Visit Atlantic City has partnered with the LGBT Meeting Professionals Association and SocialOffset to offer attendees of the LBGT MPA Networking Reception at PCMA Convening Leaders 2025 the opportunity to contribute to Tony’s Place, a local Houston LGBTQ+ charity that is focused on helping LGBTQ+ youth in Houston, Texas feel welcomed and safe.
We invite you to use this campaign to take meaningful action and offset any internal conflict you may have about tax spending in Houston, Texas, by supporting a local charity that makes a positive difference in the community.
Join us in donating to Tony’s Place. Visit Atlantic City has kick started the campaign with a $500 donation!
If you’re attending
Visit Atlantic City with LGBT MPA we invite you to use this
campaign to offset any spending in
Visit Atlantic City with LGBT MPA,
Texas that doesn’t
align with your values by supporting local charities that do.
Visit Atlantic City and LGBT MPA worked with SocialOffset to select a vetted local charity that supports LGBTQ+ equality. SocialOffset will send 100% of your tax-deductible donation to Tony's Place.
100% of all donations go to your cause.
Select a local charity that is aligned with your values:
When you travel, every purchase you make generates tax revenue for a state government. That revenue may contribute to governmental policies that don't align with your values. Giving to a local charity working towards the equity goals you care about can help balance the scale. Every dollar counts, please give what you can.
How much should you give ?
When you travel, every purchase you make generates tax revenue for a government that may make (or fail to make) policies that don’t align with your values. Giving to a local charity working towards the equity goals you care about can help balance the scale. What should you give? Based on ISHLT’s estimated spend per Leadership Meeting attendee and Florida’s state tax rate, SocialOffset suggested an offset contribution of $35 or more.
This is based on the following information:
11% per hotel room night (Florida’s state tax rate of 6%, and 1% tax for Pinellas County, and 5% tourist development tax)
7% sales tax per meal or beverage (Florida’s state tax rate of 6%, and 1% tax for Pinellas County)
7% sales tax per taxi (Florida’s state tax rate of 6%, and 1% tax for Pinellas County)