
2020 Community Fund Awardees
2020 Boston Pride Community Fund Grants Announced Boston Pride distributed a record, almost $80,000, to 39 grassroot organizations.
Click on any of the logos below to learn more about a particular organization, and visit our YouTube page to hear how they are planning on using funds to further their mission
General Information
For questions and comments, please contact the Community Fund Chair at
communityfund.chair@
2020 Application
2020 Application Is Closed
Key Dates
Standard Cycle: Applications are accepted annually from November 1st through December 31st. Submitted applications will be reviewed by an Independent Community Fund Committee consisting of a diverse group of community leaders, who will make a recommendation for funding to the Board of Directors of Boston Pride. Recipients are notified by mid February.
Recipients will attend the Boston Pride Spring Open House in 2020 (date and time to be decided) at the Boston Pride office to speak about their project and receive their award check.
Since its inception in 2016, Boston Pride has disbursed close to $180,000 to 99 grassroots and nonprofit organizations in our community.
The New Boston Pride Committee, Inc., d/b/a Boston Pride, a nonprofit organizations founded in 1970, produces events and activities to achieve inclusivity, equality, respect, and awareness in Greater Boston and beyond. Fostering diversity, unity, visibility, and dignity, we educate, communicate, and advocate by building and strengthening community connections.
The Boston Pride Community Fund was established in 2016 and is currently funded via the JP and Back Bay Block Parties, and in addition Boston Pride commits 10% of all Sponsorship dollars towards the Community Fund. Once a year, in support of our vision and mission, we will give back monies raised in our Community Fund to non-profit organizations and grassroots groups that are doing work within our community with an eye towards smaller organizations, new/innovative programs, and intersectional proposals.
Through the Boston Pride Community Fund, we aim to offer support and visibility to small and community-based projects, and in addition capital improvement projects benefiting the LGBTQ community.
Eligibility
Formal and informal organizations/groups as well as 501 (c) 3 nonprofits are encouraged to apply provided:
- You have/your organization has been in operation for six months or more.
- Your proposed activity benefits the LGBTQ Community in Greater Boston or within Massachusetts.
- You submit a complete application including an itemized budget by the deadline.
You are not eligible to apply if:
- You or your organization has received a Community Fund Grant for 2 consecutive years.
- You have/your organization has been funded in the past and failed to submit and end of year report as required by the Fund guidelines. You must wait 2 years to apply again under these circumstances.
- You/your organization seeks Fund support to raise monies for other groups.
- Your organization has a budget of over 2 million.
- Your proposal is for the benefit of an individual, or to support Pride related activities, such as a float.
Past Recipients
2019 Recipients
- Arlington Rainbow Commission
- Arts Connect International (ACI)
- Black & Pink
- Boston Dyke March
- Boston Ironsides FC
- Camp Lightbulb
- Cape Cod Pride
- Dancing Queerly Boston
- Dr. Feel Good’s Yoga Play Day
- Gay For Good
- Healing Our Community Collaborative, Inc. (HOCC)
- Improbable Players
- LGBT Asylum Task Force
- Mass Bears and Cubs
- PAWS New England
- The List: Boston’s Queer Agenda
- Quincy Pride
- SpeakOUT Boston
- The Friends of the Plymouth Council on Aging
- The History Project
- The Theater Offensive The Open Theatre
- Trans Club of New England (TCNE)
- Women of Color Weekend (WoCW)
2017 Recipients
- Boston Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
- Greater Boston Chapter Colage People with LGBTQ + Parents or Guardians
- Hebrew Senior Life Chaplaincy, Inc.
- The History Project
- HKS Francophile Club
- Impact Boston
- Imperial Court of MA
- Lesbians of Color Symposium Collective, Inc.
- Madfemme Pride
- Mystic LGBTQ + Youth Support Network Queers mystic
- PAWS New England
- SpeakOUT Boston
- The List: Boston’s Queer Agenda
- The Theatre Offensive
- Worcester Pride
- YQSA Youth Queer Straight Alliance
2016 Recipients
- The Tiffany Club of New England
- GLSEN Massachusetts
- NAGLY
- Lesbian of Color Symposium (LOCS) Collective
- Voices Rising Chorus
- In The Streets Productions
- Mystic LGBTQ+ Youth Support Network
- OUT MetroWest
- New England Professional Queer WoMen of Color
- Tennis4All Boston
- Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance