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Hilary Rau Joins Laughing Gull Foundation as Program Manager for Higher Education in Prison Program
October 2022
Laughing Gull Foundation Announces $1.9M in Grants to Organizations Advancing Justice for LGBTQ+ Southerners
September 2022
Laughing Gull Foundation Adds $850,000 in Funding to Climate & Environment
Organizations in the US South
June 2022
Dr. LaTonya Penny Joins Laughing Gull Foundation as Executive Director
February 2022
April 2021: Laughing Gull Foundation's statement on the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.
March 2021: Senior Program Consultant Cynthia Renfro, who manages LGF's Climate & Environment Program, shared her insights on the Health & Environmental Funders Network's Blog Series on Racial Justice.
LGF Supports Justice-Impacted Communities & Shares Responses in 2020
December 17, 2020
2020 Racial Justice Support: In 2020, LGF provided two grants to the Southern Power Fund in support of racial justice work across the South.
LGF Welcomes Christopher Cuevas & Supports the Southern Power Fund
September 17, 2020
LGF Responds to Impact of COVID on LGBTQ BIPOC Communities
July 28, 2020
LGF signed onto this letter from social justice funders as well as the Council on Foundations pledge "to act with fierce urgency to support our nonprofit partners as well as the people and communities hit hardest by the impacts of COVID-19”.
In June, LGF signed onto the Emergency Charity Stimulus petition, created by a network of philanthropic donors and leaders that is urging Congress to enact legislation requiring foundations to double the mandated annual foundation payout over the next three years, from 5% to 10%.
Mural created by artists Xena Goldman, Cadex Herrera, and Greta McLain, with help from artists Niko Alexander and Pablo Hernandez.
LGF 2019 HEP Grant Announcement
November 18, 2019
LGF 2019 LGBTQ Grant Announcement
November 7, 2019
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