Whom You Know: NYC Pride Awards $100K to 11 Nonprofits Serving the LGBTQIA+ Community

Sunday, June 8, 2025

NYC Pride Awards $100K to 11 Nonprofits Serving the LGBTQIA+ Community

NYC Pride | Heritage of Pride awarded $100,000 to 11 nonprofits that provide essential support and services for NYC’s LGBTQIA+ community. Awarded through NYC Pride’s “Pride Gives Back” program, the grants will help expand services and strengthen advocacy efforts for the LGBTQIA+ community, targeting under-resourced populations including LatinX, Black/brown, Afro- and Indo-Caribbean, food- and housing-insecure and trans individuals.

NYC Pride’s 2025 “Pride Gives Back” grant awards include:$10,000 to National Harm Reduction Coalition, a queer and trans-led harm reduction collective dedicated to creating safer, more affirming spaces for LGB/TGNCNB+ people who use drugs and engage in sex work.

$10,000 to Newark Pride, Inc. to expand educational support programs, charitable leadership development and community engagement events for Newark’s LGBTQIA+ community.

$10,000 to NYC (dis)Order of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a social advocacy group comprising queer nuns who are devoted to promoting human rights, respect for diversity and spiritual enlightenment.

$10,000 to Out My Closet, Inc., which provides specialized clothing donations, counseling services, and educational workshops for under-resourced and unhoused LGBTQ+ youth and adults.

$10,000 to QARAVAN, an essential advocacy group for LGBTQ+ folks in Eastern European countries. The grant will support emergency aid and help them expand the Rainbow Connections program, pairing local volunteers with LGBTQIA+ immigrants and asylum seekers to strengthen their sense of belonging in the U.S.

$10,000 to TRANScend Choral & Community Music Foundation, which builds and promotes the transgender and gender-expansive community through singing. The grant will provide resources to accommodate more members of the trans community, improve accessibility and use larger rehearsal and performance spaces.

$8,000 to the Caribbean Equality Project to provide essential advocacy for Afro and Indo-Caribbean individuals’ immigrant rights in NYC’s LGBTQIA+ community.

$8,000 to LGBT Center Intercultural Collective to help expand their outreach, wellness, and harm reduction programs for TransGNB, sex worker, migrant and QTBIPOC communities.

$8,000 to Love Wins NYC to reach and connect more LGBTQ+ and migrant communities with free, fresh quality produce and other essential resources.

$8,000 to Trans formative Schools, a 2025 Grand Marshal that is building a new model for inclusive education with after-school programming that centers trans joy and social justice.

“We’re excited to uplift these nonprofits and community organizations that are doing the work day-in and day-out to improve the lives of queer New Yorkers,” said NYC Pride Co-Chair Kazz Alexander.

“In a challenging economic and political climate, LGBTQIA+ nonprofits and community groups are in need of our support more than ever,” added NYC Pride Co-Chair Michele Irimia.

Since 1984, NYC Pride has awarded more than $25 million to bolster local LGBTQIA+ services and strengthen advocacy efforts through Pride Gives Back. It is one example of a NYC Pride initiative that is threatened by our budget shortfall, which is why we launched a community fundraising campaign to help fill this year’s funding gap. You can start your own fundraiser or contribute to an existing campaign at: www.nycpride.org/givenow.

Applications for the next round of Pride Gives Back funding will open in early 2026. Learn more about Pride Gives Back, community working grants for LGBTQIA+ organizations supporting our mission and events, and our other grant opportunities at https://www.nycpride.org/pride-partners/community-grants.

About NYC Pride | Heritage of Pride:

Heritage of Pride, Inc. is the volunteer-directed organization behind the official NYC Pride roster of events, rooted in a spirit of activism and advocacy for the entire LGBTQIA+ community. Each year, NYC Pride welcomes over 2.5 million spectators to the NYC Pride March with over 75,000 individuals marching. Additional marquee events include PrideFest, Youth Pride and more. Heritage of Pride’s mission is to work toward a future without discrimination where all people have equal rights under the law. We do this by producing LGBTQIA+ Pride events that inspire, educate, commemorate, and celebrate our diverse community year-round. For more information, including how to donate and volunteer, visit nycpride.org.

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