Overview of the Stanislaus PRIDE Center

Our mission is to provide resources to strengthen and support gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons in Stanislaus and surrounding counties.

We pursue our mission through three areas of focus: culture and community; education and information; and health and wellness.

Who we are

The Stanislaus PRIDE Center (SPC) was founded in 2005 to provide resources to strengthen and support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons in the Stanislaus and surrounding counties. We are located at 201 Needham Street, in the lower level of the Great Valley Center building in downtown Modesto; close to the cultural center of the city. The center is open for drop-in as well as allied groups which regularly hold smaller-sized gatherings.

We are committed to bringing together and working with allied groups to reveal the true and diverse face of our community. Above all, we seek to foster an environment in which people can be who they are, freely striving to enrich their lives and contributing positively to the place they call Home.

The Stanislaus PRIDE Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation and registered California public benefit corporation. All donations are tax deductible. Federal Tax ID: #20-2676088.

The Need

By a conservative estimate, Stanislaus County is home to nearly 40,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people. More than another 75,000 live in the surrounding counties of Calaveras, Merced, San Joaquin, and Tuolumne.* The Stanislaus PRIDE Center was founded in 2005 to assist this ever-growing GLBT population. Our purpose includes filling the gaps in existing services, fostering a more positive and cohesive GLBT community, and providing a facility to stand as a regional resource “hub,” thereby addressing the various issues our area’s GLBTs face.

*These figures reflect 2004 census numbers employed by e-Podunk.com which established the GLBT population index for Merced at 105(+5%), for Modesto as 106(+6%), and for Stockton as 115(+15%) - all higher than the national figure of 100 - resulting in an average of +8%.

The Need for a Center

In a 2004 survey of over 150 GLBTs and allies, nearly 67% of respondents specified a GLBT community center as a needed resource. These results were confirmed by a January 2005 conference of local GLBT leaders, followed by the SPC's first Survey of Needs in which 65% of 150 respondents indicated that they, themselves, would use at least some of the services a regional community center could provide. There was no doubt that our region needed a service organization such as the Stanislaus PRIDE Center (SPC).

Case Statements

A case statement is a summary of any non-profit organization's reason to be; it makes a case for them. It will tell you what problems a particular group has, and how the organization is working to solve those problems. In our case, we are working to help the 40,000 GLBT people in Stanislaus County.

Watch our progress and see how we've grown via our Case Statements. Note that they are all PDF files, which require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Financial Statements