2023 Grant Awards Announced
For Immediate Release
JustFundKY is proud to announce the 2023 grant recipients of the Cliff Todd Endowment! This year’s submissions show innovative adaptations to a chilly political climate for LGBTQ people in Kentucky.
JustFundKY is a $2 million endowment that funds educational projects in Kentucky from Pikeville to Paducah. Since 2011, JustFundKY has granted $577,000 to 71 community organizations. In twelve years, we have touched every county in the Commonwealth raising awareness of the issues impacting LGBTQ people and supporting projects that create a more just and joyful Kentucky.
This year we have awarded $57,724. Among the many excellent projects JustFundKY funded in 2023 are grants to support Drag Queen Storytime and monthly LGBTQ events at the RiverPark Center in Owensboro.
This year’s grant recipients are:
- Ashland Pride, $2500 for Safe Zone trainings
- Bluegrass Community and Technical College, $3300 for the Building Bridges conference
- Camp Beacon, $4000 for a summer camp for LGBT youth
- Drag Queen Storytime, $3000 to support books and events
- Fortunate Families, $3000 for Changing Catholic culture
- Frontrunners, $8500 for a community viewing of the documentary Changing the Game
- La Casita Center, $3100 for Latinx Pride
- Lexington Pride Center, $7700 to support the Lexington Pride event
- Luminary Comity, $2624 for LGBTQ outreach education
- Pikeville Pride, $5000 to support the Pikeville Pride event
- RiverPark Center, $7500 for LGBTQIA+ programming, including Pride Night and monthly events
- Voices Amplified, $7500 for The Prom: the Musical, a pride musical
JustFundKY is proud to help transform the landscape of Kentucky to brighten the lives of its LGBTQ citizens.