About us
Our Story
The Visibility Impact Fund was founded as a giving circle in the summer of 2020, becoming the first EVER grassroots grant-maker to provide dedicated funds to bi+ communities. For decades, leaders in bi+ communities have advocated for more funding, highlighting how grant-makers ignoring our unique challenges is a root cause for why health and economic disparities are so much worse for bi+ people than lesbian, gay, and straight peers. Even with all this effort, bi+ people still only receive a small fraction of a percent of LGBTQ grants. All the while, bi+ leaders and advocates work tirelessly without financial support to provide community, support groups, training, education, and research that nobody else will. Bi+ communities make up over half of the LGBTQ community, and yet do not receive support from LGBTQ philanthropy.
Join us, and together we will change this and make the invisible majority visible.
Starting this fund as a giving circle allows all of us to have a say in where we want our money to go. It is a major step towards shifting funding models to support and address the unique needs of bi+ communities. We will work together to direct our money to fund bi+ specific nonprofit organizations, training & education, and programs & projects that have an impact on the lives of bi+ people. We will also be the first voice representing bi+ communities at the national LGBTQ Funders Table where we hope to be a catalyst to other grant-makers to dedicate funds to address our community needs.
Join us, and together we will change this and make the invisible majority visible.
Starting this fund as a giving circle allows all of us to have a say in where we want our money to go. It is a major step towards shifting funding models to support and address the unique needs of bi+ communities. We will work together to direct our money to fund bi+ specific nonprofit organizations, training & education, and programs & projects that have an impact on the lives of bi+ people. We will also be the first voice representing bi+ communities at the national LGBTQ Funders Table where we hope to be a catalyst to other grant-makers to dedicate funds to address our community needs.
Leadership Team
Neil Aasve (he/him) - Founder &- Program Director
Annie Stoneburner (she/her)
Christina Stensby (she/they)
Hunniya Ahmad (she/they)
Sidney Townes (she/her)
William Burleson (he/him)
Ellyn Ruthstrom (she/her)
Paul Marengo
Alex Santiago
Lo Horst
We are recruiting. Apply Today!
Annie Stoneburner (she/her)
Christina Stensby (she/they)
Hunniya Ahmad (she/they)
Sidney Townes (she/her)
William Burleson (he/him)
Ellyn Ruthstrom (she/her)
Paul Marengo
Alex Santiago
Lo Horst
We are recruiting. Apply Today!
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