San Francisco, CA - November 11, 2008 -
The Board of Directors of Folsom Street Events announced charitable giving in the amount of $339,725 today.
Andy Copper, Board President, says, “We are enormously grateful to our sponsors, beneficiaries, beverage partners, and the leather/fetish community for their generous support. 2008 was an historic year for us, marking the 25th Folsom Street Fair with unprecedented visibility, excitement, and events abound.”
According to Demetri Moshoyannis, Executive Director, “The majority of this check will support the work of our 16 Bay Area major and supporting beneficiaries that are working diligently to improve our communities in the areas of public health, human services, and the arts. However, our grant-making extends beyond these groups to include our nonprofit beverage partners, community partners, and the National Community Grants Program. Combined, we support over 60 worthy charities; and, we couldn’t be happier with the results of our giving programs.”
Today, Folsom Street Events hosts a very special evening to honor its beneficiaries, sponsors, and nonprofit beverage partners with a check ceremony. The event is held by invitation only and will occur at the incredibly chic and charity-minded supperclub in the South of Market neighborhood. Special invited guests include Supervisor Bevan Dufty, Treasurer Jose Cisneros, and Joe D’Alessandro, San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Sponsors included PRESENTING SPONSORS TitanMen.com, RECON.com, NakedSword.com, and GLOSS; PREMIER SPONSORS Steamworks, StraightHell.net, Mr. S Leather, Doc Johnson, Elbow Grease, Gay.com, and AdultFriendFinder; CHARTER SPONSORS Blow Buddies, Stockroom/Stormy Leather, XR LLC, Manhunt.net, Leatherpost.com, Powerhouse, Renoir Hotel, and Joie de Vivre Hospitality; and, MEDIA LIVE 105, SF Bay Guardian, IN LA Magazine, and Bear Party Magazine.
About Folsom Street Events
Folsom Street Events is a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency that produces four annual fetish events: Bay of Pigs™, Up Your Alley®, Magnitude®, and Folsom Street Fair™. Its mission is to create volunteer-driven leather events that provide the adult alternative lifestyle community with safe venues for self-expression while emphasizing freedom, fun, frolic and fetish and raising funds to benefit charity. In 2008, over 400,000 attendees raised money for charitable donations.###
