Campaigning The Organizations Making Pride Real All Year Round Elizabeth Holloway June 15, 2026 » Blog » The Organizations Making Pride Real All Year Round The Organizations Making Pride Real All Year Round - Table of Contents The organizations doing the work How businesses can show up with substance Pride is sustained by the work Last year, we wrote about what it means to show up as an ally when the headlines are hard. About how silence sends its own message, how allyship requires commitment, and how the strongest signals of support are often felt more than they’re seen. A year later, the context that shaped that conversation hasn’t gone away. Book bannings, rollbacks on gender-affirming healthcare, and the erosion of DEI initiatives continue to threaten 2SLGBTQ+ communities, particularly in the US, but with ripple effects felt here in Canada too. The political climate has shifted, but the pressure on queer and trans people has remained constant. And so has the work. Across the country, organizations have continued showing up through all of it: running youth drop-ins, funding counselling, supporting access to gender-affirming care, relocating people fleeing persecution, educating families, and building the kind of community infrastructure that keeps people safe and seen. They do this work in June, and they do it every other month too. This year, we wanted to put those organizations at the centre of our Pride content. Because while we believe in the power of visibility, celebration, and public solidarity, we also know that Pride is sustained by the people and organizations doing the daily, often unglamorous work of care, advocacy, and protection. So here’s who they are, what they do, and how you can support them. The organizations doing the work These are some of the Canadian organizations sustaining 2SLGBTQ+ communities through direct services, advocacy, and care. They span youth support, trans health, education for families and other organizations, counselling, housing, policy work, and emergency relocation, and they represent both local community roots and national reach. In Montreal Project 10 Project 10 supports 2SLGBTQ+ youth and young adults 14-25 with services focused on personal, social, sexual, and mental well-being. For young people navigating identity in a world that still makes that process harder than it should be, Project 10 offers a grounded, accessible point of connection. Support Project 10 → ASTT(e)Q Operating through CACTUS Montréal, ASTT(e)Q provides direct support for trans communities, with a particular focus on health, harm reduction, and access to affirming services. Trans-specific infrastructure remains critically underfunded across the country, and ASTT(e)Q is one of the organizations working to change that locally. Learn more about ASTT(e)Q → Jeunesse Lambda Jeunesse Lambda works to reduce isolation among 2SLGBTQ+ youth 14-30 and supports access to gender-affirming resources. Their work is especially important for young people who may not yet have safe spaces in their schools, families, or broader communities. Visit Jeunesse Lambda → West Island LGBTQ2+ Centre The West Island LGBTQ2+ Centre provides peer support groups, workshops, and community events for 2SLGBTQ+ people in Montreal’s West Island. Local organizations like this one play a vital role in making sure support is accessible beyond downtown cores and major urban hubs. Support the Centre → Across Canada Egale Canada Egale is one of Canada’s leading organizations for 2SLGBTQ+ rights, research, education, and advocacy. Their work spans anti-hate initiatives, policy reform, and public education, and they’ve been a consistent voice in the push for systemic change at the federal and provincial level. Donate to Egale → PFLAG Canada PFLAG Canada supports families, friends, and allies of 2SLGBTQ+ people through peer support, education, and community resources. For many families navigating a loved one’s coming out, PFLAG is the first place they turn for guidance and understanding. Donate to PFLAG Canada → It Gets Better Canada It Gets Better Canada focuses on youth uplift, storytelling, and digital safety programming. In 2025, the organization announced federal funding to expand its work, a signal of the growing recognition that youth-focused 2SLGBTQ+ programming is essential infrastructure. Donate to It Gets Better Canada → Rainbow Railroad Rainbow Railroad helps 2SLGBTQ+ people facing persecution around the world find safety, including emergency relocation to Canada. Their work is literally life-saving, and their partnership model with organizations like IKEA Canada (which committed up to $200,000 in 2025 through Rainbow Cake sales) shows what meaningful corporate allyship can look like when it’s tied to specific outcomes: in that case, helping roughly 300 at-risk individuals resettle safely. Support Rainbow Railroad → The 519 (Toronto) The 519 is a City of Toronto agency and community centre that offers counselling, drop-in