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Want to help LGBTQ Kentuckians for generations to come? The beauty of JustFundKY is that it will last forever. Learn how to plan for the people you care about and help LGBTQ Kentuckians for generations to come by checking out our new videos on Gift Planning. For more information, check out our Guide to Gift Planning.

See the listing of this years Grant Award Winners! Photos from the Grant Award Announcements and Historic Marker Unveilings Videos from the event: Article from the Lexington Herald-Leader:

Please join us for a historic event and celebration in downtown Lexington on June 3, 2018! The Livery, 238 E Main StJune 3, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM Please meet at The Livery at 2:30 PM and we will then proceed to the unveiling followed immediately afterward with Grant Awards and celebration with wine, beer, and hors d’oeuvres. Please…

JustFundKY has adopted a new strategic plan: we want to turbo charge our Cliff Todd Endowment. The first ten years of fundraising have been truly remarkable: we reached our goal of one million dollars in just four years. Since reaching our goal, we have awarded grants of about $250,000 from our annual earnings to community…

The campaign to increase JustFundKY’s Cliff Todd endowment got a mighty boost with 20 community pillars stepping up to serve on the Endowment Council. The mission: to increase the endowment to $5 million dollars with the use of individual gifts and planned giving. The endowment members for 2017 are: Tracee Whitley, David Lafferty, Laura Zimmerman,…

On October 21st, 2016 at the Lyric Theater in Lexington, JustFundKY celebrated its 10th year anniversary. A huge crowd toasted an endowment that has grown to 1.3 million dollars and, within the last five years, has awarded a total of $200,000 in community grants around the state. Debra Hensley, one of the JustFundKY founders was…

JustFundKY has always been about the long haul. We know that fairness for all LGBTQ Kentuckians will not be achieved overnight. We need to keep our education efforts on track for many years to come. That’s why we have created the Cliff Todd Endowment–to have a perpetual funding stream for education efforts for the next…

JustFundKY was thrilled to present the award-winning movie, PRIDE, October 11, 2015 at the Kentucky Theater followed by a VIP reception at the Downtown Arts Center. JustFundKY sponsored four young Kentuckians to attend the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Creating Change Conference in Denver, Colorado in February to further leadership development in our community.