Boston Foundation pledges $250,000 to jumpstart giving by region’s first permanent LGBTQ fund
Community-advised Equality Fund will make first grants in 2013Boston – The Boston Foundation, Greater Boston’s community foundation, announced today it is contributing $250,000 over the next five years to accelerate the grantmaking for the Equality Fund, a permanent, committee-advised, Field of Interest Fund with a mission to provide ongoing support to advance the equitable treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, and Queer ("LGBTQ") people and their families in Greater Boston, and improve their quality of life over the long term. Formation of the Equality Fund, a first of its