1. In 2007, 293 U.S.-based grantmakers awarded 3,206 grants supporting LGBTQ organizations and projects totaling $77.2 million dollars-an 18 percent increase from 2006.
   
   
2. Independent foundations again provided the largest amount of LGBTQ funding in 2007.
   
   
3. The combined funding from the top 10 LGBTQ grantmakers, by total dollars, represented 47 percent of total LGBTQ dollars in 2007-a decrease of 5 percentage points from 2006. The top 10 LGBTQ grantmakers, by total grants, accounted for 42 percent of all LGBTQ grants.
   
   
4. Thirteen percent of LGBTQ grants in 2007 came from 15 of the top 50 U.S. foundations, by asset size.
   
   
5. Ten nonprofit organizations received more than one quarter of all LGBTQ dollars granted in 2007.
   
   
6. As with previous years, in 2007 national LGBTQ efforts received the majority of LGBTQ dollars and local efforts received the majority of LGBTQ grants.
   
   
7. Program support received the most LGBTQ dollars (55 percent) and grants (49 percent) in 2007-more than general operating support and other forms of support.
   
   
8. Among LGBTQ sub-populations, children and youth again received the highest level of support from grantmakers in 2007.
   
   
9. Among the various strategies utilized by LGBTQ organizations and projects, advocacy received the highest level of support from grantmakers in 2007.
   
   
10. Grantmaking support for civil rights efforts far surpassed philanthropic support for the other issues being addressed by LGBTQ organizations and projects. Further, support for LGBTQ education/safe schools nearly doubled between 2006 and 2007.
    
    

Source: Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Grantmaking by U.S. Foundations: Calendar Year 2007 (New York: FLGI, 2009).

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