Out Center

“Expenses library & media 451 office expenses 1,865 telephone & internet 1,805 postage & shipping 147 miscellaneous expense 650 insurance 2,095 advertising/promotion 490 bank fees / service fees 1,134 contract services 4,495 fund raising expense 924 memberships & subscr 517 office equipment rental 1,847 payroll fees adp 746 program expenses 3,794 program: holiday pride 1,435 program: lake effect 9,120 programs: professional sv 17,885 website design & maintena 786 non-investment depreciation 2,240 total 52,426”

“Furniture and equipment 15,216 15,216 less accumulated depreciation 5,949 8,189 total 9,267 7,027”

“Federal payroll taxes 1,518 0 state payroll taxes 199 0”

“To provide support and advocacy for respect, understanding and nondiscrimination to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied persons and their families in southwest michigan.”

“Adults, teens, and families support - families and allies - two annual outreach events convened more than 300 lgbt+ people, their families, and allies to educate about needs, challenges, and build communities of support. Strategic partners received "communities that care" awards (all schools in 2017)and a courageous ally received "ally of the year" award. Eight additional outreach events also occurred at area restaurants, providing similar activities at locations in 2 counties. Adult support group sessions - 72 sessions convened for 149 people and included adding 3 new group sessions. Donated services provided by professional therapists, social workers and college interns for a total of 200.5 hours provided by 12 professionals. Teen programs - 15 gay-straight alliance(gsa)sessions convened throughout the mostly rural tri-county area, including 3 "pop up" meetings at other sites. Meeting cirricula provided educational and leadership development activities. Average attendance was 9.4 people per meeting. Provided technical assistance to 3 schools in the development of new gsas at their locations, and 3 additional technical assistance to schools regarding challenges faced by individual students.”

“Drop in center - open 5 days a week throughout the year. Provided safe and welcoming space for lgbt+ people, their families, and allies. Provided vetted referrals to callers and walk-ins. Provided free access to wifi, educational library, and dvd collection.”

“Education and civic engagement - provided diversity and inclusivity workshops to 4 school personnel and/or youth program groups to 75 personnel and/or peer youth educators; 9 presentations to school leadership, public health and law enforcement groups, reaching 197 personnel; participated in 5 educational forums to general public audiences, reaching an additional estimated 210 people. Participated in 3 state-wide initiatives that impact the tri-county area to educate others about the state-of-the-state-of-michigan on results from survey of transgender people in michigan, the ongoing status of the ellio- larsen civil rights act that excludes lgbtq+ people from protection against discrimination, and an effort to secure an interpretative statement from the state's department of civil rights.”