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About the HRC Foundation
The HRC Foundation – a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization – envisions a world where all LGBTQ+ people can participate fully in the systems that shape our daily lives.
Through public education, research, and policy and practice change, the Foundation’s impact can be felt in schools, on factory floors and corporate suites, and in places of worship. It touches LGBTQ+ lives from childhood through end-of-life, people of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities and religious beliefs, in big cities and small towns, in the United States and across the globe.
Created in 1984, our team members identify the problems and challenges LGBTQ+ people face, then follow a clear model for effecting change:
- Building understanding of LGBTQ+ people and shaping the public debate through public education, research and resources.
- Changing policies and practices through technical assistance and pioneering benchmarking tools.
- Empowering strategic partners, community leaders and allies to be stronger advocates for equality through capacity-building, training and innovative tools.
- Leveraging relationships with these partners, advocates and allies to advance LGBTQ+ policy objectives at the local, state, national and international levels.
Programs funded in part or in full through the HRC Foundation include:
- AI & Tech Advocacy advances LGBTQ+ equality and democracy across social media, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. It works to combat anti-LGBTQ+ hate, disinformation, and algorithmic bias, while harnessing new opportunities for technology to strengthen HRC's mission and promote better outcomes for the most marginalized members of our community.
- Economic Empowerment programs provide education and resources to LGBTQ+ young adults with a focus on the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate biased systems and gain more economic stability.
- The Stakeholder Engagement program aims to build and activate equality-minded stakeholders of the HRC Foundation, beginning with corporate stakeholders, to advance LGBTQ+ related public policy initiatives and defeat anti-LGBTQ+ efforts at the federal and state level. Working with institutional allies allows HRC to leverage sector power, influence, and reach to scale our policy objectives.
- Welcoming Schools is the only bias-based bullying prevention program in the nation to provide LGBTQ+ specific training and resources with an intersectional lens, developed for use in elementary schools.
- Workplace Equality advances equality for LGBTQ+ workers through the adoption and implementation of inclusive policies, practices, and benefits in the U.S. and beyond.
What follows is an outline of the HRC Foundation’s 2024 Accomplishments.
This overview highlights the research, educational outreach and advocacy of priority initiatives that complement the work of the HRC in this state of emergency. Through the following programs and projects, we are enhancing the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ people and their families, as we change hearts, minds and systems across America and around the world
Donate to the HRC Foundation
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation improves the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people by working to increase understanding and encourage the adoption of LGBTQ-inclusive policies and practices. Donations to the HRC Foundation are tax deductible.