Heller-Bernard Fund

2012

Anderson Gold Films
Brooklyn, NY
$5,000

National Black Justice Coalition
Washington, DC
$5,000

2008

Anderson Gold Films (Brooklyn, NY)
For the production of PASSIONATE POLITICS Pass, a film about Charlotte Bunch. $5,000

Audre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY)
For their 10th Anniversary. $10,000

The Feminist Press (New York, NY)
General support. $1,000
feministpress.org

Charis Circle (Atlanta, GA)
General support.
$9,000 over three years.
chariscircle.org

GRIOT Circle (Brooklyn, NY)
General support.
$10,500 over three years.

Mautner Project (Washington, DC)
General support. $10,500 over three years.
mautnerproject.org

National Black Justice Coalition (Washington, DC)
For their 2008 Power of Us conference in Washington, DC. $5,000
nbjcoalition.org

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (Athens, OH)
General support. $9,000 over three years.

Southerners on New Ground (Durham, NC)
General support. $10,500 over three years.

2006

Arab Women's Gathering Organizing Collective (Oakland, CA) is a group of Arab and Arab American women working for social justice locally and globally, with a particular focus on women's issues. AWGOC is committed to creating a space where Arab and Arab American women can reclaim self-determined dialogues within communities, families and within the state without internal or external censure. $1,500

Audre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY) is the nation's only Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit and Trans (LGBTST) People of Color center for community organizing. Through mobilization, education and capacity-building, ALP promotes community wellness and progressive social and economic justice. $1,500

Dyke TV Productions (Brooklyn, NY) is a community media resource center that has documented the lives of queer women for the past thirteen years. Airing on over 108 public access cable channels, Dyke TV also builds skills of lesbians in all aspects of video production, editing and web design. $1,000

GLBT Historical Society (San Francisco, CA) collects, preserves and interprets the history of GLBT people and the communities that support them. The archives of the GLBTHS is one of the world's largest collections of primary source materials about GLBT history. Grant supports Date of Birth: the 50th Anniversary of the Daughters of Bilitis. $1,500

GRIOT Circle (Brooklyn, NY) is an intergenerational and culturally diverse community organization seeking to address the needs of LGBT elders, particularly elders of color. Their innovative programming includes social services, Yoruba wood carving, health advocacy and mobilization of elders of color to respond to pressing issues in their communities. $3,000

Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer (Washington, DC) provides direct services to lesbians with cancer, their families and caregivers. They educate policymakers about lesbians, promote lesbian health issues and research, and empower local grassroots groups and individuals to do the same. $3,000

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (Athens, OH) is a national membership organization dedicated to confronting and fighting ageism in lesbian lives, communities, organizations and society as a whole. $1,500

Paris Press (Ashfield, MA) is a nonprofit press publishing the work of women writers who have been neglected or misrepresented by the mainstream literary world. Publishing two to three books a year, Paris Press values work that is daring in style and in its courage to speak truthfully about society, culture, history and the human heart. $1,500

Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) is committed to student success, academic quality and social justice, with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, IL. Grant supports the creation of the Lesbian Scholarship Fund, which will support students interested in pursuing lesbian studies. $3,000

Southerners on New Ground (Durham, NC), builds progressive movement across the South by organizing to integrate work against racism, sexism and economic injustice into LGBT organizing and integrating anti-homophobia work into other freedom struggles in the South. SONG's programs concentrate on leadership development and creating critical spaces for progressive LGBT leaders to build effective organizing strategies in the South. $3,000

2004

Mautner Project (Washington, D.C.) provides direct services to lesbians with cancer, their families and caregivers. They educate policy makers about lesbians; promote lesbian health issues and research; and empower local grassroots groups and individuals to do the same. $3,000

Old Lesbians Organizing For Change (Houston, TX) confronts and fights ageism in lesbian lives, communities, organizations and society as a whole. $2,000

Paris Press (Ashfield, MA) publishes fine feminist literary works of all genres ranging from experimental to politically radical, including work by worthy yet neglected writers. $1,000

Rainbow Project (Windhoek, Namibia) works for the recognition and promotion of equal human rights for LGBT people in Namibia. $2,000

Southerners On New Ground (Durham, NC) helps build the progressive movement by integrating work against racism, sexism and economic justice into LGBT organizing, and integrating the struggle against homophobia into the broader freedom struggles in the South. $2,000

2002

Audre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY) is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit and Transgender People of Color center for community organizing. Through mobilization, education and capacity-building, it promotes community wellness as well as progressive, social and economic justice. $1,000

Bridges: A Journal For Jewish Feminists (Eugene, OR) celebrates and illustrates Jewish women's identity and social justice activism. The Journal include articles by and about lesbians, working-class Jews, Jewish women of varied ethnic backgrounds, and Israeli women peace workers. $2,000

Charis Circle (Atlanta, GA) expanded the community programs previously offered by Charis Books, a 27-year old feminist bookstore providing a feminist and lesbian space and sponsoring educational programs, writing and cultural events. $2,000

DYKE TV (Brooklyn, NY) produces an award-winning television magazine and teaches video production and editing. Grant is for the On The Road Campaign, which introduced small cities, towns and rural communities to Dyke TV. During the campaign, Dyke TV staff conducted free video production workshops, screened episodes of the show and put cameras in the hands of activists to document their communities. $1,000

GRIOT Circle (Brooklyn, NY) provides empowerment programs targeting senior LGBT people of color coping with isolation, ill health and loneliness, all of which are further complicated by homophobia and racism. $2,000

Mautner Project (Washington, DC) is the only national organization dedicated to lesbians with cancer, their partners and caregivers. Through their Removing the Barriers Project, they work to improve the skills of individual practitioners and create systemic change so that lesbians feel truly comfortable in hospitals and other health care settings. Grant was for the 2002 Healing Works/National Lesbian Health Conference in Washington, D.C. Grant was issued to offset conference expenses after the Federal Government withdrew its funding. $2,000

Paris Press (Ashfield, MA) publishes feminist literature of all genres, from experimental and politically radical works to writing by worthy yet neglected writers. $5,000

Southerners on New Ground (Durham, NC) helps build the progressive movement by integrating work against racism, sexism and economic injustice into LGBT organizing, and by integrating the struggle against homophobia into the broader freedom struggles in the South. $2,000

FRIEDA WOODBURY FUND (now the heller-bernard fund)

1999

Charis Circle, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Grant is for general support.

GRIOT Circle (Gay Reunion in Our Time)
Brooklyn, NY
Grant is for general support.

Mary-Helen Mautner Project For Lesbians With Cancer
Washington, DC
Grant is for general support.

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change
Houston, TX
Grant is for general support.

Paris Press
Ashfield, MA
Grant is for general support.

Pride Senior Network
New York, NY
Grant is for general support.

Senior Action in a Gay Environment (SAGE)
New York, NY
Grant is for general support.

Women's Cancer Resource Center
Berkeley, CA
Grant is for general support.

1998

Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists

Eugene, OR

Charis Circle
Atlanta, GA

DYKE-TV
New York, NY

Lesbian Resource Center
Seattle, WA

Mautner Project
Washington, DC

Nontraditional Employment for Women
New York, NY

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change
Houston, TX

Pride Senior Network
New York, NY

Southerners on New Ground
Louisville, KY

Woman Vision
San Francisco, CA

Women's Cancer Resource Center
Berkeley, CA