Building Power
Creating Ecosystems of Liberation
THE ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe. We support brilliant and brave grantee partners in the U.S and internationally who challenge oppression and seed change. We work for racial, economic, social, and gender justice, because we all deserve to live our lives freely, without fear, and with dignity.
Members of Astraea’s staff at a July 2019 staff retreat in New York City. Credit: Astraea Archives.
Top photo: Drummers at the 2016 AWID Forum in Bahia, Brazil. Credit: Astraea Archives
Astraea’s Board
A letter from Astraea’s Board
Iimay Ho and Eboné Bishop, Co-Chairs
Dear Friends,
It takes an ecosystem to create lasting change, to build thriving, connected, resilient communities, to fight for the liberation we know is possible. In 2019, Astraea began to imagine what our most ideal ecosystem would look like, in order to continue building and shifting power to our movements. We are at a pivotal time at Astraea, and we are taking the time to pivot so that we can thrive.
In July 2019, we bade farewell to our outgoing Executive Director, J. Bob Alotta, following eight visionary, tremendous years. Bob expanded Astraea’s capacity to deliver resources to LGBTQI groups in the U.S. and globally, and deepened our philanthropic presence and leadership. We are deeply grateful to her for her stewardship of Astraea. In September, we welcomed Interim Executive Director, Sandy Nathan, who began working with the board and staff to lay the groundwork for Astraea’s next permanent Executive Director, who will be critical in helping us vision the next chapter in Astraea’s life cycle.
Like many social justice organizations of our time, we know that in order to keep supporting our movements through these challenges, we need to embody the healing justice principles we espouse and commit to our own sustainability. So in 2019, we began to do just that. We took a moment to pause, breathe, and reflect. To nurture ourselves in order to keep fueling the global activism and organizing that’s so desperately needed.
We are simultaneously experiencing a period of phenomenal growth and transformation. Our overall budget increased by over 25% in just a year, making us a $14 million organization in 2020, thanks to a number of large multi-year grants from institutional and government donors. Astraea has laid the foundation for this funding over the last several years, through a sustained commitment to our core philanthropic pillars and to our movements. This faith in Astraea is affirming of our role as philanthropic leaders in the gender, racial, and economic justice landscape, and is a testament to our charge as funders. We are so appreciative of these partners who are graciously providing Astraea with the resources both to grow our support for movements, as well as to invest in ourselves—in staff wellbeing, leadership development, and long-term infrastructure within the organization.
As you flip through this year in review, you will see the ways we both learn from and work in deep partnership with the movements we support; from our Healing Justice report to our Feminist Funding Principles. You will see how our grantees—from Burundi to Peru—are building power, collaborating, and disrupting the status quo to create a global social justice ecosystem that is both deeply interconnected and truly inclusive.
The mission of Astraea is needed now more than ever. Our world and our people are up against unending challenges—closing civil societies, the rise of nationalist governments, escalating anti-Black, anti-immigrant violence, growing power of religious conservatives, and the use of gender “paranoia” to mobilize masses of people toward these conservative agendas. We are committed to deepening our relationships and our collaborations with our movements, because if we can create strong, powerful, aligned ecosystems of liberation, we can bring into being the world we’ve all been dreaming.
In Solidarity,
Iimay Ho and Eboné Bishop, Co-Chairs
On behalf of the Astraea Board of Directors
Interim Executive Director
A letter from Sandy Nathan
Through its bold and radical approach to philanthropy, Astraea has been building power for and amplifying the voices of grassroots activists
Dear Friends,
Since I joined Astraea last September, I’ve been thinking about what it means for me to be stewarding Astraea in this moment. We are living in a moment in time in which all our ecosystems—environmental, political, social, and cultural—are deeply interconnected and interdependent, but also more fragile than ever before. Our survival relies on each other, on our collective boldness and imagining of a brighter future.
Through its bold and radical approach to philanthropy, Astraea has been building power for and amplifying the voices of grassroots activists for over 42 years. In 2019 alone, we granted over $4.2 million to 190 grantee partners through 273 grants to organizations across the United States and around the world.
As we move further into uncertain, challenging times, it will be important that we retain our unwavering sense of boldness and unapologetic commitment to cultivating the LGBTQI and feminist movements calling for true and lasting change.
Recognizing that to keep nourishing our movements, we must also keep replenishing our minds, bodies, systems, and processes. Astraea’s period of executive leadership transition in 2019 has been a moment for our board and staff to do just that. Over the last few months, we have created critical space within the organization to begin working towards strengthening our internal cultures and policies to ensure we are truly living into our feminist social justice values. Some examples of the exciting work we have already begun include the formation of our staff-led Organizational Strengthening Committee, our partnership with Strategies for Social Change, a Women-of-Color-owned consulting firm with experience guiding similar social movement organizations, and positive changes to several policies from compensation, to increased paid holidays!
2020 is a critically important year for Astraea as we prepare for new leadership. It is also an election year that is happening in the midst of global crises on multiple fronts. Yet, we are clear-eyed that our purpose has not shifted: we as Astraea are called in to build power at the grassroots, to support the LGBTQI movements leading the charge towards our collective liberation.
As we prepare for what lies ahead, we invite you into our 2019 Year in Review showcasing highlights from Astraea, our grantee partners, and our funding landscape at large. Journey with us to learn the ways in which we have and continue to collaborate, create solidarity, and work in symbiosis with all our partners—towards creating the beautiful, resilient ecosystems of liberation we know to be possible.
In Solidarity,
Sandy Nathan
Interim Executive Director
The Power of Data
Members of Movimiento Lesbia at a 2019 event in Peru. Credit: Movimiento Lesbia
The Funding Data
in this section tells an important and powerful story. It is indicative of our sustained commitment to nurturing the LGBTQI and feminist ecosystem over the last 42 years and beyond.
The data shows our long-standing belief that it is only through resourcing grassroots organizations consistently and over the long-haul, can we really support movements to grow and thrive.
Our 2019 grantmaking numbers demonstrate that we have and continue to push the boundaries of philanthropy to support the boldest, most radical, most creative activists and artists at the grassroots, because they are the ones truly seeding lasting change.
42 Years of Shifting Power to the Grassroots
$44M In 42 years
- to 2000+ grantee partners via 5,000+ grants to grantees in 116 countries and 46 U.S. States.
$4.2MIN 2019
- to 190 grantee partners through 273 grants
73% of all intersex funding worldwide is provided by Astraea.
- Since 2015 we have leveraged over $2 million for the resilient and growing global intersex network.
Over$1M to vibrant
- growing LBQ-led organizing in 2019.
1 of only 2 funders globally
- giving more than 10% of our funding to trans groups.
Sustaining our Movements to Grow, Flourish, and Thrive!
Funding movements is about much more than just shifting money to the grassroots. Our long-term, core funding strategy allows grantees to define their own agendas and strategies, while capacity building grants support them to evolve and adapt to changing environments.
75%of grantees
- received general operating support grants.
NEARLY95%of our core support
- was in the form of
renewal grants .
$740Kacross 112 grants
- for capacity building, healing justice, travel, and accompaniment support.
Prioritizing QTPOC Power
In the United States, we prioritize support to QTPOC-led grassroots groups. These are the communities leading the fight against the rise of patriarchy and white nationalism through radical and dynamic resistance campaigns designed to build sustainable futures for us all.
99%of our U.S. funding
- supports queer and trans People of Color-led groups.
100%of our U.S. funding
- supports migrant justice, reproductive justice, racial justice, freedom from violence, and anti-criminalization organizing.
55%of our U.S. funding
- specifically and strategically funds QTPOC organizations based in the South.
Bolstering a Global Ecosystem
With political, social, and cultural landscapes constantly shifting, civil societies closing, and authoritarianism on the rise, our international grantee partners are pushing back by building more interconnected, more inclusive movements that prioritize our collective global liberation.
63%of our international grantmaking
- was to groups in countries with repressed and closing civil societies.1
$113Kthrough 28 International Fertile Fund grants
- to groups around the world responding to challenging political, social, and cultural contexts.
85%of our international funding
- specifically funds the underfunded yet rapidly growing and incredibly vibrant LBQ and trans-led communities around the world.
Resourcing the Organizing Ecosystem
Familia Trans Queer Liberation Movement at Mi Existir Es Resistir National Encuentro in Philadelphia, PA in 2019. Photo Credit: Oscar Diaz
Sustaining Our Movements: Astraea Highlights
As funders, we believe our responsibility is not only to resource our movements through grantmaking, but also to support them to grow and thrive through capacity building, accompaniment, and advocating for their brilliant work across philanthropy!
This year, we continued to expand on those efforts: from our Feminist Funding Principles advocating for more and better funding through a feminist lens, to holding strategy and skills-building convenings with grantees around the world.
Through building deep relationships with our grantees, our peers, and our donors, we’re working together to ultimately create stronger ecosystems to walk alongside our movements and understand what they need to remain resilient, fight back against the rise of growing conservatism, and care for themselves and each other.
Here are just some of the ways we’ve shown up for our movements in 2019:
Healing is Justice
Astraea has been deeply moved by healing justice work—resiliency and survival practices integral to our collective liberation. This year we launched our report, Healing Justice: Building Power, Transforming Movements, which lifts up the essential nature of healing justice work for movement building and identifies how funders can most effectively support it. The report formed the basis of a convening we hosted in May 2019 for over 75 funders, where participants discussed the importance of centering the healing needs, priorities, and self-determination of movements.
Convening in the Caribbean
The Equality Fund and Astraea hosted a two day convening to kick-off our new collaboration as part of the Women’s Voice and Leadership-Caribbean (WVL) initiative. We gathered 25 partners and representatives from women’s organizations and LBTQI groups from around the region to develop and expand the thinking around the program and ensure it responds to the priorities of groups in the region. The five year initiative for the region is supported by the Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada (GAC).
