Transparency of Pride On Main

In the spirit of transparency we would like to share with you the background of any funds collected in support of the Pride on Main weekend celebration! 

As a result of our first successful Haywood County Pride in 2024, the Haywood County Pride on Main leadership team made a collective decision to become a 501c3 nonprofit organization to ensure many Prides to come for Haywood County!

Funds received through sponsorship and vendor fees will be used as follows: 

Operating Expenses

• Pride On Main Weekend Celebration: (Volunteer T-shirts, Marketing and Advertising, Flyers, Live Music, Buskers, Safety and Medical Supplies, Parade Banner and Decorations).

• General Website Maintenance for Pride on Main: annual subscription and domain host fee

• Insurance for Events

Community Giving - Mutual Aid

• Rental assistance for people experiencing unsafe housing in regard to Gender and identity

• Financial Support for name changes/gender marker document fees

• Financial support for the Resource Center located at 60 S. Main Street

Community Giving - Education and Youth

• Donations toward relevant youth programming

• Donations toward purchase of LGBTQIA centered books for the library

Community Giving - Business District and Community Safety

• Cost for maintaining or helping to support the community wide Diversity Business Directory hosted by local community group IDEA of Haywood County

Operating Costs for 2026

• If there are remaining funds after these items they will be used as start-up funds for Pride On Main 2027.