Equity Foundation Awards Funds to All Grant Applicants

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Saturday, June 13, 2015

Briauna Skye McKizzie, GoLocalPDX Contributor

Equity Foundation recently announced that they are awarding funds to all of the applicants of their 2015 grant. 

Equity is a community foundation that focuses on social, economic, and political equality.

Each year, the foundation awards grants to non-profits with budgets of $500,000 or less and that have a focus on LGBTQ equality. 

Equity is able to give more than $50,000 in grant funds to non-profits throughout Oregon this month. They were able to fully fund nine of the twenty applicants and partially fund the other eleven, according to Karol Collymore, executive director at Equity.

Of course, the awardees have expressed a great deal of gratitude for the award.

“We cannot express how thankful we are to the Equity Foundation for this generous grant to fund Cascade AIDS Project’s supportive housing programs.  Because of Equity Foundation, more people will be able to find stable housing and, as a result, will achieve better health outcomes in the treatment of their HIV.  Equity Foundation understands that housing is healthcare and is investing to make a real difference in our community,” said Peter Parisot from Cascade AIDS Project.

Here is a full list of the awardees: 

Adoption Mosaic                                                                                             
Camp Odyssey                                                                                                 
Camp Starlight                                                                                                  
Cascade AIDS Project                                                                                    
Confluence: Willamette Valley LGBT Chorus                                       
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
HIV Alliance
Lotus Rising Project
Oregon Safe Schools & Communities Coalition
Oregon Student Foundation
Our House of Portland
Pastoral Counseling Center
PFLAG Oregon Central Coast
Portland Gay Men’s Chorus
Portland GSA Youth Chorus
Portland Lesbian Choir
TransActive Gender Center
Triangle Productions
Write Around Portland
YEPSA

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