Darcy Beeman, board member of Our Fund and financial advisor at Edward Jones, welcomes attendees to the Winter iGrant Reception at the Stonewall Gallery on Wilton Drive.

Newsletter Winter 2017

In This NewsletterBy President & CEO David Jobin

With the recent election behind us, there is a sense among LGBT non-profit agen-cies that our work is more vital and our causes more important than in recent years. With the strong possibility of gov-ernment funding decreases or cuts for lifesaving programs and services, pair-ing people who care with causes that matter becomes an urgent matter. Our Spring iGive grants are a great example of Our Fund leading the way in this effort. Our region is well-served by the grant recip-ients and programs listed inside and I am proud of Our Fund’s association with their good works. Thank you to our tireless grants committee led by Darcy Beeman for their yeoman work in completing the task of reviewing the applications.

The support that we receive from our iGive Society makes our grant-making possible. We are also grateful to our Business Council for its investment in our community. Our friends at US Trust epitomize this investment and we are happy to be partnering with them again this year in numerous ways. We hope that you will agree with this after reading the article inside. If you see a fit between your financial needs and US Trust’s services, please let me know and I will be happy to make an introduction to Joe Mahoney.

And, finally, thank you to everyone who attended our LGBT Leadership Forum in November at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. For six years we have been bringing together important voices in the broader LGBT movement and we look forward to being with our family of supporters again next fall.

Grant Committee gives $68K in grants to local LGBTQ initiatives

In December, $68,000 in grants were awarded to 12 unique initiatives that help shape our mission in creating the most livable community here in South Florida. Darcy Beeman, board member of Our Fund Foundation and financial advisor at Edward Jones, led the grant committee efforts. Darcy states, “The best part of any Foundation is the ability to grant money to those organizations that are working hard everyday for the benefit of the community. This past grant cycle was particularly exciting because we heard from many organizations we had not worked with in the past. There is just so much great work being done, I only wish we had more funds to distribute!”. Scott Bennett, Peter Burleigh, Robert Delehanty, Chuck Nicholls, Lee Rubin, Barbara Signer, and Sue Wilder are the local community members who thoroughly reviewed 18 proposals and spent a Saturday morning interviewing applicants in the Our Fund office. We thank them for taking the time in making decisions that positively affect our community here in South Florida. Here are the recipients and projects of our Winter iGive 2016 Grants:Arts United - Showcasing a poetry slam for LGBTQ Women of Color

Broward Education Foundation - Developing a Youth Leadership Council in Broward Schools

Church of the Holy Spirit Song - Providing food security for LGBT families in need

Gay8 Festival - Celebrating the diversity of Little Havana and LGBT communities in Miami

Island City Stage - Engaging the lesbian community to build audience and expand programming

MiFo LGBT Film Festival - Revamping management software for operations

Poverello Center - Re-opening of the Live Well Center for clients living with HIV/AIDS

Safe Schools South Florida - Providing for the physical and emotional safety of LGBTQ students

SunServe - Providing resources and solutions for income challenged LGBT seniors

Ujima Men’s Collective - Educating and empowering Black same gender loving men

Women in Network - Presenting a speaker series featuring local and national women of note

World AIDS Museum - Educating Broward County Schools youth on HIV and stigma

Contigo’s Grant committee member, Hugo Melchor Chabel Lara signing the quilt of remembered victims

of the Orlando Pulse Tragedy

Mark Blaylock, Director of Finance at Our Fund, accepts benefactor’s award

Benefactor’s award given by the South Florida Pride Wind Ensemble

COMMUNITY LEADER ($15,000+) Neil Burmeister & Robert RomanoTed Emery

VISIONARY ($10,000 - $14,999) Chorowski & Clary, P.A. #Wayne SchrebeDick Schwarz & Tom MasseyJim Stepp & Peter ZimmerGeorge Zuber & Anthony Snyder

SPONSOR ($5,000 - $9,999) Darcy BeemanBNY Mellon Wealth Management #Duane Morris, LLP #Dunham Insurance #Paul FasanaBill Fortune & Joe BlakleyThomas Goodwin Chuck Loring John R. Milligan & Robert GravisNorthwestern Mutual, Prece Financial Group#Jorge PenaMona PittengerColeman Prewitt & Mark ConaghanPaul ProkopFred Tan & Mark Hyde Anthony Timiraos & Arthur CrispinoU.S. Trust #B. Rodney White & Michael WilliamsSue Wilder Richard Ziter & Eric Reimer

