Supporting the Harriet Hancock Center through giving helps us foster a safe and inclusive environment where individuals can access peer support, education, and advocacy. By contributing, you help sustain life-saving programs like Transfusion, YouthOUTLOUD, the Queer Collective, and other community events that empower LGBTQ+ individuals to be authentically themselves.

Your generosity ensures that the center can continue providing non-clinical services and resources, ultimately creating a stronger, more resilient LGBTQ+ community in the greater Columbia and Midlands region.

What is annual giving?

Annual giving is a fancy way to say that we solicit donations and gifts year-round to do impactful work. While we will have topic-specific campaigns, like our Valentine’s Day fundraiser to grow our Change Your Name, Change Your Life Clinic, unrestricted gifts made through the Harriet’s Heroes Annual Giving Program help sustain and enhance all facets of the Harriet Hancock Center and the work we do. 

What is the Harriet's Heroes Annual Giving Program?

Harriet’s Heroes Annual Giving Program honors our founder, Harriet Hancock, who has been an ally, champion and staunch advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. Donations through the Harriet’s Heroes helps us invest in our organization, our partners and our community in South Carolina. Your donations help us to:

• Host life-changing and life-saving social and peer-support programs

• Develop more inclusive and compassionate programming

• Maintain the Center and provide safe space for community events

• Invest in collaborative efforts like advocacy through our coalition and work with our partners

How to become a Harriet's Hero

By making a donation every year you will become and stay a Harriet’s Hero. Below are the areas that you can designate your support: 

The General Fund - You give us the ability to choose how to invest these contributions into areas of greatest need.

Social programming - This focus invests into programs that celebrate joy and connection among our community members.

Youth and family programming - This focus invests into programs like celebrating our youth and their families.

Educational or Advocacy-related programming - This focus allows us to develop workshops, bring in speakers, strengthen collaborations and continue to champion for our community.

What are the benefits of becoming a donor?

Benefits of being a donor include placement on the Harriet Hancock Center’s Donor Honor Roll, a Harriet’s Heroes Sticker, and invitations to donor-only events. Additionally, donors may receive discounts to events depending on giving tier. Join us in making a difference!

We welcome both individual and organizational support of all stripes, including:

Individual Donors: 

• Red Tier ($1 - $99) Red symbolizes life and the continued fight against HIV and AIDS stigma.

• Orange Tier ($100 - $249): Orange signifies health, healing, and vital energy.

• Yellow Tier ($250 - $499):  Sunny yellow represents energy and vitality.

• Green Tier ($500 - $999): Green symbolizes growth and new beginnings.

• Blue Tier ($1,000 - $2,499): Blue signals harmony, and inner peace.

Corporate Donors:

• Pink Tier ($2,500 - $4,999): Pink signifies friendship, love, and inclusion.

• Black Tier ($5,000 - $7,999): Black represents solidarity with those lost, as well as resilience in the face of adversity.

• Purple Tier ($7,500 - $10,000): Purple represents the solidarity of the LGBTQ+ community.