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
Making Connections in Detroit’s Aging LGBT Community
For LGBT community members who feel disconnected or alone, Friendly Callers has offered crucial companionship and support....
Jun 20th 2019
HOPE Fund Announces New Grant for LGBTQ Cancer Care
A $7,500 grant was made to the American Cancer Society Michigan Inc. to support resource development and training for health care professionals on LGBTQ-sensitive cancer screening...
Jun 20th 2019
Project focuses on transgender youth
The HOPE Fund is supporting a project to help educate community members and families of transgender youth about the importance of inclusion and affirmation. Its intention is also to create...
Dec 26th 2018
In General