September 25, 2013
SAN DIEGO PRIDE BEGINS 2013 GRANT PROCESS AND COMMUNITY SURVEY
SAN DIEGO – San Diego LGBT Pride is pleased to announce that due to the success of this year’s Pride event, themed Freedom to Love and Marry, we are able to continue our tradition of community giving.
In addition to being a celebration, Pride is our community’s biggest fundraiser of the year,” said San Diego LGBT Pride’s General Manager Stephen Whitburn. “It is exciting for us to know that funds raised during Pride weekend are now available to be given to our community organizations.”
Pride will be accepting grant requests of amounts ranging from $500.00 to $5,000.00 until Friday, October 25, 2013 at 5:00 pm PST.
Grant applications can be found at www.sdpride.org/grants
As San Diego LGBT Pride prepares to celebrate our 40th anniversary the Board of Directors, staff, and Community Advisory Council of San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride are seeking community input to improve the organization and premiere civic event.
Those interested in sharing their thoughts are encouraged to take our online survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sdpride2013
Founded in 1974, San Diego LGBT is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is: Fostering pride in and respect for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, locally, nationally, and globally. www.sdpride.org
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San Diego Pride raises funds primarily through festival ticket and beverage sales, and through sponsorships, and exhibitor fees. These funds support San Diego Pride’s community philanthropy which has distributed more than $2.5 million in advancement of its mission to foster pride, equality, and respect for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities locally, nationally, and globally.
