2007 Grantees
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CALIFORNIA
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Equality California Institute
To support outreach and field activities coordinated through the Let California Ring Campaign to win marriage equality in CA: 1) develop leadership in people of faith and people of color communities; 2) conduct public opinion research in people of color communities; 3) organize the Asian Pacific Islander community through a regrant to Asian Equality; and 4) organize people of faith through a regrant to California Faith for Equality.
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$200,000
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CONNECTICUT
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Love Makes a Family
To support all aspects of the educational, media, organizing/ally building work to win the freedom to marry in Connecticut. This work includes collaboration with GLAD to prepare for the CT Supreme Court ruling on the same-sex marriage case.
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$170,000
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CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND, MAINE
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Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders
To support GLAD's Marriage Initiative work in partnership with state equality organizations in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine to win marriage equality.
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$50,000
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IOWA
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Lambda Legal Defense Fund
To implement a new collaborative project with One Iowa Education Fund, entitled the Marriage Equality Leadership Training Project. Lambda Legal will hire an Iowa Marriage Equality Trainer to coordinate and train volunteers state-wide to work on marriage equality education. In addition, Lambda Legal will contract for public opinion polling in Iowa.
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$75,000
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One Iowa Education Fund
To advance the momentum from the same-sex civil marriage lawsuit toward marriage equality, using educational campaigns and grassroots efforts, to build a climate suited for Marriage Equality in Iowa. One Iowa Education Fund will collaborate with Lambda Legal on the Marriage Equality Campaign and focus their organizing with the Families First in Iowa Coalition, the Friends in Faith Coalition, the Cultural Connections Coalition and the Aging Coalition.
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$50,000
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MAINE
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Equality Maine Foundation
To support EqualityMaine Foundation's work in coalition with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and allies in a comprehensive organizing and public education campaign to build support to win marriage equality.
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$35,000
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MARYLAND
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Equality Maryland Foundation
To provide operational support, staff time, and programs of outreach to Marylanders, especially religious communities and communities of color, to secure full marriage rights in Maryland through judicial or legislative success.
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$75,000
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Education Fund
To support NHFTM's work to gain marriage equality in New Hampshire. To increase their capacity to provide public education about the separation of religious and civil marriage as a strategy to win civil marriage.
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$25,000
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NEW JERSEY
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Garden State Equality Education Fund
To win marriage equality legislation in New Jersey with support for grassroots organizing, research and web and development staff to carry out a broad public education campaign.
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$160,000
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NEW MEXICO
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Equality New Mexico Foundation
To support EQNMF's comprehensive marriage plan designed to win full marriage equality. EQNMF will work with both lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and diverse, straight allies to host local town hall meetings and education seminars; expand their statewide network of allies and conduct voter identification, and organize voter education in selected locations around the state.
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$25,000
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NEW YORK
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Empire State Pride Agenda Foundation
To win civil marriage in New York by supporting the Empire State Pride Agenda Foundation's public education and grassroots organizing initiatives.
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$200,000
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RHODE ISLAND
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Marriage Equality Rhode Island
To support MERI with staffing, programming support for outreach and education, and support for paid media activities to achieve marriage equality in Rhode Island.
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$25,000
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VERMONT
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Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force
To support VFMTF's expanded field organizing to win marriage equality in Vermont.
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$35,000
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WASHINGTON
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Equal Rights Washington
To support ERW in their public education, grassroots organizing, coalition-building and media work to win marriage equality.
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$26,500
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Strategic Response Fund Grants
(These are out-of-cycle grants)
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CALIFORNIA
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Equality California Institute
To provide support for the Let California Ring public education campaign.
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$115,000
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MARYLAND
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Equality Maryland Foundation
To support the public education campaign about marriage equality in preparation for the Maryland Court of Appeals decision.
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$75,000
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MASSACHUSETTS
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MassEquality Education Fund
To support a strong public education campaign about the importance of preserving marriage equality in Massachusetts.
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$70,000
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MassEquality.org
To support work to ensure the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision on marriage equality is upheld and that any anti same-sex marriage amendment is defeated.
