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Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice
116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003
P: 1.212.529.8021    F: 1.212.982.3321
info@astraeafoundation.org  www.astraeafoundation.org

Grants

U.S. Collaborative Grants are issued to organizations with whom we work in partnership.

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues (New York, NY) is comprised of individual donors and grantmakers from private, public, family, corporate and community foundations which advocate for increased funding support for the LGBT community.  $1,000

Funding Exchange (New York, NY) for the 15th Anniversary of the Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media. $500

Hand on the Pulse (New York, NY) is a video documentary about Joan Nestle, a working-class "fem" lesbian and Co-Founder of The Lesbian Herstory Archives. Grant was made through Astraea's 2001 Lynn Campbell Event Collaboration. $2,400

Lesbian Herstory Archives (Brooklyn, NY) is the largest and oldest lesbian archive in the world. Grant was made through the 2001 Lynn Campbell Event Collaboration. $1,000

National Network of Grantmakers (Brooklyn, NY) is an organization of individuals involved in funding social and economic justice. NNG is committed to the goal of increasing resources, financial and otherwise, to organizations working for social change.  $1,000

Pride Foundation (Seattle, WA) runs the Washington Lesbian Organizing Project, which brings emerging and existing leaders from across the state to develop new projects and to create a statewide network for addressing key lesbian issues. $10,000

Third Wave Foundation (New York, NY) for their annual Making Money Make Change Conference, a national gathering of young donors with wealth to explore wealth issues within the context of progressive social change. $1,000

Grantmakers Without Borders (Boston, MA) is made up of private and public foundations, donors, donor-activists and other allies in philanthropy who come together to promote social change grantmaking to developing countries. $1,000

Women's Sports Foundation (East Meadow, NY) for the Project to Eliminate Homophobia in Sport which addresses prejudice against lesbian and bisexual women in sports. Through a groundbreaking video and manual, the Project educates athletes, parents, guardians, coaches and administrators about the origins and effects of homophobia.  In addition, they advocate for fair policy guidelines for LGBT sports professionals, and provide healthy role models by promoting visibility of athletic achievements of LGBT athletes. $2,500