Who We Are

We are an award-winning international LGBTQI community foundation bringing together our community and allies to support LGBTQI activism worldwide.

Across the world, courageous activists are doing vital work to protect our communities and improve the lives of LGBTQI people. But they lack resources and funding is fragile, especially in the Global South and East. LGBTQI groups receiving a tiny fraction of international development aid – just 4p in every £100 awarded by governments.

Our community and allies want to provide support, but it is not always easy to do so. GiveOut’s purpose is to help address this urgent need by providing a platform for our supporters to give tax efficiently in one place to fund LGBTQI human rights activism worldwide. We identify pioneering groups to support through a rigorous process of consultation, due diligence and vetting, guided by our Grant-making Advisory Panel and governed by our Board of Trustees.

We pool the donations we receive to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world, ensuring they have more of the resources they need to defend our communities, tackle inequality and campaign for lasting change.

Meet Our Board of Trustees

Elliot Vaughn

Bruna Gil

Geff Parsons

Baroness Liz Barker

Neville Gabriel

Daniel Gerring

Jon Huggett

Radhika Piramal

Aisha Shaibu-Lenoir

Meet The Team

Rupert Abbott

Executive Director

Fae Vincent

Operations Director

Jason Ball

Head of Grant-making

Alexia Page

Senior Philanthropy Officer

Luke Smith

Communications & Campaigns Officer

Allie Anderson

Operations Coordinator

Meet the Grant-Making Advisory Panel

Neish McLean

Ryan Silverio

Rima Athar

Our Vision, Mission and Values

Our vision is of a world in which LGBTQI people everywhere can live their lives openly and fully, free from discrimination, fear and violence

To achieve this vision, our mission is to grow giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.

To guide our work and decisions, we have five core organisational values:

Respect – We are respectful to each other, our supporters and partners. We are an open and approachable grant-maker, providing resources not strategies, aware of our privilege, and working in a way that seeks to avoid power asymmetry.
Ambition – We are ambitious to make a meaningful difference to the global LGBTQI movement and the lives of LGBTQI people. We are aware that change may take time, are committed to learning, and hopeful that innovative strategies can achieve lasting change.
Integrity – We use our supporters’ donations responsibly, efficiently and effectively, working with transparency, integrity and accountability, and we strive to complement and collaborate with existing funding infrastructure in the LGBTQI movement.
Solidarity – We are part of and work in solidarity with the global LGBTQI human rights movement, harnessing the power of our community and allies, and fostering connections to provide long-term and sustainable support.
Equity – We recognise the diversity of the global LGBTQI movement and seek to reflect this. We provide support across the movement, understanding that different parts of our community need different levels of support in different places.