Pride Foundation

MISSION & VISION

Pride Foundation is the only LGBTQ+ community foundation serving the Northwest region of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. We fuel transformational movements to advance equity and justice for LGBTQ+ people in all communities across the Northwest, envisioning a world in which all LGBTQ+ people live safely and openly as our whole selves in the communities we call home. 

Since our founding in 1985, our supporters have worked alongside us to help Pride Foundation invest more than $96 million through our grants and scholarships programs, and advocacy work to support critical organizations and extraordinary student leaders - addressing existing and emerging community needs in urban, rural, and remote communities throughout the Northwest.

Today, during these challenging times, we’re reflecting on the strength of our community and what becomes possible when people across the Northwest come together in solidarity.  

Pride Foundation is here. And we will not back down. We’re meeting this moment with unrelenting action and courageous hearts to write the next chapter of our collective story — one defined not by fear, but by fortitude, care, and love without conditions. 

COMMUNITY GRANTS

Pride Foundation invests in remarkable community organizations that are actively addressing the needs of and expanding opportunities for LGBTQ+ people and our families across the Northwest. In our 2024-2026 Community Grants cycle, we awarded $2.7 million in grants to 106 organizations over those three years in Washington and across our region.

FORTITUDE FUND

In 2025, we launched the Fortitude Fund, awarding $1.75 million to 126 organizations in our 5-state region responding to today’s most urgent needs emerging from the current socio-political landscape. 

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS

Pride Foundation's scholarships program annually awards thousands of dollars in academic scholarships to LGBTQ+ students. Since 1993, we've awarded over $10 million to more than 2,600 scholars. In 2025, we awarded $971,000 in scholarships to 112 students across our Northwest region - our largest amount to date.

COMMUNITY ADVOCACY, RESEARCH, EDUCATION (CARE)

While Pride Foundation's grants and scholarships support the brilliant and dedicated organizations and leaders working to meet the needs of our communities, our Community Advocacy, Research, and Education (CARE) program takes a broader focus to shift culture in communities across the Northwest to make this vision a reality. Our goal through this work is to create a Northwest region that is inhospitable to homophobia, transphobia, racism, misogyny and all other forms of harm directed at LGBTQ+ communities.

PRIDE IN ACTION

In 2026, Pride Foundation launched Pride in Action, a three-year capacity-building fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $5 million over the next three years. Pride in Action will:

  * Provide the steady, flexible resources needed to fund grassroots organizations through multi-year grants 

  * Expand scholarships and leadership opportunities for LGBTQ+ students

  * Support advocates and organizers working in hostile environments

  * Strengthen regional safety, resilience and connection 

You can join Pride in Action by making a sustaining, monthly gift today. Thank you!

To learn more about Pride Foundation's work, visit our website: www.pridefoundation.org.