Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO CREATE EXPERIENCES THAT BRING THE GREATER GLBT COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO COMMEMORATE OUR DIVERSE HERITAGE, FOSTER INCLUSION, EDUCATE & CREATE AWARENESS OF ISSUES, & CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENTS IN EQUALITY.
PRIDE FESTIVAL:STARTING IN 1972 AS A SMALL PICNIC IN LORING PARK, THIS PROGRAM HAS BECOME THE PREMIERE CELEBRATION OF THE GAY-LESBIAN-BISEXUAL-TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, ATTRACTING OVER 400,000 VISITORS. WIDE-RANGING ATTRACTIONS ATTEST TO THE DIVERSITY OF THE FESTIVAL. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE FOUR STAGES OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, LIVING WELL PARK, JEAN TRETTER GLBT HISTORY PAVILION, CHILDREN & FAMILIES AREA, TEEN SCENE, SCHOOL ZONE, PET CENTRAL, PRIDE IN CONCERT, ESCAPE SPACE FOR THOSE ON THE AUTISM SCALE, AND OVER 400 VENDORS AND EXHIBITORS. PRIDE IS MEANT TO BE A SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE WHO THEY ARE AND WHO THEY LOVE.PARADE:ASHLEY RUKES GLBT PRIDE PARADE ON SUNDAY MORNING ATTRACTS WELL OVER 150,000 PEOPLE, MAKING IT THE LARGEST PARADE OF ANY KIND IN THE FIVE-STATE AREA AND OUR SECOND LARGEST PROGRAM ACTIVITY. BEGINNING IN 1972 AS A SMALL MARCH, THE PARADE GREW UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF TRANSGENDER ACTIVIST ASHLEY RUKES IN THE 1990S. THE PARADE WAS NAMED IN HER HONOR AFTER HER UNTIMELY PASSING. OVER 125 UNITS OF FLOATS AND MARCHERS, REPRESENTING EVERY COLOR AND STRIPE OF THE GLBT RAINBOW FAMILY, PARADE DOWN HENNEPIN AVENUE INTO LORING PARK. WHILE NOT AS RACY AS PRIDE PARADES IN SOME CITIES, VIEWERS ARE ENTERTAINED BY FLOATS, MARCHING BANDS, DRAG QUEENS AND MANY OTHERS ALONG THE ROUTE. PRIDE PRESENTS - HEADLINE SHOW:PRIDE INVITES A NATIONAL CELEBRITY FROM THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY TO KICK OFF PRIDE WEEKEND WITH A PROGRAM DIFFERENT FROM OUR OTHER PROGRAMMING.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Dot Belstler | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $81,099 |
| Ryan Craig | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Lys Akerman-Frank | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kurt Wiger | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jamie Bartlett | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Felix Foster | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dennis Anderson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Brad Williams | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Aaron Komo | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mikey Kroger | SECRETARY | 10 | $0 |
| Bo Nabozny | VICE CHAIR | 10 | $0 |
| Darcie Baumann | CHAIR | 10 | $0 |
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