2025 Charity Beneficiaries
Human Rights Campaign
LGBTQ Community Center
Brothers of the Desert
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has been leading the fight for equality for over 40 years. HRC's goal is to ensure that all LGBTQ+ people, and particularly those who are trans, people of color, and HIV+, are treated as full and equal citizens within our movement, across our country and around the world.
By inspiring and engaging individuals a
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has been leading the fight for equality for over 40 years. HRC's goal is to ensure that all LGBTQ+ people, and particularly those who are trans, people of color, and HIV+, are treated as full and equal citizens within our movement, across our country and around the world.
By inspiring and engaging individuals and communities, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all. HRC envisions a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people plus community members who use different language to describe identity are ensured equality and embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.
HRC has over three million members who are pro-equality voters boldly supported by advocates and allies nationwide.
Brothers of the Desert
LGBTQ Community Center
Brothers of the Desert
Brothers of the Desert (BOD) is a non-profit organization that provides a growing network of support for Black gay men and allies in the Coachella Valley. Their mission is to “nurture and support Black gay men and allies through philanthropy, volunteerism, mentorship, education, advocacy, and social networking, in order to change the dyna
Brothers of the Desert (BOD) is a non-profit organization that provides a growing network of support for Black gay men and allies in the Coachella Valley. Their mission is to “nurture and support Black gay men and allies through philanthropy, volunteerism, mentorship, education, advocacy, and social networking, in order to change the dynamics that produce isolation, disconnection, and inequities among Black gay men.
BOD provides scholarships to LGBTQ+ students and Black students in the Coachella Valley, and showcases two signature events in the community - an annual Wellness Summit, which emphasizes holistic health and community engagement; and an annual New Year’s Eve dinner-dance-fundraiser. Regular programming is enhanced by special events for important dates such as Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, and Juneteenth.
LGBTQ Community Center
LGBTQ Community Center
LGBTQ Community Center
With a mission of creating vibrant community by helping LGBTQ+ people along their way, The Center’s work stretches across the Coachella Valley. From its Palm Springs McDonald Wright Building to The Center Coachella, the Scott Hines Behavioral Health Clinic, to the Community Food Bank, the organization offers a wide range of programs and
With a mission of creating vibrant community by helping LGBTQ+ people along their way, The Center’s work stretches across the Coachella Valley. From its Palm Springs McDonald Wright Building to The Center Coachella, the Scott Hines Behavioral Health Clinic, to the Community Food Bank, the organization offers a wide range of programs and services.
With a talented staff, a dedicated corps of volunteers, generous donors, and multi-race/multi-generational clients, The Center’s work is focused on ending isolation and loneliness, connecting people to resources and community, and enriching our individual and collective experience.