Grant Amount: $5,000 USD

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 Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska.

Since 1987, Pride Foundation has granted over $4.8 million to organizations helping the Northwest's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. The foundation is accepting applications for the Spring 2006 cycle of its Pride 5-State Grant Program.

The foundation makes grants in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations -- or nonprofits with a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor -- in the following categories: Arts and Recreation; Education, Advocacy, and Outreach; Health and Community
Service; HIV/AIDS Service Delivery and Prevention; Lesbian Health; and Youth and Family Services.

The foundation offers the following types of support:

1) Project or Program Support will be considered for projects/programs that target lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender people, and/or the allied community;

2) 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 maintains a commitment to funding in diverse geographic areas in the Northwest states, both urban and rural, with an emphasis on Washington State.

Announcement courtesy of The Foundation Center