Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado

The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado is a program of the Gill Foundation, the LGBT foundation started by Tim Gill. The Gay & Lesbian Fund only gives grants to non-gay nonprofits in Colorado in one of four areas: arts and culture, civic engagement, public broadcasting, and healthy families. They are located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and have been granting funds since 1996.

Mary Lou Makepeace, the first female mayor of Colorado Springs, CO from 1997 to 2003, became the executive director of the Gay & Lesbian Fund in December 2003.citation |title=About Us |url=http://www.gillfoundation.org/glfc_who/glfc_who_show.htm?doc_id=405595 |accessdate=2008-08-25 ]

Awards

* 2006 Foundation of the Year by the Shaka Franklin Foundation for Youth.citation |url=http://www.csbj.com/story.cfm?ID=9370&isarchiveissue=y |title=Gay & Lesbian Fund named foundation of the year |date=July 7, 2006 |periodical=Colorado Springs Business Journal |accessdate=2008-08-25 ]

References

*Swanson, Perry. “A Different Voice in the Springs.” Colorado Springs Gazette. 07/08/2006 [http://www2.gazette.com/display.php?id=1319081&secid=1]
*Swanson, Perry. “Moo Campaign Sets Off Sparks.” Colorado Springs Gazette. 07/12/2006 [http://www2.gazette.com/display.php?id=1319184&secid=1]

External links

* [http://www.gayandlesbianfund.org Gay & Lesbian Fund Homepage]