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Utah Pride Center posts smaller profit than last year from two-day festival

The festival was held June 7-8.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) People march in the Pride parade in Salt Lake City on Sunday, June 8, 2025. The Utah Pride Center has released its financial report on its two-day "Radical Love" festival, which included the parade.

The Utah Pride Center has shared a financial report following its 2025 “Radical Love” festival.

The nonprofit organization spent more than $1.1 million on the event, which was held June 7-8.

The parade itself cost the Pride Center $118,000.

Elsewhere, the center spent $165,000 on security, $160,000 on equipment and fencing, $170,000 on tenting and $200,000 on entertainment.

The event brought in just over $1.3 million in revenue, down from previous year. Of the 2025 revenue, $200,000 came from from vendor fees, $480,000 from ticketing and $390,000 from sponsorships.

The Pride Center lost sponsors this year because of ongoing backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

The roughly $143,000 in net proceeds from “Radical Love” will benefit the programs at the center. In 2024, the center earned $374,000 from the festival and parade.

Still, the report shows the LGBTQ+ nonprofit is making headway after years of weathering bumpy financials and internal strife. In August 2023, the center admitted to “massive financial turmoil” after a third of the organization’s employees were laid off.