STORIES


Stories of growth, stories of impact, stories from our community.

State of LGBT Affairs

Based on information gathered through conversations with focus groups, key stakeholders, funders, and local/national nonprofit leaders in the LGBT community local and nationally, The HOPE Fund Advisory decided to better educate and...

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2017 HOPE Fund Grants

The following HOPE Fund grants were awarded in 2017. $20,550 to the Neutral Zone, to develop Queer Youth Stories, a digital storytelling and dialogue project for gay-straight alliances in southeast...

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The HOPE Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Awards $60,000 to Nonprofit LGBT Programs

DETROIT – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan recently approved $60,000 in grants to support LGBT-related programs through The HOPE Fund. Since 1994, The HOPE Fund has strengthened organizations serving LGBT...

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Creating a Culture of Support for LGBT Older Adults

Aging is never easy. Most older adults face an array of physical, emotional and financial challenges. For LGBT seniors, those challenges are magnified. In contrast to their heterosexual peers, LGBT...

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Serving LGBT Seniors

LGBT seniors face a range of unique inequalities as they age. As members of the LGBT community grow older, new hurdles arise that they may not have had to deal...

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Inclusion Works: A Case Study of the Hope Fund

From the beginning, there was a sense that history was being made. It was 1994 and a brave Mariam Noland stood in front of her 50-member Community Foundation board of...

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The Hope Fund Awards $75,000 To Area Nonprofits

Serves LGBT Community FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DETROIT—The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced it is awarding grants totaling $75,000 from The HOPE Fund to support the work of the LGBT...

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What Is Your Legacy? PrideSource

It’s that time of year again when many of us are rushing to make our year-end donations to our favorite charities. By sending in a check or making an online...

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