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Full house for Give A Damn Foundation during the Pride gathering at Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam. With our members and some of our ambassador organisations (Amnesty International, Hivos, PlanetRomeo Foundation, Shelter City, UN Women, Lawyers for Lawyers), we watched videos of LGBTIQ+ organisations from Uganda, Costa Rica and Morocco that received our donations in […]

On April 18, 5 LGBTQI+ organizations presented themselves online to the members of The Give A Damn Foundation. This year the proposed organizations came from Indonesia, Uganda, Morocco, Hungary and Costa Rica. Like every year, this year too it was not an easy task to make a choice.  After counting the votes, we came to […]

The first members meeting of 2024 took place on February 15. We have grwon tot 44 members in the last year, making us bigger than ever. This allows us to support LGBTQI+ organizations worldwide more and continue to make an impact. At this members evening, Julia Ivan from Amnesty International gave an impressive presentation about […]

On Friday, December 15, the Give A Damn Foundation board closed the year with a final board meeting. The year 2023 was an eventful year in which the position of the LGBTQ+ community in the world has come under more pressure. It makes us realize that the Give A Damn is and remains of great […]

This time our annual autumn meeting started with a lecture by Monique Doppert, author of ‘Amsterdam – De Roze Geschiedenis’. The reason for Monique to write her book was because there was simply no book about the pink history of Amsterdam yet! She shared important passages from history included in her book. The members were […]

Our members cast their votes in May after five presentations by LGBTQI+ organisations (from Taiwan, Uganda, Curaçao, Armenia and Mozambique).After careful consideration, this year too we chose organisations that in our view need the money the most. With a majority of votes, we chose two organisations this year that we were able to support with […]

Meaningful giving, making more impact together and learning about the topics in which you like to make a difference. In a nutshell, admittedly, but that is what a giving circle brings you. At least, if you ask the founders of Dutch giving circles. On 17 February 2023, they came together for the first time to […]

Effective January 1, 2023, Marieke van Herwijnen and Hein Rijkenberg join Edith Molemans and Frank Aalderinks on the Give A Damn board. Marieke van Herwijnen is an advisor at the Work, Participation and Income (WPI) directorate of the Municipality of Amsterdam. She also chairs the municipality’s Roze Ambtenaren Network and is committed to making WPI […]