Texas · Nonprofit
Decriminalize Sex Work
Decriminalize Sex Work (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,536,993 to it, the largest being Donors Trust Inc ($5,586,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $6.5M
- Net assets
- $-1190728
What Decriminalize Sex Work does
Mission
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
PUBLIC EDUCATION: DSW engaged in a range of activities to build support among the public for DSW's mission, the most prevalent of which was day-to-day interactions with reporters in order to amplify DSW's message in the news media. In addition, DSW staffers: (1) gave speeches and presentations; (2) produced brochures and briefing papers; (3) responded to inquiries from the public; and (4) expanded DSW's already-comprehensive website.
$339,992 spentof which $23,000 as grants28% of program spendingCONFERENCES and COALITION BUILDING: DSW staffers attended and spoke at conferences, as well as worked with potential and existing allies to build a stronger national coalition supporting the decriminalization of consensual adult prostitution.
$223,619 spent18% of program spendingLOBBYING STATE LEGISLATURES: DSW lobbied various state governments to pass a range of bills, with a particular focus on the legislatures in Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
$213,562 spentof which $155,000 as grants18% of program spendingNEW YORK STATE: DSW worked in New York 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.
$163,310 spentof which $12,500 as grants13% of program spendingRHODE ISLAND: DSW worked in Rhode Island 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.
$118,499 spentof which $2,000 as grants10% of program spendingVERMONT: DSW worked in Vermont to change the state's prostitution and other sex laws. As a result, in May 2023, the Vermont government enacted a law that now prohibits police and government informants from having sexual contact with suspected prostitutes (or anyone else) as part of law enforcement's official duties.
$70,265 spent6% of program spendingNEW HAMPSHIRE: DSW worked in New Hampshire 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.
$54,738 spentof which $6,000 as grants4% of program spendingMAINE: In the aftermath of Gov. Janet Mills (D) vetoing the "entrapment" bill we opposed in 2021, DSW worked in Maine to build opposition to future "entrapment" deliberations. Unfortunately, DSW failed; as a result, people aren't arrested for prostitution, but people soliciting prostitution are still arrested. (This is the equivalent of allowing barber shops but arresting people for getting haircuts.) Also during the 2023 legislative session, the Maine government enacted a law that makes it easier for people convicted of prostitution to get their criminal records expunged if they were the victims of human trafficking.
$34,526 spentof which $16,000 as grants3% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,218,511.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $187k to $46k (−75%).
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.
99% of Decriminalize Sex Work’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 5 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 broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $669k → $1.1M.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 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.
How concentrated its funding is
Decriminalize Sex Work leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Decriminalize Sex Work.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 76% · 2021 100% · 2022 97% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
86% of Decriminalize Sex Work's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $905k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
Decriminalize Sex Work's revenue grew 40% between 2020 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 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 Decriminalize Sex Work?
- Decriminalize Sex Work (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,536,993 to it, the largest being Donors Trust Inc ($5,586,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Decriminalize Sex Work have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $6,536,993 in grants to Decriminalize Sex Work, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Decriminalize Sex Work?
- Donors Trust Inc is the largest funder on record, with $5,586,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 7 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