Happy Pride Month!

By
Ella Savini & Carina Traub
Published on
June 12, 2025

Ways you can show up for SIF’s LGBTQIA+ Innovators

Happy Pride from the SIF team!

At our recent Funder Learning event, one of our speakers, Collique Williams, Executive Director of The City School, encouraged emerging philanthropists to contribute to nonprofit organizations “out loud.” Giving quietly is impactful, but giving and raising your voice to amplify the missions of the nonprofits you love can be an even more powerful way to support the organizations.

This Pride month, we’re taking that recommendation to heart and shouting about how much we love four of our former Social Innovators doing critical work in the LGBTQIA+ community space. Each of these organizations is working to build the vibrant future that our communities deserve. We hope you’ll click the links and discover why we love BAGLY, The Theater Offensive, Breaktime, and the LGBTQIA+ Aging Project so much!

BAGLY (2022 Social Innovator)

For nearly 50 years, BAGLY (The Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth) has been a youth-led, adult-supported social support organization, committed to social justice and creating, sustaining, and advocating for programs, policies, and services for the LGBTQ+ youth community in Massachusetts.

Ways you can show up for BAGLY

  1. Volunteer as an Adult Advisor in BAGLY’s Community Center.
  2. Donate to to transform the lives and landscapes of LGBTQIA+ youth.
  3. Share their mission with your network via Instagram, @bagly_inc; Facebook, @bagly.allies; and LinkedIn,@bagly-inc.

 

The Theater Offensive (2008 Social Innovator)

To present liberating art by, for, and about queer and trans people of color that transcends artistic boundaries, celebrates cultural abundance, and dismantles oppression.

Ways you can show up for The Theater Offensive

  1. Show up in person for programming and events. Solidarity in Action means supporting the work and the artists holistically.
  2. Donate once or make recurring donations to receive exclusive deals on tickets and merch, behind-the-scenes access, and more!
  3. Share their mission with your network by forwarding their newsletter or via Instagram, @outoffensive; Facebook, @thetheateroffensive; and LinkedIn, @the-theater-offensive.

 

Breaktime (2021 Social Innovator)

Breaktime’s mission is to break the cycle of homelessness by equipping young adults with the job and financial security they need to establish housing security. By providing employment, wraparound services, and financial support, Breaktime works to ensure that every young person has the tools they need to achieve job, financial, and long-term housing security.

Ways you can show up for Breaktime

  1. Volunteer as a Career Navigator or Flight Booster to support young adults experiencing homelessness (up to 40% of youth experiencing homelessness identify as LGBTQIA+).
  2. Donate to support Breaktime’s programming that provides job placement, housing services, work attire, transportation costs, and more!
  3. Spread awareness by amplifying posts from Breaktime across Instagram, @breaktime; Facebook, @breaktime; and LinkedIn, @breaktimeboston.

 

LGBTQIA+ Aging Project, a program of Fenway Health (2012 Social Innovator)

The LGBTQIA+ Aging Project works toward equity, inclusion, and community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual older adults, ensuring that they can age with the dignity and respect they deserve.

Ways you can show up for the LGBTQIA+ Aging Project

  1. Volunteer to support a project or event.
  2. Donate to support LGBTQIA+ communities, BIPOC communities, and others with limited access to health care – regardless of their ability to pay.
  3. Spread awareness by attending an upcoming event with a friend!

We’re excited to announce that the 2026 Accelerator cycle will feature a social issue track on Supporting the LGBTQ+ Community, so we will be bringing a new LGBTQIA+ community-serving organization into the SIF network. We’re so grateful for BAGLY, The Theater Offensive, Breaktime, and the LGBTQIA+ Aging Project for their impactful work. 

We all, as LGBTQIA+ community members and allies, should continue to loudly uplift those building the brighter future we hope to see.