pride in the hills’ Mission is to

Celebrate and uplift our
local LGBTQIA+ community

funding programs that support, empower and create safe spaces for lgbtqia+ youth in ct.

The Programs and People
We Support

This video highlights just a few of the amazing programs and people that we support! Your generosity makes all of this, and so much more, possible. Donate and/or Volunteer by clicking the links in the nav above.

Our Events

What we’ve done

160 young people so they could attend the annual True Colors Convention in Storrs. CT. This is the largest conference of it’s kind in the US providing a safe environment for LGBTQ+ youth to learn through workshops, testimonials and interaction with their peers.
grants to 13 high schools in 2020 to support their Gay Straight Alliance activities.
financial support to QUEST (Queer, Unity, Empowerment, Support Team) of Waterbury for their Queer Youth Social Group in 2020 and 2021.
3 annual college scholarships to LGBTQ+ high school seniors through the Connecticut Community Foundation Scholarship program.
Rainbow Reader Libraries to 5 libraries in our area in conjunction with GLSEN, Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, a national organization that supports GSA’s and does research among queer youth.
Team Sophie B Out of Darkness Walk for the CT Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
in establishing a Leadership Academy for Waterbury youth under the auspices of QUEST – a work in progress.
a Friends and Family event at Quassy Amusement Park in September 2021 and June 2022.
and its founders were featured in the 2019 Connecticut Community Foundation Annual Report.
Equality Connecticut a non-partisan non-profit providing advocacy for LGBTQ+ equality in Connecticut.
with Nuvance Health to expand their educational programming for clinicians and staff by underwriting three annual Grand Rounds on an important topic related to providing quality healthcare to the LGBTQ+ community, each featuring a distinguished guest speaker.