Sweet aims to make the world a better place while having a blast in it. Promoting the self-esteem, health and visibility of women and lesbians is at the heart of what we do. That means you’ll see us making in-kind and financial donations to awe-inspiring organizations doing incredible work in our communities. Below is a list of just some of the organizations we are proud to support.
Legal Rights
National Center For Lesbian Rights – www.nclrights.org
A national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education.
Equality California – www.eqca.org
Works to achieve equality and secure legal protections for LGBT people. To improve the lives of LGBT Californians, EQCA sponsors legislation
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force – www.thetaskforce.org
Works to build the grassroots political power of the LGBT community to win complete equality through direct and grassroots lobbying to defeat anti-LGBT ballot initiatives and legislation and pass pro-LGBT legislation and other measures.
Human Rights Campaign – www.hrc.org
Represents a grassroots force of over 750,000 members and supporters nationwide. As the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, HRC envisions an America where LGBT people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.
Community And Empowerment
Seattle Scores – www.dcscores.org
Through writing, soccer and community service they empower children from high need elementary schools to realize their unique potential. Seattle Scores teaches the skills children need to become life long learners, to be leaders in their communities and to succeed in life.
Aqua Foundation for Women – www.aquafoundation.org
Promotes the equality, strength, health, and visibility of South Florida gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women through grants and scholarships.
Horizons Foundation – www.horizonsfoundation.org
Serves the LGBT community by making grants, strengthening LGBT organizations and leadership, and increasing philanthropic giving.
Community Violence Solutions – www.cvsolutions.org
Dedicated to working in partnership with the community to end sexual assault and family violence through prevention, crisis services, and treatment.
Lucky Ladies of Poker Texas Hold Em Tournament – http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LuckyLadiesofPoker/
Benefitting Shakti Rising, a leading-edge organization providing holistic, gender-specific and trauma-informed services to young women, ages 15–30, who are dealing with multiple issues including substance abuse, body-image issues, interpersonal violence, and depression.
Amateur Sports Alliance of North America – www.nagaaawomen.org
Dedicated to promoting amateur athletics for the gay and lesbian community, focused on the development and support of women’s softball and support of gay and lesbian athletics for all.
LGBT Community Centers
Boulder’s LGBTQ Community Center – www.boulderpride.org
The vision of Boulder Pride is to cultivate a visible, inclusive, and empowered LGBTQ Community in order to achieve equality, respect, and well-being for all LGBTQ people in Boulder County.
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center – www.lagaycenter.org
Provides a broad array of services to nearly a quarter-million clients including free and low-cost health, legal, social, cultural, and educational services, with unique programs for seniors, families and youth, including a transitional living program for homeless youth.
San Diego LGBT Center – www.thecentersd.org
Enhances and sustains the health and well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV communities by providing activities, programs, and services that create community, empower community members, provide essential resources, advocate for civil and human rights, and embrace, promote and support cultural diversity.
San Francisco LGBT Center – www.sfcenter.org
Provides a space and programs that welcome the LGBT community and its allies; unites the San Francisco LGBT community across lines of age, race, gender and economics; gives visibility to the history, culture, and diversity of the LGBT community; organize and plans the political and cultural future for our LGBT community; and nurtures new organizations and programs to meet emerging community needs.
Wingspan – Southern Arizona’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center – www.wingspan.org
Wingspan is a non-profit, charitable organization that serves Tucson and Southern Arizona, who’s mission is to promote the freedom, equality, safety and well-being of LGBT people.
Lesbian Health
Atlanta Lesbian Health Initiative – www.thehealthinitiative.org
The Atlanta Lesbian Health Initiative is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of lesbians and other members of the LGBTQ community through education, advocacy, support and access to care.
Lesbian Community Care Project at Howard Brown Health Center – www.lccp.org
The lesbian heart of Howard Brown, improving the health of lesbian bisexual, and queer women and transgender individuals through groundbreaking research, sensitive medical care, programming and education on lesbian health topics and an array of mental health services, including quit smoking groups.
Mautner Project: The National Lesbian Health Organization – www.mautnerproject.org
Improves the health of lesbians, bisexual, and transgender women who partner with women, and their families, through advocacy, education, research, and direct service. They envision a health care system that is guided by social justice and responsive to the needs of all people.
AIDS / HIV
AIDS Walk San Francisco – www.aidswalk.net/sanfran
Benefits the San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Stop AIDS Project – www.stopaids.org
Works to prevent HIV transmission among all gay and bisexual men in San Francisco through multicultural, community-based organizing.
AIDS Lifecycle – www.aidslifecycle.org
Co-produced by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center to end the pandemic and human suffering caused by AIDS.