programs, and advocacy for 2SLGBTQ+ communities. It’s a cornerstone of queer community life in Toronto and a model for what municipally supported inclusion can look like. Donate to The 519 → QMUNITY (Vancouver) QMUNITY is BC’s queer, trans, and Two-Spirit resource centre, offering programs, services, and support across the province. They also have clear pathways for corporate sponsorship and community partnership, making them a strong option for businesses looking to formalize their support. Donate to QMUNITY → Rainbow Resource Centre (Winnipeg) The Rainbow Resource Centre provides counselling, education, and youth programming for 2SLGBTQ+ communities in Manitoba. Their breadth of services reflects the reality that community support needs to cover everything from mental health to family education to social connection. Support the Rainbow Resource Centre → OUTSaskatoon OUTSaskatoon serves 2SLGBTQ+ communities in Saskatoon and beyond with programming that spans youth support, education, and advocacy. Their donation page is especially worth visiting because it translates specific dollar amounts into tangible community outcomes, a helpful model for anyone thinking about how to communicate the impact of giving. Donate to OUTSaskatoon → How businesses can show up with substance Knowing who to support is the first step. The next is figuring out how to do it in a way that’s meaningful, sustainable, and grounded in real accountability. A rainbow logo or a Pride-themed social post can be part of a company’s expression of solidarity, but on their own, these gestures often ring hollow. Audiences have become very good at recognizing when aesthetic allyship isn’t backed by material support. The question people are asking now is simple: who benefits from this, how much, and what happens after June? Here are some practical ways businesses can bridge that: Fund specific organizations with clear mechanisms Choose a partner (or a mix of national and local partners) and build a campaign around a transparent giving structure: a percentage of sales, a per-purchase donation, an employee match, or a set financial commitment with a public cap. The IKEA Canada and Rainbow Railroad partnership is a strong example of this in action. They went beyond the cake sales, and provided a clear roadmap to how they support the 2SLGBTQ+ community year-round. Support year-round, and say so Pride at Work Canada’s annual report on workplace inclusion is a useful benchmark here. The most credible companies are the ones that can point to what they do in the other eleven months: equitable benefits, inclusive hiring, internal education, and genuine pathways to leadership for queer, trans, Two-Spirit, and nonbinary employees. Let the community lead Create space to hear from 2SLGBTQ+ employees, customers, and community partners about what support actually looks like. Compensate people for that insight and emotional labour. And when you amplify community voices, keep the spotlight on them rather than centering your brand in the story. Make it easy for others to give Platforms like CanadaHelps offer corporate giving tools, including charity gift cards, branded fundraising campaigns, and employee giving programs, that make it straightforward for businesses to turn intention into action. Be honest about where you are. Some organizations can’t take a public stance safely. That’s real, and it deserves acknowledgment. But as we wrote last year, silence doesn’t have to mean inaction. Internal policies, quiet donations, equitable practices, and behind-the-scenes support all matter, especially when public visibility carries genuine risk. Pride is sustained by the work The organizations in this post are doing something that a campaign can’t: they’re building and maintaining the infrastructure that 2SLGBTQ+ communities rely on every day. Counselling. Housing. Youth programs. Emergency relocation. Family support. Trans health services. Policy advocacy. Community space. That work doesn’t pause for the news cycle, and it doesn’t run on a campaign calendar. This Pride Month, we’d encourage you to learn about these organizations, share their work, and find ways to support them that go beyond June. Whether you’re an individual looking for a place to direct a donation or a business rethinking what meaningful allyship looks like, the starting point is the same: follow the lead of the communities and organizations that have been doing this work all along. They didn’t wait for Pride Month. And the support they need doesn’t end when it’s over. A note on this list: We’ve done our best to verify that all organizations and donation links listed here are current as of publication. If you’re planning a campaign or partnership around any of these organizations, we recommend confirming details directly with them. Community organizations evolve, and the best way to support them well is to stay in direct conversation. 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