The LGBTQ Community Fund strengthens Utah's LGBTQ community through united giving.
Our Goals
The goal of the LGBTQ Community Fund is to unite LGBTQ giving by leveraging individual gifts to create a meaningful impact. The fund strengthens Utah’s LGBTQ community and our state as a whole, through a flexible and responsive fund that can respond to ever-changing community needs.
To accomplish this goal, we facilitate gifts from donors and leverage them for maximum impact, all while increasing the visibility of LGBTQ philanthropy. We identify organizations doing the best work to support the LGBTQ community and conduct due diligence on behalf of donors. Further, the fund ensures all organizations that receive grants have in place a non-discrimination employment policy before they are eligible for funding.
Our Progress
As we continue to update our website, we will share more information about our impact here.
Learn more in our printable one-pager.
Be Part of the Impact!
- Easy. You receive immediate tax deductions for your contributions. We accept gifts of stock, real estate, and other complex assets.
- Flexible. You can be certain that your gifts will support the Utah's LGBTQ community in perpetuity, even as the community's most pressing needs change.
- Efficient. Your contributions are pooled with others, creating greater collective giving power.
- Impactful. We provide assistance identifying high-impact nonprofits and monitoring how grants are used, ensuring that your support has the greatest community impact possible.
Contribute Today
Ways to Donate
- Donate online
- Stock, real estate, or other non-cash donation - email for more information
- Gift on behalf of a loved one
View our tribute gift one pager for more information and send a completed tribute gift donation form to the Community Foundation of Utah at 2257 South 1100 East, Suite 205, Salt Lake City, UT 84106.
- Planned Gifts
Include "the LGBTQ Community Fund at the Community Foundation of Utah" fund as a beneficiary of your retirement assets or life insurance or make a bequest to the fund in your estate plan. We encourage you to work with your tax advisor or estate planning professional to determine the type of gift that is right for you and your family.
Fund Committee
- Carol Gnade
- Michelle Turpin
- Jeffrey Mathis
- Lauryn Hansen
- Katherine Fife
How to Apply for Funding
We love the nonprofits who are working tirelessly on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community! In an attempt to better support them in the future, we are reassessing our grantmaking strategies. While we won't be accepting grant applications in 2019, we look forward to supporting our local nonprofits moving forward.
The LGBTQ Community Fund awards grants to:
- Utah organizations that serve the LGBTQ community
- Other impactful not-for-profits so that they can better serve the LGBTQ community
- Organizations that improve the quality of life in Utah
Our Grantees and History
The LGBTQ Community Fund started in 2012 with a $50,000 challenge grant to help establish a transitional home for young men living on the street, 40% or more of whom identify as gay or transgender. In 2013, the fund committee formalized a competitive grantmaking process, making $25,000 in grants to further the work of agencies across Utah working for equality. Read below for more details about our grants in 2014, 2015, and beyond.
2019 Grantees
- Comunidades Unidas for LGBTQ programming and clientele
- International Rescue Committee for LGBTQ programming and clientele
- PFLAG Logan for LGBTQ programming and clientele
- PFLAG Provo for LGBTQ programming and clientele
- Plan-B Theatre for LGBTQ programming and clientele
- Utah Film Center for LGBTQ programming and clientele
- Utah Pride Center for LGBTQ programming and clientele
- Volunteers of America, Utah for LGBTQ programming and clientele
- Youth Futures for LGBTQ programming and clientele
2018 Grantees
- Comunidades Unidas for general operating support
- Encircle for general operating support
- Equality Utah Foundation for general operating support
- Plan-B Theatre for general operating support
- Salt Lake Acting Company for general operating support
- Utah Film Center for general operating support
- Utah Museum of Contemporary Art for general operating support
- Youth Futures for general operating support
2017 Grantees
- Equality Utah for Wellstone Action Boot Camp
- Utah Pride Center for Survivors of Suicide Attempts (SOSA)
- Youth Futures for Program Operations
- Utah Public Radio for a UPR Original Series - Off the Grid
- Comunidades Unidas for Community Promise/Promesa Comunitaria, an HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention campaign
- Plan-B Theatre for the world premiere of THE ICE FRONT by Eric Samuelsen
- Salt Lake Acting Company for the 2017/2018 productions of HIR and FUN HOME
- Utah Museum of Contemporary Art for Out Loud, a museum exhibition for LGBTQIA+ youth
- Encircle for Youth, Family and Community Programming, and Therapeutic Services
- Utah Film Center for the Damn These Heels film festival
- U of U College of Health - Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Utah Speech-Language Hearing Clinic for Giving Voice to the Person Inside: A Voice Therapy Program for Persons in Transition
2016 Grantees
- Brigham Young Queer Alumni Association for a Recognition Banquet
- Utah AIDS Foundation for the PrEP, HIV Prevention Clinic
- Utah Pride Center in support of the Genderevolution Conference
- Spy Hop for their Move the Dial initiative
- Westminster College for their LGBT programming intern
- UMOCA (Utah Museum of Contemporary Arts) for their Out Loud Mentoring Program
- OUTreach Resource Centers for general operating for Ogden drop-in center
- Planned Parenthood for their Safe at School Program
- Plan-B Theatre Company for the Premiere of VIRTUE by Tim Slover
- Bennion Community Service Center to support the Alternative Breaks Program
- Utah Film Center in support of the Damn These Heels! LGBT Film Festival
- Youth Futures for their shelter, drop-in services, and street outreach
2015 Grantees
- J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah for the expansion of holdings of Kristen Ries/Maggie Snyder History of HIV/AIDS in Utah Collection
- Office of Inclusion and Outreach, University of Utah for the Annual Health Care Provider Summit: Expanding the Knowledge of LGBT Healthcare
- Utah Pride Center for Moab Pride and a Community Needs Assessment
- Youth Futures Shelter Home for general operating support
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah for the LGBT Mentors Program
- Senior Charity Care Foundation for Financial Assistance For Medical and Dental Care for LGBT Seniors
- Westminster College for an LGBT Programming Intern
- OUTreach Resource Centers for the Drop-In Center in Ogden
- Utah Museum of Contemporary Art for the Out Loud Mentoring Program
- Equality Utah for the Harvey Milk Leadership Training Academy
- Utah Film Center for the Damn These Heels! LGBT Film Festival
- Pioneer Craft House for Senior LGBT Adult Arts & Drafts Classes
2014 Grantees
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah for matches between youth and caring LGBT adult mentors in BBBSU’s Community-Based and School-Based Mentoring Programs
- Moab Pride for awareness of the LGBT community in this rural area
- Plan-B Theatre Company for a statewide Elementary school tour of “DIFFERENT=AMAZING”, a play that helps children understand the impact of bullying
- The Utah Film Center for “Damn These Heels!” Film Festival
- The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art for the Out Loud Mentoring Program between artists and LGBT youth
- Westminster College for the hiring of a student intern the College’s LGBT student club, Alphabet Soup
- The Point Foundation for scholarships to empower promising Utah LGBT students to achieve their academic potential and make a significant impact on society
- National Center For Lesbian Rights for adoption rights advocacy for LGBT families in Utah
- Utah Pride for the Utah Pride Center capital campaign effort
Contact us at 801-559-3005 or to learn more about the LGBTQ Community Fund.