Thank you for your interest in joining the Kentuckiana Pride Foundation!

With over 43 years of history since our formative roots as a Pride picnic, we have grown into one of the largest parade and festivals in the Kentuckiana region. We are always in search of community leaders who are wanting to increase LGBTQIA+ visibility.
If you are interesting in joining the organization as a member or want to be a part our community organizing team, please email info@kypride.com with a copy of your resume. Please include any details related to what roles you might have an interest in supporting.
Community Volunteer Opportunities Available:
  • Accounting and Financial Analysis
  • Community Outreach and Engagement
  • Communications, Marketing, Media, and Press
  • Community Organizing
  • Donor Engagement
  • Entertainment Development and Booking
  • Fundraising & Friends of Pride
  • Legal Representation
  • Pride Festival Support
  • Pride Parade Management
  • Program Development
  • Technology or Data Sciences
  • Volunteer Support and Management
  • Other Industry Experience Not Listed

About Our Committees

Accounting and Financial Analysis
This committee serves the needs of all financial and accounting needs of the organization. Responsibilities include auditing, receivables, payables, reconciliation, controls, and working to build stronger and sustainable processes for the financial viability of the organization.

Community Outreach and Engagement
This committee will be responsible for engaging with businesses and the community in developing new programming while maintaining existing services and programming. Programming will include developing the pride pool party, dance and other social events, leadership development, networking events, and developing relationships with pride organizations across the region for collaborative opportunities.

Communications, Marketing, Media, and Press

This committee will develop press releases, create graphics and video content, event promotion, ad campaigns, media relationship development, social networking, public relations, and other creative development and management.

Donor Engagement

This committee is responsible for building donors and sponsorships across the foundation. The primary aim of this committee is to ensure that existing and new programming established has the necessary funds to be successful and to create lasting and lifelong relationships with the community. This committee will work closely with the community engagement committee and will serve at the leisure of the Board’s primary community investments and strategy.

Fundraising & Friends of Pride

This committee will be responsible for engaging donors and raising funds to support the mission, business, and related programming. Some of the programming that has evolved from this committee includes producing the annual Drag Queens on Ice, the inaugural for 2026 Bourbon and Blues, and many other events throughout the year. This committee is also charged with supporting our Friends of Pride who are supporters of the KPF vision and mission.

Pride Festival Support
This committee will support the development of the festival for KPF. Responsibilities will include managing requests for proposals to support the festival management companies and vendors and will provide the oversight of all festival activities.

Pride Parade
This committee will support the development of the parade. Responsibilities will include obtaining permits, acquiring insurance, vetting parade applications, and other duties related to producing the largest pride parade in Kentucky.

Technology or Data Sciences
This committee will be responsible for procuring, maintaining, and retiring software, hardware, and related technologies for the success of the organization and its infrastructure. This is a new committee and will evolve as-needed and will serve at the leisure of the Board’s business strategy.


The Shine Gala
The Shine Gala is a premier high-impact fundraising event and is a first of its kind for KPF. As the organization pivots the foundation to focus on the greater Kentuckiana community, we are seeking to build an endowment for the broader Kentucky and southern Indiana region through grants, scholarships, community service, and community re-investment. The initial goal of this gala is to raise $1 million in the next 5 years that can build a renewable source of funding for the foundation and Kentuckiana.

Volunteer Support and Management
This committee will support the development of volunteers needed for KPF programming. Responsibilities will include creating a call for volunteers, maintaining a volunteer contact list, logging volunteer hours, and other duties related to volunteer administration.