Each year, the Gay Community Center of Richmond, offers non-profit organizations dedicated to positively impacting the lives of the LGBT community an opportunity for funding. This year, they have awarded $40,000 to the following organizations.
- GLSEN: To further their support of Gay/Straight Alliances in area schools and purchase resource materials for school libraries.
- PFLAG: To underwrite a fund-raising performance by Narissa Bond.
- Minority Health Consortium: For STD education and prevention among lesbian and bisexual women.
- Richmond Women’s Chorus: To recruit an Associate Artistic Director, Accompanist and secure rehearsal and performance space.
- Virginia Anti-Violence Project: To host a Board retreat and create a strategic plan.
- Fan Free Clinic: To increase access to health services for both the underinsured and uninsured.
- Virginia Historical Society: To process, preserve and make available records of Virginia LGBT history and activism.
- Metropolitan Community Church: To provide spiritual and emotional support to LGBT college students and recent graduates.
- Richmond Triangle Players: To partially underwrite the cost of their new theater.
Read more at GayRichmond.com.
