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It also released a statement that said, in part: “The advertisement in question is based purely upon a common insight from within the game of basket ball—the athletic feat of dunking on the opposi tion, and is not intended to be offensive. How ever, after listening to concerns expressed around specific executions, we have decided to drop them from the campaign to underline our ongoing com mitment to supporting diversity in sport and the workplace.” Raising dough is going to be particularly tough for Equity this year, as donors will be tapped and tapped again for a range of local, state and nation al general election races. Throw Q Center’s land mark $200,000 marathon capital campaign and the usual ongoing development efforts of regional queer nonprofits (such as Basic Rights Oregon) into the mix, and you have a philanthropic com munity seemingly stretched to its realistic limits. While Easton agrees that he has to compete with other local sexual minority organizations for bucks, he adds: “It’s not as if people decide to give to one organization and they stop. It’s about encouraging them to be philanthropists however they can be.” Equity granted $320,000 to organizations, businesses and student scholarships in the most recent fiscal year, about $80,000 less than it did the year prior. Gay Washingtonians Observe Anniversary Washingtonians celebrated an important milestone July 23—the first anniversary of its domestic partnership registry. But the high-fives were reserved as the state’s gay rights group kept its focus on achieving full marriage equality. “Equal Rights Washington is dedicated to Equity Foundation Beefs Up Staff securing the right to marry for all Washington It may not have the largest endowment citizens,” said executive director Connie Watts. around—last year it awarded approximately “While the domestic partnership registry of $320,000 in grants and scholarships—hut Port fers many important rights to gay families in land’s Equity Foundation just gained a few extra Washington, there is still much work to be inches with the addition of a new part-time fund- done.” raising staffer. Advocacy director Joshua Friedes also empha Alan Colley, Equity’s new development coor sizes the continued need to work for full marriage dinator, joined the foundation staff in June. Equity rights. also announced the hire of Stephanie Ryznar—a “Gay and lesbian families can only achieve Portland State University student and former the dignity and legal safety they need and deserve staffer for outgoing Mayor Tom Potter and motor through marriage,” he said. “As important as the parts company office manager—as its scholarships rights of the domestic partnership registry are, any and operations coordinator. legal arrangement other than marriage inevitably Executive director Kevin Easton, who esti affords fewer protections and less security.” mates the foundation’s endowment at $270,000, In the course of a year, more than 4,280 says part of the reason the 20-year-old founda couples have registered as domestic partners in tion has been slow to huild « strong seven-figure Washington. In addition to same-sex couples, or better endowment is because “a lot of Equity heterosexual couples in which at least one partner founders are healthy and young and still kicking,” is 62 or older may register. Of those who regis referencing the financial windfalls that frequently tered, 65 percent of them live outside Seattle, and come to foundations from wills and estate plan more than half of registered couples are outside ning after supporters kick the bucket. King County. This includes couples from 56 cit ies in eastern Washington, (/) 5 including Asotin, Selah, < o Leavenworth, Tonasket and Coulee City. There were 12a also many couples from cities j u f IS on the Olympic Peninsula, including Sequim, Port Ludlow and Poulsbo. In all, Washington’s domestic part ners have registered in 36 of the state’s 39 counties. In March, the Washington Legislature passed, and Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire signed into law, a hill that expands the do- mestit partnership registry by more than 160 rights. A____ “While expanding the Equity Foundation has hired Alan Colley as development coordinator and Stephanie Ryznar as scholarships and rights afforded to domestic operations coordinator. partners is another signifi-
