In 2014, Funders for LGBTQ Issues explored funding for LGBTQ immigrants and refugees in the report Pathways Forward.  Immigration issues have evolved significantly since the release of that report.  Just a few weeks ago, the Trump Administration announced plans to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The administration has also continued to pursue a Muslim ban and a wall across the Mexican border.

In this environment of extreme hostility towards immigrants, we hoped to highlight some of the work being done by grantmakers to advance the rights and improve the well-being of LGBTQ immigrants.

Over the two-year period 2014-2015, funding for LGBTQ immigrants, refugees, and asylees in the United States totaled $5.2 million.

While funding for LGBTQ immigrants, refugees, and asylees in the United States had been increasing for several years, the funding declined from $3 million in 2014 to $2 million in 2015 – representing a mere 2 percent of all LGBTQ grantmaking in 2015.

Read the source article at LGBTFunders.org