2024-11-08T09:32:35-08:00 2023-12-31 202571677 CORLISS & SOLOMON PLLC 242 CHARLOTTE ST SUITE 1 ASHEVILLE NC 28801 990 2023-01-01 264272258 Blue Ridge Pride Center Inc BLUE 8288203993 PO Box 2044 Asheville NC 288022044 Andrea Owenby Treasurer 8288203993 2024-11-06 true true Todd Oldenburg P02281691 8282360206 2024-11-08 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Andrea Owenby PO Box 2044 Asheville NC 28802 254419 false X www.blueridgepride.org X 2009 NC To promote equality, safety, and quality of life for western North Carolinas LGBTQ and allied communities, working as a united community through advocacy, celebration, education and service. 5 5 3 30 0 0 52205 187701 150428 38588 38 71 20506 202671 246866 11283 3500 0 10334 106302 0 11206 103756 150356 125373 260158 77298 -13292 145080 145685 3082 1729 141998 143956 To promote equality, saftey, and quality of life for western North Carolinas LGBTQ and allied communities, working as a united community through advocacy, celebration, education and service. We envision an inclusive community, where people are embraced for who they are and feel welcomed and engage and contribute. false false 212202 3500 38588 Generation Plus Staff and volunteers from our GenPlus Committee worked to create an Eldercare with Pride presentation, which is a 90-minute presentation on LGBTQ+ inclusion, history and rights for those over 55. The presentation was piloted late in 2023 at Pisgah View retirement community, to enthusiastic feedback. We held 7 Connections social events and four Thrive events. The Thrive events included Tai Chi, Nutrition, end of life legal considerations. Connections events ranged from hiking with the Pisgah Forest Rangers to a brewery tour to our annual Stonewall picnic to an ice-cream social. We had roughly 200 face-to-face encounters at our events in 2023. Pride Portal 2023 was a very successful year for our online Pride Center. We added over 50 new Welcoming Businesses to our Welcoming Directory and added a Definitions and Pronouns resource guide for those wanting a quick introduction to respectful language. Welcoming Spaces We created a Welcoming Spaces 101 training, a primer for businesses, nonprofits and groups who would like to be welcoming of the LGBTQIA+ community. We piloted the training at a local University and an early childhood education nonprofit. We worked with Explore Asheville to create a unique logo for Welcoming Spaces, as well as the certification logo. Collaborated with Go Local to sell and present the trainings to local small businesses in 2024. Festival This year we made several improvements to our annual Blue Ridge Pride Festival, which is held in September. These improvements included greening the festival with a compost contractor and water supplier, adding in ASL for Main Stage performers, increasing racial diversity of performers, reducing the number of vendor spots to allow for mobility devices to move between tents, focusing on local vendors to give back to the local economy, among others. We estimate 14,000 attendees joined our 2023 festival. 212202 true true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 5 0 3 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 5 5 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false NC X X Amy Upham 8288203993 PO Box 2044 Asheville NC 28802 Amy Upham Executive Director 40.00 X 42500 0 8034 David Perry President - July through December 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Butch Thompson President - through June 2023 5.00 X X 6000 0 0 Amanda Wray Secretary 5.00 X X 4000 0 0 Travis Rountree Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Kass-Green Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 KP Whaley Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jeffrey Rice Member - through June 2023 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lexie Brindle Member - through September 2023 2.00 X 0 0 0 52500 0 8034 false false false 1019 26314 160368 400 187701 Blue Ridge Pride Festival 900099 38588 0 0 38588 71 0 71 1827 1019 0 1827 0 1827 25980 7553 18427 18427 Miscellaneous Revenue 900099 252 0 0 252 252 246866 38588 0 20577 3500 3500 50535 40427 8087 2021 45646 35732 8153 1761 1153 923 184 46 8968 7174 1435 359 59741 59741 0 0 25872 20698 0 5174 13659 7761 5823 75 9437 3628 5809 0 8927 6736 2191 0 1383 709 674 0 3389 0 3389 0 Program Supplies 14371 14371 0 0 Event Licenses, Permits, Fees, Space 10864 9094 0 1770 Staff and Volunteer Development 425 135 290 0 Miscellaneous Expenses 1341 1073 268 0 947 500 447 0 260158 212202 36750 11206 145080 117772 6166 6963 3142 11642 145080 145685 3082 1729 3082 1729 X 136998 143956 5000 0 141998 143956 145080 145685 X -13292 15250 X true X false true false X 0 65919 18461 21628 52205 187701 345914 0 0 65919 18461 21628 52205 187701 345914 13928 331986 71 71 0 10 0 0 0 252 262 346247 306457 0.95880 1.00000 X 0 0 0 Pt II Ln 10 Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Other Income 2019: 10. 2020: 0. 2021: 0. 2022: 0. 2023: 252. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Cash and Cash Investments 11642 C 11642 Pt VI, Line 11b The Form 990 will be formally approved by current board. Pt VI, Line 12c The conflict of interest policy is written and available to the board. Sigantures and agreement to the policy is required of all new board members. The policy is regularly reviewed by the board. Pt VI, Line 15a Compensation for the executive director including updates are determined by board approval. Pt XI The organization changed its accounting method from cash to accrual to more closely align its financial statements to the the organizations activites. Other Amanda Wray was paid $4,000 for overseeing the organizations Oral History Project and not for her work on the board. Other Butch Thompson was paid for overseeing the GenPlus program from January to June of 2023. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Contract Services 59741. 59741. 0. 0.