Supporters

South Florida Pride Bands Donor List (September 2024-January 2026).
This program was made possible by grants and gifts from the following:

Diamond - $5K and above
  • Bears of South Florida
  • Broward County, as recommended by the Broward County Cultural Council
  • Bruce A. Kraemer, M.D. and Wesley F. Kassulke
  • Chris Ambs and Scott Clearwater Charitable Trust at Our Fund
  • The Douglas J. Pew and Donald K. Croxton LGBT Trust at Our Fund
  • FLoatarama LGBTQ Youth Fund at Our Fund
  • Funding Arts Broward
  • Gary Burton
  • Jon Sims Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts
  • Mike Dager & Harvey Shapiro Stronger Together Fund at Our Fund Foundation
  • The Dave and Ari Fund at Our Fund (David Starkey and Ari Sumargo)
  • The Our Fund Foundation, an LGBTQ community foundation 
  • Tom Nichols, Dan Chadburn, and Jose Perez
  • Quick Tricks Bridge Club
  • Warten Foundation
Platinum - $2500 - $4999
  • Dr. Adam DeRosa and John Garcia
  • Alain Ortiz and Len Strickland
  • Brock Boyd and Doug Spelberg
  • Charles Stanley
  • Gary Bressler in memory of Mickey and Irv Bressler
  • Joe Turney
  • Larry Small and David Burba
  • Pride Bands Alliance
  • SCI Cares
  • Sofia Bitela and Pedro Ross
  • The Agustin Men’s Guesthouse
  • Tom Nesbit and Gary Gravini
Gold - $1500 - $2499
  • Blake Velde and Brian Fisher
  • Dan Bassett and Francis Lyn
  • Jack Killen and Fred Boykin
  • Jonathan Diernbach
  • Lucila Werthein
  • PayPal Giving Fund
  • Peter Bieger
  • The Boeing Company

Silver - $1000 - $1499
  • Jay Shapiro
  • Jim Stork
  • Joel Shapiro
  • Wayne and Lucretia Weiner
Bronze - $500 - $999
  • Ann Kiefer
  • Dennis St. Jean
  • Dulce Suarez-Resnick
  • Edward Richard
  • Mark Resnick
  • Olivia Riodriguez 
  • Phil Cordell
  • Scott Bennett
  • Drs. William Gannon and David Weidner
Friend – Up to $499
  • Alain Ortiz
  • Alan Parshley
  • Alex Sadeghi
  • Anonymous
  • Brian Boucher
  • Brian French
  • Brian Peckham
  • Broward Summer Music Academy
  • Carl Conklin
  • Celia Canjura
  • Christopher Cooper
  • Cody Kruegel
  • Collin Vernay
  • Daniel Elmore
  • Donald Tomasello
  • Douglas Ames
  • Edgar Figueredo
  • Eduardo Costa
  • Eli Rosmarin
  • Eric Weinbaum
  • Fidel Garcia
  • Fred Boykin and Jack Killen
  • Gary Deinken
  • Henrique Paraizo
  • Jason Cobian
  • Jason Sotka
  • Jayson Gulley
  • Jeanne Deinken
  • Jeffrey Miranda
  • Jeremy Vera
  • Jim Barber
  • JM Family Enterprise
  • John Foulk
  • Julian Castro
  • Ken Breznay
  • Kerri Schlenker
  • Kerry Waldee
  • Lance Steinberg
  • Liz Morales
  • Margaret Pestka
  • Mark Hirt
  • Mark Russell
  • Matthew Darren
  • Michael Gouge
  • Michael Iglesias
  • Michael Mehr
  • Mindy Zimmerman
  • Nestor Tirado
  • OUTshine LGBTQ Film Festival
  • Patrick McLendon
  • Rob Fountain
  • Robb Blackwell
  • Robert Everson
  • Robert Moon
  • Robert Reed
  • Rodrick Hurt
  • Ronni Arden
  • Ryan Pilla
  • Scott Ordorff
  • Shanahan & Associates
  • Tim Gluszak
  • Tye Hogan
  • Vivian San Juan
  • William Wood
2026 Pride Youth Band Scholarship Donors ($1500)
  • Dr. Adam DeRosa and John Garcia
  • Alain Ortiz and Len Strickland
  • The Bears of South Florida (2 scholarships)
  • The Boeing Company
  • Brock Boyd and Doug Spellberg
  • Bruce Kraemer, M.D. and Wesley F. Kassulke
  • Charles Stanley
  • The Chris Ambs and Scott Clearwater Trust at Our Fund (6 scholarships)
  • The Dave and Ari Fund at Our Fund (Dave Starkey and Ari Sumargo)
  • The FLoatarama LGBTQ Youth Fund at Our Fund (2 scholarships)
  • Gary Bressler in memory of Mickey and Irv Bressler
  • Jack Killen and Fred Boykin
  • Joe Turney
  • Larry Small and David Burba
  • Mike Dager & Harvey Shapiro Stronger Together Fund at Our Fund Foundation (Mike Dager, Harvey Shapiro, and Jonathan Diernbach)
  • Sofia Bitela and Pedro Ross
  • Tom Nesbit and Gary Gravini
  • Tom Nichols and Dan Chadburn Charitable Fund (Tom Nichols, Dan Chadburn, and Jose Perez)

Community Partners