Ten years, built with these people.
The Network is not a solo act. Every program runs through partnerships with the funders, agencies, schools, businesses, and artists who show up for the SouthCoast alongside us. These are the people we have built with.
The seven that started it
In 2014, seven LGBTQ+ community agencies and the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts pooled what they had and stood up the Network. The work since then is theirs too.
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts
Convener, anchor funder, and ongoing strategic partner. CFSEMA helped turn a coalition into a 501(c)(3).
The orgs that move the budget
United Way of Greater New Bedford
Community Impact Grant funds Elevate Youth. Annual partnership across youth and equity workstreams.
Massachusetts Service Alliance
Volunteer infrastructure and service grants. Helps the Network plug into statewide service networks.
Community Foundation of SE Massachusetts
Continues to fund operating support, strategic initiatives, and the Community Center capital campaign.
The agencies running things with us
Greater New Bedford Youth Alliance
Network of 50+ youth-serving organizations in Greater New Bedford. Elevate Youth ecosystem partner.
Coastline Elderly Services
Area Agency on Aging. Aging Well program runs through partnership with Coastline.
Bristol Aging and Wellness
Area Agency on Aging for the Fall River region. Aging Well co-host. Openly affirming agency.
Community Health Training Institute (HRiA)
Public health capacity building and training. Helps the Network do the work better.
The campuses and culture orgs that show up
UMass Dartmouth Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality
Campus partner for programming, internships, and the UMass Dartmouth Pride Alliance student community.
DATMA (Design Art Tech MA)
Public art and creative civic engagement. Co-presented "Being Seen: Celebrating SouthCoast Pride" and the Pride Project.
Explore New Bedford
Tourism partner. Brings Pride and Network events into the city's broader cultural calendar.
The team putting up the walls
The 60 Eighth Street community center renovation is a real construction project with real partners doing the work.
WHALE (Waterfront Historic Area League)
New Bedford preservation nonprofit. Partner in the 60 Eighth Street acquisition and adaptive reuse.
JMBA+ Architects
Architects of record for the Community Center renovation. New Bedford-based.
If you build for the community, we want to build with you.
Grant-making foundations, agency leaders, businesses with skin in the game, faith communities, schools, artists. If your work touches the SouthCoast LGBTQ+ community or could, we want to talk.