This will be unpopular however: Ryan Bos Executive Director of Capital Pride Should Be Fired Board President, Ashley Board President Should Resign

NO Dance Party Or Pride Festival should forget the many of our sisters and brothers who have been infected, who have died or who have been affected by the HIV/AIDS  The Cherry Fun and Capital Pride Alliance have done just that. That is NOT OK.  We Must SpeakOut & Fight Back against this type of behavior especially within out own community.
- Tom Donohue

"Yes, this amount is confirmed for 2019. Each year, the Cherry Fund helps the Capital Pride Alliance by producing an event during the
Capital Pride Celebration weekend. Although that event did not take place in 2020 due to the pandemic, we were fortunate to be able
to resume an event in 2021, thus missing only one year, 2020."  The amount was $12,175 in 2019.  Thats not all...

In 2016 - $ 7,000
In 2017 - $10,000
In 2018 - $14,805
In 2019 - $12,175
In 2020 - $ Unknown

$43,980

$43,980
taken from service based organizations yet refuses to request Cherry Fund for transparency.

$43,980
taken from service based organizations yet had to apologize that efforts with regards to WORLD AIDS Day fell short

No problem taking from the HIV/AID service based organizations but can't ask that organization who gave you that money for transparency?

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Capital Pride Alliance since when have you become an organization who provided service-based anything not to mention having any goal of anything around HIV/AIDS, You don't provide mental health services as well as (this would be a loooooong stretch as I don't think you do anything focused with) groups who work with LGBT youth and their allies.

Cherry Fund Mission: The sole purpose of the Fund is to raise monies for service-based non-profit organizations serving the LGBT community of Washington and beyond.  Organizations whose primarily goal is to stop the spread of HIV infection & AIDS by prevention, treatment, and education, organizations that provide mental health services as well as groups who work with LGBT youth and their allies.

Capital Pride Vision & Mission Statement

The Capital Pride Alliance, through its stewardship of diverse programming and events, specifically year-round LGBTQ+ Pride festivities centered in Washington, DC and the National Capital Region, serves to celebrate, educate, support, and inspire our multi-faceted communities in order to grow and preserve our history and protect our rights for current and future generations.

Our MissionThe Capital Pride Alliance, through its stewardship of diverse programming and events, specifically year-round LGBTQ+ Pride festivities centered in Washington, DC and the National Capital Region, serves to celebrate, educate, support, and inspire our multi-faceted communities in order to grow and preserve our history and protect our rights for current and future generations.

Tom's Thoughts...

I have two gripes yup.  Two gripes about organizations that represent those living with HIV/AIDS like raising money or taking money inteneded for local HIV/AIDS organizations and who they said they care about the gay -HIV positive community member will use them to raise money for them yet either give it away or accept it and do nothing with it for that community 
WONDER WHY I ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY 

I wish the fund; The Cherry Fund is most successful year ever. I want to see the organization raise as much money as it can to give back to the DMV Area. Cherry Funds have always been intended to support the local HIV/AIDS community and later local mental health CBO's. Ashley Smith you are typically face front with your face before cameras and speaking on behalf of Capital Pride Alliance, usually a task reserved for an organizations staff, so the right people get attention, Board Members typically remain in the background they raise money, provide oversight and support its leadership they don't normally make media appearances you leave those for those within the organization doing to work - so they are put in the spotlight. Ashley you've avoided handling my concerns about The Cherry Fund, years have gone by where you and Ryan continue to give their leadership credibility - approval. You both know The Cherry Fund has not been able to release tax returns because for years at a time they don't do them. If they don't do their taxes then they can't be seen if they can't be seen then they can't be held accountable from public scrutiny, When I approached CPA to ask them to be the leader within the LGBT Community and step up and approach The Cherry Board about the lack of transparency you assured me an investigation. You did nothing and now I know why. CPA accepted the Cherry Fund's largest single donation in 2019 of $12,175 Why? Capital Pride offers not one HIV/AIDS care service. So, should one ask if CPA is in bed with Capital Pride? Is this why you conducted no investigation? Is this why Capital Pride dismissed a person living with HIV's concern about financial transparency because for years you have been accepting monies truly intended to for someone else to benefit CP's budget. There are no questions The Cherry Fund leaves years of taxes go by then hastily files returns filled with errors, yet you continue to advertise, promote and standby them without asking any questions - why are the same characters still in charge of that organization after nearly 10years? why you haven’t asked for a financial audit they have never done one. As a stake holder in the fight against HIV/AIDS since those who your work touches also go to help those who utilize service-related HIV/AIDS organizations why are you accepting any money from Cherry and why are you not concerned about transparency when transparency is not provided. You have done no HIV/AIDS programming you overlooked World AIDS Day two years ago why? because you were too busy trying to ask people infected or affected by HIV/AIDS to give you money.
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Did you hear either of these organizations reach out to the most vulnerable during the height of the covid epidemic and ask if anyone need anything? Many living with HIV/AIDS were scared to do anything

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