Illinois · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES
CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,500 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $198k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $75k
What Center for Applied Transgender Studies does
Mission
To conduct and promote research, as well as educate the public, on issues related to the social, cultural, and political conditions of transgender life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Publishing a platinum open access peer reviewed journal of academic research, titled the Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies. Nearly 600 individuals have registered accounts with the journal, while X visited the journal's website in 2024 to read its content. All journal labor has been volunteered so no expenses have been incurred.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOrganizing the 2nd International Trans Studies Conference, an academic conference dedicated to research in transgender studies. Over 800 scholars from across the globe participated in the conference, over 550 of whom attended the conference in person. The conference consisted of 120 sessions involving the presentation of academic research, 15 scholarly caucus meetings, and three networking-focused evening receptions.
$106,441 spent100% of program spendingOrganizing free virtual public education events, including seminars and colloquia with prominent transgender scholars and discussion panels of academic researchers. Approximately 500 people attended the events held in 2024.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $106,441.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Thomas J Billard
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES’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
CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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
CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
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
CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES: 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 CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES?
- CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,500 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $27,500 in grants to CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSGENDER STUDIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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