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The Stonewall Impact
November 2011
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Spotlight on a Stonewall Grantee:
| Immigration Equality fights for equality under U.S. immigration law for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV-positive individuals. Founded in 1994 as the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force, Immigration Equality provides legal aid and advocacy for LGBT and HIV-positive immigrants and their families. To find out more about Immigration Equality click here.
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Stonewall Board of Directors
Matthew Ryan
President
Jim Kelliher
Vice President
Dana deVille
Secretary
Todd Montgomery
Treasurer
Hany Awadalla
Steven Dawson
Jo-Ann Disantis
Charles Finlay
Robert Faust
Frank Godchaux
Julie Goldscheid
Ken Goody
Steve Houck
Dante Mastri
Paul Rodel
Samantha Taylor
Janet Wigfield
Richard Winger
Presidents Emeriti
Allan Morrow
Fred Hochberg
Jim Pepper
Matthew Bank
Brad Carlson
Ken Green
Stonewall Staff
Richard Burns
Interim Executive Director
Lyle Matthew Kan
Foundation & Events Manager
Jarrett Lucas
Program Manager
Lauren Todd
Finance & Operations Manager
Bill Mattle
Annual Fund Adviser
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Upcoming Events:
Stonewall Honors
Thursday, December 1, 2011
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Donor Advised Funds:
Manage your charitable giving and receive expert advice on where your dollars are most needed in the LGBTQ community by starting a Donor Advised Fund Today!
Contact our Interim Executive Director, Richard Burns, at 212.367.1266 or richard.burns@stonewallfoundation.org for more information.
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REVEL 2011:
The Philanthropic Party of the Fall
Where were you on Wednesday November 9th? Hopefully you were at REVEL 2011 because once again it was great party that reaffirmed philanthropy need not be limited by age.
Over 500 people packed in the Highline Ballroom for this year's REVEL which received more corporate financial support than ever before. A special thanks to: BV Coastal Estates, Coors Light and Ketel One.
A special thanks to our amazing co-chairs - Andrew Der, Frankie Fox, Justin Huebener, Nicholas Smith and Benjamin Solomon - who made sure this year's party was another smashing success. Likewise we'd like to acknowledge each and every host we had this year who helped drive a great crowd to the event. We're also extremely grateful for the support from our aforementioned corporate sponsors and from our Silver REVELers/Sponsors Patrick Crosetto and Dudley Snyder. Truly, we're thankful for everyone who helped us make REVEL 2011 one of the best REVELs yet!
To find pictures of your friends at REVEL 2011, go to www.facebook.com/StonewallCommunityFoundation. While you're there, please "like" us and tag your photos.
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Donald Harley has named Stonewall as a beneficiary in his will, have you?
As Donald Harley has noted,
"[Stonewall Community Foundation] means more to me than any other organization I am involved with, or that I have been involved with, because the work that Stonewall does is just so incredible. Nobody else is doing this, and nobody else targets their grants the way they do."
It's with great enthusiasm that Don Harley has named Stonewall Community Foundation as beneficiary in his will. Who is named as a beneficiary in your will? What will you be remembered for?
By naming Stonewall Community Foundation as a beneficiary in your will you can strengthen our community's LGBTQ endowment and help insure that it will continue to invest in LGBTQ New York long after you're gone. For more information contact Richard Burns, Interim Executive Director, at 212.367.1266 or richard.burns@stonewallfoundation.org.
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Your End of Year Gift Can Support the 2011 Grants Cycle
This fall's grant cycle is focused on community collaboration and creative resource sharing. Given our challenging economic environment, could there be a better time to encourage organizations to work together to maximize their resources and potential impact? We have received 22 proposals representing more than 50 community organizations hoping to work in strategic partnership and share resources to improve and enrich the lives of LGBTQ people in New York City.
Won't you consider a year-end gift today to support this important community building work?
Click here to make a gift today!
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Julie Goldscheid joins the Board of Directors
Julie Goldscheid has joined the Stonewall Community Foundation Board of Directors as of the November Board Meeting.
Julie is a Professor of Law at CUNY School of Law where she teaches a variety of subjects including courses on gender equality. She writes and speaks widely about gender equality, with a particular focus on gender-based violence and economic equality. She has a long history in non-profit and advocacy organizations, including Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund), where she spearheaded litigation and advocacy programs to end gender-based violence, and Safe Horizon, where she was general counsel. She has served on the boards of the Hetrick Martin Institute and the NYC LGBT Community Center, and has been active in numerous bar association committees and task forces.
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Ford Foundation Grant Announced
On September 1st, Stonewall Community Foundation received a $150,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. This grant was awarded to Stonewall to help fund a project chronicling how LGBTQ family rights have been fought for over the years. The project is tied to the work of Paula Ettelbrick, Stonewall's immediate past Executive Director, who passed away on October 7th. The project will document the struggle for and evolution of LGBTQ family rights. Stonewall is honored to have been selected by the Ford Foundation as one of the first organizations to receive funding under its new LGBT program initiative.
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The 2011 Grants Advisory Committee
An overwhelming number of partnering organizations applied for funding from the 2011 Stonewall Community Foundation Grants Cycle. Twenty-two proposals were received representing a wide array of partnerships with the goal of serving very distinct and diverse audiences.
The proposals will now go before our Grants Advisory Committee, a group of community leaders who will choose which proposals ultimately receive funding. The 2011 Grants Advisory Committee includes:
- Charlie Finlay (Chair), Director of Private Giving, Resource Mobilization at International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
- Alexandra DelValle, Program Director at the Third Wave Foundation
- Stephen Foster, President and Chief Executive Officer at the Overbrook Foundation
- Kenneth Goody, Senior Vice President of Philanthropic Management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Nancy Ordover, Program Director at Funders for LGBTQ Issues
- Barbara Raab, Senior News Writer and Social Media Editor for the NBC Nightly News
- Lolan Sevilla, Program Coordinator: Organization Development at the Audre Lorde Project
- Mark Sexton, Donor Advised Fund Partner
- Sharon Stapel, Executive Director at the NYC LGBT Anti-Violence Project
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Stonewall Endorses the
NYC AIDS Memorial Park
Stonewall Community Foundation has joined GMHC, amFAR, SAGE, the Hetrick Martin Institute, the LGBT Center, CBST, the Center for HIV Law and Policy and a host of other LGBTQ organizations in endorsing plans for a New York City AIDS Memorial Park at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and West 12th Street. We support the creation of a beautiful memorial park to honor the more than 100,000 New Yorkers (gay, bisexual, heterosexual and otherwise) who died from AIDS. The triangular plot near where St. Vincent's once stood is a perfect place given its vicinity to what was once ground zero for the AIDS epidemic in New York.
To learn more about the campaign for an AIDS Memorial Park please click here. To read the New York Times story on the park campaign, click here.
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About Stonewall Community Foundation:
Stonewall Community Foundation is the public charity for New York City's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community.
Since 1990, the Foundation has invested more than $15 million in over 450 organizations via our donor advised funds and annual grant making. The Foundation inspires social change through strategic initiatives designed to engage the community, empower our leaders and invest in grassroots LGBTQ organizations across the five boroughs
Make a donation today to support Stonewall's vital work.
For more information, contact us at (212) 367-1155 or stonewall@stonewallfoundation.org.
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