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Equality Federation

EQUALITY FEDERATION is an advocacy accelerator rooted in social justice, building power in our network of state-based lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (lgbtq+) advocacy organizations.

$172k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Civil Rights$873kPublic Benefit$88kCrime & Legal$59k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $112,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $172,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $59,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $89k
$11,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EQUALITY VIRGINIA ADVOCATES$30,000
EQUALITY NORTH CAROLINA$25,000
THE SOUTHERN EMPOWERMENT COLLECTIVE$12,500
EQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORK$11,000
FAIRNESS WEST VIRGINIA$10,000
SILVER STATE EQUALITY$9,000
GARDEN STATE EQUALITY$7,500
OUTFRONT MINNESOTA$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $74k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TO PROTECT LGBTQ COLORADANS: $30k → 12%TRANSFORMATION PROJECT ADVOCACY NETWORK: $13k → 9%PROMO: $15k → 21%PROMO: $9k → 21%PROMO: $8k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
WI
MI
WY
SD
IA
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
SC
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$764k · 16 repeat orgs$368k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
19

Total granted

$764k
$348k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

81%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsArts & CultureEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • EM
    EQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORK
    5× · 2021–2025 · $98k · revenue ×47 · 35% of their budget
  • FW
    FAIR WISCONSIN INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $44k · revenue +276% · 50% of their budget
  • EO
    Equality Ohio
    2× · 2021–2024 · $38k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • EO
    EQUALITY OHIO ACTION FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $60k
  • FJ
    FREESTATE JUSTICE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $59k · revenue -13%
  • OC
    ONE COLORADO
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
EqualityMaine

EqualityMaine works to protect and advance full equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Mainers by creating an inclusive and intersectional movement through political action, community building, education,…

Civil Rights
2
National Trans Bar Association
Education
3
Northwest Arkansas Equality Inc

Northwest Arkansas Equalitys mission is to provide programming, education and advocacy to serve, connect, and empower the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer community.

Civil Rights
4
Lavender Legal Center

Public interest law firm

Crime & Legal
5
Equality Michigan

To achieve full equality and respect for all michigan residents, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Civil Rights
6
EqualityMaine Foundation

EqualityMaine Foundation works to protect and advance full equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Mainers by creating an inclusive and intersectional movement through community building, education, engagement, and…

Human Services
7
Equal Rights for All Petition

Amends Constitution: Specifies that prohibited discrimination includes discrimination concerning gender identity/pregnancy, related health decisions, sexual orientation

—
8
Outfront Minnesota Community Services

Outfront's mission is to create a state where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (lgbtq) people are free to be who they are, love who they love, and live without fear of violence, harassment or discrimination. in our effort to…

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9
Equality Foundation of Ga Inc

Conducting research and educating the public on gay, lesbian/ bisexual and transgender social, economic, political and legislative issues.

Civil Rights
10
Equality Hi

Equality HI's Mission envisions a thriving and empowering culture that proactively engages in creating an inclusive and diverse queer community through aloha, leadership, resources, services and education.

Human Services
11
Equality Pennsylvania

To seek equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (lgbt) pennsylvanians.

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12
Equality Legal Action Fund

