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Monday, April 21
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Source: Grand Rapids Press , Between the Lines , Triangle press release GRAND RAPIDS -- As the Triangle Foundation prepares for an open house Tuesday, one local politician says there are two ways of looking at the location of a gay-rights organization in West Michigan. "It's unfortunate to me that an organization like Triangle feels it needs to be here," said East Grand Rapids Mayor Cindy Bartman, noting that Triangle Foundation works to stop violence against gays. The other way of seeing things is more hopeful. "West Michigan is at least willing to open the conversation we need...
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Thursday, April 17
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Source: Ravenna Record-Courier , Akron Beacon Journal Akron businessman Harry Jackson has pledged at least $2 million to support the first endowment for scholarships and programming for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students at Kent State University. Jackson, a former B.F. Goodrich tax attorney, has owned the Odd Corner, a shop that sells erotica, tobacco and whatnot on the edge of the University of Akron campus, for more than 35 years. He chose Kent State because it is more gay-friendly and progressive than other universities. He said he hopes to fund programming that will inspire LGBT...
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Monday, April 14
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Source: PrideSource.com The Michigan based Arcus Foundation is making waves in the funding community. With the recent announcement of its grants for this year, the Foundation has pumped more than $9.6 Million into human rights, civil rights and animal rights organizations across the nation. Roughly 5% of the pie, or $2,145,350, stayed in Michigan, with a whopping $853,370 being poured into community groups in founder Jon Stryker's hometown of Kalamazoo. A relatively new Foundation, Arcus has been undergoing a growth spurt, including an extensive re-evaluation of its priorities. Through hundreds...
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Sunday, March 30
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Source: San Francisco Chronicle Weiland bequest A new record for bequests to LGBT organizations was set earlier this month, when former Microsoft employee Ric Weiland, who died in 2006, left $65 million to the Seattle-based Pride Foundation and several other organizations, said to be the largest gift ever made to the gay community in the United States. While few would be able to match Weiland's generosity, many gay and lesbian donors, who usually don't have children, are likely to consider end-of-life gifts, philanthropy experts say. The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement has...
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