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Lessons from LGBTQIA+ Leaders: Fundraising Amid Sector Shifts
September 18, 2025 @ 11:45 am - 1:15 pm

Join a timely conversation featuring LGBTQIA+ fundraising leaders as they share lessons and innovative approaches for navigating today’s changing landscape.
- Discover how LGBTQIA+ nonprofits and Pride organizations are adapting fundraising strategies amid political, economic, and cultural shifts
- Hear from LGBTQIA+ fundraisers and movement leaders on navigating backlash, funding loss, and DEI rollbacks
- Gain real-world tools for building donor trust, sustaining campaigns, and showing up authentically in times of uncertainty
- From grassroots brilliance to bold institutional pivots, this panel brings frontline insights you won’t hear anywhere else
Panelists
- Lary Bray (she/her), Development Director, Z Space
- Suzanne Ford (she/her), Executive Director, SF Pride
- Carlo Gomez Arteaga (he/him), Co-Executive Director, The Transgender District
- Vanessa Serratos (she/her), Senior Development Coordinator, Pacific Center for Human Growth
Moderator
- Matthew Easterwood (he/they), CEO, Queer For Hire