2. Global Philanthropy Project INFORMATIONAL BREAKFAST MEETING

3. SESSION INTENTIONS Goals:
Share insights into successful funding strategies
Highlight partnership opportunities
Define key actors in the LGBTI philanthropic space
Explore areas of grantmaking need
Outcomes:
Increased sense of global grantmaking impact opportunities
Strengthen relationships with international grantmakers attending Funding Forward
Demonstrate diversity of actors and strategies in the LGBTI grantmaking sector

4. MEET OUR PRESENTERS Francisco Buchting, Horizons Foundation
Matthew Hart,
Global Philanthropy Project
Wanja Muguongo,
UHAI EASHRI
Addison Smith,
Wellspring Advisors

5. ABOUT GPP
Global Philanthropy Project is a collaboration of funders and philanthropic advisors working to expand global philanthropic support advance the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people in the Global South and East. GPP currently has 16 members, including many of the leading global funders for LGBTI rights and represents $71M in annual grantmaking.

6. GPP MEMBERS

7. GPP GOALS
Cultivate and deepen the knowledge, skills and capacity of GPP members and other funders in support of global LGBTI issues.
Increase the amount and influence the type of private and public foundation funding dedicated to global LGBTI issues.
Increase the amount and influence the type of multilateral and bilateral aid and development funding dedicated to global LGBTI issues.
Increase the amount and influence the type of philanthropic giving from individual donors dedicated to global LGBTI issues.
Increase the amount and influence the type of philanthropic giving from corporations dedicated to global LGBTI issues.
Build a dynamic, responsive, and effective structure enabling the GPP network.

8. GPP ACTIVITIES Check out globalphilanthropyproject.org
Working Groups on Individual Donors, Bilateral/Government Funding, Trans* Funding
Original Research & Thought Leadership
Webinars
Donor Convenings & Pre-Conferences
& more!
Check out globalphilanthropyproject.org

9. 2013-2014 Global LGBTI Resource Tracking Report

10. Our Global Tracking Report revealed that in 2013 and 2014, institutional funding for LGBTI issues globally totaled approximately US$424 million. During this two-year period, a total of 415 foundations and 16 government and multilateral agencies awarded more than 9,632 grants for LGBTI issues around the world.

11. Governments, Multilateral Agencies, Individual Donors, Corporations & Private Foundations:

12. During the same period, foundations awarded a total of US$ 251 billion while governments and multilateral agencies awarded US$ 272 billion.
As such, for every US$ 100 awarded by foundations, only 13 cents specifically benefitted LGBTI communities.
For every US$ 100 awarded by government and multilateral agencies, only 4 cents specifically benefited LGBTI communities.

13. Strategies Funded/Issues Funded

14. 2015-2016 Global LGBTI Resource Tracking Report February 2018

15. Multipliers of Urgency
US Election results
Budgeting
Appropriations for democracy, governance and human rights programs
GEF, the Global Development Partnership, and the Special Envoy
Embassies
PEPFAR reauthorization
Global Fund 2017 Agenda for Middle Income Countries

16. OUR PRESENTERS Francisco Buchting, Horizons Foundation Wanja Muguongo,
UHAI EASHRI
Addison Smith,
Wellspring Advisors

17. Francisco Buchting, Horizons Foundation

18. Global Faith and Equality Fund (GFEF) Horizons Foundation

19. Global Faith and Equality Fund (GFEF)
The GFEF purpose is to amplify the voices and
heighten the impact of pro-LGBT Christians and
other communities of faith worldwide.
Global Faith Justice Project (GFJP)
GFEF Funding – The current primary funding priority is to help stem the exportation of religiously-based homophobia from the U.S. to the global south.

20. Global Faith and Equality Fund (GFEF)
LGBTI
Rights
SRHR

21. GFEF Current Areas of Work
Holding U.S.-based “bad actors” accountable
Conducting “bad actors” research
Financial Forensics
Capacity building and community through training and technical assistance
Creating linkages within Africa and/or cross continental linkages between Africa and U.S.

22. GFEF Current Areas of Work
Communication Research
Analyzing and working to influence specific exportation channel(s)
Progressive faith literature by African scholars in African theology journals
Produce training curriculum for USA missionaries from faith organization

23. Challenges Social justice/human rights vs. faith New to the space
timeline and language
New to the space
Multinational, well-resourced adversaries
Cleaning up unintended consequences

24. Wanja Muguongo,UHAI EASHRI

25. Addison Smith, Wellspring Advisors

26. Global Philanthropy Project Next steps/ Membership and Partnership