Open Gate Foundation:

PURPOSES OF THE OPEN GATE

The OPEN GATE was formed in 1986 to fund activities at Harvard University to benefit gay and lesbian students, faculty, staff, and alumni:

• to support and encourage scholarship, research and related educational activities in the field of sexual orientation, including the funding of research projects and conferences
• to encourage and support student, faculty and employee groups which further a climate of open discussion on issues related to sexual orientation
• to recognize distinguished contribution in the field of sexual orientation through awards, memorials, cultural events, and related activities

TYPICAL PAST GRANTS

$100 to $1,000:

• Support for operating expenses of student organizations and for special projects
• Support for publications, such as HQ, Diversity and Distinction, The Gay & Lesbian Review, and The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Newsletter
• Support for research expenses for relevant student projects
• Speakers on scholarly and literary subjects
• Performances of works by gay and lesbian artists
• Publication of informational brochures
• Support of Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

$1,000 to $3,000:

• Support for conferences on legal, political, medical, and cultural subjects
• Support of HBS Audio-text system
• Educational video for Harvard AIDS Support Group at the UHS

Over $3,000:

• Support of 1990 Lesbian and Gay Studies Conference at Harvard
• Startup and operating funding for the undergraduate BGLTSA Resource Center

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applications should be in the form of a short letter, addressed to Prof. Warren Goldfarb, President, The Open Gate, Emerson Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138.  Letters should provide the following information:

• Name, address, telephone and (if possible) e-mail address of group or individual applying
• Contact person
• Description of activities to be funded
• Statement of how the proposed activity advances the purposes of the Open Gate
• Budget of income and expenses
• Amount of funding requested from the Open Gate and the amount expected to be raised by other means
• Date funds are needed
• To whom the check should be made out and the address to which it should be sent

If possible, please submit your application letter by e-mail to [email protected], and mail one paper copy as a backup to:

Prof. Warren Goldfarb, President

The Open Gate Foundation

Emerson Hall

Harvard University

Cambridge MA 02138

Alternatively, you may mail one paper copy of your letter to Professor Goldfarb and also mail six (6) paper copies to:

Hugh Russell, Treasurer

The Open Gate Foundation

One Corliss Place

Cambridge, MA 02139

If you submit paper copies, please use a readily scannable font such as Courier. Applicants should allow approximately one month for review and approval of applications, which are reviewed by a far-flung committee of alumni. In an emergency, small grants can receive expedited approval.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss their plans on a preliminary basis prior to submitting applications. You may contact:

• Prof. Warren Goldfarb - (617) 495-9512 ([email protected])
• Hugh Russell - (617) 661-5880 ([email protected])
• Barbara Hoffman - (617) 536-7551
• William Bennett - (617) 493-3222 ([email protected])
• Larry Phillips - (617) 267-2762 ([email protected])