Digital Solidarity Convening in Kyrgyzstan
Astraea teamed up with Labrys Kyrgyzstan and Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights (UAF) in September 2018, to co-create a convening for LBTQ activists from all over Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia to meet, collaborate, create, and build power together. The convening was an opportunity for activists to dive into the ways digital activism can strengthen queer and trans activism across the region, while also taking time to reflect and consider its implications for physical and organizational security, and psychological burnout.
Feminist Funding Principles
Our Feminist Funding Principles publication launched in May 2019, offering 10 feminist-based recommendations to funders to support movements in sustainable ways. The principles are a call-to-action for the philanthropy community to redistribute money as a mechanism towards redistributing power, so that ultimately movement agendas are controlled by grassroots activists, organizations, and communities.
CommsLabs in the Dominican Republic
Our 4th CommsLabs convening took place in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, bringing together activists from around the Latin America and Caribbean regions. It was an opportunity for LGBTQI activists from all over the region to build capacity, experiment with new tools and technologies, and intentionally connect with each other to break down the structures of racism, patriarchy, and colonialism.
Freedom from Violence Convening in Puerto Rico
In May 2019, we co-hosted a “Freedom from Violence and Criminalization Gathering” for U.S. and Puerto Rico—based grantee partners along with Borealis Philanthropy in San Juan, Puerto Rico. From transformative justice and budget advocacy sessions led by organizers, to rich cultural programming and holistic wellness offerings from local Puerto Rican practitioners and organizers, the convening offered a generative space for participants to continue building connections and deepening their visions for what safety and justice look like in communities of color in the U.S and in Puerto Rico.
Intersex Meetings
This year, Astraea supported intersex activists in Africa and Asia to coordinate regional meetings bringing together intersex activists, community members, and allies to deepen intersex movement-building and strategy efforts. The Africa meeting resulted in the launch of the first Africa Intersex Regional platform, known as the African Intersex Movement (AIM). The Asia meeting strengthened the Intersex Asia Network, also an Astraea grantee partner.
Launch of the International Fertile Ground Fund
This year, we launched our first set of International Fertile Ground Fund grants, many of which support the strengthening of regional networks and growing global cross-movement collaborations. The Fertile Ground Fund is a flexible funding source that provides resources based on the shifting needs and desires of grantee partners, giving them the ability to be more nimble and responsive. One of our grants supported the organization of the second European Lesbian* Conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, attended by over 300 LBQ activists and allies.
Astraea’s Fueling the Frontlines Awards in Los Angeles
In November 2018, we hosted our fifth annual Fueling the Frontlines Awards, bringing together the Los Angeles LGBTQI community to recognize the contributions of grassroots activists, leaders, and organizers leading LGBTQI+ movements around the world. This year, we honored the visionary leadership and activism of Malkia Cyril, the late Jeanne Córdova, Alicia Garza, and Chani Nicholas. The event was a powerful night of music, cocktails, food, and community, highlighting the intersectionality and resiliency of LGBTQI movements today.
Building And Blossoming: Grantee Highlights
Our grantees build power in a myriad of creative, dynamic ways which come together to create powerful organizing ecosystems. These ecosystems are blossoming and taking root around the world to work towards our collective liberation. From producing critical research highlighting ongoing violence against LGBTQI communities to creating films celebrating queer love in all its forms, our grantee partners are constantly working to create brighter, stronger futures for our people everywhere. Here are just a few of the incredible highlights of grantees’ work in 2019:
TransWave Jamaica
centered the health of trans communities in Jamaica. TransWave Jamaica’s second annual Trans Health and Wellness Conference created a generative space for dialogue on trans health and well-being, and educated and engaged the public on the importance of transinclusive health care.
Movimiento Lesbia
established Arequipa, Peru’s first ever “LGBTI Week of Remembrance,” which commemorated and visibilized the memories and histories of LGBTI communities in the country through films, conversations, and art performances highlighting both the achievements and ongoing struggles of LGBTI communities.
Together for Women's Rights
launched an illuminating report capturing the lived realities of LBTQI women and sex workers in Burundi. It serves as a powerful advocacy tool to educate health and rights providers on the specific health access issues faced by these communities, and advocate for greater inclusion of LBTQI people in sexual and reproductive health programs.
Sayoni
produced critical research highlighting the violence faced by LBTQ communities in Singapore. Sayoni’s report, entitled “Violence and Discrimination Against LBTQ Women in Singapore” is the first such study conducted in the country and sheds light on their lived realities as well as the invisibility of the problems faced, and recommends sensitive and responsive policy changes.
Nazariya
released a documentary film entitled “Ishq, Dosti, and All That” celebrating queer love, friendships, and family in India. Noting that queer love is often portrayed in the mainstream only in its romantic form, the film explores a range of queer relationships and people’s everyday lives. The film has been screened at 15 film festivals and conferences.
