New York · Nonprofit
ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY
ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,856 to it, the largest being LAUGHING GULL FOUNDATION ($63,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $425k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $174k
- Net assets
- $437k
What Advocates for Trans Equality does
Mission
Advocates for Trans Equality fights for the legal and political rights of transgender people in america. Leveraging decades of experience on the frontlines of power, we shift government and society towards a future where we are no less than equal.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Electoral: a4te's electoral work focuses on endorsing candidates for public office who support transgender rights and opposing candidates who work against trans equality.
$15,021 spent83% of program spendingGeneral program: a4te's programmatic work improves the lives of trans people and their families by educating the public and lobbying for the adoption and implementation of trans-inclusive legislation at the local, state, and federal levels. A4te also educates and empowers trans people and allies to mobilize as Advocates for Trans Equality, pressing politicians to take action and holding them accountable when they support anti-trans legislation and policies.
$3,051 spent17% of program spendingGrassroots lobbying: a4te empowers and mobilizies trans people and allies to take action to be Advocates for Trans Equality. Ncteaf advocates policymakers for trans equality at the local, state, and federal level encouraging the passage of legislation that guarantees equality for transgender people and prohibiting legislation that is discriminatory.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,072.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $172k to $559k (+226%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 8 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Advocates for Trans Equality Education Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY?
- ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,856 to it, the largest being LAUGHING GULL FOUNDATION ($63,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $173,856 in grants to ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY?
- LAUGHING GULL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $63,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing