Carl Siciliano, the former executive director of Ali Forney Center, said Henry van Ameringen “would almost always come to the table” in
times of need.
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homeless youth, including the HIV/ AIDS crisis
and substance use issues plaguing young
people in the community.
“He pulled out his checkbook and wrote a
check for $35,000 and that got us through our
fi rst six months,” Siciliano said, underscoring
the impact Ameringen had on the organization.
Van Ameringen even chipped in an extra
$50,000 to the Ali Forney Center when the
organization was navigating the early days of
the coronavirus pandemic in March, said Siciliano,
who stepped back from the leadership
of the organization earlier this year.
The broad impact of van Ameringen’s philanthropy
was evident in a 2018 report outlining
the top funders for LGBTQ issues, which
ranked his foundation seventh in the top 10
list of domestic funders of queer issues.
LGBTQ groups acknowledged his generosity
and heaped praise on him following his death.
Griot Circle, a Brooklyn-based organization
that serves queer seniors of color across the
city, mourned his loss in a written statement
on September 10.
“Yesterday, the world lost a great person,
supporter, and funder of LGBTQ organizations,
Henry van Ameringen,” Griot Circle
noted. “Mr. Ameringen was a believer in the
mission of GRIOT Circle providing advocacy
and support to LGBTQ elders of color and his
philanthropy also supported other Black and
Brown LGBTQ initiatives. All of us at GRIOT
extend our deepest condolences to his family,
friends, and associates. Rest in Power.”
The National Center for Transgender Equality
(NCTE) similarly remembered a man who
the group described as “our friend,” saying
that “the LGBTQ community has lost a giant
in our struggle for equality.”
“For over 30 years, Henry has been an unmatched
champion of people in need, and he
offered his support frequently,” NCTE said in
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a written statement. “He was kind and generous,
and a fi ghter for his values — often encouraging
others to join him in the fi ght. He
truly believed in our work and his support of
the trans community was deeply appreciated.
Henry has helped so many in our community
and he will be greatly missed by us all.
#RestinPower.”
Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), another
organization that received donations from van
Ameringen, said he most recently supported
the “Deep South Project,” which sought to provide
funding for HIV/ AIDS service providers
in Mississippi and other Southern states.
The LGBT Community Center in Manhattan
also expressed “great sadness” following
the death of “our longtime friend and generous
supporter.”
Lambda Legal, which has been at the forefront
of major LGBTQ legal cases, credited
Ameringen for bolstering the LGBTQ rights
movement and bringing much-needed funds
to the community in times of need.
“Quite simply, our movement would not be
where it is today if not for Henry van Ameringen:
there has been no major advance in the
fi ght for justice for LGBTQ people and everyone
living with HIV in which his philanthropy
did not play a role,” Kevin Jennings, the CEO
of Lambda Legal, said in a written statement
following van Ameringen’s passing. “His philanthropy
was never driven by ego or a need
for attention but rather by a genuine desire to
try to improve the world, and all he asked of
grantees in return for the hundreds of millions
he gave away was that we use his funds wisely
and well.”
Ameringen, who lived in the West Village for
more than three decades and had a home in
upstate Hudson, is survived by his spouse, T.
Eric Galloway, along with six nieces and nephews.
Donations in his name can be made to
Fountain House (fountainhouse.org), a New
York City mental health services organization,
or Lambda Legal (lambdalegal.org).
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