The Gill Foundation, established in 1994 by software entrepreneur Tim Gill, seeks to secure equal opportunity for all people regardless of sexual orientation or gender expression. The Gill Foundation is one of the nation's largest funders focusing primarily on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights.
The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado was established in 1996 as a program of the Gill Foundation. The Gay & Lesbian Fund has a dual mission: to support Colorado nonprofit organizations that offer equal opportunity regardless of sexual orientation, and to raise public awareness of the contributions that gay men and lesbians make to society.