FRIEND ($2,500 - $4,999) Bank United #Scott BennettCarey BrownMichael F. CamardelloHarvey J. ChasserCitrix Systems, Inc. #David Eccleston & Manual RamirezSusan Greenhawt & Jan FaustZiad Habayeb, Merrill Lynch - Ft. Lauderdale #Donald Hayden & Brian ThompsonMichael Kennis, Merrill Lynch - Boca Raton #Ellen & Ed Krider, RBC Wealth Management #Marc Labossiere & Andrew Nease William Lewis & Manuel Rovelo Kent McIntyre & John TambascoLynn McLaughlin & David WebbLen McNally & Francisco DollJoe Pallant

Edward Richard & Warren KendrickJeff & Belinda Shover

SUPPORTER ($1,500 - $2,499) DC Allen & Ken FlickBob Avian & Peter PileskiDon Ayers & Tony SeguinoIra J. Baer & Drew TabatchnickShawna BakerLouis Benevento & Patrick DuffyHarry Blumenfeld† & Martin FalzackDonald Broaddus & Jack HuizengaGeorge CastrataroDaniel Cotlowitz & Timothy Saltsman

Tracey CramerMichael Dager & Harvey ShapiroPhilip Dearborn Irwin DruckerChristopher DunhamMartin & Susanne EllmanDon Gentile Bennett GoldworthPeter Grossman & Lawrence TimminsArnold Guior & Atilano GimenesZiad Habayed & Scott StewartHarry Harkins & John E. GargerNeill S. Hirst & Greg HughesOmar Hendrix & Steve Holloway Charlie Isola & Dan ClancySpencer Jenkins Andrew Jimenez, Jimenez Law Office #David Jobin & Angel BurgosJim JohnsonTom JonesRobert JuddGreg Kabel, Kabel Law # Larry Karnoff & Jim McDonald Mark Ketcham & Werner Lutz Robert Kuhn & Steven GeyerJohn Leyden & Tom Valentine William LinehanBarry Marcus & Stuart Glazer Mobley McClellanChuck Nicholls & Mark TurnerNorthern Trust #William O’Leary

The James G. Pepper Fund of the Stonewall Community Foundation Jon “Randy” Plummer Lisa Porter & Pati Windowmaker Andy Rogow & Lloyd Stevens Paul Rolli & Bennett Quade Charles Ross John Ruark & Sergio Papa S.Mark Graphics # Jack Schlossberg & Greg Fineman Ted Schultz M.J. Seide & Martha Jacobson Jayne Sherman & Deby Zum Charles B. Shields & Tom Keenan Steve Thornton & Brad Coomer Dean Trantalis Russel G. Vance & Edward L. Schwartz Richard Vaughan & Walter Sherman

iGIVE SocietyThe embodiment of Our Fund Foundation’s support of non-profit agencies advancing LGBT issues in South Florida is its iGive grant program. In December, $68,000 was distributed to 12 worthy organizations and projects. The bi-annual granting period is currently open for its Spring cycle with grant applications due on February 28. Guidelines and applications are available on Our-Fund.org. Please encourage agencies you know doing good work in the LGBT space to learn more about this opportunity. A big THANK YOU to our iGive Society donors who make these grants possible through their generous annual support.

Under the premise that Our Fund Foundation exists to promote a culture of philanthropy in South Florida, it was a good match when US Trust signed on as a Business Council partner with Our Fund in 2014. US Trust is committed to helping its clients build legacies, share their wealth with future generations, and supporting charitable causes that are important to its clients.

It is because of these shared values that Our Fund’s founding President & CEO Tony Timiraos and US Trust Senior Vice President & Private Client Advisor Joe Mahoney initially explored a way to partner in order to introduce US Trust’s services to a LGBT audience. Working out of US Trust’s Las Olas Blvd office, Joe Mahoney, says, “ It

Recognition & Updates

We are growing! As of December 31, 2016, Our Fund passed the $4 million dollar mark in assets for the first time, making this a 40% growth just since our last fiscal year closed in June of 2016. Asset size is one key measure of a community foundaton. We grow through both donations and the creation of endowed and non-endowed funds established by individuals and organizations with us. We are both excited and honored with the confidence being placed with us by the community to help us foster responsible philanthropy here in South Florida.