Labris
led the process to withdraw high school textbooks containing discriminatory content in Serbia. Labris filed complaints to the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality for discriminatory content in high school textbooks. The Commissioner confirmed that the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development was including homophobic content in its textbooks and they were withdrawn by the ministries.
Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement
celebrated their fifth anniversary in 2019 by launching “Mi Existir Es Resistir National Encuentro” with more than 200 trans, queer, and gender nonconforming Latinx community members in attendance from across the United States and abroad. The gathering was an opportunity to share their “art, medicine, strategies, dreams, dances, and laughter to create a more just world.”
Mijente
is fighting the technology industry’s involvement in the U.S. criminal justice system and immigration enforcement. Mijente convened a conference bringing together directly impacted communities with policy, advocacy, and legal organizations, as well as tech industry workers. The purpose of the conference was to organize against the tech industry’s deep involvement in state-led surveillance and information sharing of migrants and People of Color, and the detention and deportation of immigrants.
MediaJustice
is fighting for digital rights and privacy for all! MediaJustice joined 34 civil rights, consumer, and privacy organizations from the U.S. in launching public interest principles for robust and comprehensive federal legislation. These guidelines would ensure fairness, prevent discrimination, advance equal opportunity, protect free expression, and hold companies that collect personal data accountable for privacy violations.
alQaws and Aswat
protested violence against LGBTQI communities in Palestine. After a trans teenager was stabbed because of their sexuality, Palestinian civil society organizations—including Aswat and alQaws—released a statement expressing their solidarity with the victim and strongly condemning violence against LGBTQI and non-binary individuals. A historic protest, the first of its kind, followed in Haifa, in which activists expressed their commitment to fighting for personal freedoms— including gender identity and sexual orientation—as an integral part of the struggle for liberation and decolonization.
Srishti Madurai
informed the final judgment of a landmark legal victory for intersex and trans women in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In 2019, the work and activism of Gopi Shankar, founder of Srishti Madurai, informed the Madras High Court’s decision to recognize the marriage rights of trans and intersex women and directed the state to pass a government order banning sex-selective surgeries.
OII Europe
successfully advocated to the European Parliament to vote to adopt a landmark Resolution on the Rights of Intersex People, which condemned sex-normalising treatments and surgery and encouraged EU Member States to adopt legislation that protects the bodily integrity of intersex people. The Resolution also confirms that intersex people are “exposed to multiple instances of violence and discrimination in the European Union,” calling on the European Commission and the EU Members States to propose legislation to address these issues.
Tajassodat Conference
organized the first-ever gathering of trans Muslim activists from North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia in Nepal. Activists strategized around their particular trans experiences and needs, proactive networking, resource development and mobilization, and joint-collaborations amongst trans activists and their allies to advance trans rights and justice.
Global LBQ Conference
organized the world’s first Global Feminist LBQ Women*s1 Conference. The conference was coordinated by a collective working group of 22 LBQ women* activists from across all regions of the world and was a space for activists and advocates to come together, share knowledge, exchange strategies, strengthen connections, mobilize resources, and take the lead in building a global LBQ women*s movement.
- For more information about Global Feminist LBQ Women*s Conference terminology, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/GlobalFeministLBQWomensConference/
Financial Statement
|
Without Donor Restrictions |
With Donor Restrictions |
All Funds |
|
|
Support and Revenue |
|
|
|
|
Grants and Contributions |
|||
|
Core Programs and Expenses |
1,229,477 |
7,260,437 |
8,489,914 |
|
Sponsored Projects |
— |
1,582,822 |
1,582,822 |
|
In-kind Contributions |
— |
111,105 |
111,105 |
|
Program Fees |
56,740 |
— |
56,740 |
|
Net Investment Return |
166,203 |
439,315 |
605,518 |
|
Foreign Currency Transactions (Loss) Gain |
(6,484) |
— |
(6,484) |
|
Other Income |
25,668 |
— |
25,668 |
|
Total Revenue |
1,471,604 |
9,393,679 |
10,865,283 |
|
Net Assets Released From Restrictions |
— |
||
|
Core Programs and Expenses |
8,709,182 |
(8,709,182) |
— |
|
Sponsored Projects |
2,093,686 |
(2,093,686) |
— |
|
Total Revenue after Releases |
12,274,472 |
(1,409,189) |
10,865,283 |
|
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
Program Services |
|
|
|
|
Grantmaking |
4,433,178 |
|
4,433,178 |
|
Core Programs |
3,991,222 |
|
3,991,222 |
|
Sponsored Projects |
1,838,821 |
1,838,821 |
|
|
Total Program Services |
10,263,221 |
— |
10,263,221 |
