• "The U.S. Government and Global LGBT Health: Opportunities and Challenges in the Current Era"
  A new Kaiser Family Foundation brief by Jennifer Kates explores the U.S. Government's efforts to address the health and human rights of LGBT communities around the world.

• "What's Next for the Marriage Movement? An Interview with Matt Foreman"
  Matt Foreman of the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund offers his thoughts on the movement for marriage equality.

• "Gay Donor: Gay Rights Not 'Inevitable'"
  Philanthropist Tim Gill, founder of the Gill Foundation, discusses his strategy for winning LGBT civil rights.

• "The Cost of the Closet and the Rewards of Inclusion: Why the Workplace Environment for LGBT People Matter to Employers"
  A new Human Rights Campaign Foundation report finds that 53 percent of LGBT employees are closeted at work and that one fifth of LGBT employees look for work elsewhere because of an unfriendly work environment.

• "A New Model of Philanthropy"
  Mitchell Singer, Director at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Treasurer for the Funders for LGBTQ Issues Board of Directors, pens an editorial on the importance of retaining the "joy of giving" in philanthropy.

• Infographic: "Why Are So Many LGBT People and People Living with HIV Behind Bars?"
  Center for American Progress has released an infographic exploring the drivers of incarceration that result in a disproportionately high percentage of LGBT people and people living with HIV/AIDS ending up in jail.

• "A River Gathering 'A-ha Moment!'"
  David Wertheimer, Deputy Director, Pacific Northwest Initiative at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, pens a Philanthropy Northwest blog post about the importance of not leaving behind the B's, T's and Q's in LGBTQ.

• "Violence: Through the Lens of Lesbians, Bisexual Women and Trans People in Asia"
  The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission has released an extensive report that examines the violence and exclusion LBT women in five different Asian countries experience on a daily basis.

• "10th Anniversary of Marriage Equality in Massachusetts"
  In honor of the 10th Anniversary of Marriage Equality in Massachusetts, the Williams Institute looks at some new research to conclude that 15-25 percent of same-sex couples in the country are now legally married. 

• Europe Rainbow Resources
  ILGA Europe has released a number of resources including an updated 2014 Europe Rainbow Map and the 2014 "Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex People in Europe".

• "Utahans Most Likely to Donate Money and Time"
  A new Gallup Poll finds that Utah leads U.S. states in reported charitable giving.

• Equity Foundation
  Equity Foundation is accepting proposals for their 2014 general grantmaking cycle. Proposals are due June 13.

• Elton John AIDS Foundation
  The Elton John AIDS Foundation is inviting RFPs for its LGBTQ Community Initiative, a new funding initiative related to the HIV response in LGBTQ communities.  Proposals are due June 12.

Recent Grant Award Announcements

• Ford Foundation
  The Ford Foundation has awarded $250,000 to the Gay-Straight Alliance Network for its Racial and Economic Justice Project.

• Trans Justice Funding Project
  The Trans Justice Funding Project has announced its 2014 grantees, awarding $150,000 to 68 organizations.

• New York State
  The New York State Legislature has adopted a budget that awards $100,000 to SAGE's LGBT Elder Veterans Initiative.

• Trudeau Foundation
  The Trudeau Foundation has named its 2014 cohort of Trudeau Scholars, including two students whose research focuses on transgender issues, Jake Pyne and Ayden Scheim. 

• Bikkurim
  Bikkurim has awarded $100,000 to Keshet, an organization working for the full equality and inclusion of LGBT Jews in Jewish life.

• H. van Ameringen Foundation
  Philanthropist Henry van Amerigen has awarded a $100,000 matching grant to the Truth Wins Out for its new Center Against Religious Extremism.   

• Open Society Foundations
  Open Society Foundations has awarded fellowships to 14 visionaries working to reform the criminal justice system in the United States, including Andrea Ritchie, executive director of Streetwise & Safe.

• Wilbur May and Anita & Arnold Rosenstein Foundation
  Anita May Rosenstein has made the largest gift ever given by a living person to an LGBT organization.  The Wilbur May and Anita & Arnold Rosenstein Foundations have awarded $6.5 million to the newly rebranded Los Angeles LGBT Center.