Increased Economic Opportunities for LGBT Community

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Examiner
Jul 6, 2007 6:00 AM (3 hrs ago)
by Amy Dobson, The Examiner

Started in late 2003 with an initial grant from the Mayor's Office of Community Development of $75,000, this program received strong support from Bevan Dufty, Supervisor for District 8 and an original founder of The Center. To date the program has served thousands of LGBT community members, and it has received additional funding from private companies as large as Bank of America and Wells Fargo. The Economic Development Program also receives fee income and in-kind support for their workforce development programs from a wide variety of companies such as McKesson, Charles Schwab, Clorox, and the Kimpton Group, as well as the City of San Francisco.