Tides

Traditional philanthropy has been set up to support the needs of people who have power. Our job at Tides is to change that. Hear from Janiece Evans-Page, Suneela Jain, Anucha Browne, Dan Shannon, and many more about Tides' new vision and mission—and the impact we hope to make on the world.

About 500 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have already been proposed this year. Celebrate Pride by supporting local, community-led LGBTQ+ organizations in the states with the highest volume of anti-LGBTQ+ bills on the docket—here are five to get you started: 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Alliance For Full Acceptance 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Freedom Oklahoma 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ One Iowa 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ PROMO Missouri 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Tennessee Equality Project Happy Pride! LGBTQ+ people belong everywhere.

Some good news as we head into the final weekend of Pride month: Funders for LGBTQ Issues has reported that Tides Foundation is the fifth-largest funder of LGBTQ issues in the United States! We're also the 4th-largest funder of LGBTQ issues by number of grants. Other takeaways from Funders for LGBTQ Issues' report: ➡️ Funding for trans communities from foundations increased by 34%, a result of strategic philanthropic organizing efforts that ramped up in response to a surge in legal and policy attacks on trans lives. ➡️ For the first time, a majority of grants from U.S. foundations were general operating support grants—vital for ensuring that LGBTQ organizations can function sustainably in the long term. ➡️ Funding to Black LGBTQ communities doubled from 7% to 14%, although total overall funding for LGBTQ communities of color decreased. Read the full report from Funders for LGBTQ Issues here: https://lnkd.in/e5CrbVut

The United States Supreme Court decision to dismiss Moyle v. United States is a major setback to reproductive justice and health equity. As an organization committed to social justice, we are deeply concerned that the Court did not outright affirm the right to emergency reproductive healthcare. This absence of federal protection puts birthing persons at greater risk from life-threatening pregnancy complications. And the research is clear: all restrictions on abortion access, including emergency abortions, disproportionately impact Black and Brown communities and other communities historically denied power. Black women are already three times more likely to die a pregnancy-related death than white women. This indecision not only risks lives and perpetuates harm, but also discourages physicians from serving in states with strict abortion bans, leaving vulnerable populations without access to essential reproductive health care. We remain committed to working with our donor and social change partners to ensure all people have equitable access to lifesaving reproductive healthcare.

Two years ago, we lost the constitutional right to abortion—but we didn’t give up. This Wednesday, Tareya Palmer, MPA of Tides Foundation’s Just Health Fund will go live on Instagram with Rhiannon Carnes of Ohio Women's Alliance to discuss the path forward. In 2022, Rhiannon Carnes was one of five Reproductive Justice Heroes to receive Tides’ Jane Bagley Lehman Award. In 2023, she led OWA in reaching out to 1.3 million voters to secure abortion access in Ohio for generations to come. Hear about her focus in 2024 and what the reproductive justice movement needs in order to win. The conversation starts here at 1pm ET on 6/26: https://lnkd.in/dsBhYZuX

As some high-profile companies abandon their Pride campaigns, we're seeing others deepen their commitment to LGBTQ+ employees and communities with authentic, year-round support that lasts far beyond June. Corporations: Don't back down from Pride. Instead, make it meaningful.

One way to celebrate Juneteenth: Support organizations that center Black voters, especially Black women, who play a crucial role in educating about voting rights and advocating for fair elections and whose work to uphold our democracy too often goes unrecognized. Start here: National Black Women's Justice Institute National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute 1000 Women Strong Black Women's Health Imperative In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda Black Women For Wellness House of Loving Hands BLOC Today, we remain steadfast in our mission to center the leadership of changemakers in communities which have historically been denied power. Read our full message: https://lnkd.in/ejtcbcR3

Friday reminder: Find and celebrate every win you can. Read more insights from BIWOC environmental justice leaders in Tides Foundation's WE LEAD landscape analysis: https://lnkd.in/eUeKcQRH

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has decided to uphold access to mifepristone, a medication used in nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions. As a philanthropic organization committed to systems change and ensuring the well-being of Black and Brown communities and other communities denied power, we acknowledge the importance of this decision and call on our partners and the greater social sector to remain steadfast in championing reproductive justice until all people have access to a safe abortion. Read our full statement: https://lnkd.in/eVhsPhip

For every $100 awarded by U.S. foundations, only 4 cents goes towards trans communities. Gabriel Foster and Ola Osaze of the Trans Justice Funding Project talked to Northern California Grantmakers about why it's so critical to fund trans leadership in this moment—and if you work in philanthropy, you need to read this now. A fund at Tides Foundation, TJFP is a BIPOC trans and nonbinary-run funding initiative that distributed $2.9 million to 428 groups in 2024 alone, and has resourced over 2,000 groups since their founding. For most of these groups, TJFP is their first funder.