• What is America's Giving Style?
  On the heels of Giving Tuesday, take a look at Bolder Giving and WiserGiving's first annual report analyzing donors' strategies and approaches in solving complex problems through their charitable giving. The full report can be read here.

• How Funders can support efforts in Ferguson and Beyond
  Neighborhood Funders Group has launched an online space for funders and affinity groups to connect with each other, with movements in Ferguson, and with related organizing across the country. To visit the FundersforJustice website click here. 

• The HOPE Fund: 20 Years of LGBTQ Support
  The HOPE Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan celebrates its 20th year this year by launching a matching gift program. Click here to read about the plan to match donations to the fund from first-time and lapsed donors until year's end. Read more about the fund's origin in 1994 - due in part to Funders for LGBTQ Issues' national partnerships initiative.

• North Carolina Survey Shows Major Donors Favor National & Local LGBT Groups
  A first-ever representative survey of 10 LGBT non-profits with donors in Charlotte, NC reveals a new picture of the major donor community and near-even split between support for national and local groups. To read more click here. 

• Funders Concerned About AIDS releases 2013 Report 
  FCAA has released a new resource tracking report on HIV/AIDS philanthropic funding in 2013. To read the full report click here. 

• EPIP's Measuring a Leader Campaign to Turn Up Your Impact 
  Have you seen Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy's new Measuring a Leader campaign? Don't miss their invaluable resources, including this video from Funders for LGBTQ Issue's President, Ben Francisco Maulbeck! To learn more click here. 

• Philanthropy and the Social Economy in 2015
  The Foundation Center has released a 2015 industry forecast on the social economy - private capital used for public good. Read the report here. 

• American Psychological Foundation 
  American Psychological Foundation has released a call for proposals for its $15,000 Wayne F. Placek Grants to support empirical research on any topic related to lesbian, gay or bisexual issues within the fields of behavioral and social sciences.  The deadline is March 1, 2015. For more information, click here.

Recent Grant Award Announcements

• Elton John AIDS Foundation awards $200,000 for Transgender HIV Study
  Elton John AIDS Foundation recently awarded $200,000 to the Transgender Law Center to help study HIV/AIDS in the transgender community. To read more, click here.

• AIDS Foundation of Chicago announces 18 Award Recipients
  AIDS Foundation of Chicago has announced 18 award recipients of its 2014 Challenge Grants to Illinois HIV/AIDS organizations particularly focused on gay and bisexual men, transgender people, MSMs, African-Americans, Latinos, and women of color. To read more, click here.