Gay & Lesbian Fund | Committed to Colorado

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Background

In addition to helping Colorado nonprofits address issues of diversity in the workplace, we also help them understand gender expression and the varying issues transgender people may deal with. Both the support of our grantees and two laws recently passed in Colorado reinforce our vision of a Colorado that welcomes and includes all people regardless of their sexual orientation or gender expression.

All of the nonprofits we support understand the value of inclusion and promote issues of equality within the organization’s circle of influence. For this reason we require all grantees to have an inclusive organizational nondiscrimination policy.

Colorado is home to people of diverse backgrounds, all of whom place a value on quality of life. We believe that treating all people fairly and equally only enhances the Colorado experience for everyone who
lives here.

Recent Colorado Laws:

May 2008
Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or transgender status in housing and public accommodations – such as hotels and restaurants.

May 2007
Colorado’s Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA) which makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender expression, or transgender status.

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Due to exciting changes in the fund’s grant program areas, the content available on this website is now outdated.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.