Program areas at Horizons Foundation
Grantmaking: Horizons Foundation provided direct financial support to nonprofit organizations through 1,380 grants to 776 organizations totaling $7,611,604 in 2023. Grants addressed multiple issues and populations, including the covid19 crisis, health, hiv/aids, youth, arts, elders, communities of color, transgender rights, community building, and civil and human rights in the san francisco bay area, other parts of the united states, and the world. Grants were also made from donor-advised funds, field of interest funds, and scholarship funds. Grants ranged from $250 to $444,057; provided both operating support and project support; and included non-lgbtq-specific grants through the donor-advised and other grant programs.
Capacity building: leadership development: recognizing that strong leadership is crucial to the lgbqt community, Horizons has long been committed to developing community leadership. In the past year, Horizons continued to sponsor an on-going group of executive directors of lgbtqq organizations that provides consistent support and networking for key community leaders.
Increasing lgbtq community resources: (a) Horizons promoted giving by lgbtq people for lgbtq causes by offering expert seminars to educate hundreds of donors and financial and legal advisors serving the lgbtq community and by working with individual donors to define their philanthropic goals and develop giving strategies for both life-time and legacy gifts. (b) Horizons led national give out day, the only national day of giving for the lgbtq community that raised over $1,272,886 for lgbtq organizations across the country. (c) the Foundation led innovative research and testing efforts to strengthen the fundraising capabilities of lgbtq nonprofits in the bay area and beyond. (d) Horizons continued to build the lgbtq community endowment fund to provide permanent resources for promoting rights and well-being of lgbtq people. The endowment is being built principally through estate gifts, and more than 380 people have informed Horizons that the Foundation is included in their estates.