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$30,000
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TOTAL 2007
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$1,441,500
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2006 Grantees
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CALIFORNIA
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Equality California Institute
To support grantee's statewide work to continue to build and fortify constituencies that promote marriage equality for same-sex couples. These funds will help support the grantee in strengthening grassroots marriage activism, in joining forces with other social justice organizations and allies, including religious and people of color organizations, and in voter identification and registration efforts statewide.
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$175,000
(of which $20K is for direct lobbying)
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CONNECTICUT
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Love Makes a Family
To support all aspects of grantee's work, this includes public education and community organizing to secure marriage for same-sex couples in Connecticut. LMF will continue to work on building relationships with non-gay allies.
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$75,000
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CONNECTICUT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, RHODE ISLAND
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New England Gay and Lesbian Advocates
and Defenders
To support grantee's work which is dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status, and gender identity and expression. This grant is specifically to support grantee's work to bring marriage equality to each New England State.
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$100,000
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ILLINOIS
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ACLU of Illinois/Roger Baldwin Foundation
To support grantee's collaborative work with Equality Illinois, Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Illinois to continue to build their education, outreach and coalition-building efforts to broaden public support for marriage for same-sex couples through their joint effort, Equal Marriage Illinois.
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$75,000
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IOWA
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One Iowa Education Fund
Greater Des Moines Community Foundation
To support One Iowa Education Fund's plan to launch a full-scale, statewide education marriage initiative to educate Iowans about marriage equality and to build a strong coalition in support of marriage equality.
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$55,000
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MAINE
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Equality Maine Foundation
To support grantee's work to secure full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Maine through community organizing, education, and collaboration. Specifically, this grant will support grantees work to conduct a broad and effective public education campaign for marriage equality in Maine.
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$40,000
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MARYLAND
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Equality Maryland Foundation
To support grantee's work to promote marriage equality and disseminate information about the impact of marriage discrimination in Maryland and specifically for operational support, staff time, and programs of outreach to religious, rural and communities of color.
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$125,000
(of which $9,350 is for grassroots lobbying)
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MASSACHUSETTS
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MassEquality.org
To support grantee's work to ensure the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision on marriage equality is upheld and that any anti same-sex marriage amendment is defeated.
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$40,000
(of which $15K direct & $25K grassroots)
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MassEquality Education Fund
Freedom to Marry Foundation
To support grantee's work to launch a multi-faceted educational and public awareness campaign to shift public understanding about the need to preserve marriage protections for same-sex couples.
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$85,000
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Education Fund
NH ACLU Foundation
To support New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Education Fund's work to continue their long-term plan to achieve marriage equality in New Hampshire through a broad based public education and mobilization effort.
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$40,000
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NEW JERSEY
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Garden State Equality Education Fund
To support grantee's work to build the marriage-equality movement with a public education program designed to engage the public until marriage equality is legally won and politically secure in the State of New Jersey.
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$133,017
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Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
To support grantee's continued work to empower New Jersey residents of color-especially Black community leaders-and people of faith to advance their own "home grown" educational initiatives on the importance of marriage equality within their respective communities.
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$45,000
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NEW MEXICO
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Equality New Mexico Foundation
Coalition for Equality New Mexico
To support Equality New Mexico Foundation's Marriage is a Civil Right II Initiative, which will lay the groundwork for defeating a DOMA and introducing civil marriage legislation in the New Mexico state legislature
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$50,000
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NEW YORK
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Empire State Pride Agenda Foundation
To support grantee's work to secure marriage for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in New York State through grassroots organizing, public relations and coalition building with both gay and straight organizations.
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$125,000
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OREGON
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Basic Rights Oregon Education Fund
To support grantee's efforts to implement a long-term strategy that involves the coordination of all major areas of their work. The grantee's goal is to create a powerful movement that includes a major increase in grassroots leadership and power from non-urban parts of the state for marriage equality.
