ASTRAEA FOUNDATION INC
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Mission Statement
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.
About This Cause
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe. We believe everyone deserves to live freely, without fear, and with dignity – regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, age, religion, immigration or economic status, or physical and mental ability. For over 35 years we have been the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights globally, with a focus on those at the furthest margins, including lesbians, trans* people, and people of color. Astraea creates more fertile ground for policy and practice change that improves the lives of LGBTQI people around the world by: o Investing in LGBTQI activists and organizations capable of driving lasting change and impact, o Advocating for greater philanthropic resources to invest in LGBTQI work, and o Amplifying the voices of the LGBTQI movement to raise awareness. Beyond financial support for our grantee partners, we promote leadership, community building, and movement building. Equally important, we bring these elements together for powerful collective action. Astraea’s four key programs are grant-making, capacity-building, philanthropic advocacy, and media and communications. Grantmaking: Since our founding, Astraea has awarded close to $25 million to more than 1,600 grantee partners in 84 countries and 45 states domestically. We prioritize support for those sectors of our movement that have the least access to financial resources, including lesbian groups, groups led by trans and intersex activists, groups led by LGBTQI people of color, and groups based in rural areas or other geographic regions where isolation and safety issues present barriers to visibility and community organizing. Astraea makes more grants to LGBTQI organizations in the Global South and East than any other organization in the country and is among the top ten for dollars given internationally. Importantly, we provide flexible, general support grants that enable grantee partners to pursue their own visions, and we partner with groups long-term. Astraea partners with organizations across the LGBTQI spectrum that work for racial, economic, social, and gender justice. The word "lesbian" remains in our name to acknowledge our founding mothers: a handful of multi-racial, multi-class women with a lesbian feminist vision of self-determination, community empowerment, and movement building across issues and generations.