|
Supporting Services |
|
|
|
|
Administrative and General |
1,046,802 |
|
1,046,802 |
|
Fundraising |
1,330,788 |
|
1,330,788 |
|
Total Supporting Services |
2,377,590 |
— |
2,377,590 |
|
Total Expenses |
12,640,811 |
— |
12,640,811 |
|
Changes in Net Assets |
(366,339) |
(1,409,189) |
(1,775,528) |
|
Beginning Net Assets as of June 30, 2018 |
1,522,805 |
13,400,033 |
14,922,838 |
|
Ending Net Assets as of June 30, 2019 |
1,156,466 |
11,990,844 |
13,147,310 |
Based on Audited Financial Statements for the year ending June 30, 2019
Grantee Partners
Africa
Elles Cameroun
Douala, Cameroon
Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Gender DynamiX
Cape Town, South Africa
Intersex Community of Zimbabwe
Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe
Intersex Society of Zambia (ISSZ)
Zambia
Intersex South Africa (ISSA)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Ivy Foundation
Lilongwe, Malawi
Pakasipiti Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
QET Inclusion
Abidjan, Côte D’ivoire
Rainbow Identity Association
Gaborone, Botswana
S.H.E. Social, Health and Empowerment Feminist Collective of Transgender Women of Africa
East London, South Africa
Support Initiative for People with atypical sex Development (SIPD)
Kampala, Uganda
Together for Women’s Rights Burundi
Bujumbura, Burundi
Trans Bantu Association of Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia
Trans Smart Trust
Harare, Zimbabwe
Transgender and Intersex Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
UHAI: East African Sexual Health and Rights Initiative
Nairobi, Kenya
Voice of the Voiceless (VOVO)
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
West African Trans Forum / Forum Trans* de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (WATF—FTAO)
Monrovia, Liberia
Women in Front Cameroon
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Women’s Health and Equal Rights Initiative (WHER)
Abuja, Nigeria
Asia & Pacific
AIS Support Group Australia Inc.
Coorparoo, Australia
Campaign for Change
Kathmandu, Nepal
Intersex Asia Network
Thailand/Regional
Intersex Human Rights Australia
Newtown, Australia
Intersex Trust Aotearoa New Zealand (ITANZ)
Wellington, New Zealand
Justice for Sisters
Selangor, Malaysia
Organization Intersex International—Chinese (OII Chinese)
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Sayoni
Singapore
Srishti Madurai LGBTQIA+ Student Volunteer Collective
Madurai, India
Thai Transgender Alliance/The Foundation of Transgender Alliance for Human Rights (TGA)
Bangkok, Thailand
Women’s Initiatives (WINS)
Tirupati, India
Europe & Central Asia
Bilitis Resource Center Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria
Collectif Intersexes et Allié-e-s-OII France
St. Denis, France
Egalite Intersex Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
EuroCentralAsian Lesbian* Community
Austria/Regional
Geten, Center for LGBTIQA People’s Rights
Belgrade, Serbia
Global Feminist LBQ Women’s* Conference
Netherlands/Global
Insight Public Organization
Kyiv, Ukraine
Institute Transfeminist Initiative TransAkcija
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interaction—Association Suisse pour les Intersexes
La Neuveville, Switzerland
Intersex Danmark
Kolding, Denmark
Intersex Ísland
Reykjavík, Iceland
IntersexUK
Princetown, UK
IVIM / Organisation Intersex International Deutschland
Berlin, Germany
Labris—Lesbian Human Rights Organization
Belgrade, Serbia
LGBTIQA Association Okvir
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Magda Rakita
Warsaw, Poland
Organisation Intersex International Europe
Germany/Regional
Public Union “Labrys”
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Stichting Nederlands Netwerk Intersekse/DSD
Nijmegen, Netherlands
T9 NSK
Novosibirsk, Russia
Trans Aid—Association for promoting and protecting the rights of trans, inter and gender variant persons
Zagreb, Croatia
Trans Mreza Balkan (TMB)
Balkans
Trans* Coalition in the Post-Soviet Space
Kyrgyzstan/Regional
Trans-Fuzja Foundation
Warsaw, Poland
Verein Intergeschlechtlicher Menschen Österreich (VIMO)
Linz, Austria
Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
Tbilisi, Georgia
XY Spectrum
Belgrade, Serbia
Zagreb Pride & Lesbian Organization Rijeka (LORI)
Zagreb and Rijeka, Croatia
Latin America & Caribbean
AFRITUDE
Dominican Republic
Aireana—Grupo por los Derechos de las Lesbianas
Asunción, Paraguay
Asociación Organizando Trans Diversidades (OTD)
Santiago, Chile
Brújula Intersexual
Mexico City, Mexico
CAISO: sex & gender justice
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Caribe Afirmativo
Barranquilla, Colombia
Circuito de Innovación y Resiliencia Queer (CIRQ)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Colectiva Mujer y Salud (CMS)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Colectivo No Tengo Miedo
Lima, Peru
Colombia Diversa
Bogotá, Colombia
Comunidad De Trans Y Travestis Trabajadoras Sexuales Dominicana—COTRAVETD
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Corporación Promoción de la Mujer/Taller de Comunicación Mujer
Quito, Ecuador
Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE)
St Lucia
El Closet De Sor Juana
Mexico City, Mexico
Femme en Action Contre la Stigmatisation el la Discrimination Sexuelle (FACSDIS)
Port au Prince, Haiti
Fundación de Desarrollo Humano Integral CAUSANA
Quito, Ecuador
GLEFA-Grupo Latinoamericano De Estudios, Formación y Acción Feminista
Bogotá, Colombia
Grupo Artemisa Honduras
