Donations
We ask for a suggested donation of $10 at the entry gates the day of the fair, or online donations anytime. Feel free to donate more if you can. Proceeds go to the non-profit organizations in our beneficiaries roster for the year.
Beneficiaries
The Castro Street Fair wouldn’t be possible without the participation and volunteer power of over twenty local nonprofit organizations. In 2018, our beneficiaries are:
- Bears of San Francisco
- Castro Community On Patrol
- Castro Country Club
- Castro Street Fair
- Centro Las Olas
- Haight Ashbury Community Nursery School
- Imperial Council of San Francisco
- Instituto Familiar de La Raza
- McKinley Elementary – PTA
- Most Holy Redeemer –AIDS Support Group
- Queer Life Space
- San Francisco Boom Softball Team
- San Francisco Spikes
- The 15 Association
- The Family Link
In 2017, the Fair donated $55,000.00 in proceeds to our amazing nonprofit beneficiary organizational partners to help them continue providing essential services to the communities in and around the Castro. Additionally, we are proud that we were able to support the purchase and maintenance of the world-famous Rainbow Flag which flies in Harvey Milk Plaza. Since 1998, the Fair is proud to have given nearly $1.5 million back to it’s community beneficiaries.