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The wayOut LGBTQ Foundation aka wayOUT

wayOUT is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization seeking to empower LGBTQ+ youth to feel safe being who they really are.

$425k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$145k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Youth Development$532kHuman Services$314kCivil Rights$292kHealth$205kEducation$35kRecreation & Sports$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$109,952
Median grant
3
States reached
$523k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Capital Tea Inc$145,000
Individual grant recipient$109,952
PriSm United$90,000
The Queer Trans Project$80,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $547k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 62% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Thrive Youth Center: $25k → 16%PriSm United: $90k → 19%Our Spot KC: $71k → 15%OUTMemphis: $75k → 17%Encircle Family Youth Resourc: $47k → 8%Transformation Project: $158k → 9%The Queer Trans Project: $80k → 14%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

AK
MI
NY
SD
CA
UT
MO
AZ
TN
SC
MS
AL
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 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
Queer Works

Our mission is to ameliorate disparities faced by transgender, gender non-binary and intersex people as well as help reduce similar disparities among our lesbian, gay and bisexual communities.

Health
2
The Alliance for Lgbtq Youth Inc

The Alliance for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Youth provides mental health and care coordination services, leadership development, and policy advocacy that centers the lives and experiences of LGBTQ youth in…

Human Services
3
Out Youth Inc

Out Youth promotes the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social well being of sexual and gender minority youth so that they can openly and safely explore and affirm their identities.

Youth Development
4
Compass Inc

Compass' mission is to engage, empower and enrich the lives of lgbtq people and those impacted by hiv/aids.

Health
5
Proud Haven Inc

Our mission is to provide a safe shelter and resources for LGBTQIA youth and young adults experiencing homelessness. We also provide resources and support to all members of the LGBTQIA population.

Arts & Culture
6
Oasis Youth Center

Oasis Youth Center is the sole queer cultural center supporting LGBTQ+ youth in Pierce County Washington. Oasiss purpose transcends survival aiming to cultivate accessible pathways for authentic thriving. This guiding principle translates…

Youth Development
7
WeTHRIVE Inc

Providing assistance to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.

Youth Development
8
Time Out Youth Inc

To offer support, advocacy, and opportunities for personal development and social interaction to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (lgbtq) youth ages 13-24.

Religion
9
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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10
Oakland Lgbtq Community Center Inc

The Oakland LGBTQ Community Center is dedicated to enhancing and sustaining the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, our families and allies, by providing educational, social, and health related…

Community Improvement
11
Inside Out Youth Services

To build access, equity, and power with lgbtqia2+ young people.

Youth Development
12
Queer Asterisk

Queer Asterisk empowers and nurtures the diverse ways of being that queer people embody by providing accessible counseling, education and community programs that uplift LGBTQ lives.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Also for Gay Youth Inc; the most unlike its peers is Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center. 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

17 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. 17 of the 21 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRANSFORMATION PROJECT INC: $158,048 · Human ServicesTRANSFORMATION PROJECT INCPrism United: $90,000 · Human ServicesPrism UnitedThe Queer Trans Project Inc: $80,000 · Human ServicesThe Queer Trans Project IncOUTMEMPHIS: $75,000 · Human ServicesOUTMEMPHISOUR SPOT KC: $71,258 · Human ServicesOUR SPOT KCEncircle Family and Youth Resource Center: $47,405 · Human ServicesEncircle Family and Youth Resource CenterTHRIVE YOUTH CENTER INC: $25,019 · Human ServicesALSO FOR GAY YOUTH INC: $110,761 · Civil RightsALSO FOR GAY YOUTH INCJACKSONVILLE AREA SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH NETWORK INC: $104,000 · Civil RightsJACKSONVILLE AREA SEXUAL MINOR…Choosing Our Roots: $70,000 · Civil RightsChoosing Our RootsWE ARE FAMILY: $48,000 · Civil RightsWE ARE FAMILYIN OUR OWN VOICES INC: $43,257 · Civil RightsIN OUR OWN VOICES INC1N10 INC: $30,000 · Civil Rights1N10 INCIndividual grant recipient: $109,952 · OtherIndividual grant…Rainbow Book Club: $71,313 · OtherRainbow Book Clu…Mississippi Safe Schools: $35,000 · OtherMississippi Safe…+1 more: $5,017 · OtherCAPITAL TEA INC: $145,000 · HealthCAPITAL TEA INCCOASTAL BEND WELLNESS FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · HealthCOASTAL BEND WE…ZEBRA YOUTH INC: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentRUTH ELLIS CENTER: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$546,730Civil Rights$406,018Other$221,282Health$205,000Youth Development$110,000Recreation & Sports$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRANSFORMATION PROJECT INC: $158,048 over 1y, 26% of budgetCAPITAL TEA INC: $145,000 over 1y, 71% of budgetALSO FOR GAY YOUTH INC: $110,761 over 1y, 17% of budgetJACKSONVILLE AREA SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH NETWORK INC: $104,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetPrism United: $90,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetThe Queer Trans Project Inc: $80,000 over 1y, 66% of budgetOUTMEMPHIS: $75,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetOUR SPOT KC: $71,258 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetChoosing Our Roots: $70,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCOASTAL BEND WELLNESS FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWE ARE FAMILY: $48,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetEncircle Family and Youth Resource Center: $47,405 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetIN OUR OWN VOICES INC: $43,257 over 1y, 2.8% of budget1N10 INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHRIVE YOUTH CENTER INC: $25,019 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRUTH ELLIS CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Centerlink IncThe Ally Coalition IncBorealis PhilanthropyPledgeling FoundationProteus Fund IncTogether RisingMightycause Charitabl…Amalgamated Charitabl…The Allstate Foundati…Tides FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…
Centerlink IncFL24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Centerlink Inc · The Ally Coalition Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · Pledgeling Foundation · Proteus Fund Inc · Together Rising · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Allstate Foundation · Tides Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 The wayOut LGBTQ Foundation aka wayOUT funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The wayOut LGBTQ Foundation aka wayOUT. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network Inc: 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 21 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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