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Human Rights Campaign Inc

The human rights campaign is organized and operated for the promotion of the social welfare of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (lgbtq+) community. By inspiring and engaging individuals and communities, hrc strives to end discrimination against lgbtq+ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and…

$749k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
33
Itemized grants FY2025
36
Organizations funded FY2024
78%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$416k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$76,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 43
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
22
Total assets, FY2025
$35M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 78% of the organizations Human Rights Campaign Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $307k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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
FY2025still arriving33$416k88%
FY202436$534k78%
FY202343$1.2M77%
FY202228$351k82%
FY202118$426k78%
FY20209$170k22%
FY201915$510k40%
FY201817$451k59%
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What it funded, over time

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

Civil Rights$2.4MPublic Benefit$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$520kCommunity Improvement$152kArts & Culture$83kHealth$57kHuman Services$30kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
America Votes$408,62580%
Equality Michigan Action Network$380,00021%
Freedom for All Massachusetts Inc$300,00037%
Center for Voter Information$227,93824%
The Voter Participation Center$125,00010%
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Inc$115,00071%
Voto Latino Inc$100,00013%
Equality Nc$97,200114%
Southern Nevada Association of PRIDE Inc$93,638641%
Capital Pride Alliance Inc$84,23573%
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All grantees of Human Rights Campaign Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
America Votes$408,62580%
Equality Michigan Action Network$380,00021%
Freedom for All Massachusetts Inc$300,00037%
Center for Voter Information$227,93824%
The Voter Participation Center$125,00010%
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Inc$115,00071%
Voto Latino Inc$100,00013%
Equality Nc$97,200114%
Southern Nevada Association of PRIDE Inc$93,638641%
Capital Pride Alliance Inc$84,23573%
Hrc Equality Votes$77,0001n/a
Equality California Issues PAC$76,0001n/a
Equality Florida Action Inc$75,27025%
Fairness West Virginia Inc$75,000620%
Start Somewhere LLC$70,0002n/a
National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition$60,00033%
Texas Association of Business$60,00021%
Freedom Oklahoma Action Fund$55,000499%
New Georgia Project Action Fund$50,0001n/a
Fuerte Arts Movement$50,000128%
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People$50,00011%
Fair Fight Action Inc$50,00011%
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People$40,0001n/a
Tides Advocacy$38,00020%
The 19th News$35,00010%
Fair Anchorage No on Prop 1$32,00017%
Tennessee Equality Project$30,000320%
Pride Northwest Inc$30,00021%
American Civil Liberties Union of Nh$30,00027%
Equality California$26,16611%
Takeaction Minnesota$25,00010%
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce$22,50030%
Broad Based Productions LLC Dba the Lipstick Lounge$21,0922n/a
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$20,00020%
Washington Won'T Discriminate$20,0001n/a
Center for Community Change Action$20,00011%
United We Dream Network Inc$20,00010%
Equality Federation Institute$20,00010%
Arkansas Hospitality Association Inc$20,0001n/a
Fairness Campaign Inc$20,00022%
Benders Collective LLC$20,0002n/a
SF Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Pride Celebration Cmte$18,00020%
Interpride$18,00023%
Atlanta Black Pride Weekend LLC$15,0001n/a
Democratic Attorneys General Association$15,0001n/a
Dcss III Inc Dba Gossip Grill$11,0921n/a
Cowlick Barber LLC$11,0921n/a
