Your Support Means More Than Ever!

Today, Outfest needs you. As we rebuild, your support is essential to bringing back the world-class programming and vibrant community events that define us. Without it, we simply cannot return to the scale and impact our community deserves.

Your gift will directly fund expanded staffing and programming in 2025 — and lay the foundation for sustainable growth in 2026. Most immediately, it will help us launch OutfestNEXT a four-day screening event that reunites our community with:

• Celebrated films from Outfest’s rich history
• Acclaimed film festival titles from the past year that haven’t yet screened in L.A.
• Special events that honor our legacy and galvanize our future

This year’s programming is intentionally more intimate — smaller screenings, curated gatherings, and meaningful moments of reconnection. To reflect this unique moment, we’ve created a new giving structure with updated benefits for 2025 that better support our rebuilding efforts and deepen donor engagement.

Now more than ever, your support makes the difference. Let’s bring Outfest back — together.

2025 GIVING LEVELS

Note: As our theaters for OutfestNEXT will have a smaller seat count (100-150) and there will be fewer programs (around 20), we can not offer passes. Instead, we have allocated tickets at each level. 

FRIEND: $250+ annually
Benefits:

• Name listed on Outfest website as a supporter of queer storytelling
• Invitations to select non-festival Outfest screenings
• Early access to tickets
• Free access to virtual screenings
• Discount on select festival tickets (10%)

SUPPORTER: $500+ annually
Benefits:

• All $250 benefits
• Recognition in digital festival program**
• Invitation to a pre-festival supporter gathering
• 4 Complimentary screening tickets*

ADVOCATE: $1,000+ annually
Benefits:

• All $500 benefits
• Name recognition on-screen before select festival screenings**
• Invitations to conversations with filmmakers and Outfest programmers
• Priority access to ticket pre-sales for high-demand events
• 8 Complimentary screening tickets*  (*RSVP for tickets required)
  

PATRON: $2,500+ annually
Benefits:

• All $1K benefits
• Reserved seating opportunities at select festival events
• Invitation to a donor-exclusive event during the festival
• Virtual curatorial preview with Outfest’s Director of Programming
• Recognition at year-round Outfest events
• 20 Complimentary screening tickets* (limit 4 per screening)

BENEFACTOR: $5,000+ annually
Benefits:

• All $2500 benefits
• Reserved table or VIP lounge access at festival venues (as available)
• Concierge-level ticketing support
• Opportunity to host a filmmaker or artist at an Outfest event
• A festival screening or program named in your honor (web + on-screen recognition)
• 2 Complimentary tickets for every screening*

CHAMPION: $10,000+ annually
Benefits:

• All $5K benefits
• Recognition at all major Outfest events and year-round programming
• Private strategy conversation with the Executive Director
• Opportunity to underwrite an artist award or initiative with name recognition
• Invitation to an intimate post-festival debrief session to shape future vision
• 2 Complimentary tickets for every screening*

*MUST RSVP for your selected screening

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