New York · Nonprofit
Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc
Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $899,240 to it, the largest being THE PETER AND ELIZABETH C TOWER FOUNDATION ($483,894). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $846k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $899k
- Net assets
- $840k
What Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc does
Mission
The mission of GLYS is to provide a supporting environment which enhances the personal growth of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth in Western New York. GLYS advocates for community awareness and acceptance for young people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
GLYS provides a safe space, opportunities and a variety of support for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth and their friends as well as resources and referrals for their families. The vision of GLYS is to have an inclusive WNY community that embraces youth of all sexual orientations and gender identities so LGBTQ Youth can thrive.
$384,762 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $384,762.
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.
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 $949k to $1.1M (+18%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 62% · 2018 59% · 2019 26% · 2020 16% · 2021 14% · 2022 6% · 2023 9% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Jacob Kavanaugh
Executive Director
Board chair
Michael Wah
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $11k → $151k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 funders by total. 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
Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 74% · 2021 53% · 2022 37% · 2023 60% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
29% of Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $200k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc: 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 Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc?
- Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $899,240 to it, the largest being THE PETER AND ELIZABETH C TOWER FOUNDATION ($483,894). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $899,240 in grants to Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc?
- THE PETER AND ELIZABETH C TOWER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $483,894 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc 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.
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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 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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