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Guidelines

What We Fund

Project or Program Support will be considered for projects/programs that target lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender people, and/or our straight-allies.

General Operating Support will be considered for those organizations that target services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender people, with an emphasis on small grassroots organizations.

Pride Foundation maintains a commitment to funding:

• In a wide range of programmatic areas including arts and recreation; education, advocacy, and outreach; health and community services; HIV/AIDS education and support; lesbian health; and youth and family services.

• Projects serving communities of color are especially encouraged.

• In diverse geographic areas in the Northwest states, both urban and rural. Regional Community grants applications must operate within the geographic area specified. If your project will be operating in more than one Pride Foundation Regional Community, then please contact Jeff Hedgepeth, Grants Manager at 1.800.735.7287.

• Organizations that apply for a grant from Pride Foundation Clark, Pierce and Whatcom-Skagit Regional Communities may also be considered for a grant from the Cascadia Granting Fund (formerly known as the Northwest Granting Fund).  Please note that if you apply for a grant for the same portion of a project/program from these Regional Communities and Cascadia Grants, you will not be awarded funds from both.  Organizations with projects in other Regional Communities cannot apply to Pride Foundation Cascadia Grants.

Minimum Requirements

• An organization 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.
• Projects or programs must directly benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community; people affected by HIV/AIDS; and/or their friends and families.
• Organizations or projects must operate within one or more of the Northwest states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

General Restrictions

• Grants to individuals cannot be considered.
• Maximum Grant Award is $5,000 for Pride Foundation Cascadia grants.  This amount varies for Pride Foundation Regional Community grants.
• Pride Foundation grants are not meant to convey a commitment to ongoing funding.  A grant in one year does not make it any more likely that an agency will be funded in the future.
• Organizations can apply for only one grant and one project per cycle.
• Organizations that apply for a grant from Pride Foundation Clark, Pierce and Whatcom-Skagit Regional Communities may also be considered for a grant from the Cascadia Granting Fund.  Please note that if you apply for a grant for the same portion of a project/program from these Regional Communities and Cascadia Grants, you will not be awarded funds from both.  Organizations with projects in other Regional Communities cannot apply to Pride Foundation Cascadia Grants.