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Grupo Safo
Managua, Nicaragua
Las Nietas de Nonó
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Lesbianas Independientes Feministas y Socialistas
Lima, Peru
Movimiento Lesbia
Arequipa, Peru
Mujer y Mujer
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Mujeres Al Borde
Bogotá, Colombia
Mulabi-Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos
Guadalupe, Costa Rica
Red Lésbica “CATTRACHAS”
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Red Multicultural de Mujeres Trans de Guatemala (REDMMUTRANS)
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Santamaría Fundación
Cali, Colombia
Trans Siempre Amigas—TRANSSA
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
TransWave Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica
Tzk’at-Red de Sanadoras Ancestrales del Feminismo Comunitario
Sacatepequez, Guatemala
Vivir y Ser Intersex
Mexico City and León, Mexico
Women’s Empowerment for Change (WE-Change)
Kingston, Jamaica
Middle East & Southwest Asia
alQaws for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society
East Jerusalem, Palestine
Aswat-Palestinian Feminist Queer Movement for Sexual and Gender Freedoms
Haifa, Palestine
Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research
Beirut, Lebanon
Tajassod-Qorras
Beirut, Lebanon
North America
allgo
Austin, TX, United States
Audre Lorde Project (ALP)
New York, NY, United States
Black & Pink
National, United States
Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project
National, United States
Bold Futures (Formerly Young Women United)
Albuquerque, NM, United States
BreakOUT!
New Orleans, LA, United States
BYP100 Education Fund
National, United States
Communities United for Police Reform
New York, NY, United States
Community United Against Violence
San Francisco, CA, United States
Dignity and Power Now
Los Angeles, CA, United States
El/La Para TransLatinas
San Francisco, CA, United States
Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement (Familia TQLM)
Los Angeles, CA, United States
FIERCE
Bronx, NY, United States
Freedom Inc.
Madison, WI, United States
Freedom to Thrive
New York, NY, United States
Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network (GSA Network)
Oakland, CA, United States
Girls for Gender Equity
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Immigrant Youth Coalition (IYC)
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Intersex and Faith
Springfield, TN, United States
Intersex Justice Project
Atlanta, GA, United States
Lesbians Who Tech
Washington, DC, United States
Mariposas Sin Fronteras
Tucson, AZ, United States
MediaJustice
Oakland, CA, United States
Mijente
National, United States
Montana Two Spirit Society
Missoula, MT, United States
National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN)
National, United States
Power Inside
Baltimore, MD, United States
Project South
Atlanta, GA, United States
Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM)
Providence, RI, United States
Racial Justice Action Center (RJAC)
East Point, GA, United States
SisterReach
Memphis, TN, United States
Southern Vision Alliance
Durham, NC, United States
SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW
Atlanta, GA, United States
Southerners on New Ground (SONG)
Atlanta, GA, United States
Survivors Organizing for Liberation (SOL)
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Christine Hannigan
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Kelly Hayler
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Susan R. Hester
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Jane R. Hirschmann
James M. Holmes
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Caroline Hooven
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MIchelle Kash
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Chelsea Lang
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Ana Lara
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Nam Le
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Amy Mendosa
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Debbie Mesloh
Mexican American Legal Defence and Educational Fund
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Joanne Shapiro
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Debra Silber
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Timothy Snowden
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Kate Sullivan
Estrella Sunset
Michael Talley
Ashley Tan
Lisa Taylor
Cynthia J. Telingator
Maria Termanini
The Pleasure Chest, LTD
Valerie Theodore
Reverend Paul K. Thomas
Sarah Thomas
Anne Thompson
Jasmine Thurmond
Jacob Tobia
Myrna S. Tortorello
Thuy Tran
Katarina Trautmann
Adrienne Trewolla
Randy Trigg & Caitlin Stanton
Yotam Tubul
Grant Turner
Robert Turner
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Jack Turner
Averie Turner
Kyla Tuttle
Edwards-Moore Tzedakah Fund
Soo K. Uhm
United Way of Central Indiana
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Aarne Uotila
Dona Upson
David VanHorn
Wendy Volkmann
Catherine Wagler & Katrina Cass
Saba Waheed
Laura Waleryszak
Aimee R. Walker
Catherine Wang
Joanna Ware & Diana Doty
Rachael Warren
Ruth J. Waters
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Victoria E. Watkins & Caroline G. Garcia
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Jan Whiteley
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Margret Wiggins
Anna J. Williams, Ph.D.
