Our Programs - Grants - Granting 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 the allied community.
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 education, advocacy, and outreach; HIV/AIDS education and support; arts and recreation; youth and family services; lesbian health; and other health and community services.
- A balance of projects among those that serve women, men, and all inclusively. 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 in that application.
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, transgender, and bisexual 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 Northwest grants. This amount varies for Pride 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 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 Northwest Grants, you will not be awarded funds from both. Organizations with projects in other Regional Communities cannot apply to Pride Foundation Northwest Grants.
Other Funding Sources
Organizations seeking funding from Pride Foundation should also see if they are qualified for funding from these sources. This list is in no way exhaustive.
Social Justice Fund Northwest , funding in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming
The Seattle Foundation , funding in King County, WA.
Equity Foundation , funding in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
McKenzie River Gathering , funding in Oregon.
Funders For Lesbian and Gay Issues/LGBTQ Funders Directory, http://www.lgbtfunders.org/seekers/directory.cfm, a directory of organizations that have provided financial support to LGBTQ programs in the past. Funding is available across the country. The directory is searchable by geography and funding priorities
