Events

Historic Timeline

1999

The LGBT Straight Alliance Fund was established when the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona applied for and was awarded a two-year, $100,000 challenge grant from the National Lesbian and Gay Community Funding Partnership.

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April 1999

Established a working advisory board and appointed Craig Snow as the first Advisory Board Chair.

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July 2000

First grants awarded, totaling $99,525.

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2000

First award ceremony held for grant recipients.

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2010

First Straight Ally Award awarded to Ernesto Portillo.

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June 2017

Gloria Devore, Sylvia Mulka, and Doug Noffsinger pledged a combined total of $150,000 over three years to provide administrative support.

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2018

The LGBT Straight Alliance Fund was renamed the LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund.

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March 2019

Funding Forward hosted by Funders of LGBTQ Issues in Tucson.

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October 2020

Award Ceremony renamed Queer for Good.

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June 2021

The LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund surpasses $1 million in grants to benefit the LGBTQ+ community in Southern Arizona.

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October 2021

The Sylvia Stan Mulka Endowment Fund is established with the single largest gift in the organization’s history.

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October 2021

The LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund surpasses $500,000


 

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2022

Ethan Smith Cox was appointed as Advisory Board Chair.

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2023

Anne Doughterty was appointed as Advisory Board Chair.

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2024

The LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund celebrates its 25th Anniversary.

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2026

Paul Valdez was appointed as Advisory Board Chair.

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