepting any unsolicited letters of interest or grant applications.

We are excited for this next chapter with the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado and believe that we can have an even greater impact in building a better Colorado together. Please check the Gill Foundation’s website in late 2013 for any grantmaking updates: www.gillfoundation.org.

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