Posts by Roger Doughty

40th Anniversary Virtual Gala: Celebrating Nearly $1 Million in COVID-19 Grantmaking and $50+ Million over 40 Years

What an incredible evening — even if virtual — celebrating Horizons’ 40th Anniversary! I couldn’t be more excited, and more deeply grateful, to share that Horizons’ 40th Anniversary Virtual Gala

https://www.horizonsfoundation.org/40th-anniversary-virtual-gala-celebrating-nearly-1-million-in-covid-19-grantmaking-and-50-million-over-40-years/

What Is Pride at This Moment — This 50th Pride?

Who would have imagined this is how we’d be marking the 50th anniversary of Pride? It’s a giant milestone — yet a pandemic has halted the parade and moved a

https://www.horizonsfoundation.org/what-is-pride-at-this-moment-this-50th-pride/

This Moment of Outrage

It didn’t start six years ago with Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Or Philando Castile in Minnesota. Or Sandra Bland in Texas. Or Freddy Gray in Philadelphia. Or Laquan McDonald

https://www.horizonsfoundation.org/this-moment-of-outrage/

Emergency Grants to Bay Area LGBTQ Organizations Total Over $640,000

This week, Horizons announced a second round of $200,500 in emergency grants to 30 Bay Area LGBTQ organizations through our LGBTQ COVID-19 Response Emergency Fund. In total, Horizons has awarded

https://www.horizonsfoundation.org/emergency-grants-bay-area-lgbtq-organizations-total-over-640000/

Horizons Awards 53 Bay Area LGBTQ Organizations $440,000 in First Round of Emergency Funding

This week, Horizons issued $440,000 in a first round of emergency grants to 53 Bay Area LGBTQ organizations through our LGBTQ COVID-19 Response Emergency Fund. These grants will fund COVID-19

https://www.horizonsfoundation.org/horizons-awards-53-bay-area-lgbtq-organizations-440000-in-first-round-of-emergency-funding/

The Power of Community in Crisis

It is in moments of crisis when community seems most important. With the spread of COVID-19, right now is one of those moments.This virus affects and imperils people throughout the

https://www.horizonsfoundation.org/the-power-of-community-in-crisis/

Reflections on Horizons’ 40 Visionary Years

Horizons' early leadersWith the start of the new year begins a very special celebration: Horizons’ 40th anniversary! Today, I invite you to view our 40th anniversary hub on our website,

https://www.horizonsfoundation.org/reflections-horizons-40-visionary-years/

Today, Remembrance. Tomorrow, Action.

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual observance that honors transgender people lost to violence. This year alone, our community has lost no fewer than 22 transgender people in

https://www.horizonsfoundation.org/today-remembrance-tomorrow-action/