Charity's

Mission Statement

Making leather, kink, BDSM, and fetish accessible through research, preservation, education and community engagement.

  CLAW holds that adult interest in leather, fetish, and BDSM is natural and healthy.  We learn that from one another in person.  CLAW is a 501c3 charity dedicated to fundraising, education, volunteerism and other charitable needs of the leather community.  CLAW produces a large annual conference for gay men in Cleveland, Ohio.  

 The Leather Heart Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization established in 2009 whose mission is to provide charitable assistance in times of financial hardship to individuals of all sexual orientations (who are 18 and over) in the Leather, BDSM, M/s and fetish communities.