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Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc Dba Funders for Lgbtq Issues

Funders for lgbtq issues work to increase the scale and impact of philanthropic resources aimed at enhancing the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities, promoting equity, and advancing racial, economic and gender justice.

$650k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

60% of Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc Dba Funders for Lgbtq Issues’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Proteus Fund Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

7
’17
6
’18
5
’19
4
’20
4
’21
4
’22
4
’23
5
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$2.1MCivil Rights$1.3MArts & Culture$693kPublic Benefit$355kCommunity Improvement$270kHuman Services$65kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kYouth Development$14k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $130k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $520k
$65,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROTEUS FUND$65,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI$65,000
CAMPAIGN FOR SOUTHERN EQUALITY$65,000
TEXAS PRIDE IMPACT FUNDS$65,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BIRMINGHAM$65,000
ALTERNATE ROOTS$65,000
TIDES CENTER$65,000
SOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE$65,000
EAGLE MARKET STREETS DEV CORP$32,500
SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION$32,500
BLACK BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$32,500
APPALACHIAN COMMUNITY FUND$32,500
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 (FY24–24, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TIDES CENTER: $65k → 17%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

WA
MN
NY
MA
AR
TN
NC
SC
LA
MS
AL
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 9 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
0

Total granted

$2.4M
$0

Still filing today

78%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureCivil RightsPublic BenefitPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • CF
    Campaign For Southern Equality
    8× · 2017–2024 · $680k · revenue +275%
  • SOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $515k · revenue ×25
  • EM
    EAGLE MARKET STREETS DEVELOPMENT CO
    6× · 2019–2024 · $158k · revenue +622%

Funded once

    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
    Arizona Community Foundation

    To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

    Philanthropy
    2
    Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

    To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

    Philanthropy
    3
    Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc

    The community foundation is a philanthropic organization that manages charitable funds with a broad base of donors to benefit the areas of western tennessee, eastern arkansas, and northern mississippi. since 1969, the community foundation…

    Philanthropy
    4
    Montgomery County Community Foundation

    The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…

    Philanthropy
    5
    Santa Fe Community Foundation

    The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

    Philanthropy
    6
    The Vermont Community Foundation

    The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

    Philanthropy
    7
    St Louis Community Foundation

    To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.

    Philanthropy
    8
    Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc

    The community foundation of greater greensboro inspires giving, maximizes opportunities and strengthens communities for present and future generations.

    Philanthropy
    9
    Central New York Community Foundation Inc

    Our mission is to foster a thriving and equitable central new york region by leading and inspiring a community culture of giving, celebrating legacy and stewarding charitable resources for today and tomorrow.

    Philanthropy
    10
    The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc

    To mobilize people, networks, and capital to spark meaningful change in and beyond louisville.

    Philanthropy
    11
    The Community Foundation Inc

    We bring people together to transform our community through informed and inspired philanthropy.

    Philanthropy
    12
    Philanthropy Southeast Inc

    Philanthropy Southeast strengthens Southern philanthropy, welcoming our members to listen, learn and collaborate on ideas and actions to help build an equitable, prosperous South.

    Philanthropy
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alternate RootsInc. 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

    21 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. 21 of the 23 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.

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    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    8
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    21/21
    Grantees still filing
    17/21
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $405,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPITHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM: $360,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAMTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $345,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DALLAS FOUNDATIONARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · PhilanthropyARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCOUR FUND FOUNDATION INC: $240,000 · PhilanthropyOUR FUND FOUNDATION INCSpartanburg County Foundation: $197,500 · PhilanthropySpartanburg County FoundationAPPALACHIAN COMMUNITY FUND: $125,000 · PhilanthropyAPPALACHIAN COMMUNITY FUNDTHE BLACK BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $112,500 · Philanthropy+3 more: $177,500 · Philanthropy+3 moreAlternate RootsInc: $693,000 · Arts & CultureAlternate RootsIncEAGLE MARKET STREETS DEVELOPMENT CO: $157,500 · Arts & CultureEAGLE MARKET STREETS…Campaign For Southern Equality: $680,000 · Civil RightsCampaign For Sou…+3 more: $13,750 · Civil RightsSOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE: $515,000 · Public BenefitSOUTHERN VIS…PROTEUS FUND INC: $230,000 · EducationOUT MIAMI FOUNDATION: $90,000 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM: $50,000 · OtherTIDES CENTER: $65,000 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $50,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
    Philanthropy$2,262,500Arts & Culture$850,500Civil Rights$693,750Public Benefit$515,000Education$230,000Other$140,000Human Services$65,000Public Safety & Disaster$50,000

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

    25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAlternate RootsInc: $693,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetCampaign For Southern Equality: $680,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetSOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE: $515,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $405,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM: $360,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $345,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOUR FUND FOUNDATION INC: $240,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetPROTEUS FUND INC: $230,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSpartanburg County Foundation: $197,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEAGLE MARKET STREETS DEVELOPMENT CO: $157,500 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetAPPALACHIAN COMMUNITY FUND: $125,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetTHE BLACK BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $112,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $65,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $37,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANTHROFUND FOUNDATION INC: $8,750 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Pride Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTONEWALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

    United Philanthropy F…Wellspring Philanthro…Tides FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…Fund for Southern Com…The Robert Wood Johns…ImpactassetsincWK Kellogg FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…
    United Philanthropy ForumDC17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: United Philanthropy Forum · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Fund for Southern Communities Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Impactassetsinc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

    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 Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc Dba Funders for Lgbtq Issues funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc Dba Funders for Lgbtq Issues. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      3get no government money at all
      4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
      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 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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