Project Rainbow Awards $36,685 To 32 Programs Supporting LGBTQ+ Utahns in 2025
An event from one of Project Rainbow Utah’s Partners, Rock Camp SLC.
Project Rainbow Utah is thrilled to announce our list of grant awardees for 2025, with 32 recipients for a combined total of $36,685 in 2025 and more than $350,000 awarded since our inception in 2018.
We want to thank our donors, volunteers, and everyone who signed up to receive a flag for one of our campaigns in 2024.
“Everything Project Rainbow Utah does is community supported, and we are grateful for the chance to join with you in uplifting LGBTQ+ folks across Utah,” said Jacey Thornton, Executive Director for Project Rainbow.
Please consider signing up for a flag in 2025 so we can keep supporting inclusive, empowering events and opportunities.
Awards from Project Rainbow Utah are either small ($500 - $1,499), medium ($1,500 - $3,499) or large ($3,500 - $5,000) grants. Awards fall into three broad categories: Inclusive Program Support, Miscellaneous Programs, and Visual/Performing Arts.
Beyond the annual awardees, we also support long-term partners and provide funds and flags for various pride festivals around Utah. One of those partners is Rock Camp SLC.
“Project Rainbow supported two summer camps in 2024, helping us give 125 youth the skills, space, and support they need to shine,” Rock Camp Organizing Director Hilary McDaniel said.
See below for this year’s list of awards, and stay tuned for more details as these events get underway!
Inclusive Program Support
Accessibility Fund from Mobile Moon Co-op - Medium Award
Amplifying Voices for LGBT Empowerment from Affirming Voices - SLP Voice Therapy - Small Award
BIPOC Trans Masculinities Collective - Small Award
Education and materials from Cache Pride Center - Small Award
Healing By Objectives, inclusive workshops by Justice By Objectives - Small Award
Safe, inclusive events from Queer and Sober SLC - Medium Award
Queer Poetry Night - Medium Award
Queer Youth Art Night - Small Award
Support for a trailer for QueerMeals - Small Award
UBEC Sustainability Project from Uintah Basin Equality Center - Small Award
Weekly Trans* Meet Up Social by United Drag Alliance - Medium Award
Visual/Performing Arts
2025 Queer Spectra Arts Festival - Medium Award
Art markets from Always Queer Markets - Medium Award
Cedar City Local Drag Show Series from Tydon Bullard - Small Award
Experimenting, a community ceramic art program, from Shia - Small Award
Love Letters to Mom: Rainbow Edition from We’re Here Utah - Small Award
Others & Allies Variety Open Mic from We’re Here Utah - Medium Award
Queer Intimacy by Design from Merel Noorlander - Small Award
Rev Love Media: Block Party - Medium Award
Sounds of Love & Rage Collective Songwriting from Traviesa Studios - Small Award
The Love Shack Sessions Concert Series - Small Award
Miscellaneous Programs
Little Free Library Family Book Project from IncludEd United - Small Award
Building Community Capacity for LGBTQ+ Health Equity and Well-Being in the Bear River Region from BRR LGBTQ+ Community Coalition - Medium Award
Café con leche, inclusive social events from Nick Arteaga - Small Award
Care, Calm, and Clarity Retreat from Kara Komarnitsky - Small Award
Reclaiming the Narrative Documentary Viewing + Q&A with Directors from Utah F.A.M. - Small Award
Garden Comrades Workshops and Oracle Deck from Yasi Shaker - Small Award
Harvey Milk Thank You and Social from Jake Boyle - Small Award
Queer-Centered Rituals from The Pleiadian Altar - Small Award
Rainbow Club, an after-school club from Rainbow Club SLC - Small Award
Research study to explore how identity, culture, and policy influence the professional and personal experiences of LGBTQ+ teachers in Utah's K-12 schools from Holly Bell - Small Award
Watering our Local Care Ecologies from Familias Floreciendo - Small Award
