About the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas

Mission Statement:
The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas promotes equality and raises awareness of the personal and financial contributions of gays and lesbians to the City of Dallas. By offering meaningful philanthropic and giving opportunities, GLFD distinguishes the gay community as a major source of philanthropy. GLFD boosts the power of gay philanthropy by consolidating and distributing charitable contributions to non-profit agencies that serve the entire Dallas community. With every donation given by GLFD to non-profit agencies, GLFD ensures that the agencies do not discriminate in their hiring and employment practices and highlights that recipient agencies value diversity.

To accomplish this mission, we:

Make donations to service and community organizations that are not gay-specific.
Bring visibility to such donations as coming from the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Dallas.
Advocate equal employment opportunity by requiring recipient organizations to include sexual orientation in their written employment policies.
Provide gays and lesbians with a mechanism to bundle philanthropic funds, an incentive to give strategically, and a reason to feel proud about gay and lesbian contributions to the City of Dallas.

Our Core Values are:

To contribute to the common good of the community.
To demonstrate financial commitment and responsibility.
To show determination and stewardship.
To advance equality and inclusion.
To nurture partnerships and friendships.
To raise our voices as valued members of society.

Following are several of the significant sites in Dallas where you’ll find permanent recognition of the philanthropy of the gay and lesbian community through the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas:

The Sculpture Garden at the Latino Cultural Center
The Next Thing Theater at The Dallas Women's Museum
Sculpture at Bark Park Central (Deep Ellum)
Water feature on David’s Way Plaza on the Katy Trail (at Knox Street)
Executive Conference Room and Main Lobby of the Dallas Children’s Theater
Parkland Hospital's Ambulatory Surgery Center