Why Philadelphia Pride Organizers Dumped Its Big Corporate Sponsors

Philadelphia Orchestra Pride Concert goes on despite federal funding cut

The gays must go on. Despite a $25,000 federal grant cut to the Philadelphia Orchestra’s annual Pride Concert, hundreds of queer Philadelphians and straight allies packed into the Kimmel Center’s Marian Anderson Hall for the free music celebration this week. “This is the Philadelphia orchestra’s fourth annual pride celebration and concert,” Danielle Allen, vice president of education and community for the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts…

2025 Pride celebrations go ahead despite corporate exodus. But organizers say it won't be easy.

The organizers of prominent Pride celebrations saw huge sponsorship drop-offs this year, a pattern seen as a response to the Trump administration.

Why Philadelphia Pride Organizers Dumped Its Big Corporate Sponsors

As large companies back off previous anti-discrimination policies, event organizers in the City of Brotherly Love decided to scrap their support, rejecting Target, Wawa, AARP, and Burlington.