In 2010, civic leaders joined in a committment to addressing a broad range of needs within the LGBT community, through strategic support to nonprofit organizations that serve it. The new LGBT Community Fund is the first of its kind established at a community foundation in a U.S. major metropolitan area. Through an operating grant from The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust and a special grant from The Chicago Community Trust, this fund will serve as a tool to educate the region about LGBT issues and promote effective philanthropy to achieve strategic change. The LGBT Community Fund envisions a region where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents live responsibly in harmony with all communities, enjoying the same freedoms and quality of life, and with the same opportunity to make the region a better and safer place for all to live.