# The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert

The Center's mission is to create a vibrant LGBT community in the Coachella Valley .

## Organization facts

- **Organization:** The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert
- **Legal name:** The Lgbtq Community Center of the Desert
- **Organization type:** 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- **EIN:** 33-0937301
- **IRS 501(c)(3) ruling:** 2000
- **Headquarters:** Palm Springs, California
- **Primary cause:** LGBTQ+ & Equality
- **CV Giving Day status:** 2026 participant
- **Official website:** https://www.thecentercv.org
- **Giving page:** https://www.mightycause.com/organization/lgbtqcenter-1760986332

## About The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert

The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert (The Center) is the only Coachella Valley organization dedicated to meeting the diverse needs of all LGBTQ+ individuals. From the McDonald/Wright Building in Palm Springs to TheCenter Coachella, the Scott Hines Behavioral Health Clinic and the Community Food Bank, The Center focuses its work on ending isolation and loneliness, connecting people to resources and community, and enriching the individual and collective experiences that contribute to LGBTQ+ people’s health and happiness.
OUR VISION: Thriving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people,living authentically in supportive inclusive communities.
OUR MISSION: Creating vibrant community by helping LGBTQ+people along their way.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES: Ending Isolation & Loneliness; Connecting People to Resources & Community; Enriching Our Individual & Collective Experiences
CORE PURPOSE:  Making meaningful connections
The Center is meeting the unique needs of a large and varied LGBTQ+ population with programs and supportive spaces that align with our mission, including support around food insecurity and behavioral health, and specific programs for youth and family, seniors, women, and transgender and gender expansive individuals.
In one year, The Center counts more than 85,000 individual interactions acrossall sites and programs. This includes our classes, support groups, youth hangouts, social events, and every time someone comes through our front doors seeking resources or a safe, affirming space.

## Record

- **Verified:** Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record.
- **Participation years on record:** 2025, 2026
- **Years covered by our records:** 2025, 2026 (absence of a year does not mean the organization did not participate)
- **Last reviewed:** August 19, 2026
- **Canonical page:** https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/the-lgbtq-community-center-of-the-desert/
- **Provided by:** Desert Community Foundation (501(c)(3), EIN 95-4725924)