Funders for LGBTQ Issues's Podcast

Listen to Episode 11 of our podcast Justice Ain't Cheap: There's Power at the Margins!  Funders for LGBTQ Issues President Saida Agostini-Bostic sat down with Black LGBTQ organizers Jonathan Jayes-Green, Director of the Black Migrant Power Fund (BMPF), and Rose Berry, Co-Director of the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP), to discuss their involvement in the immigrant justice movement....

Justice Ain't Cheap episode 10 brings a necessary conversation with trans philanthropic and movement leaders Andy Marra, Chief Executive Officer of Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE), and Shelby Chestnut, Executive Director of Transgender Law Center, hosted by Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ President Saida Agostini-Bostic. Andy and Shelby discuss the current state of the movement, where they find...

TRANScending Voices is part of Funders for LGBTQ Issues' main podcast, Justice Ain’t Cheap. This mini-series is dedicated to sharing the stories and experiences of trans leaders who are not only living authentically but also reshaping the landscape of philanthropy and shifting the narrative around funding, visibility, and support. This mini-series is hosted by Alexander Lee (he/him), Deputy D...

Listen to this timely conversation with philanthropic leaders Temi F. Bennett and Hanh Le, Co-Chief Executive Officers of iF, A Foundation for Radical Possibility, and Brenda Solórzano, Chief Executive Officer of The California Endowment, hosted by Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ President Saida Agostini-Bostic.  Our guests share insights into their increased grantmaking in this critical time when our c...

This episode of Justice Ain't Cheap features a powerful conversation with Matthew Hart, Executive Director of Global Philanthropy Project, and Happy Mwende Kinyili, Co-Executive Director of Mama Cash. Together, they explore the urgent lessons U.S. philanthropy must learn from international movements — and offer bold, visionary calls to action for funders.

We are living in a time that many in the movement have warned about for decades. We are witnessing intense and brutal attacks against queer and trans people of color, immigrants, disabled folks and so many other members of our communities – all the while trying to live into our mission, protect ourselves, our loved ones, and the organizations we represent. Listen to our powerful conversation with...

TRANScending Voices is part of Funders for LGBTQ Issues' main podcast, Justice Ain’t Cheap. This mini-series is dedicated to sharing the stories and experiences of trans leaders who are not only living authentically but also reshaping the landscape of philanthropy and shifting the narrative around funding, visibility, and support. This mini-series is hosted by Alexander Lee (he/him), Deputy D...

This episode of Justice Ain't Cheap—“Philanthropic Organizers Making Waves”—is about philanthropic organizing. Funders' President Saida Agostini-Bostic joins three powerhouse speakers, Farrah Parkes from the Gender Justice Fund, Mike White from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Zev Lowe of the Tikkun Olam Foundation. This Justice Ain't Cheap episode was hosted by Saida Agostin...

This episode of Justice Ain't Cheap—“The Proving Ground”—is about the state of LGBTQ philanthropic organizing in the South. Funders' President Saida Agostini-Bostic joins Shaena Johnson, Out in the South (OTS) Project Director, board member and OTS steering committee member Kelli King-Jackson, and Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) Fellow Míchél Macklin of Texas Pride Impact...

This episode of Justice Ain't Cheap brings together Black queer and trans professionals to discuss what liberation truly looks like and means in philanthropy. Recorded live during Funding Forward 2023 in Chicago, Funders' President Saida Agostini-Bostic joins board member Glo Ross (Arcus Foundation) and Lisa Owens (Hyams Foundation) to discuss how Black femme, trans, and gender nonconfor...

This episode of Justice Ain't Cheap brings together legislators and organizers on the movement front lines who have been impacted by the far right's legislative assault, targeting trans and gender non-conforming communities. Host Saida Agostini-Bostic talks with Representative Kim Abbott (MT, HD 83), Representative Mauree Turner (OK, HD 88), and Emmett Schelling (Transgender Education Ne...

In this episode of Justice Ain't Cheap, host Saida Agostini-Bostic talks with Trishala Deb (Collaborative for Gender + Reproductive Equity), Imara Jones (TransLash), and Kierra Johnson (National LGBTQ Task Force) about the intersections of the attacks on reproductive rights and the LGBTQ community, as well as how philanthropy can be in right relationship with LGBTQ movements in this moment of...

“I feel like there’s a conversation that has been created definitely by philanthropy in relationship to movements that’s like, “Is this a $50,000 problem? Is this a $100,000 problem?” And I’m like, “This is a billion-dollar problem. This is a huge problem.” — Paulina Helm-Hernández In the premiere episode of Justice Ain't Cheap, host Saida Agostini-Bostic talks with Funders for LGBTQ Issues&a...