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

SarasotaOUT.com's mission over the last 7 years has been to connect the community and build a stronger LGBTQ community. From day one, we've been spotlighting Sarasota and the surrounding area's LGBTQ+ non-profits, especially during important "days of giving" like the Giving Challenge and Giving Tuesday each year. Below are the non-profits we are encouraging you to support during this year's Giving Challenge. Today, your donation goes further by being matched by The Community Foundation of Sarasota! "Be The One to build a STRONGER LGBTQ+ Community!''

What is the Giving Challenge?​

The Giving Challenge is an exciting online 24-hour giving event that connects 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 26th - 27th.

"Be The One"
...​to Support the Arts.

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

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"Be The One"
...​to Sing.

Through songs of hope and inclusion, This LGBT chorus celebrates all of humanity and inspires our community to embrace equality.

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

To expand awareness and understanding of the LGBTQ+ community by creating strategic partnerships with local organizations, businesses, and governments towards a shared goal.

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"Be The One"
...to Spread Hope.

Blaze of Hope gifts grants to families with hospitalized children and was founded by a lesbian couple.

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"Be The One"
...to support LGBTQ youth.

ALSO Youth strives every day to create an inclusive community where our youth can live, study, work and play without violence, fear, harassment or discrimination based on real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. ​

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"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.

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

CAN Community Health has been serving the needs of the HIV community in Florida since 1992.

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"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.

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"Be The One"
...to Celebrate PRIDE.

In what started out as a vision to promote awareness of the LGBTQ+ community and rallied around the message “We Are Here”.

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