San Francisco Pride to Distribute Funds to
Nonprofit Partners
Over 85 Diverse Beneficiaries to Receive Grants
at 8/18 Check Granting Party
San Francisco,
CA – 11 August 2009 –
Over 85
community-based, nonprofit organizations will
receive grant checks in recognition of their
participation in the San Francisco LGBT Pride
Celebration Committee's 2009 Community Partners
Program.
The Community
Partners Program benefits nonprofit organizations
based in the Bay Area whose mission involves
services to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender community or whose work supports people
living with HIV/AIDS or breast cancer. In recent
years, the Pride Celebration Committee has made a
push to recruit new and diverse organizations into
the program, increasing the number of grantees by
55% since 2005..
Since the start
of the program in 1997, grants to Pride's Community
Partners total more than $1.4 million, which does
not include monies for grants to be given out next
week. The 2009 Check Granting Party will take place on
Tuesday, August 18th from 6:00 pm to 8:00
pm at the SF LGBT Community Center.
Joshua Smith,
Interim Executive Director, stated:
The Community
Partners Program generates significant and much
needed funding for these community-based, non-profit
organizations. With government funding for crucial
community programs and health services being
slashed, supporting our Partners with grants is as
important as ever. This program is only successful
because of the hard work, dedication and relentless
enthusiasm of these fantastic volunteers. We are
eager to express the depth of Pride’s gratitude to
them at next week’s Check Party.
Organizations
participating in the Community Partners Program
provide volunteers to manage beverage booths and
donation gates at the annual two-day San Francisco
Pride Celebration & Parade. In return for their
service, the Pride Celebration Committee grants
proceeds from these operations back to the
participating community organizations based on the
amount of volunteer hours worked.
The 2010 San
Francisco Pride event theme is scheduled to be
chosen by Pride’s membership at their Annual General
Meeting on September 20, 2009. Public theme
suggestions are strongly encouraged and may be sent
to
theme@sfpride.org
or by regular post to: San Francisco Pride, ATTN:
2010 Theme, 1800 Market Street, PMB #5, San
Francisco, CA 94102. The 40th annual
San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade will take
place over the weekend of June 26 and
June 27, 2010.
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Our
2009 Community Partners
Building Community through Pride
This year’s list represents the largest number of
organizations participating in the Program since
it’s inception in 1997. We have been able to give
back over $1.4 million to our Community Partners
since that time.
The Community Partners Program is a beneficiary
program open to non-profit organizations in the Bay
Area. Community organizations provide Pride with
volunteers the weekend of the event for our
donations gates and our beverage booths, and in
return, Pride awards the organizations with a grant.
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2009 Community Partners |
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…And Castro For All |
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AIDS Coalition Silicon Valley |
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AIDS Housing Alliance San Francisco |
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Alameda County Leather Corps |
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American Legion Alexander Hamilton Post 448 |
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Amor Sin Fronteras |
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Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center |
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Badboys Softball Team - San Francisco Gay
Softball League |
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Bay Area Derby Girls |
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Bay Area Rainbow Symphony |
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The Bears of San Francisco |
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Bethany United Methodist Church
|
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Bob Basker Post #315 of the American Legion |
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The Billy Foundation & Billy Club |
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The California Men's Gathering |
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California Prevention & Education Project |
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Castro Country Club |
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Castro Lions Club Charities |
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Celebrate Life Spiritualist Community |
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Center for Sex & Culture |
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Center Women Present |
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Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth |
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Cougars Softball |
|
Council of Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses
of San Francisco |
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Dimensions Clinic |
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The Diversity Center/ South Bay Bears |
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Dolores Street Community Services |
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Femina Potens |
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FilmArtGender.com |
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Folsom Street Events |
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Freedom in Christ Church |
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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender
Historical Society |
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Gay-Straight Alliance Network |
|
Glide Health Services |
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Golden Gate Men's Chorus |
|
Golden State Gay Rodeo Association - Bay
Area Chapter |
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Homeless Children's Network |
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Homo A Go Go |
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Immune Enhancement Project |
|
Imperial Council of San Francisco |
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Imperial Star Empire of Alameda County |
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Lavender Seniors of the East Bay |
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Lesbian & Gay Chorus of San Francisco |
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Lighthouse Community Center |
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Lyon-Martin Women's Health Services
|
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Metropolitan Community Church of San
Francisco |
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Most Holy Redeemer Church AIDS Support Group |
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NectArena/ BRAVA |
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New Leaf: Services for Our Community |
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NIA Collective |
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One Knighters - Knights Softball Team
|
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Our Family Coalition |
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OutLoud Radio |
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Pagan Alliance |
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Pets Are Wonderful Support |
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Project Inform |
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Project Open Hand |
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QDBA's QueerBallroom.com |
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Quan Yin Healing Arts |
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Queer Alliance City College San Francisco
|
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Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa
County |
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Rainbow World Fund |
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Royal Grand Ducal Council of Alameda County |
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Saint James Infirmary |
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San Francisco Adult Day Services Network |
|
San Francisco Fog Rugby Football Club |
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San Francisco Gay Basketball Association |
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San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus |
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San Francisco Gay Softball League |
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San Francisco Sex Information |
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San Francisco Spikes Soccer Club |
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San Francisco Track and Field Club |
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San Francisco Tsunami Masters Swim Team |
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San Francisco Tsunami Water Polo |
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Sex Workers Outreach Project - Norcal |
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SF Boylesque |
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SF Inferno of the San Francisco Gay Softball
League |
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The Shanti Project |
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Skate Like A Girl San Francisco |
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Soul of Pride - The African American
Diaspora Stage & Village |
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STOP AIDS Project
|
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Temenos Catholic Worker Organization |
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Tenderloin Health |
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Tenderloin Tessie Holiday Dinners |
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Theatre Rhinoceros |
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Transgender Law Center |
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Transgender San Francisco |
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Visual Aid - Artists for AIDS Relief |
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Youth Step Towards Addressing Racism |
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About San
Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee (SFLGBTPCC):
The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee (SFPride.org)
is a non-profit membership organization founded to
produce the annual San Francisco Pride Celebration &
Parade. With its office located at the San Francisco
LGBT Community Center, San Francisco Pride is
dedicated to education, commemoration of LGBT
heritage and celebration of LGBT culture and
liberation. A world leader in the Pride movement,
San Francisco Pride is also a grant-giving
organization through its Community Partners Program.
Since 1997, SFLGBTPCC has granted over $1.4 million
dollars from proceeds of the Pride Celebration and
Parade to local non-profit LGBT organizations and
those organizations serving the HIV/AIDS and breast
cancer communities.
About the 2010 San Francisco Pride Celebration &
Parade:
2010 marks the 40th anniversary of the San Francisco
Pride Celebration and Parade. The theme for the 40th
SFPride.org..
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