The HOPE Fund advances LGBTQ+ advocacy, committee member John Zervos says
“What draws me to The HOPE Fund is the tireless goal to make southeast Michigan a world-class place to work and live if you are LGBTQ+.” ...
Jun 13th 2022
Before and Beyond Pride 2021: Supporting the future LGBTQ+ Community
This Pride month, parades, marches, and flags will remind us of the ongoing struggle for LGBTQ+ rights while celebrating the progress made in the 50 years since Stonewall. Outside of...
Jun 14th 2021
The HOPE Fund Creating Impact for Over 25 Years for the LGBTQ+ Community
Your support is important. We ask you to consider supporting The HOPE Fund today. Here are some ways you can make a difference in the LGBTQ+ community:...
Oct 20th 2020
LGBTQ+ Funding during COVID-19
Five area LGBTQ+ organizations receive grants totaling $200,000 from The HOPE Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan. The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced that five key LGBTQ+...
Jul 2nd 2020
In Press Release
Helping LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers Find Belonging
An LGBTQ+ asylum seeker’s sexuality can be a matter of life or death back home, and some asylum seekers, both heterosexual and homosexual, arrive having internalized their home society’s beliefs...
Feb 20th 2020
LGBTQ+ Inclusion Under the Law: Still a Work in Progress
“We’ve seen tremendous progress in so many ways,” Jay said. But there is also much work to do to make sure LGBTQ+ citizens are included and protected, particularly around trans...
Dec 20th 2019
LGBTQ+ Organizations Connect With New Populations with HOPE Fund grants
Today, the fund continues to assist organizations both new and old, large and small, in their efforts to serve and connect with new audiences....
Dec 20th 2019
Working Toward Corporate Inclusion
HOPE Fund Advisory Committee member Sabin Blake can trace his sense of philanthropy back to September 11, 2001....
Nov 11th 2019
25 Years of HOPE
We must continue to support the LGBT community. We’ve done it before, we’d do it again, and we’ll keep doing it for the next 25 years—and beyond....
Jun 20th 2019
Finding Love and Supporting Community
The depth and structure of the Community Foundation was a great way to make sure our giving was done in a way that would have some backbone to it....
Jun 20th 2019