The Hetrick-Martin Institute
The Hetrick-Martin Institute, home of the Harvey Milk High School, believes all young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential. Founded in 1979, The Hetrick-Martin Institute creates this environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth between the ages of 12 and 24 and their families. Through a comprehensive package of direct services and referrals, Hetrick-Martin seeks to foster healthy youth development. Hetrick-Martin’s staff promotes excellence in the delivery of youth services and uses its expertise to create innovative programs that other organizations may use as models. For more information, please visit hmi.org.

Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal, founded in 1973, is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and people with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work. Lambda Legal's landmark U.S. Supreme Court victory in Lawrence v. Texas in 2003 finally ended the criminalization of gay and lesbian sexual intimacy in this country, and has been cited in more than 300 legal rulings since then. Based in offices in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles, Lambda Legal tackles a range of issues including marriage, relationships and parenting; employment discrimination; HIV; health care; transgender rights; youth issues; and the need for fair courts. For more information, please visit lambdalegal.org.

The AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA)
The AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA) is a leading HIV research and education organization. ACRIA tests the newest HIV therapies; undertakes cutting-edge research to understand better who has HIV and how to keep people with the disease healthy; provides life-saving HIV health information to disadvantaged people and communities around the world; and strengthens community-based groups across the U.S and the Caribbean through a comprehensive technical assistance program. Additionally, through its Center on HIV & Aging, ACRIA is a recognized leader on the emerging issue of older adults and HIV. For more information, please visit ACRIA.org.

The Point Foundation
Point Foundation (Point) is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students of merit. Point provides financial support, leadership training, mentoring and hope to LGBT individuals who are marginalized because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Point provides its scholars with the financial ability to attend the nation’s foremost higher educational institutions and its donors and mentors with the rare satisfaction of directly investing their resources and time in future generations of leaders. For more information, please visit pointfoundation.org.