Community Partner Grants

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Building Community through Grants

The Community Partners Program is a beneficiary program open to non-profit organizations in the Bay Area. San Francisco Pride has been able to grant nearly $2 million dollars since 1997 to our beneficiaries thanks to beverage purchases and donations made at our event gates. Community organizations provide Pride with volunteers the weekend of the event, and, in return, Pride awards the organizations with a grant based on agreements appropriate for the areas in which volunteers are provided, be it donations or beverage booths (or another area of the Celebration if San Francisco

San Francisco Pride's Community Partners Program is one of the many ways in which Pride is working to strengthen our communities. By partnering with community organizations, San Francisco Pride is building a strong future for the event while simultaneously investing in our community.

Donate at the Gate

Donate the minimum request of $5 at the entrance gates of the SF Pride Celebration to earn yourself a dollar discount off beverage purchases for that day of the event.  Not only is your donation going to help the more than 35 local non-profit organizations staffing the gates, but a portion of your beverage purchase also helps support another 30-plus non-profits working the beverage booths.

Take a Stand for Pride:
Donate $5 at the Gates

Your support is vital not only in helping to keep San Francisco Pride free and open to people of all economic backgrounds, but your donation also helps strengthen community organizations working on issues related to the LGBT community, breast cancer, and HIV/AIDS.

Photo Credit: Juan Carlos Pometta Betancourt

Background Information

Broadly speaking, the opportunities for partnering with Pride fall into three categories: Beverage Partners, Donations Partners, and Accessibility Partners.  Organizations who work with the Beverage Program will provide volunteers to operate beverage booths (beer, liquor, wine, water, and soda) at the event.  Those working with the Donations Program will provide volunteers to collect donations at the front gates as people enter the celebration site.  Finally, Accessibility Partners work with Pride to ensure the proper management of Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing spaces, our wheelchair-accessible Grandstands as well as other areas of the event with added accessibility features.  Positions in the accessibility side of the Community Partners Program are limited.

The application for the 2012 program is now live on our website. If you are interested in applying to be a Communnity Partner, please visit our Eligibility and Application page.

Our 2011 Beneficiaries

Questions

Please email us with any questions that you may have regarding the 2011 Community Partners Program.

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