2020
In 2020, Blue Ridge Pride reduced fundraising efforts, encouraging our sponsors to lend their support to organizations most affected by COVID. Our board also elected to draw down our resources to bare bones in order to fund our partners’ COVID relief programs.
Organization |
Type |
Description |
Amount |
| Campaign for Southern Equality | Grant | COVID Relief Fund | $6,025 |
| Tranzmission | Grant | COVID Relief Fund | $1,000 |
| Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) | Sponsorships | Dining Out for Life | $1,000 |
| WNCCHS |
Grant |
TRANSition Assistance Program | $1,000 |
| Democracy NC |
Donation |
General Support | $150 |
| Loving Food Resources |
Donation |
General Support | $500 |
| Equity for All |
Donation |
General Support | $500 |
| PACH | $500 | ||
| Youth OUTright WNC | Donation | General Grant | $500 |
| Total | $11,175 |
2019
Organization |
Type |
Description |
Amount |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention |
Sponsorship |
Annual Walkathon | $250 |
| Asheville Entrepreneurial Accelerator |
Scholarship |
Scholarships for LGBTQ Applicants to Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program | $300 |
| Asheville Gay Men’s Chorus |
Sponsorship |
50th Anniversary Stonewall Concert | $500 |
| Blue Ridge Roller Derby |
Donation |
General Support | $50 |
| Campaign for Southern Equality |
Donation |
General Support | $150 |
| Different Strokes Theatre Company |
Donation |
General Support | $150 |
| Friends of the NC Room |
Project Grant |
Queer History Project | $500 |
| Girls Rock Asheville |
Donation |
General Support | $150 |
| Gonzalez Diaz Enterprises |
Sponsorship |
Miss Gay Latina from Partner Fund | $500 |
| Hendersonville Pride |
Project Grant |
Pursue 501c3 in preparation for first Pride Festival | $400 |
| lesbians in the Mountains |
Donation |
General Support | $50 |
| Loving Food Resources |
Donations (2) |
General Support | $800 |
| Our Voice |
Donation |
General Support | $300 |
| Owens High School |
Project Grant |
Student-Faculty Project recognizing support for LGBTQ students & faculty | $250 |
| Phoenix Transgender Support | Donation | General Support | $100 |
| PLAG Asheville | Donation | General Support | $200 |
| Stonewall League | Sponsorship | League Startup | $500 |
| Tranzmission | Donation, Grant, Scholarship | Scholarship to support attendees at Black transgender / queer conference in Texas / Housing assistance | $850 |
| Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) | Sponsorships (2) | AIDS Quilt Exhibition & World AIDS Day | $800 |
| Youth OUTright WNC | Donations (2) | Transition Support for Rent | $700 |
| Total | $7,500 |