Three LGBT Youth-Focused Organizations Among 100 Charities Vying For $1 Million In Chase Community Giving
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Posted: 01/07/2010 - 16:41
• GLSEN, Matthew Shepard Foundation, The Trevor Project urge supporters to vote for all three charities beginning Jan. 15
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 5, 2010) – GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, the Matthew Shepard Foundation and The Trevor Project – three organizations that work to improve the lives of LGBT youth – are among 100 finalists in Chase Community Giving, a campaign by Chase and Facebook to award $5 million to charities voted on by Facebook users.
In order to ensure that the organizations' lifesaving work receives as much support as possible, the only three LGBT-focused organizations among the 100 finalists are pleased to announce that they will pool resources and offer each other support in hopes that all three will be among the final six vote-getters. The top vote-getter receives $1 million. Five runners-up receive $100,000 each.
Voting begins Jan. 15 and runs until Jan. 22. Each Facebook user is eligible to vote for up to five charities.
In a joint statement, GLSEN executive director Eliza Byard, Matthew Shepard Foundation executive director Jason Marsden and The Trevor Project executive director Charles Robbins said: "We are grateful for the overwhelming support Facebook users have already shown GLSEN, the Matthew Shepard Foundation and The Trevor Project in the first round of the Chase Community Giving program. Our three organizations have worked together for years to create a safer and better world for LGBT youth. Because of this partnership and the scarcity of resources available to fund crucial support for LGBT youth, we have decided to work together to ensure that each organization has the best chance to further our important work through the grants awarded as part of the Chase program. We ask our supporters to use three of their five votes for GLSEN, the Matthew Shepard Foundation and The Trevor Project."
GLSEN, the Matthew Shepard Foundation and The Trevor Project became eligible for the finals after finishing among the top 100 charities out of more than 500,000 in the first round of voting, held Nov. 15 through Dec. 12. Each of the 100 finalists received a $25,000 grant.
To learn more about Chase Community Giving, visit: apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/.
To learn more about GLSEN's Big Idea (announced Friday) and to vote for GLSEN on Jan. 15, visit: http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/1110553
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