Solstice Sampler for Transformative Giving

We dedicate the seeds of our efforts to those who pursue love, forgiveness and true community through spirited and generous engagement.

Inspired Legacies convenes donors, nonprofits and advisors for inspired outcomes. So naturally with wonderful partners and alliances, we want to share just a few projects which we feel are exemplary.

Please fund and share these projects! Contact Tracy with questions and comments.

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Inspired Legacies
Primary Office: No. CA
P.O. Box 1693
40 Redwood Drive
Ross, CA 94957

Phone: 415.461.5539
Fax: 415.461.5573
info@inspiredlegacies.org
Satellite Office: Houston, TX
P.O. Box 840601
Houston, TX 77284
Phone: 281.213.4180

DIVERSITY, RACE, AND GENDER JUSTICE

Working with respect and commitment to all diversity and basic human rights is essential.

Class Action
Class Action inspires action to end classism. We raise awareness, facilitate cross-class dialogue, support cross-class alliances, and work with others to promote economic justice.
www.classism.org
Felice Yeskel, Ed.D., Executive Director, (413) 585-9709, fyeskel@classism.org
Budget 2007: $515,000
Need by Dec 31: $138,000
Budget 2008: $575,000

Disability Rights and Education Fund
The mission of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund is to advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, training, education, and public policy and legislative development.
www.dredf.org
Julia Epstein, Director of Development (510) 644-2555 x241, jepstein@dredf.org
Budget 2007: $1.3 million
Need by Dec 31: $100,000
Budget 2008: $1.3 million

First Nations Development Institute
Through a three-pronged strategy of Educating Grassroots Practitioners, Advocating Systemic Change, and Capitalizing Indian Communities, First Nations Development Institute is working to restore Native control and culturally-compatible stewardship of the assets they own - be they land, human potential, cultural heritage, or natural resources - and to establish new assets for ensuring the long-term vitality of Native communities.
www.firstnations.org
Michael Roberts, President (303) 774-7836, mroberts@firstnations.org
Budget 2007: $4.5 million
Need by Dec 31: $150,000 (est.)
Budget 2008: $4.5 million

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
The mission of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is to secure the full enjoyment of the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status. A US-based nonprofit, non-governmental organization (NGO), IGLHRC effects this mission through advocacy, documentation, coalition building, public education, and technical assistance.
www.iglhrc.org
Rebecca Libed, Development Manager (212) 430-6057, rlibed@iglhrc.org
Budget 2007: $1.6 million in 2006
Need by Dec 31: NA
Budget 2008: NA

The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice works for social, racial and economic justice in the U.S. and internationally. Our grantmaking and philanthropic advocacy programs help lesbians and allied communities challenge oppression and claim their human rights.
www.astraea.org
Wendy Sealy, Director of Development, (212) 529-8021, WSealey@astraeafoundation.org
Budget 2007: $3.9 million *fiscal year 07/06 - 06/07
Need by Dec 31: $1.3 million * remainder to raise by June 2008
Budget 2008: $4,559,000 * fiscal year 07/07 - 06/08

The Center for Community Change
The Center for Community Change strengthens, connects and mobilizes grassroots groups to enhance their leadership, voice and power. We believe that vibrant community-based organizations, led by the people most affected by social and economic injustice, are key to putting an end to the failed "on your own" mentality of the right and building a new politics based on community values.
www.communitychange.org
Elizabeth Coit, Director of Development (202) 339-9326, info@communitychange.org
Budget 2007: $11 million *fiscal year 9/06 - 8/07
Need by Dec 31: 1st Q raised - $4.5 million
Budget 2008: $13 million *fiscal year 9/07 - 8/08

The White House Project
The White House Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization that aims to advance women's leadership in all communities and sectors--up to the U.S. presidency--by filling the leadership pipeline with a richly diverse, critical mass of women.
www.thewhitehouseproject.org
Tiffany Dufu, Director of Development 212-261-4400, tdufu@thewhitehouseproject.org
Budget 2007: $3.5 million
Need by Dec 31: $200,000
Budget 2008: $4.2 million

Mexican American Legal Defense Fund
MALDEF is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect and promote the civil rights of the more than 45 million Latinos living in the United States. Making sure that there are no obstacles preventing this diverse community from realizing its dreams, MALDEF works to secure the rights of Latinos, primarily in the areas of employment, education, immigrants' rights, political access and public resource equity.
www.maldef.org
(213) 629-2512
Budget 2007: NA
Need by Dec 31: NA
Budget 2008: NA

All things are possible,
Once enough human beings realize that everything is at stake.

~ Norman Cousins

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