News Briefs: SF trans film fest among Horizons' new grantees
Horizons Foundation has released its latest slate of grants through its community issues program, which supports grassroots LGBTQ organizations in the Bay Area.
The 31 grantee partners are receiving over $400,000 for their innovative work and most focus on groups that are traditionally underfunded and underserved.In a news release, Francisco O.
Buchting, vice president of grants, programs, and communications for Horizons, stated that the grantmaking process was guided by the principles of trust-based philanthropy and included a review panel.
The grants awarded are primarily for unrestricted operating support, he stated."These grants represent the first in Horizons' updated grantmaking strategy, which prioritizes continued investment in grassroots LGBTQ organizations serving the transgender community, LGBTQ people of color, and bisexuals," Buchting stated. "The strategy also prioritizes specific segments of the LGBTQ community, namely youth, elders, refugees, and asylees."The Transgender Film Festival received $15,000."What a powerful cohort of grantees that Horizons is supporting," Shawna Virago, artistic director of the trans film festival, wrote in an email. "We feel honored that they invest in the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, as we celebrate our 25th anniversary this year."Other groups receiving $15,000 are: ABO Comix, which works with LGBTQ prisoners; API Equality Northern California, which organizes queer Asian and Pacific Islanders; the Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center in San Jose; the Brown Boi Project, which works to create community among queer, trans, Black, and Indigenous people of color; Colectivo Acción Latina de Ambiente, which works with queer Latinx individuals; and Community United.
