About Pride Foundation
Pride Foundation fuels transformational movements to advance equity and justice for LGBTQ+ people in all communities across the Northwest.
Focus Areas
LGBTQ+ rights and equityGrantmaking to community organizationsScholarships and student supportAdvocacy and public educationRapid-response / emergency fundingYouth services and leadership
Who They Fund
LGBTQ+ individuals and communities
Funding Style
direct service/supportadvocacy and rights supportcommunity organizing/grassroots supportunrestricted/general operating support
About Pride Foundation
A defining feature of The Pride Foundation’s recent grantmaking is its mix of large community grants and scholarship support for LGBTQ+ people across the Northwest. In the latest grant list, awards range up to $171,000, with repeated support for organizations serving LGBTQ+ communities in places such as Anchorage, Boise, Portland, and Tacoma. The foundation’s public programs show the same pattern: community care, rapid-response support, youth leadership, and scholarships all sit within its portfolio. The Pride Foundation funds both long-term community infrastructure and more flexible response funding. Recent grants include $142,000 to Allied Media Projects in Detroit to support the LGBTQ+ community and $139,000 to the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence in Boise for the same purpose. Other sizeable awards reached North Star Community Foundation in Fairbanks, Lavender Rights Project in Tacoma, and Native Movement in Fairbanks. Across these examples, the foundation’s emphasis is not limited to direct services; it also backs advocacy, racial justice, trans justice, and community organizing through organizations rooted in local communities. Scholarships are another visible part of the foundation’s identity. More than 60 scholarship funds are available through one application, and the scholar-support structure extends emergency or supplemental help to Pride Foundation scholars in Washington and Oregon. Taken together, the grants show a funder that supports LGBTQ+ communities through institutions, youth development, and emergency-capacity funding.
What Pride Foundation Funds
The Pride Foundation funds LGBTQ+ community organizations, youth leadership, advocacy, and emergency support. In community organizing, it gave $120,000 to Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program in Portland to support the LGBTQ+ community, and $100,000 to North Star Community Foundation in Fairbanks for the same purpose. Youth-focused grantmaking appears in Washington through a two-year pilot initiative. Recent awards include $87,000 to Pizza Klatch in Olympia and $77,000 to Utopia Washington in Kent, both tied to support for LGBTQ+ communities. The Washington Youth Initiative specifically centers organizations led by Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and those serving rural areas. The foundation also backs trans and Two Spirit communities. It awarded $60,000 to Montana Two Spirit Society in Missoula and $53,500 to Trans Health & Wellness in Bellingham. In advocacy and public education, Pride Foundation lists rapid-response and public-facing support as part of its program set, with Fortitude Fund designed for urgent political and social challenges affecting LGBTQ+ BIPOC and TGNC communities.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.2M
Total Assets
$52.9M
Total Revenue
$10.5M
Total Expenses
$9.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7K and $25K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
Regional18 states funded
About 33% of grants go to recipients in WA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KATHRYN CARTER
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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