Texas · Nonprofit
Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work
Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $310,000 to it, the largest being The Legalization Project ($310,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $145k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $310k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work does
Mission
CDSW strives to end the prohibition of consensual adult prostitution -- and to improve the policies relating to other forms of sex work -- in the United States.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
NEW YORK STATE LOBBYING: CDSW lobbied the New York government to change the state's prostitution laws, with an emphasis on passing "immunity" (also known as "Good Samaritan") legislation that would protect sex workers from arrest if they or third parties contact the police to report crimes involving violence and/or theft directed at the sex workers.
$40,034 spent30% of program spendingNEW HAMPSHIRE LOBBYING: CDSW lobbied the New Hampshire government to change the state's prostitution laws, with an emphasis on passing legislation that would prohibit law enforcement from proactively disseminating the mug shots of people who have been arrested -- but not yet convicted -- of certain crimes, including prostitution and the solicitation of prostitution.
$36,000 spentof which $6,000 as grants27% of program spendingRHODE ISLAND LOBBYING: CDSW lobbied the Rhode Island government to change the state's prostitution and other sex laws. As a result, in June 2023, the Rhode Island government enacted a law that now prohibits medical offices and institutions from discriminating against people because of their professions, including sex work.
$32,173 spent24% of program spendingVERMONT LOBBYING: CDSW lobbied the Vermont government to change the state's prostitution and other sex laws. For example, the Vermont government enacted a law that now prohibits police, government informants, and corrections officers from having sexual contact with suspected prostitutes (or anyone else) as part of law enforcement's official duties.
$27,000 spent20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $135,207.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2022 to 2023, from $882k to $1.9M (+110%).
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 Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work’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. 0 of the last 6 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $105k → $60k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $745k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Decriminalize Sex Work). These are real filings, and they are not money Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work raised.
From the IRS filings of Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Decriminalize Sex Work · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work: 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 Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work?
- Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $310,000 to it, the largest being The Legalization Project ($310,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $310,000 in grants to Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work?
- The Legalization Project is the largest funder on record, with $310,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 1 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