Lewek Corp Dba the Cubbyhole Bar$11,0921n/a
Cuties Los Angeles LLC$11,0921n/a
Belle Du Jour Dba Nickel Diner$11,0921n/a
Tagg Communication LLC$11,0921n/a
Sweetlime Alterations LLC$11,0921n/a
The Fireplace Restaurant Inc$11,0921n/a
Al's on 7th Inc$11,0921n/a
Spectrum the Other Clinic$11,0921n/a
Roscoe's Tavern Ltd$11,0921n/a
Ellen D Management$11,0921n/a
Club Omg$11,0921n/a
Arledge Comics LLC$11,0921n/a
True Love LLC Dba Buddy's$11,0921n/a
Koa Bar LLC Dba Wang Chung's$11,0921n/a
C&G's Place Dba Our Place$11,0921n/a
Tender Bois Club LLC$10,0001n/a
Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery LLC$10,0001n/a
El Rio Your Dive$10,0001n/a
Menstrual Mates Inc$10,0001n/a
M-Care Healthcare LLC$10,0001n/a
Jaymes Mansfield Beauty$10,0001n/a
All She Wrote Books LLC$10,0001n/a
American City Business Journals Inc$10,0001n/a
Dragonfly Entertainment Group LLC Dba Blush Coffee Bar & Lounge$10,0001n/a
Harana Market LLC$10,0001n/a
Kk Group LLC$10,0001n/a
Trudys Spot LLC$10,0001n/a
Under the Umbrella Bookstore LLC$10,0001n/a
Rose Pelvic Physiotherapy LLC$10,0001n/a
Veseyob LLC$10,0001n/a
Celebrate Therapy LLC$10,0001n/a
Tufting House LLC$10,0001n/a
Clinica Psicoalternativas LLC$10,0001n/a
Healey Driscoll Transition Committee$10,0001n/a
Queers Remodel Pdx LLC$10,0001n/a
Speed-O Cappuccino LLC$10,0001n/a
Amplio Fitness LLC$10,0001n/a
EQTX Equality Texas dba Equality Texas$10,00012%
Cross the Rubicon Inc$10,0001n/a
Southern Utah Drag Stars LLC$10,0001n/a
Vissidarte Company LLC Dba Alibi Lounge$10,0001n/a
Sister Cameo Inc Dba My Sisters Room$10,0001n/a
United Gays & Lesbians of Wyoming$10,0001n/a
Revolutionary Productions Inc Dba Sum of US$10,0001n/a
Franny Lou's Porch$10,0001n/a
Xhood Inc$10,0001n/a
Spill the Tea Cafe$10,00011%
Euphorialgbt Inc$10,0001n/a
Goldspot Acquisitions LLC$10,0001n/a
Amaryllis Counseling LLC$10,0001n/a
Mountainsong Expeditions$10,0001n/a
Sugarwitch LLC$10,0001n/a
Doyenne LLC$10,0001n/a
Bake Me Happy LLC$10,0001n/a
Everywhere Is Queer LLC$10,0001n/a
The Transgender Training Institute Inc$10,0001n/a
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$10,00010%
Sante Bar$10,0001n/a
Herz LLC$10,0001n/a
Fully Human LLC$10,0001n/a
Pearl Lounge LLC$10,0001n/a
S&L Fitness Maui$10,0001n/a
Freed Bodyworks DC LLC$10,0001n/a
NAACP National Voter Fund$10,0001n/a
The Bodega Lounge NYC LLC$10,0001n/a
Wunderbar Syr LLC$10,0001n/a
Rebuilding Broken Places CDC$10,00011%
Tulane Ave Bar Inc$10,0001n/a
Queer Chocolatier LLC$10,0001n/a
As You Are LLC$10,0001n/a
Dom and Bomb LLC$10,0001n/a
National Action Network Inc$10,00010%
For Them Inc$10,0001n/a
Michelle a Axelson Inc$10,0001n/a
Little Lion Collective$10,0001n/a
Coffee Mafia LLC$10,0001n/a
Olive the Hairapist$10,0001n/a
Club Sway Inc$10,0001n/a
Dmrt LLC$10,0001n/a
Outbox2020 LLC Dba Outbox Gym$10,0001n/a
Kingfish Cider$10,0001n/a
Manny's LLC$10,0001n/a
Dorothy Downstairs LLC$10,0001n/a
Anchor Health Initiative Corp$10,00010%
Peachy Births Doula and Lactation Services LLC$10,0001n/a
Lgbtq Victory Fund$10,0001n/a
Freedom for All Coloradans Dba Freedom to Marry Colorado$10,0001n/a
Cheer Up Charlies LLC$10,0001n/a
Queer Therapy Network$10,0001n/a
Pride Health Clinic$10,0001n/a
The Artist's Playhouse LLC$10,0001n/a
Prismatic Speech Services Pllc$10,0001n/a
Stories Like Me LLC$10,0001n/a
Footprint Wine Tap$10,0001n/a
Little Saturday LLC Dba Water Bear Bar$10,0001n/a
MoveOnorg Civic Action$10,00010%
Los Angeles Blade LLC$10,0001n/a
Krc Alabama Extra Mile$10,0001n/a
Tensorchops Entertainment LLC$10,0001n/a
Safe Harbor Counseling of Missouri LLC$10,0001n/a
Nevadans for Equality$10,0001n/a
Queer Kid Creative LLC$10,0001n/a
Pennsylvania Competes$9,8001n/a
Reproductive Freedom for All$8,50010%
Campaign For Southern Equality$8,00010%
National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association$7,50011%
Texas Freedom Network$7,50011%
Capital Pride$7,0001n/a
AIDS Healthcare Foundation$7,0001n/a
Unidosus$7,00010%
Pride St Louis Inc$7,0001n/a
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc$5,75010%
Beta Phi Omega Sorority Inc$5,5001n/a
Fair Wisconsin Inc$5,50016%

