Deadline: 3 July 2015
The Pride Foundation is currently inviting applications from nonprofit community organizations in US for projects that enhance the lives and address the needs of LGBTQ youth, adults, and families in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and/or Washington.
Through its Community Grants Program, the Pride Foundation seeks to invest in organizations, projects, programs, and/or strategies that advance its priorities, including reduction of growing disparities and inequities within the LGBTQ community.
The foundation’s average grant ranges between $1,000 and $10,000.
Funding Priorities
Pride Foundation seeks to invest in organizations, projects, programs and/or strategies that advance our priorities by expanding opportunities and/or advancing full equality through one or more of the following:
- Reduce growing disparities and inequities within the LGBTQ community, with an emphasis on supporting people who remain most invisible and vulnerable
- Promote structural and institutional change that eliminates long-standing barriers to opportunities and resources for LGBTQ people
- Address emerging and critical issues that threaten the safety, livelihood, and well-being of LGBTQ individuals and families across our region
- Expand and deepen the level of engagement with LGBTQ people and allies, with a particular emphasis on those who have been historically marginalized, including people of color, transgender people and low-income people
- Cultivate an interconnected LGBTQ movement across our region by fostering collaboration and bringing together diverse organizations and leaders to advance the agenda for equality
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations or projects must operate within one or more of the Northwest states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and/or Washington.
- Applicant projects or organizations must have 501(c)3 non-profit tax status or be affiliated with an organization that has 501(c)3 tax status that will assume fiscal responsibility for all funds received and expended.
- Organizations can apply for only one grant per year.
- Organizations that receive grants must submit a written evaluation at the completion of the project.
- Pride Foundation does not provide multi-year funding commitments. Applicants are welcome to apply annually.
- Individuals are not eligible to apply.
For more information, please visit Call for proposals.
