Donations are made directly through Virtual Hope and Tilia. Our donations and funds are held much more accountable now than ever in the past, since the requirement is that a third party, Virtual Hope, processes them, and Tilia themselves does the wire transfers. This requirement was established by Linden Lab, and it is our understanding that Virtual Hope also handles all donations to American Cancer Society and Michael J. Fox Foundation. These donations would be verifiable by both Virtual Hope and Tilia since they processed them, in addition to the acknowledgement letters from the charities themselves.

Donations are logged in not one but two ways. We keep copies of the Linden transaction logs monthly and the kiosks provide a log of all donations, which is why we require donations not be made to any person or avatar but only to a kiosk. It’s all tracked properly this way.

Now the not-so-great news. The following donations are waiting on Tilia to process. The funds are secure and well-documented. Tilia has consistently been a source of pain in processing donations, and they continue to be. Derrick Linden and Virtual Hope are both working to try and cut through the red tape, and we expect these to be sent in the near future.

$ 4,513 USD for LGBTQ Freedom Fund – L$ 1,259,861
– this is from last June

$ 4,513 USD for It Gets Better Project – L$ 1,259,861
– this is from last June

$ 2,854.57 for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS – L$ 807,801
– this is from Halloween 2023, Holidaze 2023, and Mardi Gras 2024 combined.

All other donations have been completed and acknowledged. The amounts going back several years are listed along the left side of the website. Acknowledgement letters/receipts are posted in the main thread here but are scattered throughout. We will work on gathering those in on place under documents in the next week or two. UPDATE: This has been completed…acknowledgements from the charities are now available back to 2019 under “Documents” from the top menu.

Additional information:

Current balance in the Second Pride account: L$ 3,975,649

L$ 18,000 of this has been donated toward Second Pride 2024 from new vendors.

Subtracting the donations above that are waiting to be delivered, that leaves a General Fund balance of: L$ 630,126, which is slightly less than we have carried for many years now. This number fluctuates slightly due to expenditures for decor, etc. but remains in the 600K-700K range. Yes, these funds are accounted for in the Bylaws, and would be donated in the event of a crisis. They would go to the last charity that we raised funds for at the time.

Also, Tilia’s rules even make it INCREDIBLY difficult to set up a new charity to receive donations from us. We have not chosen the charity for June 2024 yet, but will announce it, or them, soon. We will likely be supporting one of the charities already set up that we have raised funds for recently rather than trying to get a new charity or charities pushed through. This is not a bad thing, as they are all worthy recipients of our member’s help.

As always, feel free to contact me, Tootsie, or Petr directly if you have questions. Posting anonymously on random, potentially malicious websites is not the best way to get questions answered in a direct and timely manner. We are always available.

Lee McKay
Chairman
Second Pride…

Full schedule below

Day	Date	Time	Performer and Host	Sponsor
Friday	12/15/2023	2pm-4pm	Irish Breen The Music Queen with host Lee
Friday	12/15/2023	4pm-6pm	DJ Duck Tales with host Lynnox
Friday	12/15/2023	6pm-8pm	DJ Stix with host Harry	Club Ren
Friday	12/15/2023	8pm-10pm	DJ Damien with host Cha Eun-Woo
Friday	12/15/2023	10pm-Midnight	DJ Kellen with host Blake
Saturday	12/16/2023	10am-12pm	sirhc with host Vampi	Bock in Second Life
Saturday	12/16/2023	12pm-2pm	DJ Crixus presents Christmas Radio Dramas with host Elioth
Saturday	12/16/2023	2pm-4pm	Proton & Kalyca (Alchemelic) with host Jaylenn
Saturday	12/16/2023	4pm-5pm	Live Singer OuieNanda with host Joyce
Saturday	12/16/2023	5pm-6pm	Live Singer Aint with host Mara
Saturday	12/16/2023	6pm-8pm	DJ Blake with host Harry
Saturday	12/16/2023	8pm-10pm	DJ Morgen with host Blake
Saturday	12/16/2023	10pm-Midnight	DJ Zale with host Hawt
Sunday	12/17/2023	10am-12pm	DJ Scary Jester with host Ryland
Sunday	12/17/2023	12pm-2pm	DJ Rocky with host Lean	Tootsie Nootan
Sunday	12/17/2023	2pm-4pm	DJ Jason Roach with host Harry	(Sponsorship Available)
Sunday	12/17/2023	4pm-5pm	TBA with host Lynnox	(Sponsorship Available)
Sunday	12/17/2023	5pm-6pm	Live Singer Christine with host Lynnox	(Sponsorship Available)
Sunday	12/17/2023	6pm-8pm	DJ Dzl with host Harry	(Sponsorship Available)
Sunday	12/17/2023	8pm-10pm	Closing Party with DJ Levy and host Jaxson	Love Wins Always

Our friends at 8 Pines Stables are doing their 8 Days of Christmas benefit for Second Pride for the THIRD year in a row, December 2nd through 9th. All donations at the event will come directly to Second Pride to benefit Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, adding to our total from Glitter & Gore 2023!

The full schedule is below. Please come out and support and have a good time! All times are in SLT

Now that we’ve all slept at least 24 hours, LOL. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who performed, hosted, secured, ambassadored, designed, donated, or otherwise helped to make Glitter & Gore 2023 a success! The current total is L$ 322,684, or $1,080.55. This isn’t the final total, as there is more math to do, and we’re going to keep the total running through next weekend, so if you didn’t get a chance to donate, you still can! Of course, we will continue to raise funds for BCEFA through Holidaze and Mardi Gras as well, so we can just keep on boosting that number for a great cause! Those are shorter events, and the dates will be announced in November.…

Click the link in the menu at the top of the page. There are a VERY small number of performer and host slots available. Also, all performance slots are available for sponsorship. Contact Lee McKay for more information.

Presented by Back to the 80s
TP to the Event

Saturday – L$ 30,250 Raised on Day One!

8am-10am DJ Mordecai & Host Christa – Saturday Morning Cartoon Party
10am-12pm DJ Raye & Host Keri – Pride EDM Disco Blend
12-2pm DJ Blake & Host Joyce – (Second Pride Guest DJ)
2-4pm DJ Lucifer & Host Reky – Saturday Discomania
4-6pm DJ Ellie & Host R’ryvnn – Free & Fabulous Hi-NRG Party
6-8pm DJ Emz & Host Kevy – Totally Awesome Mixtape (Pride Side)
8-10pm DJ Sam & Host Stefanie – (Second Pride Guest DJ)

Sunday – L$ 45,043 Total Raised!

8am-10am DJ Jason Roach & Host Reky – (Second Pride Guest DJ)
10am-11am DJ Mordecai & Host Keri
11am-12pm Ouie Nanda performing & Host Keri (Live Singer)
12-2pm DJ Blake & Host Kevy – (Second Pride Guest DJ)
2-4pm DJ Marius & Host Keri – Neon Nights: So.Much.80s!
4-6pm DJ UB & Host Siri – The Wayback Machine
6-8pm DJ Raye & Host Dep – The Undie Sunder PLUR Party
8-10pm DJ Tazzie & Host Harry
10pm-12am DJ Advent & Host Brent – 80s Diamonds in the Deep

The full schedule and teleports to each vendor’s location are available at the links at the top of the page!

Please take time to visit each of our sponsor’s/vendor’s locations. It helps us, and it helps them, AND you’ll find some free goodies and super deals if you do!…