Our Fund Foundation, the third largest LGBTQ+ foundation in the nation, has announced that Luke Turner, a graduate student at Florida Atlantic University, will receive the second annual Justin Flippen Memorial Scholarship. When Justin Flippen, the beloved late mayor of Wilton Manors, died unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm in 2020, Our Fund Foundation swiftly launched the...Read More
Our Fund Foundation and the Community Foundation of Broward announced its new LGBTQ+ Social Justice & Equity Funders Collaborative, which awarded a total of $400,000 in grants to seven deserving nonprofits addressing a range of vital needs associated with social justice and racial equity in the LGBTQ community. A reception celebrating the recipients, donors and...Read More
Our Fund Foundation and the Community Foundation of Broward announced the recipients of the first-ever LGBTQ+ Social Justice & Equity Funders Collaborative. A total of $400,000 will be awarded among seven deserving non-profits in a concerted effort to support innovative opportunities which foster social and racial equity for LGBTQ+ residents and BIPOC (Black & Indigenous...Read More
Our Fund Foundation and Presenting Sponsor Bank of America Private Bank announced that the Third Annual South Florida LGBTQ Philanthropy Awards will be held at the Broward Performing Arts Center’s Mary Porter Riverview Ballroom on Saturday, February 5 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. The cocktail reception and awards ceremony will celebrate individuals and families whose...Read More
The Community Foundation of Broward and Our Fund Foundation are teaming up to boost LGBTQ+ support and prioritize innovative opportunities to foster social and racial equity for LGBTQ+ residents and BIPOC (Black & Indigenous People of Color). This new grantmaking collaboration – linking two philanthropy leaders dedicated to supporting Broward’s LGBTQ+ community – will target...Read More
16 South Florida LGBTQ+ specific programs and initiatives received financial support Our Fund Foundation, South Florida’s only LGBTQ community foundation, awarded $355,000 in grants through its LGBTQ+ Health & Wellness Fund at an awards reception hosted outside of Our Fund’s headquarters in Wilton Manors on Tuesday, October 12. The grants, ranging from $8,000 to $40,000,...Read More
16 South Florida LGBTQ+ specific programs and initiatives receive financial support Our Fund Foundation, South Florida’s only LGBTQ community foundation, announced that its LGBTQ+ Health & Wellness Fund awarded 16 grants ranging from $8,000 to $40,000, for a total of $355,000, to support innovative LGBTQ+-specific programs and initiatives in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties....Read More
Our Fund Foundation’s LGBTQ Arts & Culture Fund awarded $226,500 in much-needed grants to support innovative LGBTQ-specific programs and initiatives in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties. Grants ranging from $5,000 – $20,000 were presented to 18 unique South Florida non-profits during a socially-distanced reception held at Our Fund’s headquarters in Wilton Manors on Monday,...Read More
Our Fund Foundation, South Florida’s only LGBTQ community foundation, announced its LGBTQ Arts & Culture Fund will award 18 grants ranging from $5,000 – $20,000, for a total of $226,500, to support innovative LQBTQ-specific programs and initiatives in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties. “With so many worthy grant applications to evaluate, our review committee...Read More
When Our Fund Foundation, South Florida’s only LGBTQ community foundation, learned of the Humanity Project’s newly formed Diversity Unity Coalition’s effort to combat Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy within underrepresented communities, Our Fund pledged monies from its discretionary fund to support the grassroots initiative. The Humanity Project established the Diversity Unity Coalition as one new method to...Read More
