2006) had bequeathed $65 million to support gay rights and HIV/AIDS organizations - the largest-ever single bequest for the LGBT community.
On February 24, 2008, Pride Foundation announced that former Microsoft employee Ric Weiland (d. In March 2000, the initiative convinced General Electric to include orientation in both its policy and its diversity training program.
In 1995, the Foundation was part of a shareholder proxy initiative which convinced McDonald's Corporation to extend its non-discrimination policy to include sexual orientation. The Foundation's first president was Allan Tonning, a small businessman who donated $1.2 million, dying just a year after helping set up the organization.
