Global Philanthropy Project
2023–2024 Global Resources Report: Government and Philanthropic Support for LGBTI Communities
The 2023–2024 Global Resources Report: Government and Philanthropic Support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Communities is the most comprehensive report to date on the state of foundation and government funding for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) issues. The report documents over 19,000 grants awarded by over 1,300 foundations, intermediary NGOs, and corporations and by 16 donor government and multilateral agencies to over 7,700 grantees. This sixth edition also tracks comprehensive data across 12 calendar years, enabling analysis of LGBTI funding trends over time. It is a tool for identifying shifts, gaps, and opportunities in the rapidly changing philanthropic and development landscapes.
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Building on five previous editions, and now documenting a combined 12 years, this new edition documents a total of $861.5 million awarded in calendar years 2023–2024. For the first time, this amount reflects a global LGBTI funding decrease of 5%, or about $44 million. As the report explores in detail, this decrease is primarily driven by a 24% drop in funds focused on the United States while funding focused globally excluding the United States increased by 20%.
The continued funding increase (excluding the U.S.) of 20% marks a success for our movements, reflecting dedicated global, regional, and country-level advocacy by LGBTI civil society and by advocates within philanthropy, including Global Philanthropy Project and its 23 member organizations. At the same time, this increase is not distributed equitably across geographies, populations, issues, and other areas of concern for global LGBTI movements.
The report also finds that LGBTI funding maintains extremely low levels when considered in comparison to broader philanthropic and government funding and the scale of funding for anti-LGBTI organizations.
While the report documents the detailed funding landscape of calendar years 2023 and 2024 with historic comparison, the funding freezes, cuts, pullbacks, and other resource shifts of 2025 and 2026 loom large in the narrative as global LGBTI movements and funding mechanisms reckon with changes that will be fully analyzed in the next edition of this report. In this report, we look “behind the numbers” to share evaluation of those funding cut impacts and what we know about 2025 and 2026, including findings from a survey of 167 donors.
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2023–2024 Facts & Figures
-5%
Global LGBTI funding decreased by $44 million, or 5%, reflecting a drop of $122.5 million focused outside of the United States.
+ 21%
LGBTI funding focused on the Global South and East increased by over $60 million, or 21%.
45%
For the first time in this report’s history, funding focused on the United States made up less than half (45%) of the global total.
$0.33
In 2023–2024, LGBTI foundation funding worldwide accounted for less than 33 cents out of every $100 of overall foundation funding, down 6 cents.
$0.04
In 2023–2024, global LGBTI funding from donor governments again accounted for only 4 cents out of every $100 of international development efforts and assistance.
3
Just three anti-LGBTI organizations had a combined income of $1.1 billion, compared to $861.5 million for all 7,700+ pro-LGBTI organizations in this report in the same time period.
45%
The top 20 funders focused on the Global South and East accounted for almost half (45%) of all LGBTI funding.
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