Each year, the Gay Community Center of Richmond, offers non-profit organizations dedicated to positively impacting the lives of the LGBT community an opportunity for funding.  This year, they have awarded $40,000 to the following organizations.

• GLSEN: To further their support of Gay/Straight Alliances in area schools and purchase resource materials for school libraries.
• PFLAG: To underwrite a fund-raising performance by Narissa Bond.
• Minority Health Consortium: For STD education and prevention among lesbian and bisexual women.
• Richmond Women’s Chorus: To recruit an Associate Artistic Director, Accompanist and secure rehearsal and performance space.
• Virginia Anti-Violence Project: To host a Board retreat and create a strategic plan.
• Fan Free Clinic: To increase access to health services for both the underinsured and uninsured.
• Virginia Historical Society: To process, preserve and make available records of Virginia LGBT history and activism.
• Metropolitan Community Church: To provide spiritual and emotional support to LGBT college students and recent graduates.
• Richmond Triangle Players: To partially underwrite the cost of their new theater.

Read more at GayRichmond.com.