About Gill Foundation
The Gill Foundation concentrates on national LGBTQ advocacy and progressive political infrastructure, providing sizable project and general operating support to organizations that shape public opinion and civic engagement. Their grants favor media accountability groups and advocacy intermediaries that advance LGBTQ rights and progressive policy priorities. They typically fund a small set of large, strategic recipients rather than many small local grants.
Focus Areas
National LGBTQ advocacy and rights organizations (project support for LGBTQ issues)Progressive political infrastructure and civic engagement/leadership development (Future Forward / Our American Future)Progressive media watchdogs and communications organizations (Media Matters and similar groups)Philanthropic intermediaries and grantmaking vehicles that channel funds to LGBTQ and progressive causes
Who They Fund
LGBTQ individuals and communitiesLGBTQ-focused nonprofits and research institutesNonprofit organizations needing financial/operational capacity support
About Gill Foundation
The Gill Foundation’s largest recent grant went to Our American Future Foundation for general operating support of Future Forward Education Fund, signaling how much of its work is directed toward national political infrastructure as well as LGBTQ equality. Across its recent grants, the foundation backs organizations that shape public opinion, legal protections, and civic engagement for LGBTQ people, alongside a Colorado priority focused on shared opportunity in the state. It gives at meaningful scale: multiple awards in the hundreds of thousands of dollars appear in the recent-grants list, including support for advocacy intermediaries, legal organizations, and media accountability groups. A defining feature is its reliance on multi-year support for a relatively small set of recipients. Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc appears across 2023, 2024, and 2025, all as general operating support, while Media Matters for America and Centerline Liberties Inc also recur over multiple years. Project support is common, but the portfolio also includes general operating support and capacity-building style grants. The Gill Foundation also funds work beyond direct advocacy, such as STEM project support and donor-network building through OutGiving.
What Gill Foundation Funds
Gill Foundation’s LGBTQ work includes support for legal advocacy, public messaging, and policy infrastructure. In 2025, it gave $480,000 to the National Center for Lesbian Rights for project support for LGBTQ issues, and in multiple years it funded Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc with general operating support. Communications and media accountability are another clear thread. The foundation gave $632,500 to Media Matters for America in 2025 and $600,000 to Glaad Inc in 2024, both for project support for LGBTQ issues. It also funds civic and political infrastructure. One of the largest awards in the list was $2,025,000 to Our American Future Foundation for general operating support of Future Forward Education Fund, and it gave $400,000 to The Voter Participation Center in 2025 for general operating support. Beyond LGBTQ advocacy, the foundation made a $350,000 grant to The Jefferson Foundation for project support for STEM.
How Gill Foundation Gives
The recent grant-size pattern is wide but weighted toward larger strategic awards: p25 is $250, median is $5,000, and p75 is $100,000. That spread reflects a portfolio with many modest grants and a smaller set of high-dollar commitments. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc, Media Matters for America, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Centerline Liberties Inc, and Third Way Institute, indicating recurring support rather than isolated one-time gifts. Gill Foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does fund unsolicited grants through its general grantmaking / Fund With Us pathway.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$11.8M
Total Assets
$194.3M
Total Revenue
$4.6M
Total Expenses
$18.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $250 and $100K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$250
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
National31 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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