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Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation

Change lives by supporting organizations that promote a happy, healthy and connected bay area lgbtq community.

$318k
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
9
Itemized grants FY2026
13
Organizations funded FY2025
54%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Itemized, FY2026
$256k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2026
$10,680
Largest grant, FY2026
$58,066
Organizations funded a year
2 to 13
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
1
Total assets, FY2026
$506k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 54% of the organizations Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2026still arriving8$203k25%
FY202513$285k54%
FY202411$242k45%
FY202310$233k80%
FY20224$150k100%
FY20212$20k100%
FY20206$250k67%
FY20198$241k75%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$513kHousing & Shelter$347kHealth$230kCommunity Improvement$185kArts & Culture$175kCivil Rights$125kHuman Services$96kCrime & Legal$77kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Openhouse$166,14832%
Positive Resource Center$133,5252n/a
Mission Action Inc$127,69821%
Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center Inc Lyric$116,57031%
Queer Life Space Inc$112,500320%
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center$110,57041%
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp$105,820230%
Give US the Floor$105,82027%
Larkin Street Youth Services$104,50020%
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus$70,0001n/a
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All grantees of Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Openhouse$166,14832%
Positive Resource Center$133,5252n/a
Mission Action Inc$127,69821%
Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center Inc Lyric$116,57031%
Queer Life Space Inc$112,500320%
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center$110,57041%
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp$105,820230%
Give US the Floor$105,82027%
Larkin Street Youth Services$104,50020%
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus$70,0001n/a
Oasis Legal Services$65,06620%
Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Inc$64,50025%
Project Homeless Connect$64,1731n/a
Solano Pride Center$60,0001n/a
AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area$60,00022%
St James Infirmary$57,22522%
On the Move$54,72721%
Community Initiatives$52,99310%
Maitri Compassionate Care$27,91530%
Transgender Law Center$20,00020%
Food for Thought$17,00020%
Pepper Diet Academy$13,0002n/a
Lavender Seniors of the East Bay$12,5001n/a
Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc$12,50010%
Folsom Street$12,00021%
Trevor Project Inc$10,00010%
Onyx Northwest Chapter$10,0001n/a
Leather & Lgbtq Cultural District$10,0001n/a
New Conservatory Theatre Center$10,0001n/a
Lyon-Martin Community Health Services$10,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$10,00010%
Independent Arts & Media$10,0001n/a
Center for Immigrant Protection$10,00011%
Chinese for Affirmative Action$10,00010%
Turnout Inc$7,0001n/a
San Francisco AIDS Foundation$7,00010%
University of California San Francisco$6,0001n/a
Glaad Inc$5,78110%
Oram - Organization for Refuge Asylum & Migration$5,71411%
San Francisco Suicide Prevention$5,3911n/a
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc$5,2351n/a
National AIDS Memorial Inc$4,00020%
Project Open Hand$3,81710%
Immigration Equality$2,00010%
Music Connects Foundation Inc$2,0001n/a
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium$2,00010%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($115k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOpenhouse: $166,148 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetMission Action Inc: $127,698 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLavender Youth Recreation & Information Center Inc Lyric: $116,570 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetQueer Life Space Inc: $112,500 over 3y, 20% of budgetSan Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center: $110,570 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBay Area Girls Rock Camp: $105,820 over 2y, 30% of budgetGive US the Floor: $105,820 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $104,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOasis Legal Services: $65,066 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOakland LGBTQ Community Center Inc: $64,500 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetAIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area: $60,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSt James Infirmary: $57,225 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetOn the Move: $54,727 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Initiatives: $52,993 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaitri Compassionate Care: $27,915 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFood for Thought: $17,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetServices and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFolsom Street: $12,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLyon-Martin Community Health Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Immigrant Protection: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco AIDS Foundation: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlaad Inc: $5,781 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOram - Organization for Refuge Asylum & Migration: $5,714 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNational AIDS Memorial Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetProject Open Hand: $3,817 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetImmigration Equality: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Community Clinic Consortium: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

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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.

Horizons FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…East Bay Community Fo…Tides FoundationKaiser Foundation Hos…Bay Area Physicians f…McNabb FoundationThe William & Flora H…Jewish Community Fede…The Yelp FoundationWalter and Elise Haas…United Way of the Bay…
Horizons FoundationCA54.6× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Horizons Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights · McNabb Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Yelp Foundation · Walter and Elise Haas Fund · United Way of the Bay Area

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.

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About Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation

How much does Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation give?
Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $256,496, out of $318,251 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Youth Development (28%), Housing & Shelter (19%), Health (12%).
Who are Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Openhouse ($166k), Positive Resource Center ($134k), Mission Action Inc ($128k).
Does Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Horizons Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation.
Where is Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation based?
Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation is based in CA.

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 50 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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