Bianca D.M. Wilson
Leora Wolf-Prusan
Iris Wong
Mark B. Wyn
Luna Yasui
Marisol Ybarra
Miriam W. Yeung
YIKES, Inc.
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Thomas Young
YourCause, LLC
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Judy C. Yu
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Janet Van Zoeren
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About Astraea
Members of Astraea’s staff at a July 2019 staff retreat in New York City. Credit: Astraea Archives
Staff & Board
Staff1
Nicole Asbury, Donor Systems and Database Manager
Kerry Ashforth, Interim Director of Programs
Ruth Baldacchino, Senior Program Officer, Intersex Fund
Namita Chad, Associate Director of Programs
Miabi Chatterji, Senior Grants Manager
Kerry-Jo Ford Lyn, Director, Global Human Rights Initiative (GHRI)
Mariam Gagoshashvili, Senior Program Officer
Bridget de Gersigny, Director of Communications
Marina Gonzalez Flores, Program Associate, Global Philanthropy Project
Sarah Gunther, Director of Philanthropic Partnerships
Raviva Hanser, Strategic Communications Program Manager
Christy Harris, Senior Accountant
Matthew Hart, Director, Global Philanthropy Project
Hanna Israel, Development Associate, Institutional Giving
Shaena Johnson, LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund Program Officer
Kim Kaletsky, Communications Manager
Kyli Kleven, Grants Management Associate
Irvin Lozano, Junior Accountant
Joy Michael, Controller
Dondy Marie Moreland, Director of Individual Giving and Special Events
Sandy Nathan, Interim Executive Director
Ezra Berkley Nepon, Program Officer, Global Philanthropy Project
Brenda Salas Neves, Senior Program Officer
Biola Odunewu, Executive Assistant
Courtney Okeke, Program Associate
Lame Olebile, Program Officer
Loé Petit, Program Associate, Intersex Fund
Mihika Srivastava, Communications Program Associate
Sally Troncoso, Development Officer, Annual Giving
Celia Turner, Senior Development Officer, Institutional Giving
Robin Wilby, Communications Storybank Video Editor
Simone Williams, Office Manager and HR Coordinator
Board2
Urooj Arshad
Eboné Bishop, Co-Chair
William Cordery
Maria De La Cruz
Ryan Li Dahlstrom
Eugénie Fitzgerald, Treasurer
Susana Fried
Bookda Gheisar, Secretary
Iimay Ho, Co-Chair
Darla Kashian
Geetanjali Misra
Rocki Simões
Interns & Temporary Staff
Justina Yam, Communications Intern
Sophie Kreitzberg, Program Associate
Special Thanks
Luis Abolafia
Katherine Acey
Georgina Adhiambo
Esther Adiambo
Anna Margarita Albelo
Amany Alhadka
J. Bob Alotta*
Tasha Amezcua
Sandra Angel
Sarah Aoun
Angelika Arutyunova
Horia Ata
Annette Atieno Nyabundi
Courtenay Barrett
Teresa Basilio
Julia Beatty
BeFem
Julia Bennett
Athena Bernkopf
Danielle Blunt
Luis Bonnet
Miles Bredin
delia bruje fuego
Nicolette Bryan
Pascha Bueno-Hansen
Kelly Bush Novak
Britt Camacho
Silvia Casalino
Rosemary Castillo
Azar Causevic
Helen Ceballos
Guadalupe Chavez
Jean Chong
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Kiersey Clemons
Communications Advocacy Project
Liliana Conde
Sasha Costanz-Chock
Bishakha Datta
Felicia Day
Lea DeLaria
Design Action Collective
Amina Doherty
Shalini Eddens
Justus Eisfeld
Dolphine Emali
Pascal Emmer
Mónica Enríquez-Enríquez
FemJust
Hannah Gadsby
Salvatore Gagliano
Kristin Gardner*
Félix Gardon
Gitahi Githuku
Beatriz Gonzalez
Jacinta Gonzalez
Ruben Gonzalez
Kelly Groves
Emily Hampshire
Shreya Ila Anasuya
Incite/Insight Consulting
Saskia Ivens
Danielle Johnson
Kendra Johnson
Mark-Anthony Johnson
Nguru Karugu
Amir Khadar
Nermeen Khaled
Hamid Khan
Danny Khotsombath
Bibi Kukuya
Paula Lentoni
Michaela Leslie-Rule
Dane Lewis
Tamika Lewis
Anne Lim
Cynthia Lin
Zakiya Lord*
Lousch Creations
Andrea Lynch
Mama Cash
Miluska Martinez
Kate Massey
Kyla Massey
Shanequa McCrimmon
Thenjiwe McHarris
Monique Meadows
Matt Mitchell
Kate Moennig
Indya Moore
Gloria Muthoka
George Mwai
Solome Nakaweesi-Kimbugwe
Susan Neiman*
Tatenda Ngwaru*
Rose Nieves Dominguez
Adela Nieves Martinez
Otibho Obianwu
Otieno Peter Odongo
Aisha Onsando
Rebekah Or
Sarah Owusu
Cara Page*
Ellen Page
J. Pasila
Luisa Ortiz Perez
Robert Perez
Kelly Perneth
Tawana Petty
Krystal Portalatin
Greg Propper
Susan Raffo
Kenrya Rankin
Jason Reitman
Steven Renderos
Sabrina Rich
Maya Richman
Andrea Ritchie
Caroline Rivas
Celiany Rivera Velázquez
Faith Robinson
Alejandra Sarda
Ghiwa Sayegh
Chris Schweidler
Hanifah Shoatz-Bey
Amy Simon
Slammer
Naomi Sobel and Becky Silverstein
Natalia Soloviova
Strategies for Social Change
Jessica Tomlin
Loan Tran
Zarah Udwadia
Kate Urmeneta
Adaku Utah
Smita Vanniyar
Claribel Vidal
Edgar Villanueva
