Resourcing LGBTIQ+ Futures: Lessons and Possibilities for Funders
Description
Following her Churchill Fellowship to the United States and United Kingdom, Rainbow Giving Australia’s CEO, Em Scott (she/her) will share key insights and recommendations from her report Resourcing LGBTIQ+ Futures.
Co-hosted with Snow Foundation, Sidney Myer Fund and Philanthropy Australia, Em will be joined by other experts to provide additional perspectives on the Australian context.
In the US and UK, recent years have shown how precious LGBTIQ+ rights are, and how quickly LGBTIQ+ funding landscapes can shift under pressure.
Designed for donors and funders of all types, this session will provide practical recommendations on how funding models can better support long-term sustainability and strengthen collective impact, including how funders can:
Stay the course during periods of increased polarisation through clarity of purpose, strong peer connections, and practical plans for risk and safety
Take an intersectional and interconnected lens that includes LGBTIQ+ equality within the 'polycrisis'
Understand the important role of LGBTIQ+ community-led funders as essential stabilisers
Apply best-practice grantmaking that is trust-based, centres community, and funds greater sector resilience (including inspiring individual giving through matched funding and supporting organisations to coordinate, convene and build a share vision)
Read the report: https://rainbowgiving.org.au/news/churchill-fellowship-report
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Em Scott (she/her)
Em is a proud queer woman, whose career is focused on improving outcomes for LGBTIQ+ communities and creating a more equal Australia. She is the former CEO of GiveOUT and former CEO and Board Director of Out for Australia (an LGBTQIA+ not-for-profit), with 10 years of experience as a health and human services management consultant including at Nous Group. She is an admitted lawyer and MBA graduate from AGSM @ UNSW Business School. In 2024, she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate global philanthropy strategies to improve outcomes for LGBTQIA+ Australians. Some of her work as a consultant includes developing strategies for: Commonwealth Department of Health Blood Borne Viruses and STIs, LGBTQIA+ Legal Service Victoria, a drug and alcohol treatment facility for women, Tasmanian's new torture prevention body, and diversity and inclusion in the NSW Public Sector. She is a water sport enthusiastic, and proud to play with the queer inclusive Sydney Stingers water polo team.
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