THE NATIONAL LGBTQ LEGACY GIVING INITIATIVE
The National LGBTQ Legacy Giving Initiative (NLLGI) is a groundbreaking new effort designed to help LGBTQ+ organizations tap into the powerful potential of legacy giving to benefit our communities across the country.
About The National LGBTQ Legacy Giving Initiative:
The NLLGI is intended to help collectively create:
- A world in which LGBTQ people have the resources to fight back against attacks, discrimination, and every form of inequality.
- A world in which LGBTQ people have the means to develop a strong, sustainable, vibrant community that enriches our lives.
- A powerful legacy for future generations of LGBTQ people
The three primary components of the initiative are:
- Pilot program for LGBTQ nonprofits: Intensive programming to help a 12-member cohort of LGBTQ organizations to develop their legacy giving programs. The LGBTQ movement will learn from this pilot program and apply those insights to further elevate legacy giving’s impact.
- Legacy Giving Resource Warehouse: A collection of resources to help any LGBTQ nonprofit organization to build its own legacy program. The warehouse also has resources for estate-planning professionals and donors.
- Support for professional advisors and attorneys: Called the “Stonewall Legacy Project,” this program offers trainings and credentialing opportunities to estate-planning professionals, such as financial advisors, attorneys, and accountants who work with and focus on LGBTQ clients and the community.
The three primary components of the initiative are:
- Pilot program for LGBTQ nonprofits: Intensive programming to help a 12-member cohort of LGBTQ organizations to develop their legacy giving programs. The LGBTQ movement will learn from this pilot program and apply those insights to further elevate legacy giving’s impact.
- Legacy Giving Resource Warehouse: A collection of resources to help any LGBTQ nonprofit organization to build its own legacy program. The warehouse also has resources for estate-planning professionals and donors.
- Support for professional advisors and attorneys: Called the “Stonewall Legacy Project,” this program offers trainings and credentialing opportunities to estate-planning professionals, such as financial advisors, attorneys, and accountants who work with and focus on LGBTQ clients and the community.
Why This Initiative?
The ongoing challenges facing LGBTQ+ communities, including the increased scapegoating of the most vulnerable LGBTQ+ people, underscore the need for sustained investment in the movement. We will need strong and well-funded organizations to fight for, protect, house, and nurture LGBTQ people for many years to come—at both the national level and in communities across the country.
The reality is that most LGBTQ+ organizations—particularly those serving people of color, transgender people, and those outside the nation’s largest cities—struggle to find sufficient resources. These groups cannot count on the government or corporations to make ends meet.
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