2025 Annual Report
About the Center
As the heart of the region’s LGBTQ+ community, the Center serves as a one-stop hub for resources and connection, expanding its impact in 2025 with record-breaking Pride in the CLE attendance and new eastside programming that reached even more members of the community.
Mission
The MISSION of the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland is to enrich the lives of the diverse LGBTQ community through advocacy, support, education and celebration.
Vision
Our VISION is to ensure the LGBTQ+ community is embraced and celebrated as an integral part of the thriving Northeast Ohio region.
2025 Programming
126
Rainbow Pioneer Participants
235
Trans+ Participants
86
QYou Participants
121
Queer Prom Attendees
539
Received Grocery Assistance
Resource Navigation
LGBTQ-Specific Resources
It is critical that the LGBTQ+ community has access to valuable resources that cater specifically to their diverse needs. Our resource navigation services are designed to be your one-stop hub for finding essential information, support, and guidance on a wide range of topics.
183
Clients Served
Services Provided
by Resource Navigator
441
Services Provided
Popular Opinion Leaders (POL)
Spreading Awareness Through Leadership
POL programming aims to spread accurate information on HIV/AIDS, STIs, and other health topics, including prevention methods, PrEP, and connecting community to area resources and support.
7,713
Services, materials, and referrals delivered
4,226
Outreach engagements
371
STI & HIV tests administered by community partners at the Center
Community Reach
Volunteering
Time, Skills, Dedication
Volunteers are critical to the Center's mission. We cannot serve the local LGBTQ community without our volunteers and their gifts of time, skill and dedication.
361
Community volunteers
30
Events supported by volunteers
2,980
Hours of volunteer time donated to the Center
Education
& Training
20
Workshops and trainings delivered
16
Participating corporations and organizations
Pride in the CLE® 2025
About the Event
PRIDE IN THE CLE® is an annual event, put on by the Center and held in Downtown Cleveland, celebrating the city’s vibrant LGBTQ+ community. Pride in the CLE’s signature event is a march demonstrating the community's strength and unity. The march is followed by an all-day festival, featuring a diverse array of vendors.
Social Media Impact
Stats for June 4 - June 10, 2025
15,000
March participants
(25% increase from 2024)
42,000
Attendees
(68% increase from 2024)
27
Main Stage entertainers
16
Speak Out Stage performers
120
Sponsors and advertisers
$391,977
Raised
Supporters
Empowered by Your Support
With the philanthropic generosity of our supporters, there are no limits to what we can achieve in creating a lasting impact on the services and resources afforded to all our neighbors.
2,067 gifts
from 850 individuals
223 gifts
from 126 organizations
2,290 gifts
from 976 unique donors
1,101 recurring gifts
by 148 unique donors
Finances*
Expenses by Category
- Program Expenses: $720,496
- Staffing Expenses: $1,771,376
- Development Expenses: $256,370
- Administrative Expenses: $467,519
- Total Expenses: $3,215,763
Funding Sources
- Corporate/Organization Donations: 5.09%
- Individual Donations: 14.67%
- Pride in the CLE 2025: 18.01%
- Other Events: 0.69%
- Grants: 58.81%
- In-Kind Donations: 0.16%
- Earned Income: 2.57%
- Program Fees: $0 — FREE to Participants
*Unaudited 2025 data