Where it is load-bearing

Human Rights Campaign Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerica Votes: $408,625 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEquality Michigan Action Network: $380,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFreedom for All Massachusetts Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetCenter for Voter Information: $227,938 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetThe Voter Participation Center: $125,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Inc: $115,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetVoto Latino Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetEquality Nc: $97,200 over 1y, 14% of budgetSouthern Nevada Association of PRIDE Inc: $93,638 over 6y, 41% of budgetCapital Pride Alliance Inc: $84,235 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetEquality Florida Action Inc: $75,270 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetFairness West Virginia Inc: $75,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetNational Black Trans Advocacy Coalition: $60,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetTexas Association of Business: $60,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFreedom Oklahoma Action Fund: $55,000 over 4y, 99% of budgetFuerte Arts Movement: $50,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFair Fight Action Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTides Advocacy: $38,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe 19th News: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFair Anchorage No on Prop 1: $32,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetTennessee Equality Project: $30,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetPride Northwest Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Nh: $30,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetEquality California: $26,166 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTakeaction Minnesota: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNational Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP Empowerment Programs Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Community Change Action: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnited We Dream Network Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEquality Federation Institute: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFairness Campaign Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSF Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Pride Celebration Cmte: $18,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInterpride: $18,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetEQTX Equality Texas dba Equality Texas: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSpill the Tea Cafe: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRebuilding Broken Places CDC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNational Action Network Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnchor Health Initiative Corp: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMoveOnorg Civic Action: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All: $8,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCampaign For Southern Equality: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTexas Freedom Network: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetUnidosus: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: $5,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFair Wisconsin Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 6.5% 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 48.

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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.

Equality FederationAmerica VotesAll Hands on Deck Net…American Federation o…Human Rights Campaign…Open Society Action F…Sixteen Thirty FundNational Education As…American Unity Fund I…Equality Federation I…Tides AdvocacyFuture Forward USA Ac…
Equality FederationOR26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Equality Federation · America Votes · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · Human Rights Campaign Foundation · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Sixteen Thirty Fund · National Education Association of the United States · American Unity Fund Inc · Equality Federation Institute · Tides Advocacy · Future Forward USA Action

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 Human Rights Campaign Inc

How much does Human Rights Campaign Inc give?
Human Rights Campaign Inc reported 33 itemized grants totaling $415,500, out of $749,342 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Human Rights Campaign Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (55%), Public Benefit (25%), Public Safety & Disaster (12%).
Who are Human Rights Campaign Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: America Votes ($409k), Equality Michigan Action Network ($380k), Freedom for All Massachusetts Inc ($300k).
Does Human Rights Campaign Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Human Rights Campaign Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Equality Federation, America Votes, All Hands on Deck Network Inc.
Where is Human Rights Campaign Inc based?
Human Rights Campaign Inc is based in DC.

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 161 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home