The Community Foundation of Utah awarded $42,000 in grants to twelve organizations in Utah that support the LGBTQ community. The organizations will use the funding for programs like HIV prevention, transgender conferences, anti-bullying education, art mentoring for youth, homeless shelters, and community events. The grants were awarded from the LGBTQ Community Endowment Fund, which was established in 2011 and has now awarded over $284,000 to organizations in Utah doing work to support the LGBTQ population.

1. The Community Foundation of
Utah Awards $42,000 to Twelve
Utah Organizations Engaging in
Work to Support the LGBTQ
Community
Who are these organizations and what are they doing for the LGBTQ community?

2. What is the
Community
Foundation of
Utah?
 Catalyst for philanthropy in
Utah
 Private, not-for-profit
organization
 Over 200 scholarships, grants,
competitions, Program Related
Investments, and other awards
granted
 Almost $27 million granted
since 2008

3. What is the LGBTQ
Community
Endowment Fund?
 Established in 2011
 Pools giving from members of
LGBTQ community & their
allies
 Over $284,000 awarded since
2011
 Leverages individual donations
to make a more significant
impact

4. Grant Recipients

5. Utah Aids Foundation
PrEP, HIV Prevention Clinic
PrEP, in conjunction with
other prevention
strategies, can reduce the
risk of HIV infection by up
to 92%

6. Utah Pride Center
Genderevolution Conference
Celebrates Transgender
Education & Awareness
Month with a full day of
workshops and presentations

7. Spy Hop
Move the Dial Initiative
A student-led video
series tackling the issue
of gender and gender
related topics in our
community.

8. Westminster College
 LGBTQ Programming Intern
The position works under the
Associate Provost for Diversity &
Global Learning, assisting in
LGBTQ projects and programming
on campus

9. Utah Museum of
Contemporary Art
 Out Loud Mentoring Program
Promotes a safe space for
youth to build their capacity
for self-expression and
cultivate a sense of agency
as important contributors to
our society through the
medium of contemporary
art

10. OUTreach
Resource Centers
 Ogden Drop-In Center
 Dedicated to transforming
communities and saving
lives through
comprehensive
programming, community
advocacy, and training
designed to promote
positive outcomes for
underserved populations

11. Planned Parenthood
 Safe at School Program
 Anti harassment/anti bullying program for
educators and others who work with students
to better school climates and improve
outcomes for LGBTQ youth in Utah

12. Plan-B Theatre
Company
 Premier of Virtue
 Poet, composer, writer, herbologist, midwife,
and Christian mystic- these are the many
hats worn by Abbess Hildegard, a Twelfth
Century revolutionary. Her dynamic,
otherworldly life raises a number of
profound questions still looking to be
answered in the Twenty First Century: In a
battle between spiritual conviction and
institutional rules, which should win? What
counts for more: theology or experience?
And especially, who may we love?

13. Bennion Community
Service Center
 Alternative Breaks Program
University of Utah students have the
opportunity to spend their break
volunteering, learning, and traveling
with the program. These immersive
weeklong opportunities center
around social and environmental
issues.

14. Utah Film Center
 Damn These Heels Film Festival
 Created in 2003 to reflect and
celebrate our community’s
diverse reality, Damn These
Heels has challenged and
entertained more than 18,000
people of all backgrounds
through the expression and
investigation of LGBT history,
culture, ideas, struggles, and
triumphs.

15. Youth Futures
 Shelter, drop-in services, and street
outreach
Located in the heart of downtown
Ogden, Youth Futures provides
safe shelter, collaborative
resources, respectful guidance and
diverse support to homeless,
unaccompanied, runaway and at-
risk youth in Northern Utah.

16. Brigham Young Queer
Alumni Association
Recognition Banquet
Recognizing and celebrating
the LGBTQ community at BYU