We are a group of volunteer attorneys and advocates who are dedicated to fighting extremism and disinformation against educators, public officials, election officials, and members of the lgbtq community. no nebraskan deserves to be the…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Equality Utah; the most unlike its peers is Centro Por La Justicia. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/31
Grantees still filing
13/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORK: $97,500 · Civil RightsEQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORKFAIRNESS WEST VIRGINIA INC: $90,000 · Civil RightsFAIRNESS WEST VIRGINIA INCEQUALITY NC: $77,000 · Civil RightsEQUALITY NCEquality Ohio: $37,500 · Civil RightsEquality OhioFreedom Oklahoma Action Fund: $37,500 · Civil RightsFreedom Oklahoma Action FundEQUALITY FLORIDA ACTION INC: $36,450 · Civil RightsEQUALITY FLORIDA ACTION INCOUTFRONT MINNESOTA: $35,000 · Civil RightsOUTFRONT MINNESOTAEQUALITY CALIFORNIA: $34,000 · Civil RightsEQUALITY CALIFORNIAONE IOWA ACTION: $29,000 · Civil RightsONE IOWA ACTION+4 more: $47,000 · Civil Rights+4 moreEQUALITY OHIO ACTION FUND: $60,000 · OtherEQUALITY OHIO ACTION FUNDEQUALITY VIRGINIA ADVOCATES INC: $60,000 · OtherEQUALITY VIRGINIA ADVOCATES INCGEORGIA EQUALITY INC: $54,000 · OtherGEORGIA EQUALITY INCEQTX Equality Texas dba Equality Texas: $52,000 · OtherEQTX Equality Texas dba Equality TexasFAIR WISCONSIN INC: $44,000 · OtherFAIR WISCONSIN INCFAIRNESS CAMPAIGN INC: $24,000 · OtherFAIRNESS CAMPAIGN INCARKANSAS BLACK GAY MENS FORUM: $20,000 · OtherPRIVACY RIGHTS EDUCATION PROJECT: $20,000 · OtherAFFA ACTION: $17,500 · Other+7 more: $65,000 · Other+7 morePROMO FUND: $31,750 · Human ServicesONE COLORADO: $30,000 · Human ServicesTRANSFORMATION PROJECT INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesFREESTATE JUSTICE INC: $58,500 · Crime & LegalUNITED GAYS & LESBIANS OF WYOMING: $24,000 · Recreation & SportsLouisiana Trans Advocates Foundation: $12,500 · HealthBLAQOUT: $10,000 · HealthOUTLINC INC OUTNEBRASKA: $15,000 · Arts & Culture
Civil Rights$520,950Other$416,500Human Services$74,250Crime & Legal$58,500Recreation & Sports$24,000Health$22,500Arts & Culture$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORK: $97,500 over 5y, 35% of budgetFAIRNESS WEST VIRGINIA INC: $90,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetEQUALITY NC: $77,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetEQUALITY VIRGINIA ADVOCATES INC: $60,000 over 3y, 87% of budgetFREESTATE JUSTICE INC: $58,500 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetGEORGIA EQUALITY INC: $54,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetEQTX Equality Texas dba Equality Texas: $52,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetFAIR WISCONSIN INC: $44,000 over 2y, 50% of budgetEquality Ohio: $37,500 over 2y, 20% of budgetEQUALITY FLORIDA ACTION INC: $36,450 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetOUTFRONT MINNESOTA: $35,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetEQUALITY CALIFORNIA: $34,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPROMO FUND: $31,750 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetONE COLORADO: $30,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetUNITED GAYS & LESBIANS OF WYOMING: $24,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetFAIRNESS CAMPAIGN INC: $24,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetPRIVACY RIGHTS EDUCATION PROJECT: $20,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetAFFA ACTION: $17,500 over 1y, 36% of budgetOUTLINC INC OUTNEBRASKA: $15,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetEquality New Mexico: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTENNESSEE EQUALITY PROJECT: $15,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetLouisiana Trans Advocates Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetBLAQOUT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGENDER JUSTICE ACTION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetEQUALITY UTAH: $9,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetEquality Arizona: $9,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTRANSFORMATION PROJECT ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $8,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetCENTRO POR LA JUSTICIA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Equality Federation I…Human Rights Campaign…All Hands on Deck Net…American Unity Fund I…America VotesAllies in ArtsNorth FundTides FoundationAmazonsmile Foundation
Equality Federation InstituteOR32.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Equality Federation Institute · Human Rights Campaign Inc · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · American Unity Fund Inc · America Votes · Allies in Arts · North Fund · Tides Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Equality Federation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Equality Federation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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