The UK LGBTI Donor Initiative was a left-of-center project hosted by Global Dialogue, a London-based philanthropic support program that hosts donor networks, funder collaboratives, and pooled funds for both United Kingdom-based and international causes. ^{1 2}

Background

UK LGBTI Donor Initiative is a now-defunct project hosted by Global Dialogue, a London-based philanthropic support program that was originally founded to support human rights-focused organizations but also hosts donor networks, funder collaboratives, and pooled funds for both United Kingdom-based and international causes. ^{3 4}

UK LGBTI Donor Initiative was created to encourage new institutional and individual donors for international LGBT causes. ⁵

Despite Global Dialogue’s website listing the UK LGBTI Donor Initiative as a current project as of late 2023, the organization’s link to the initiative returns a 404 error. According to an archived version of Global Dialogue’s project page, the page was only active between 2018 and 2020. ^{6 7 8}

Funding

According to Global Dialogue’s financial reports for 2020, the UK LGBTI Donor Initiative received funding from the Baring Foundation, a London-based grantmaking organization. ⁹

According to the financial report, the Baring Foundation granted £20,000 (approximately $24,134) to the initiative in 2019, and another £20,000 in 2020. The report also notes that the UK LGBTI Donor Initiative received an extra £10,000 (around $12,067) as “other” donations in both 2019, and 2020. ^{10 11}

1. “Our Story.” Global Dialogue. Accessed October 3, 2023. https://global-dialogue.org/our-story/.
2. “Hosting.” Global Dialogue. Accessed October 3, 2023. https://global-dialogue.org/programmes/programmes/.
3. “Our Story.” Global Dialogue. Accessed October 3, 2023. https://global-dialogue.org/our-story/.
4. “Hosting.” Global Dialogue. Accessed October 3, 2023. https://global-dialogue.org/programmes/programmes/.
5. “Archive.” Global Dialogue. Accessed October 3, 2023. https://global-dialogue.org/programmes/archive/.
6. “Hosting.” Global Dialogue. Accessed October 3, 2023. https://global-dialogue.org/programmes/programmes/.
7. “Archive.” Global Dialogue. Accessed October 3, 2023. https://global-dialogue.org/programmes/archive/.
8. “No Results Found.” Global Dialogue. Accessed October 3, 2023. https://global-dialogue.org/programmes/uklgbti/.
9. “Global Dialogue – 2020 Financial Report.” Charity Commission. Accessed October 3, 2023. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/sector-data/top-10-charities.
10. “Global Dialogue – 2020 Financial Report.” Charity Commission. Accessed October 3, 2023. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/sector-data/top-10-charities.
11. “Report – 2019.” Baring Foundation. Accessed October 3, 2023. https://cdn.baringfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/BF_Report-on-activities-2019_AW_WEB_LR.pdf.