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This article focuses on the Point Foundation, a nonprofit group dedicated to providing financial support to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students in the U.S. who demonstrate leadership and scholarship in their communities, particularly those rejected by society, family, or peers. The foundation wants its beneficiaries to continue their hard work. In exchange for the foundation's support, the scholars are expected to maintain a high level of academic performance, complete service projects, and support the foundation's growth. The scholarship program is the idea of Bruce Lindstrom and Carl Strickland, partners of six years, who in 2001 decided to create a scholarship program because no nationwide foundation existed to serve gay scholars of all disciplines and levels of college education. To ensure the foundation's long-term survival and to allow the trustees to yield administrative tasks to a professional, Vance Lancaster joined the organization as executive director. A former director of strategic giving at Gill Foundation, Lancaster has set aggressive growth goals for the Point Foundation, hoping to build a

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p52-54 3p; 2c