The Contigo Fund, an initiative led by Our Fund Foundation and directed by Marco Antonio Quiroga, supports Pulse-affected communities in Orlando and across Central Florida - including LGBTQ and Latinx individuals, immigrants, and people of color. In January, the Contigo Fund’s eclec-tic grant committee reviewed 16 grant proposals from local organiza-tions working towards the same mission and held a workshop at the Creating Change Conference to elevate the voices, needs, and dreams of the Orlando community following Pulse. Learn more about the Contigo Fund at www.Our-Fund.org/Contigo.

We are honored to receive the benefactor’s award from the South Florida Pride Wind Ensemble due to our partnership with its Youth Pride Band. Our Fund’s 2014 “As I See It” Community Assessment Study identified “Support for LGBTQ Youth” as an important issue facing the community. Naturally, the partnership posed a great fit.

New iGive Society Members# Our Fund Business Council † Deceased

Share the GoodGoodman Public Relations has established a “Share the Good Fund” through Our Fund Foundation. The $10,000 investment strives to plants seed of hope for local youth and provide support for arts, education and health-related programs. To learn more, visit GoodmanPR.com

Program Director of the Contigo Fund, Marco Antonio Quiroga

Contigo’s Grant committee member, Hugo Melchor Chabel Lara signing the quilt of remembered victims

of the Orlando Pulse Tragedy

Business Council Featured Partner

The James G. Pepper Fund of the Stonewall Community Foundation Jon “Randy” Plummer Lisa Porter & Pati Windowmaker Andy Rogow & Lloyd Stevens Paul Rolli & Bennett Quade Charles Ross John Ruark & Sergio Papa S.Mark Graphics # Jack Schlossberg & Greg Fineman Ted Schultz M.J. Seide & Martha Jacobson Jayne Sherman & Deby Zum Charles B. Shields & Tom Keenan Steve Thornton & Brad Coomer Dean Trantalis Russel G. Vance & Edward L. Schwartz Richard Vaughan & Walter Sherman

iGIVE SocietyThe embodiment of Our Fund Foundation’s support of non-profit agencies advancing LGBT issues in South Florida is its iGive grant program. In December, $68,000 was distributed to 12 worthy organizations and projects. The bi-annual granting period is currently open for its Spring cycle with grant applications due on February 28. Guidelines and applications are available on Our-Fund.org. Please encourage agencies you know doing good work in the LGBT space to learn more about this opportunity. A big THANK YOU to our iGive Society donors who make these grants possible through their generous annual support.

Under the premise that Our Fund Foundation exists to promote a culture of philanthropy in South Florida, it was a good match when US Trust signed on as a Business Council partner with Our Fund in 2014. US Trust is committed to helping its clients build legacies, share their wealth with future generations, and supporting charitable causes that are important to its clients.

It is because of these shared values that Our Fund’s founding President & CEO Tony Timiraos and US Trust Senior Vice President & Private Client Advisor Joe Mahoney initially explored a way to partner in order to introduce US Trust’s services to a LGBT audience. Working out of US Trust’s Las Olas Blvd office, Joe Mahoney, says, “ It

was clear to us when Our Fund launched that it would have a considerable impact on the local LGBT non-profit landscape that is so vitally important to the region. It seemed a natural fit to bring our considerable resources to the table to see how we could expand the possibilities together. ”

The relationship continues to be an important one for Our Fund as US Trust supports our efforts to strengthen relationships with current and prospective philanthropists in South Florida. US Trust is an excellent example of community investment that helps Our Fund Foundation and the region’s non-profits to thrive.

The 6th Annual LGBT Leadership ForumOur Fund Foundation explored the topic of international LGBT rights with its 6th Annual Forum held at the Horvitz Auditorium at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale on November 15. Scheduled one week after the election, it was an uncertainty leading up to the event whether the subject would be moderated from an impending Clinton or Trump presidency. As it turns out, the panelists engaged in a lively and urgent discussion about the need to shore up US support on the international LGBT stage as the US is needed to be the leading voice on life and death issues around the world. With panelists from Jamaica and Nigeria, two areas where LGBT people have no government protections, the audience came away with a stark realization of the threats that face LGBT individuals around the world.

New iGive Society Members# Our Fund Business Council † Deceased

We thank Nadine Smith (center) of Equality Florida for moderating the forum. We also thank the panelists (left to right) Micheal Ighodaro, Graeme Reid, Angeline Jackson, and Stephan Roth.

Share the GoodGoodman Public Relations has established a “Share the Good Fund” through Our Fund Foundation. The $10,000 investment strives to plants seed of hope for local youth and provide support for arts, education and health-related programs. To learn more, visit GoodmanPR.com

Program Director of the Contigo Fund, Marco Antonio Quiroga

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