By Daily Press staff
Liberty Hill Foundation, Santa Monica’s largest public foundation, has awarded $250,000 to 11 organizations working on issues faced by local lesbian, gay and transgendered communities.
“Talk about pride!” said Torie Osborn, executive director of the Liberty Hill Foundation. “This year, we gave away more money than ever to amazing LA LGBT groups. The most effective civil-rights movement of the last 25 years will not be stopped by radical right-wingers. Year by year, we are expanding equality. That should inspire pride in all of us.”
Liberty Hill is the only public foundation in LA County with a fund dedicated to LGBT projects. It supports organizations that are working to meet the needs of local LGBT communities through events ranging from street theater that fights bigotry in elementary schools to vocational and rehabilitation services addressing the specific needs of gay inmates at Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles. For more than a quarter century, Liberty Hill Foundation has given away nearly $25 million to grassroots community organizations working for change throughout Los Angeles County. SMC Emeritus College presents student show
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 6, 2005. Read the original PDF.