The UK LGBTQI International Giving Report
Research and data analysis for GiveOut and The Baring Foundation
“We need to make people understand that there is so very little giving in the first place and that’s so totally unfair.”
This research is a new initiative to track UK funding for LGBTQI issues internationally, focussing on the Global South and East. Initiated by GiveOut and The Baring Foundation, the research found that average annual funding from the UK was £13.4 million in 2019 and 2020 from UK Government, foundations, corporates and individual philanthropists. This is equivalent to 3p in every £100 given to charities in the UK.
The research was launched at the first UK LGBTQI Global Giving Summit on 22 November 2023 hosted by GiveOut and The Baring Foundation. At the Summit new funding for LGBTQI communities worldwide, totalling more than £40 million over the next five years, was announced by the UK Minister of State (Development and Africa), Rt Hon. Andrew Mitchell.
Download the report below.
The UK LGBTQI International Giving Report 2023
Using data gathered by Global Philanthropy Project for their Global Resources Report and supplementary primary sources, plus interviews with donors and advisors, this report explores for the first time the level of UK giving to LGBTQI issues internationally, with a deep dive on each of the four donor groups:
UK grant-making trusts and foundations
UK Government
UK corporates
UK individual philanthropists
Besides the numbers, the research explores:
The barriers to supporting LGBTQI issues internationally
The crucial role of intermediaries
Recommendations for more and better giving in this area
A call to action
Associated press
NEW FUNDING FOR LGBTQI EQUALITY ANNOUNCED AT FIRST UK LGBTQI GLOBAL GIVING SUMMIT New funding for LGBTQI communities worldwide, totalling more than £40 million over the next five years, was announced by the UK Minister of State (Development and Africa), Rt Hon. Andrew Mitchell, at the first UK LGBTQI Global Giving Summit on 22 November 2023.
More than nothing, but not enough: UK funding to LGBTI communities in the Global South and East Alliance magazine article by David Sampson, Deputy Director of The Baring Foundation
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