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$80,000
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RHODE ISLAND
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Marriage Equality Rhode Island
Ocean State Action Fund
To support Marriage Equality Rhode Island's staffing needs to execute their community engagement activities that include, community based outreach, public education and district level organizing to gain equal marriage legislation in Rhode Island.
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$50,000
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VERMONT
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Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force
To support grantee's work to educate Vermonters regarding the issues surrounding the freedom to marry, and to advocate for full marriage equality for same-sex couples in Vermont.
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$50,000
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WASHINGTON
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Northwest Women's Law Center
To support grantee's work to continue implementing the marriage equality component of their Celebrating Diverse Families initiative in Washington State in 2006-2007.
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$25,000
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Equal Rights Washington
Seattle LGBT Community Center
To support grantee's Strategic Marriage Equality Plan (SMEAP), which seeks to build broad-based support for marriage equality primarily through peer-to-peer education, earned media, and coalition building. This grant is specially to support field staff, development staff, research and communications resources for SMEAP.
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$65,000
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WISCONSIN
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Action Wisconsin Education Fund
To support grantee's work to promote and advance marriage equality and the civil rights of Wisconsin's LGBT citizens and their families.
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$85,000
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Action Wisconsin
To support grantee's work to educate Wisconsinites about the harm of the constitutional ban on civil unions and same-sex marriages that will be voted on the fall of 2006
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$40,000
($40K for direct lobbying)
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TOTAL 2006
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1,558,017
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2005 Grantees
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CALIFORNIA
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Equality California Institute
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$175,000
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CONNECTICUT
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Love Makes a Family
GLAD
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$89,000
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CONNECTICUT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, RHODE ISLAND
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Gay and Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
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$100,000
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ILLINOIS
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Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU of Illinois
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$75,000
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MARYLAND
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ACLU of Maryland
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$20,000
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Equality Maryland Foundation
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$105,000
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MASSACHUSETTS
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MassEquality Education Fund
Freedom to Marry Foundation
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$80,000
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MassEquality
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$45,000
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Education Fund
New Hampshire ACLU
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$50,000
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NEW JERSEY
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Garden State Equality Education Fund
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$80,000
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Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
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$45,000
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NEW MEXICO
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Equality New Mexico Foundation
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$50,000
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NEW YORK
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Empire State Pride Agenda Foundation
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$100,000
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OREGON
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Basic Rights Oregon Education Fund
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$80,000
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RHODE ISLAND
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Marriage Equality Rhode Island
Ocean State Action Fund
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$50,000
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VERMONT
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Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force
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$40,000
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WASHINGTON
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Northwest Women's Law Center
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$50,000
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Equal Rights Washington
Seattle LGBT Community Center
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$75,000
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WISCONSIN
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Action Wisconsin Education Fund
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$126,000
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Milwaukee LGBT Community Center
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$49,000
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TOTAL 2005
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$1,484,000
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2004 Grantees
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CALIFORNIA
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Equality California Institute
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$75,000
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Los Angles Gay and Lesbian Center
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$35,000
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California Freedom to Marry Coalition
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$15,000
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CONNECTICUT
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Love Makes a Family
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$70,000
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MARYLAND
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ACLU of Maryland
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$25,000
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Equality Maryland Foundation
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$50,000
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MASSACHUSETTS
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Freedom to Marry Foundation
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$40,000
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MassEquality.org
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$40,000
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Gay and Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
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$30,000
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KENTUCKY
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Kentucky Fairness Alliance
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$63,000
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Fairness Campaign
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$12,000
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NEW JERSEY
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Lambda Legal Defenses Fund
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$75,000
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NEW MEXICO
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Coalition for Equality in New Mexico
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$50,000
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OREGON
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Basic Rights Education Fund
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$113,000
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Basic Rights Oregon
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$72,000
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RHODE ISLAND
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Gay Lesbian Advocates and Defenders
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$70,000
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WISCONSIN
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Action Wisconsin Education Fund
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$66,667
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Milwaukee LGBT Community Center
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$29,333
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Center Advocates, Inc.
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$4,000
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TOTAL 2004
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$935,000
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