Organization: TEAM DC INC
Mission: TEAM DC SERVES AS AN AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION WITH THE GOALS OF FOSTERING GREATER PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR SPORTS COMPETITION BY THE LGBT COMMUNITY. IT ENDOWS AND GRANTS PERIODIC SCHOLARSHIPS TO LGBT STUDENT-ATHLETES PURSUING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. TEAM DC ALSO EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE ON THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF LGBT ATHLETES, SEEKING TO ELIMINATE ANIMUS, PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION DIRECTED AGAINST LGBT PEOPLE AND AGAINST THEIR PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS. AND TEAM DC CONFERS GRANTS AND STIPENDS TO LGBT TEAMS SEEKING TO PREPARE AND COMPETE IN NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR SPORTS COMPETITIONS.
Activities: NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS
TEAM DC'S NIGHT OUT EVENTS, IN COLLABORATION WITH DC'S PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS, HAS GROWN TO BECOME THE LARGEST LGBT COMMUNITY EVENT SERIES FOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED NIGHT OUT SERIES EVENTS IN 2017 THAT INCLUDED WASHINGTON'S MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS FOR FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, SOCCER, HOCKEY, AND BASKETBALL.
TEAM DC PROVIDED DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO LOCAL TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR PARTICIPATING IN PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY EVENTS, SUCH AS CASINO NIGHTS, THE TEAM DC FASHION SHOW, NIGHT OUT EVENTS, AND THE PRIDE FESTIVAL BEER GARDEN.
NTEE category: Recreation & Sports
Secondary category: Youth Development