Diversity Richmond awards $78,000 in grants

On September 8th, Diversity Richmond hosted Diversity Richmond Celebrates, an awards program that recognizes organizations doing outstanding work serving Richmond’s LGBTQ+ community.

At the event, held in person for the first time since 2019, Diversity Richmond awarded $78,000 in grants to fifteen organizations to both recognize and help deepen their community impact.

Luise “Cheezi” Farmer, Diversity Richmond’s board chair emeritus, said, “Diversity Richmond exists not only to serve the LGBTQ+ community, but to uplift others who serve the community as well. Diversity Richmond Celebrates is one of the most important nights of the year for us.”

Since 1999, Diversity Richmond has made over $1.2 million in grants to LGBTQ+ organizations and organizations doing transformational work in the LGBTQ+ community. The fifteen organizations recognized on Thursday evening were:

Black Men Can Cook

HE SHE ZE and WE

Iridian Gallery

Kehillah

Metropolitan Community Church (MCC)

Minority Veterans of America

Nationz Foundation

Patchwork RVA

Rainbow Souls

School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC)

Serenity

Sylvia's Sisters

Twin Oaks Community, Inc.

Virginia State University Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Board

Women of Essence

Pictured are representatives from these organizations.

Diversity Richmond Celebrates September 8th!

Please join us for Diversity Richmond Celebrates, an event honoring individuals and organizations for their meaningful contributions to Richmond’s LGBTQ community.

Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 7PM

Diversity Richmond Event Hall

1407 Sherwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23220

Refreshments will be served. ID required for alcohol. Doors open at 6:30

Amazon donates $135,000 in merchandise!

Amazon recently donated 24 pallets of merchandise to Diversity Richmond worth an estimated $135,000, bringing the total value of their donations to us in the last year to more than $250,000. These donations are the largest ever received in our 23-year history. We are working with local social service organizations and other community groups to ensure this donation directly benefits those in need, including children, families, people in recovery and those experiencing or coming out of homelessness. Every bit of the value of this donation will be put right back into the Greater Richmond community. We are very grateful to Amazon and its associates for making this possible!