Jeffrey Wambaya
Sulique Waqa
Olivia Wilde
Erica Woodland
Beth Woroniuk
Wynwood Pride Miami
Iman Young
Yue Yu
- This list currently includes anyone who was on Astraea’s staff as of January 31, 2020
- This list currently includes anyone who was on Astraea’s board as of the end of FY19 (June 30, 2019)
Vision & Mission
About Astraea
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI rights around the globe. We support hundreds of brilliant and brave grantee partners in the U.S. and internationally who challenge oppression and seed social change. We work for racial, economic, social, and gender justice, because we all deserve to live our lives freely, without fear, and with profound dignity.
Vision
We envision a world where all people can actively and enthusiastically belong, regardless of their sex, sexuality, gender, bodies, dis/ability, race, class, nationality, migration status, or any other aspect of identity or circumstance.
Mission
Our mission is to fuel local and global movements that shift power to LGBTQI people and organizations pursuing social justice and human rights. We do this by providing support in the form of grantmaking, philanthropic advocacy, communications, and capacity building.
Our Funds
Astraea supports LGBTQI groups that promote racial, economic, and gender justice, prioritizing groups led by and for trans, intersex, and gender non—conforming people, lesbian, bisexual, and queer women, as well as artists and cultural changemakers. Our grantmaking supports those with limited access to traditional funding, and who are best placed to make change. We strengthen LGBTQI groups by providing flexible general support grants ranging from $5,000 to $30,000 per year.
U.S. Fund
The U.S. Fund is Astraea’s longest—standing fund. We have been funding at the intersections of racial, gender, economic, migrant, and reproductive justice movements, centering the leadership of LGBTQI and gender non—conforming People of Color in the U.S. for over 40 years. Over the last year, we awarded over $1.5 million in grants to 59 groups in 24 states, with nearly 100% of this funding going to LGBTQI People of Color—led groups.
International Fund
Astraea’s International Fund has existed for over 20 years and has worked with organizations in 101 countries during that time. The fund supports groups led by LGBTQI communities—prioritizing LBTQI—led organizing in particular—working for progressive social change. This year, we awarded over $1.8 million in grants to 108 organizations in 64 countries. Our international grantee partners are responding to closing civil society spaces, combatting backlash and violence from conservative forces, engaging in new forms of movement building across national and regional borders, and building strategies to address collective wellness, healing justice, and digital security.
Intersex Human Rights Fund
Astraea’s Intersex Human Rights Fund is the first dedicated intersex fund in the world, and since its creation in 2015, the fund has leveraged nearly $2 million in new funding for the global intersex community. Our fifth cycle of grants was also our largest, totaling $290,000 to 38 groups in 31 countries. Our grantee partners use advocacy, policy, and cultural change strategies to work towards ensuring the human rights, bodily autonomy, physical integrity, and self—determination of intersex people around the world.
Fertile Ground Fund
Launched in 2018, the Fertile Ground Fund is a flexible funding source that provides resources based on the shifting needs and desires of Astraea’s grantee partners, allowing them to be more nimble and responsive. It supports activists to seize opportunities to seed and grow movement visions, ensuring organizations can prioritize collective liberation and sustainability towards building long—term movements. This year, Astraea’s International Fertile Ground Fund granted a total of $113,000 across 28 grants, supporting the strengthening of regional feminist and LGBTQI networks and growing global cross—movement collaborations.
Global Arts Fund
Astraea’s Global Arts Fund is a biennial fund which supports, showcases, and connects impactful art by LGBTQI people and organizations that are using art as a tool for social transformation, yet have limited access to resources for this critical work. In our 42—year history we have granted over $4 million to more than 200 individuals and 300 organizations, supporting artists like Audre Lorde and Cheryl Clark, and new honorees such as singer—songwriter Be Steadwell and the arts collective East African Visual Artists.