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Lgbt Charities Inc

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$114k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Civil Rights$598kEducation$62kHuman Services$33kEmployment$6kReligion$6kHealth$5k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $88,841, the rows itemized in this filing. The $113,887 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $25,046 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $48k
$6,390
Median grant
6
States reached
$21k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAMBDA DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND$23,177
GAY & LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFA$13,201
PFLAG INC$11,171
SERVICES & ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN$7,213
IMMIGRATION EQUALITY$6,390
CENTERLINK INC$6,109
NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS$6,062
GLSEN INC$5,345
MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION$5,156
NATIONAL LGBT CANCER NETWORK INC$5,017
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OUT & EQUAL: $6k → 10%NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS: $14k → 10%GLSEN INC: $17k → 17%IMMIGRATION EQUALITY: $6k → 20%NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE: $8k → 14%CENTERLINK INC: $8k → 13%MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION: $13k → 12%MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION: $9k → 11%NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS: $10k → 10%GLSEN INC: $9k → 17%IMMIGRATION EQUALITY: $6k → 20%CENTERLINK INC: $6k → 13%MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS: $8k → 10%GLSEN INC: $9k → 17%PFLAG INC: $25k → 14%MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION: $7k → 12%NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS: $8k → 10%GLSEN INC: $9k → 17%PFLAG INC: $11k → 14%MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION: $6k → 12%NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS: $8k → 10%GLSEN INC: $6k → 17%PFLAG INC: $12k → 14%PFLAG INC: $9k → 14%PFLAG INC: $11k → 14%PFLAG INC: $8k → 14%GAY & LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION: $18k → 17%PFLAG INC: $9k → 14%GAY & LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFA: $13k → 17%GAY & LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION (GLADD INC): $12k → 17%GAY & LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION (GLAAD INC): $11k → 17%GAY & LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION (GLAAD INC): $11k → 17%GAY & LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION (GLAAD INC): $10k → 17%GAY & LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION (GLADD INC): $9k → 17%SERVICES & ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER ELDER: $8k → 17%SERVICES & ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN: $7k → 17%LAMBDA DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND: $54k → 17%LAMBDA DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $33k → 17%LAMBDA DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $32k → 17%LAMBDA DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $25k → 17%LAMBDA DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $25k → 17%LAMBDA DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND: $23k → 17%LAMBDA DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $19k → 17%IMMIGRATION EQUALITY: $9k → 17%LAMBDA DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND: $9k → 17%IMMIGRATION EQUALITY: $6k → 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

IL
NY
WY
RI
CA
CO
DC
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$687k · 10 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
3

Total granted

$687k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+94%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
Civil RightsSocial ScienceHealthOther
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

  • LL
    LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $220k · revenue +196%
  • P
    PFLAG
    7× · 2018–2024 · $85k · revenue +41%
  • MS
    MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $58k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • OE
    OUT & EQUALgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +94%
  • RM
    RECONCILING MINISTRIES NETWORK
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +13%
  • OI
    OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONALgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +608%
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
National Trans Bar Association
Education
2
Interpride

To contribute to the visibility and inclusion of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics (sogiesc) communities. to connect, grow, and support pride platforms and networks globally. to assist…

Education
3
American Association of Physicians for Human Right

Glma is a national organization committed to ensuring health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (lgbtq) and all sexual and gender minority (sgm) individuals, and equality for lgbtq/sgm health professionals in their work…

Civil Rights
4
The American Museum of Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender History & Culture

Celebrate cultures of lgbtq+ people

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5
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project

The new york city gay and lesbian anti-violence project (avp) mission is to empower lgbtq and hiv-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence through organizing and education, and support survivors through counseling and…

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6
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
7
International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association Foundation Inc

The iglta foundation is the philanthropic organization of the international gay & lesbian travel association, the leading member-based organization dedicated to lgbtq+ tourism. iglta foundation's mission is empowering lgbtq+ welcoming…

Education
8
Outfront Minnesota

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…

Civil Rights
9
Global Philanthropy Project Inc

Global Philanthropy Project (GPP or the Organization) is a collaboration of funders and philanthropic advisors working to expand global philanthropic support to advance the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex…

Philanthropy
10
National Black Justice Coalition Inc

The national black justice coalition (nbjc) is a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (lgbtq+) and same-gender loving (sgl) people, including people living with…

Civil Rights
11
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
12
Iraqueer Inc

The organization spread awareness on and advocate for the rights of LGBT people in Iraq through providing training producing publications providing direct services and other activities

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Immigration Equality; the most unlike its peers is Matthew Shepard Foundation. 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

14 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.

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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $219,607 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INCGLSEN INC: $61,721 · Civil RightsGLSEN INCMATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION: $57,950 · Civil RightsMATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATIONCENTERLINK INC: $39,594 · Civil RightsCENTERLINK INCIMMIGRATION EQUALITY: $39,394 · Civil RightsIMMIGRATION EQUALITY+1 more: $5,888 · Civil RightsPFLAG: $85,036 · OtherPFLAGGLAAD INC: $84,267 · OtherGLAAD INCNATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS FKA NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS: $53,178 · OtherNATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS FKA NATION…SERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC: $33,003 · OtherSERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEX…NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE: $13,459 · Other+1 more: $5,442 · OtherOUT & EQUAL: $6,125 · Social ScienceNATIONAL LGBT CANCER NETWORK INC: $5,017 · Health
Civil Rights$424,154Other$274,385Social Science$6,125Health$5,017

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $219,607 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPFLAG: $85,036 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetGLAAD INC: $84,267 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGLSEN INC: $61,721 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION: $57,950 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS FKA NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS: $53,178 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCENTERLINK INC: $39,594 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetIMMIGRATION EQUALITY: $39,394 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC: $33,003 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE: $13,459 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOUT & EQUAL: $6,125 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRECONCILING MINISTRIES NETWORK: $5,888 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $5,442 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL LGBT CANCER NETWORK INC: $5,017 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY11.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Lgbt Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lgbt Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Centerlink Inc: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–15%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Lgbt Charities Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 14 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $106k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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