​"Be The One"
...​to Build a Better LGBTQ Community!

Donate to these LGBTQ-Friendly organizations between April 28th - 29th, noon to noon and have your donation of $25 - $100 matched!

Why should you give
during The Giving Challenge?​

The Giving Challenge is an exciting online 24-hour giving event that connects nearly 700 nonprofit organizations with passionate donors to support diverse causes and create enduring impact in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties. Being a part of the Giving Challenge transforms people and organizations through meaningful relationships and partnerships. Join our vibrant culture of giving and maximize your potential impact from Noon to Noon, April 28-29. SarasotaOUT.com has partnered with ALSO Youth and Diversity Chorus for this years event as 

SUPPORT LGBTQ YOUTH SERVICES

ALSO Youth

"Be The One"
​...to Empower LGBTQ Youth

For over 27 years, ALSO Youth has provided outreach and a safe space drop-in center with weekly programming including peer support groups for the LGBTQ+ youth in Sarasota and Manatee counties. ALSO strives every day to create an inclusive community where youth can live, study, work and play without violence, fear, harassment or discrimination based on real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

DONATE

Donated: $26,340  |  Matched: $18,640  |  FINAL: $44,980

​Continue to provide a safe space with enriching and engaging programs and services.

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​Expand ALSO's scholarship program after many seniors are unable to work during Covid-19.

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​Assist in creating and expanding programming to continue to enrich youth's lives.

SUPPORT LGBTQ ARTS

Diversity The Voices of Sarasota

"Be The One"
​...to Give Diversity a Voice

Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota is a group of gay and gay-friendly men and women who dedicate themselves to sharing their talent with the entire community. They are not just singers, but a family. Our audiences have responded to our distinctive brand of entertainment with genuine enthusiasm and keep coming back again and again. Diversity is currently under the talented leadership and artistic direction of Chris Romeo.

DONATE

Donated: $9,225  |  Matched: $8,725  |  FINAL: $​17,950

Help Diversity continue to fill our community with songs of happiness, hope and messages of equality.

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Provide Diversity with professional artistic direction and professional accompaniment year round.

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Provide rehearsal space, sheet music, licensing rights, concert hall rental, costumes, and so much more!

OTHER LGBTQ FRIENDLY ORGANIZATIONS

"Be The One"
...​to Support LGBTQ Arts.

Multiple events throughout the year featuring emerging artists in live art, theatre, film, and music, in honor of Harvey Milk.

FINAL: $​6,250

"Be The One"
...to celebrate PRIDE.

A 1 day festival in January located at J.D Hamel Park, including a bar, food, local entertainment, and vendor booths.

FINAL: $​1,300

"Be The One"
...to Engage and Inspire.

A center for theatrical excellence staging up to fifteen productions every season, spanning a diverse repertoire of newly commissioned plays, bold reinterpretations of contemporary and classical works, and provocative new musical theatre experiences.

FINAL: $​84,766

"Be The One"
...to Keep Theatre Alive.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) is Sarasota’s contemporary theatre, located in the heart of downtown. It has been in operation in Sarasota since 1973.​

FINAL: $201,957

"Be The One"
...to End Discrimination.

​The largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community.

FINAL: $​3,520

"Be The One"
...to Give Homeless LGBTQ Youth a Home.

​Assisting the homeless (including families, veterans, LGBTQ youth, and adults with incarceration and substance abuse.)

FINAL: $​50,032

"Be The One"
...to Embrace our Differences.

A not-for-profit organization based in Sarasota, Florida, that uses the power of art and education to expand consciousness and open the heart to celebrate the diversity of the human family.

FINAL: $​34,706

"Be The One"
...to Ignite Passion for the Arts.

The Players Centre for Performing Arts is Sarasota’s community theatre, dedicated to delivering quality productions and keeping the community engaged with the arts. The Players seeks to provide an artistic outlet for locals and visitors alike to experience live theatre and live theatre training.  

FINAL: $​57,731

"Be The One"
...to End HIV.

CAN Community Health has been serving the needs of the HIV community in Florida and now the southern part of the country, since 1992.

FINAL: $10,380

"Be The One"
...To Advance Sarasota's LGBTQ Community.

CELEBRATING our community year-round with monthly events, organizing social good gatherings and collaborative volunteer projects while UNITING and SUPPORTING Sarasota's LGBTQ community as a whole.

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Because we are in our first year we are unable to participate in the 2020 Giving Challenge. Look for us in the next one!

"Be The One"
...to Paint a Bright Future.

The Center's educational programs engage novice to professional artists with artist demonstrations, lectures, workshops and classes. Art Center Sarasota hosts international and local teaching artists to enrich Sarasota's cultural diversity.  

FINAL: $​38,300

"Be The One"
...to Keep the Dream Alive.

WBTT’s mission is to produce professional theatre that promotes and celebrates the African-American experience, to attract diverse audiences, to support and develop African-American artists, and to build the self-esteem of African-American youth.

FINAL: $​190,299