2023 has been a year of growth and exploration for Pride Foundation as we continue to evolve to meet the challenges facing LGBTQ+ communities across the Northwest. As we prepare for the year ahead, we hope the highlights featured in this Year In Review ground you in the hope and strength of all we’re able to
Honoring Resiliency and Loss: World AIDS Day 2023
Growing up in the Bay Area in California, I was first introduced to the HIV and AIDS epidemic in 1982, and like so many stories my introduction started with a loss. Our family friend, Lorenz. At the time we didn’t have the words and diversity of representation to understand that Lorenz was a trans identifying
Our 2022-2023 Gratitude & Action Report
It’s that time of year! Our Gratitude & Action Report is out! As we share our work from the past year, we know our communities are experiencing one of the most challenging times for LGBTQ+ people in decades. Pride Foundation was built to face moments like this. This year, with your help, we have faced challenges
Scholarship Celebrations, Save-the-Dates, and New Staff
This month the Pride Foundation hosted its first Scholarship Celebration since 2019. Both community and scholars came together to share an evening of connection and community. For our volunteer reviewers, it was an opportunity to meet the scholars they’d worked so hard to select. For our scholars, it was a time to honor the hard
Our Scholarship Application Opens Today!
Happy National Coming Out Day and kick off to Pride Foundation Scholarship season! We’ve been watching the leaves change color and recovering from our first colds of the school season, and that means it is finally time—our 2024 scholarship application is now open. Our scholarships fund LGBTQ+ students who are leaders—in their own lives, in
Announcing the Inaugural TRANSform Culture Fellowship Cohort
Happy LGBTQ+ History Month! We are celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month by announcing our inaugural TRANSform Culture Fellowship cohort! This fellowship project is part of our Community Advocacy, Research, and Education (CARE) Department and is the product of three generations of Departmental leadership by and for Transgender+ people. The goal of our CARE Department is
Join us in Commemorating Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Today we are celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a day focused on honoring the legacies, histories, and cultures of Native American and Indigenous communities. On this day and every day, Pride Foundation is committed to lifting up the voices, experiences, and brilliance of Indigenous peoples’, and sharing our gratitude for the way their views and values
3 Cool Things this September: Scholarship Celebrations, Regional Gathering, and Resistance in Montana
At Pride Foundation, we find grounding in the connections we have to our community across the Northwest and the incredible ways LGBTQ+ people show up for one another—and that’s our theme for our 3 Cool Things happening in Pride Foundation’s ecosystem this month: After many years of having to pause them, we are bringing back
Visioning + New Youth Initiative + CARE
I hope beautiful summer days have brought you joy and comfort through an incredibly challenging year for our communities. We are in the midst of fighting back against so many pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that passed this past cycle while we prepare as a community for all 2024 might bring. I am finding so much
Pride Foundation and Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Announce Partnership to Invest in LGBTQ+ Youth Across Washington
SEATTLE – AUGUST 2, 2023 – Today, Pride Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation announced $1.6 million in funding to support LGBTQ+ youth-serving organizations. The two-year pilot program is focused on Washington state, funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, and implemented by Pride Foundation, the only LGBTQ+ community foundation serving the