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Media contact:
Diana Hanford
dhanford@piersongrant.com
561-309-4136
954-776-1999 x230
Wilton Manors Fla. (December 14, 2022) – The Our Fund Foundation awarded $317,000 in grants through its LGBTQ+ Health & Wellness Fund in support of innovative LGBTQ+-specific programs and initiatives in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties.
Our Fund’s 2022 LGBTQ+ Health & Wellness Fund earmarked grants ranging from $7,000 to $50,000, among 12 deserving South Florida nonprofits which provide targeted LGBTQ Youth, HIV/AIDS Services & Prevention, LBT Women and Transgender programs.
“The Our Fund Foundation exists to make South Florida the most livable and thriving place in the country for LGBTQ people through responsive, relevant, and impactful philanthropy and grantmaking,” said David Jobin, president & CEO of Our Fund Foundation. “It is our privilege to support these grantees which address unique LGBTQ+ health risks and disparities in impactful ways.”
The Our Fund Foundation’s 2022 Health & Wellness Fund Grant recipients include:
LGBTQ Youth
HIV/AIDS Services & Prevention
LBT Women
Transgender
Community Programs
Grants from the 2022 LGBTQ Health & Wellness Fund were made possible by generous support from the following individuals, donor advised, and legacy funds at Our Fund Foundation: G Foundation, The Tuesday’s Angels Fund, The John D. Green & Jeffrey I. Sacks Charitable Fund, Dick Schwarz & Tom Massey, Michael H. Sporn, Scott L. Bennett, Doll/McNally Fund, John Pritchard’s Make Change Matter Fund, Steven W. Thornton and Bradley E. Coomer Charitable Fund, The Woodham-Ellis Charitable Fund, The Sherzum Fund and from Our Fund’s Endowment: Bill Beaton and Ted Emery Charitable Fund, Jim Laird’s Hamish’s Fund, Kay Maunsbach Charitable Fund, The Jack W. Huizenga Fund, The Fasana Education Fund, Stanley Roller Charitable Fund.
Our Fund Foundation will celebrate the donors and recipients and the impact they have on South Florida’s LGBTQ community during an upcoming socially distanced grant reception, to be announced.
Established in 2011, Our Fund Foundation has grown into the third largest LGBT foundation in the nation. As South Florida’s only LGBT community foundation, Our Fund promotes a culture of philanthropy by uniting donors with organizations advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in Broward and Miami-Dade counties and supporting causes within the LGBTQ community. For more information on Our Fund Foundation visit our-fund.org or call 954-565-1090.